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New Sep 17, 2024
Saying No to Scope Creep: How Web Devs Can Push Back
Scope creep is a very dangerous thing that can endanger a team's productivity and mental health. It involves taking the original scope of a project, and slowly but surely, adding more and more ta...
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New Sep 10, 2024
Why Code Quality Matters: Testing, Linting, Refactoring
Code quality matters! When developers write better, cleaner, and safer code - their deliverables improve significantly. When code is safer, there are less problems with crashes and unintended er...
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New Sep 3, 2024
Should Our AI Data Be in the Cloud? On-Device AI vs Cloud-Based AI
Should AI run in the cloud or on-device? Some people think that on-device is the only way forward as it ensures a certain level of privacy, while others worry that our local hardware (PC, sm...
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New Aug 27, 2024
Our Biggest Projects: How We Became Developers
This week Matt and Mike took a trip down memory lane to discuss, debate, and reflect on some of their biggest projects that shaped their careers as web developers. As with many tech careers, the ro...
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New Aug 20, 2024
Is Vanilla Tech Just for Juniors? Exploring the Role of HTML, CSS, and JS in 2024
It's often said that in order to become a junior developer, you should learn the three foundational pillars of web development before moving onto a framework, plugin, or other specialty. These pi...
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New Aug 14, 2024
Developers Hate Technical Debt | Stack Overflow Survey 2024
In this episode, Matt and Mike dive deep into the results of the Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2024, uncovering the latest trends, technologies, and tools shaping the programming world. From the mo...
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New Aug 6, 2024
The Right Way to Code: Navigating Ethics in Web Development
Today, we're diving deep into the vital topic of navigating ethics in web development. As developers, we face numerous decisions that fall under the umbrella of ethical practice, from ensuring di...
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New Jul 30, 2024
Why Is Web Development A Cluster F*ck?
Web development is regarded by many as an absolute cluster f*ck. You can't just grab the "right" language and start making a website, there is a seemingly endless supply of no-code tools, li...
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New Jul 23, 2024
Async Work for Web Developers: Revolution or Redundancy?
Explore the dynamics of synchronous vs asynchronous work as Matt and Mike discuss, analyze, and debate these two popular team workflows. Learn the pros and cons of both work styles, including se...
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New Jul 16, 2024
Navigating Difficult Situations as a Web Agency
In this episode we dive into the toughest situations web agencies face. From budget cuts and impossible deadlines to social media crises and viral success, Matt and Mike discuss practical st...
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New Jul 10, 2024
Build Fast and Break Things
In this episode, we dive into the challenges companies face when balancing rapid feature development with maintaining stability and processes. We explore what it means to build fast, including es...
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New Jul 2, 2024
Do You Respect Your Time as a Web Developer?
In this episode, Matt and Mike discussed time management and time respect as a web developer, specifically diving into their thoughts on different types of billing, invoicing, and availability re...
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New Jun 25, 2024
Where the F*ck Do I Start Learning Web Development?
Learning web development is not a clear linear path. At the highest level there's frontend development and backend development...but these categories break down into a tonne of different te...
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Jun 18, 2024
Do Small Businesses Need Web Dev Agencies in 2024?
The classic 5-page website is often called a "small business website" or a "basic website" among web development agency owners. It's a staple of the industry because it symbolizes a basic site that ma...
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Jun 13, 2024
What is THAT Conference w/ Clark Sell
This week we had the pleasure of sitting down with Clark Sell, the creator of THAT Conference to discuss the importance of community among developers, and different relationships that you can have wi...
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Jun 11, 2024
Is JavaScript Really That Bad?
JavaScript has seen its fair share of insults and critiques over the years, with some developers outright refusing to touch it and other skirting around the edges by relying heavily on the se...
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Jun 4, 2024
Our Website Creation Process 2024
Creating a website is not a one-size-fits-all scenario, as projects can vary wildly in complexity and amount of work needed. Over the years we have come up with a process that defines a clear st...
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May 28, 2024
Time Saving Tips for Front-End Developers
Sometimes web development deadlines can come up faster than expected, or even worse, your workload may overwhelm the amount of time you have left until a deliverable is due. When this happens, it's ea...
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May 23, 2024
Will AI Replace Us? w/ The Creator of TabNine and Supermaven Jacob Jackson
This week we had the pleasure of sitting down with Jacob Jackson, the creator of TabNine and Supermaven to discuss AI as a whole. It's no surprise that LLMs are taking over most of the current ch...