Toolsday

By Una Kravets, Chris Dhanaraj

What's Toolsday about?

Toolsday is a 20-ish-minute podcast hosted by Una Kravets & Chris Dhanaraj. Toolsday is about the latest in tech tools, tips, and tricks on Tuesdays at 2! (Our alliteration game is so strong).

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Toolsday episodes:

05.25.2021
Ep 130 - New in Netlify
Long time friend Jason Lengstorf, VP of Developer Experience at Netlify, swings by to chat through all the things that have changed at Netlify over the last few years!
05.25.2021
Ep 129 - Fullstack Shenanigans
Chris has been mucking around pretending to be a "fullstack" engineer - a.k.a. getting it to work poorly - and we chat through some of the tools he's been using to get it done
04.22.2021
Ep 128 - Container Queries
Container queries are here! Well, almost - enough for us to actually try them out and get excited about how they're going to change how you develop in the near future.
04.07.2021
Ep 127 - Book Club
Today's episode has us run through our favourite books, ranging from technical, non-fiction, and non-fiction!
03.09.2021
Ep 126 - Grab Bag of Tools
Today we run through a grab bag of tools that we're looking forward to or leveraging in our projects today
02.11.2021
125 - New and Cool Github Features!
Well, we once again were going to start talking about the new website... but instead realised there were a bunch of cool things from GitHub that we wanted to highlight!
01.28.2021
124 - Interviewing in 2021!
Join us as we ramble on about our various thoughts on interviewing, both as interviewees and interviewers!
01.14.2021
Ep 123 - Starting a New Project
Well, we *intended* this to be a dive into how we're building our new website, but it ended up being a talk about starting new side-projects in general! Listen to us chat about some books and resources we've found useful...
12.29.2020
2020 Retrospective and 2021 Expectations
It's that time of the year again - we take a look back at some things that surprised us this year (beyond the chaos of 2020!) and some things we're looking forward to in 2021
12.16.2020
121. WMR with Jason Miller
Jason Miller swings by to teach us a little bit about his new all-in-one development tool, WMR
12.03.2020
120. Writing for Developers
Today we're doing a variety show on writing! Design docs, 1:1's, note-taking - we run through a gamut of tools and thoughts as we discuss how writing has impacted our careers.
11.18.2020
119. Web Animations
Wow it's been a while since we talked animations! We spend some time categorizing the different categories of animations we've run across in our jobs and some of our favourite tools to tackle them.
11.03.2020
118. React Native
Chris has been building with React Native again recently, so we decided to check back in and chat about the differences between building with React Native versus React for Web
09.25.2020
117. Our Developer Journeys
Today's episode is a little more retrospective as we talk a walk through how our careers started and how they've changed over the years
09.09.2020
116. CSS: New and Experimental
We realized that we haven't recorded an episode about CSS in over a year!! So we decided to chat about some of the new and experimental things coming up with CSS
09.02.2020
115. Svelte: A Second Look
Last year we had Rich Harris on as he was announcing Svelte v3 and we both committed to building something with it. Turns out, we didn't do that, but we're making good now! We chat about some of our first...
08.12.2020
114. Lessons from a Year of Typescript
Chris has been writing a blog post on the lessons he could teach his younger self about Typescript and we decided to do it live! We go and discuss the seven Typescript concepts that Chris is writing about in the...
07.29.2020
113. Still Working from Home
Well, it's July (almost August) and we're STILL working from home. We check back into our home setups and update what's changed in the last six months.
04.23.2020
112. Eleventy
Una's knee deep in rebuilding her blog in Eleventy; we talk about the pro/cons and the onboarding experience of Eleventy!
04.10.2020
111. Inspirational Documentation Sites
We both were hard at work creating and researching documentation; so figured we'd stop and chat about our favourite documentation sites
03.13.2020
110. Working from Home
Join us as we discuss some tips and tricks for working from home! Tools, furniture recommendation, and just general ideas for not going too stir-crazy
12.17.2019
109. Year in Review
We talk a walk through our year and revisit and revise some of our former opinions (especially around CSS in JS)
11.21.2019
108. Chrome Dev Summit Highlights
Una recently spoke at Chrome Dev Summit and Chris... Chris watched a bunch of the videos. We chat about our favourite new things showcased at CDS
11.06.2019
Toolless Toolsday
Today we're going back in time and... using no build tools??
10.24.2019
106. Ruminations on TypeScript
Chris has been diving into TypeScript for the last few months and tries to convince Una to give it a whirl
10.15.2019
105. AI Ethics with Milena Pribic
We host Milena Pribic from IBM on the show to chat on the emerging field of AI and the growing awareness of the need for ethical oversight.
10.02.2019
104. Design Tokens with Jina
Jina Anne swings by to give some history about the origins of design tokens and then lets us know about some current and upcoming tools to keep our eyes on
09.26.2019
103. Variable Fonts
Variable Fonts! What are they, can you use them, and how can you get started today
09.19.2019
102. New or Underrated DevTools
The one where Chris doesn't realise we're talking about browser devtools for a hot second, but then makes a quick pivot. We chat about new DevTools developments that you might not have realised were there!
09.10.2019
101. Story time with Chris!
Yes you heard it correctly, this episode is just Chris (just turned 30!) regaling you with stories of things he wished he knew when he first starting on his web development career.
08.06.2019
100. Four years in Review!
We wax nostalgic as we go over our favourite episodes from yesteryear
07.22.2019
99. Variety Show: State Machines and Houdini
It's that time again! We sit down and chat about what we're currently working on - state machines and Houdini!
06.29.2019
98. LitHtml
We have Justin Fagnani illuminate us on the current state of the lit-html / lit-element and why you should be taking another look at web components
06.18.2019
97. Tailwind
Adam Wathan, the creator of Tailwind, drops by to give us a crash course on his library
06.01.2019
96. Inspiration
We chat about the various people and sites that inspire us to experiment and learn more about the web
05.17.2019
95. State of CSS Tooling
It's 2019, should you still be using Sass? Is native CSS good enough by itself now? We discuss
04.26.2019
94. Flutter
WIll Larche from the Flutter Material Design team stops by and we chat about Google's latest mobile framework, Flutter
04.20.2019
93. Svelte
We chat with Rich Harris about his Svelte and the upcoming Svelte v3!
04.03.2019
92. Interviewing
Una has an announcement! And we talk about the ever confusing topic of interviewing
03.14.2019
91. What's New in CSS
The CSS WG has approved a whole bevy of new things! We chat about what's coming up in CSS
02.28.2019
90. React Hooks
We join in the flavour of the moment and talk about Hooks and why everyone should be maybe rewriting everything into them.
02.13.2019
89. Pour One Out
Pour one out of the web techonologies of yesteryear. We reminisce about some of the pivotal tech technologies we used as we've gone through our careers
01.29.2019
88: CUBS #6: Gatsby
Yep, we're talking about Gatsby again. We chat about our latest projects with Gatsby (and a poor explanation of themes), and go over some of the pain points we ran into
01.15.2019
87: Devsolutions, Gatsby.js, and SVG UI
We're back for 2019! Today we cover our New Year's Developer Resolutions and projects we've started to tackle
12.20.2018
86. 2018 in Review
As is our annual tradition, we wrap up the year by highlighting the new tech that jumped out at us in 2018
12.04.2018
85: VisBug with Adam Argyle
Today we talk with the awesomely excited Adam Argyle as he talks to us about his recently announced tool, VisBug
11.21.2018
84: Chrome Dev Summit Recap
We plow through the highlights of Chrome Dev Summit and talk about some really cool new things launched during the conference
10.30.2018
83: What's New in React
We sync about the avalanche of changes that hit React last month and will be hitting React next month
10.17.2018
82: Houdini Reloaded
Una's been playing around some more with Houdini and has a ton more to share
10.03.2018
81: Next.js
Today Una and Chris discuss Next.js, the much buzzed about server-side rendering React platform.

What's Toolsday about?

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Toolsday episodes:

Ep 130 - New in Netlify

Ep 129 - Fullstack Shenanigans

Ep 128 - Container Queries

Ep 127 - Book Club

Ep 126 - Grab Bag of Tools

125 - New and Cool Github Features!

124 - Interviewing in 2021!

Ep 123 - Starting a New Project

2020 Retrospective and 2021 Expectations

121. WMR with Jason Miller

120. Writing for Developers

119. Web Animations

118. React Native

117. Our Developer Journeys

116. CSS: New and Experimental

115. Svelte: A Second Look

114. Lessons from a Year of Typescript

113. Still Working from Home

112. Eleventy

111. Inspirational Documentation Sites

110. Working from Home

109. Year in Review

108. Chrome Dev Summit Highlights

Toolless Toolsday

106. Ruminations on TypeScript

105. AI Ethics with Milena Pribic

104. Design Tokens with Jina

103. Variable Fonts

102. New or Underrated DevTools

101. Story time with Chris!

100. Four years in Review!

99. Variety Show: State Machines and Houdini

98. LitHtml

97. Tailwind

96. Inspiration

95. State of CSS Tooling

94. Flutter

93. Svelte

92. Interviewing

91. What's New in CSS

90. React Hooks

89. Pour One Out

88: CUBS #6: Gatsby

87: Devsolutions, Gatsby.js, and SVG UI

86. 2018 in Review

85: VisBug with Adam Argyle

84: Chrome Dev Summit Recap

83: What's New in React

82: Houdini Reloaded

81: Next.js