Scott and Wes dive into the cache problem, tackling user-specific data and caching security. From marketing A/B testing to content negotiation, they explore various challenges and solutions, including different URL/query parameters, edge logic, and client-side caching.
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1033: 8 New CSS, JS and HTML Features You Should Know
Scott and Wes run through eight new CSS, JS, and HTML features landing in browsers; including the relative alpha() color function, the progress() function for calculating values between units, Promise.allKeyed(), and native camera and microphone elements. They also get into an up ... Show More
18m 36s
Aug 24
1032: Stripe Buys OpenRouter for $7B
Scott and CJ break down Stripe's $7B acquisition of OpenRouter, the SvelteKit 3 release candidate, and their first look at TanStack Charts. Plus Zed's new Delta editor, stealing reasoning traces from proprietary LLM APIs, why dark mode toggles only need two states, and all 43 qui ... Show More
1h 7m
Aug 19
1031: My Coding Skills Are Atrophying
Scott and Wes answer your questions about coding in the AI era, atrophying skills from too much autocomplete, whether it’s finally time to leave VS Code, chasing flow state with agents, and which single AI subscription is worth your money. Plus: AT Protocol vs Solid, making your ... Show More
57m 3s
Apr 2021
Browser Caching best practices, when to use no-cache vs max-age without breaking your site
<p>Caching is the hardest problem in building software, and having the browser cache is not any different. In this video, I'll discuss Jake Archibald's article</p>
<p>https://jakearchibald.com/2016/caching-best-practices/</p>
<p>0:00 Intro</p>
<p>2:00 Pattern 1: Immutable content ... Show More
18m 59s
Nov 2020
Basic Caching Techniques Explained - Spatial, Temporal, Distributed, Write-Through, Write-Back, Cache Aside
<p>In this video I go through the three type of caching and how it is kept in sync.</p>
<p>0:00 Intro</p>
<p>0:30 What is Caching?</p>
<p>1:20 Spatial Cache</p>
<p>3:30 Temporal Cache</p>
<p>5:00 Distributed cache</p>
<p>6:30 Write-Through Cache</p>
<p>8:00 Write-Back Cache</p>
10m 23s
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<li>Synology Dynamic DNS
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