In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about a common problem you’ll encounter in your development career — the n+1 problem.
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Nov 24
957: CSS: Advanced and Obscure
Scott and Wes face off in a CSS-themed round of STUMP’d, quizzing each other on shape functions, scroll snap types, obscure functions, and long-forgotten spec history. From ray() to cross-fade() to print-color quirks, this episode is packed with rapid-fire frontend trivia guarant ... Show More
37m 50s
Nov 19
956: Should I Keep Using WordPress?
In this potluck episode, Wes and Scott answer your questions about paid vs. free SSL, the state of frontend jobs, headless WordPress trade-offs, organizing TypeScript types, and more!
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
00:51 Recapping the GitHub Meetup
05:14 Is the ... Show More
50m 10s
Nov 17
955: SvelteKit has solved data loading
Scott and Wes break down SvelteKit’s new remote functions and why they finally solve the long-standing pain of page-level data in Svelte. They cover queries, forms, batching, caching, and all the clever RPC ergonomics that make Svelte’s approach feel surprisingly powerful and ref ... Show More
36m 16s
Aug 2022
Tech job interview support group
Struggling through the tech job interview process? We feel you! On this episode, Amal, Nick & Amelia get together to discuss the various ways the interview process disappoints, share their own interview stories, and suggest ways we can improve the process for everyone.
Discuss on ... Show More
1h 4m
Feb 2024
Episode 507: Stephen Margheim on SQLite in Ruby on Rails Applications
If you start a new Rails project today, you’re probably going to pick Postgres for your database. And if you have a ten year old Rails app, you might be using MySQL. But Rails ships with support for SQLite, a lightweight SQL database. Can that lightweight database be used to make ... Show More
31m 21s
May 2022
From Kubernetes to PaaS - now what? (Ship It! #51)
Today we talk to Mark Ericksen about all the things that we could be doing on the new platform - this is a follow-up to episode 50.
Mark specialises in Elixir, he hosts the Thinking Elixir podcast, and he also helps make Fly.io the best place to run Phoenix apps, such as chang ... Show More
58m 10s
Sep 2023
Episode 486: High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails with Andrew Atkinson
If you love taking about databases, this is the episode for you. Ahead of the launch of his new book, High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails, Andrew Atkinson joined the show with special guest co-host, Pat Bair, to talk about why he wrote a book, why he focused on PostgreSQL and h ... Show More
31m 29s
Oct 2021
Just about managing (Go Time #203)
Ashley Willis and Ela Krief join Natalie to discuss the ins and outs of management. They discuss what makes a good manager, common mistakes managers make, how to communicate effectively, dealing with conflict, and much more.
50m 40s