The NavBar

Summary

In this episode, Simon discusses his busy life balancing multiple jobs, including his work at ThinkMill and his new project with Kent C Dodds. He shares insights from his recent workshops, emphasizing the importance of feedback and iteration in course development. The conversation shifts to the upcoming Tailwind CSS version 4 and its implications for his course. They also explore the release of React 19, server components, and the ongoing discussions around various frameworks, particularly Laravel and React. The episode concludes with a light-hearted discussion about internet issues in Australia and some personal recommendations.

Chapters

00:00 Busy Lives and New Projects

02:37 Workshop Insights and Feedback

05:47 Tailwind CSS Course Development

08:30 Navigating Tailwind Version Changes

11:17 Community Engagement and Support

14:20 React 19 and Server Components

25:23 Full Stack Framework Discussions

31:39 Healthy Debates in Web Development

47:27 Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up

In this episode, Jon and Simon play with the new Open AI model GPT-4o and hypothesise how this could be very useful in the future.

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In this episode, Jon takes Simon through a highlight reel of all of the huge announcements from Supabase GA Week!

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In this episode, Simon recaps his trip to the US and his experience speaking at Epic Web Conf. Kent C. Dodds phones in briefly to give his thoughts as the conference organiser.

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It's Simon's birthday! Let's celebrate him by launching a bunch of virtual cloud servers that listen to this episode on repeat! 🎉

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Lots has happened this week! New alpha preview of Tailwind V4, more very unexpected layoffs of great people, Jason Lengstorf kicked off the "Do It Anyways" movements, and Astro launched a database!

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Simon and Jon have been busy! Check out this episode to learn about their adventures with long hair, using Kent C Dodds' gamified LMS to run a Pixel Perfect workshop and how you can suggest topics on the new Navbar website

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It took 14 months but Jon and Simon are talking again! Check out this episode to hear all about the future of the Navbar podcast.

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Simon

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Jon

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Creating content is awesome but keeping up with that consistent schedule and watching metrics that very clearly tell you whether you are doing well or not is not always the healthiest for the brain. In this episode, Simon and Jon discuss their own personal burnout stories and try to set themselves more realistic goals for the future.

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Remix is a tool to build websites, fast! In this episode Jon and Simon discuss what Remix is and why it is so awesome!

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