In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about middleman for API fetching, when to introduce SvelteKit, generating PDFs serverside, trade offs of being an entrepreneur vs employee, and more!

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Show Notes

• 00:18 Welcome
• 02:50 Is there a way to create a “middleman” to fetch data from an API once a day?
• Redis

06:53 Should I wait before introducing team members to SvelteKit?

SvelteKit V1 issues

10:28 What options do we have for generating PDFs serverside?

WKHTML to PDF

Puppeteer

PhantomJS

html2canvas

Generate Invoice Workers

15:47 Sponsor: Prismic

17:08 How do you say thank you to sponsors?

18:32 How would you compare the tradeoffs of working at a tech company vs. an agency vs. freelancing vs. entrepreneurship?

20:47 What’s the best way for an oldie like me to catch up?

CSS Grid.io

Modern CSS Layouts

26:08 I’m wondering what do you think about tRPC?

trpc.io

Create t3 app

29:00 Sponsor: LogRocket

30:03 PDF creator Cloudflare worker

32:50 How do you feel about keeping separate accounts for things like Twitter?

37:28 Does using prototypes mean you are not doing functional programming?

42:09 PHP vs JavaScript based CMS

Ghost

Keystone

Strapi

45:15 Sponsor: Auth0

46:21 Why do you think this mindset that with age comes an inability to learn?

Syntax 44 How to Learn New Things Quickly

51:32 Are there other payment providers you guys recommend or should I stick with Stripe and hope for the best?

Stripe

Paypal

56:10 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

• Scott: Literature and History

Wes: Kitchen faucet

Shameless Plugs

• Scott: LevelUp Tutorials

Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials

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