In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about peer dependencies, Vitest, NVM and PNPM, using sprites for images, common MongoDB operations, and more!

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Show Notes

• 00:03 Welcome
• 01:53 Configuring home internet routers
• 04:42 Scott’s Home Assistant update
• Mushroom Theme

07:52 Could you explain to me peer-dependencies and how does it work?

13:24 Using Vitest do you still have to transpile code?

16:14 Can you talk about helpful and common MongoDB operations, beyond just CRUD.

18:49 How can I update the “updatedAt” field of the document on every save automatically?

20:40 What is aggregation, and when do you use it?

25:33 Sponsor: Prismic

27:27 How does NVM relate to PNPM?

pnpm

nvm

30:45 I’m looking to upskill from front-end JavaScript?

33:53 Is it possible to have a private NPM repo I can “npm install” from, or do I put my components up on NPM publicly?

Creating a private npm package

37:51 Sponsor: LogRocket

39:14 Should a majority of lodash functions be considered deprecated?

angus c just

42:36 Please do an episode on programming/learning with ADHD.

44:04 Should I still be putting images in sprites?

49:20 Does Mux have a simple mechanism for adding auth to each video or group of videos?

Mux Create playback restriction

53:48 Sponsor: Sanity.io

55:02 Is there copyright issues with using public APIs?

Moneypuck

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