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639: DX, JSON, XML, HTML, and Databases! Oh My! Oct 28, 2024

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How important is the DX of software vs how important is the person showing off the software, Douglas Crockford and JSON, remembering XML, trying to write better HTML for email, new TC39 proposal, workshopping t-shirts, and what do you do if you want a little bit of database on your website?

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638: Q&A About Copyright, Jekyll, Joomla, Statamic, and More! Oct 21, 2024

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Dave's designing a new tshirt, questions for lawyers about copyrights for code projects, what does the copyright in the footer actually do, what do Dave and Chris require for personal web projects, does Jekyll get updated anymore, the Bob from Hell UX pattern, viewing ads on CNN, what about Joomla or Statamic, and how do paid fonts on the web work?

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637: Approachable Open Source with Brian Muenzenmeyer Oct 14, 2024

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Brian Muenzenmeyer joins the show to talk about his book, Approachable Open Source, ways we can make open source easier to get in, important conversations around funding and supporting open source, and whether money helps maintainers deal with burnout or not?

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Brian Muenzenmeyer

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Author of Approachable Open Source, Principal Front End Engineer.

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636: W Hot Drama Week (WordPress, WP Engine, and Web Components – Oh My!) Oct 07, 2024

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We're getting some feelings out about WordPress and Matt Mullenweg vs WP Engine drama, as well as the Web Components conversation that happened this past week.

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635: Jeff Robbins and Visibox as an Instrument for Video Sep 30, 2024

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Jeff Robbins stops by to talk about his software, Visibox, that was used at Frostapalooza for presenting video at the concert, what it's like building an app with Electron, how it's distributed, how files are used and managed, and how he supports hardware devices inside Electron.

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Jeff Robbins

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Creator of Visibox, Musician in 123Astronaut & Orbitband, Cofounder at Lullabot, Executive Coach at jjeff․com.

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634: Fabian Kägy on WordPress, Blocks, and Enterprise Dev Sep 23, 2024

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Fabian Kägy helps us understand the modern WordPress development process, Gutenberg vs Block editor vs full site editing, building with blocks or pages, what's coming in the Twenty Twenty-Five Theme, and whether the theme authoring process has been made too difficult in 2024?

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