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Jan 2019
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You might want to read up on PAW Patrol ...

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Your 3 intrepid hosts try to explain JS concepts (bind/apply, thunks, and ReasonML) to each other as if we’re five year olds. Hilarity and/or confusion ensues. During Pro Tip Time, Suz tells a story of woe, KBall motivates himself, and Jerod tries to keep you in the flow. Finally, we point our project spotlight at Fly CDN and talk edge applications and IoT.

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Notes and Links

Explaining things like we’re 5

  • Here it is: PAW Patrol
  • Because KBall uses them to describe bind and apply
  • Did Suz’ explanation of thunks leave you wanting? GOTO
  • You could listen to Jerod, or just read this page about Reason
  • Should we do a show with some folks from the Reason team?

Pro Tip Time

Project Spotlight

  • Fly CDN - a CDN just for developers

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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