Chris Biscardi and I talk about using the platform — what happened in the browser while we were webpacking all-the-things-in-js.

We talk about the future of JavaScript meta frameworks, a return to Rails, serverless provider lock-in, and the value of content creation in an economic downturn.

Featuring * Chris Biscardi — Twitter, Website, Github, egghead * chantastic — Twitter, Website, GitHub, egghead

Links * Gatsby — build blazing fast websites and apps * Wordpress * MDX — Markdown for the component era * Slate — A customizable framework for building rich text editors * Netlify Functions * AWS Lambda * Party Corgi Tank Top * Joel Hooks on Twitter * [illustrated.dev] — Illastrated Explanations & Notes by Maggie Appleton * 86: Maggie Appleton on the Power of Mental Models — last week’s episode with Maggie on illustrated.dev and the power of cognative metaphors * Composable Gatsby Themes course on egghead * Build an App with React Suspense course on egghead * Shipping Sector, Toast, and more — Chris’ introduction post on removing Gatsby from his personal site * sector on Twitter * Toast on Github * JamStack * webpack * rollup.js * Service Worker API * NextJS * Snowpack — Build web applications with less tooling and 10x faster iteration * babel-plugin-preval * SVG use with External Referenc, Take 2 on CSS-TRICKS * Rome — an experimental JavaScript toolchain by the creator of Babel. A compiler,

linter, formatter, bundler, testing framework and more * Rust — A language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software * Rails — everything you need to build fantastic applications * Babel — created by Sebastian McKenzie and maintained by Henry Zhu * Rails Resource verbage * GraphQL — A query language for your API * RedwoodJS — Bringing full-stack to the JAMstack * gRPC on Wikipedia * Azure — more than 100 services to build, deploy, and manage applications—in the cloud, on-premises, and at the edge * AWS Snowmobile — Migrate or transport exabyte-scale data sets into and out of AWS * #staythefuckhome on Twitter * Refactoring UI — Learn how to design awesome UIs by yourself using specific tactics explained from a developer’s point-of-view * freeCodeCamp post COVID-19 on Twitter * “be an investment, not an expense 💰” — Amy Hoy on Twitter * :party-corgi: chat on Discord

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