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Does Not Compute
A weekly chat about the lives and workflows of modern web developers, hosted by Sean Washington & Friends.
Episodes
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- 285: Purpose Fulfilled
- 284: a Good, Practical Tool
- 283: Drew Clements
- 282: Off That Plateau
- 281: The Vagaries of Unicode are Boundless
- 280: Always Be Pivoting
- 279: All Roads Lead to JSX
- 278: Anthony Campolo - Redwood, Stepzen, and more
- 277: This is an Abomination
- 276: a Conversation of Tradeoffs
- 275: We Considered Every Piece
- 274: Back to Web Fundamentals
- 273: Game-Jamming with Thomas Eckert and Paul Straw
- 272: Real, Sustainable Knowledge
- 271: Objective-C Is the Future
- 270: Is This a Good Change?
- 269: I'm Charging in Pizzas
- 268: Eventually I'll Land on Something
- 267: It's Not Complete Garbage, Probably
- 266: Working in Isolation
- 265: Eric Normand - Grokking Simplicity, Stratified Design & Functional Programming
- 264: Chasing Simplicity
- 263: Not Interested in Jira-ing
- 262: My Tools Through Their Eyes
- 261: You're Writing an Application
- 260: Hey, Paul!
- 259: Seeing the UI Respond
- 258: Greg Schier, Creator of Insomnia
- 257: Redwood.js with Anthony Campolo
- 256: Just Get It Out
- 255: Skinning the Same Cat
- 254: Appreciate Other Ways of Working
- 253: Mongo-Adjacent
- 252: Words Mean Things Specifically
- 251: the M1 Journey
- 250: It's Mostly Fine
- 249: It's People-Related
- 248: I'm Salivating a Lot
- 247: It's Good to Learn
- 246: Embrace the Change
- 245: This Makes Me Feel Weird
- 244: Frozen in Time
- 243: Done is the Engine of More
- 242: Where's the MVC Gone?
- 241: You Seem Happier
- 240: Perfect Morse Code
- 239: Decisions in Service of the Customer
- 238: Foot-Gun Issues
- 237: Engineering Lead
- 236: Thomas Eckert
- 235: Desire Paths
- 234: a Different Pile of Hacks
- 233: All my things are broken
- 232: I Wasn't That Cool in High School
- 231: Solve it From the Inside
- 230: A Higher-Order Episode
- 229: 4K Rolly-Cart
- 228: Pluggier and Playier
- 227: React? It's Fine.
- 226: It's Still Valuable
- 225: I Want to Be a Shredder / Building a Second Brain
- 224: Evidence That You're Building Something
- 223: Two Hours a Week
- 222: Deep Sigh
- 221: Dragons Lingering in the Shadows
- 220: Is This Good for the Company?
- 219: Just Build Things
- 218: It's Plain as Day
- 217: the Cold Sweats
- 216: Less Than One Sale Per Day
- 215: Furniture, Living Room, Chair
- 214: Minimal Work for Maximum Gain
- 213: Upswing on the Sine Wave
- 212: Tailwind UI
- 211: Jason Lengstorf
- 210: You Don't Need the Kitchen Sink
- 209: Too Much for One Person
- 208: Jetbrains Journey
- 207: Sitting With No Phone Like a Psychopath
- 206: a New Slab of Aluminium
- 205: Hindsight is Worth Fifty Cents
- 204: 2019 Year-End Review
- 203: Scheduled Web Crawling
- 202: Azure App Services with Stefan Schackow
- 201: Blazor with Dan Roth
- 200: Visual Studio Online with Nik Molnar
- 199: Feature Pi
- 198: Leverage Networking with Noah Labhart
- 197: It's Not a Refactor
- 196: Everyone Wants WebAssembly
- 195: Nuxt Productivity
- 194: Productive Planning
- 193: Ecto for Everything
- 192: Integrating Phoenix LiveView
- 191: Elixir Conf 2019 Part LiveView
- 190: Elixir Conf 2019 Part 1
- 189: Mechanical Refactoring
- 188: Consistency Is Hard
- 187: Leveling Up as a Junior Dev with Drew Clements
- 186: Job Queues
- 185: Elixir Hot Upgrades
- 184: Elixir Boilerplates with Bryan Joseph
- 183: Third-Party Authentication
- 182: Authentication Complexities
- 181: Databases and Interfaces
- 180: Pair Programming
- 179: Codifying Process
- 178: Distributed Elixir with Dave Lucia
- 177: Hiring is Hard
- 176: Extreme Programming
- 175: Removing Features for Growth
- 174: Microsoft Build 2019
- 173: Functional CSS
- 172: Internal Tooling
- 171: Integrating Rust and Elixir with Dave Lucia
- 170: Performance Monitoring Tools
- 169: Choosing the Right Tools
- 168: Emails and Downtime
- 167: Integrating an APM
- 166: The Wonders of WebRTC
- 165: Updating Your Dependencies
- 164: Refactoring and Unitaskers
- 163: Give Me Some Gridsome
- 162: Planning for the Unexpected
- 161: Vue.js Advice for Productivity
- 160: Decision Making 101
- 159: Practical Project Management
- 158: Approaching New Projects
- 157: Let's Talk CES
- 156: 2018 Year-End Review
- 155: Testing Vue
- 154: Origin Stories and Nuxt
- 153: PostgreSQL Triggers and Views
- 152: Productivity on the Go
- 151: Developer Communication
- 150: Microservices and Monoliths
- 149: Clean Architecture
- 148: Refactoring and Data Integrity
- 147: Finding Developer Productivity
- 146: Quality of Life Apps
- 145: Elixir Conf 2018 pt. 2
- 144: Elixir Conf 2018 pt. 1
- 143: Discord and WebRTC
- 142: Functional Polymorphism
- 141: Always Run Your Tests
- 140: Second-System Effect
- 139: Strongly Typed Parameters
- 138: Do I or don't I?
- 137: Software Breadboards
- 136: Sometimes You've Just Got to Write Code
- 135: Elixir Powered Ham Radio
- 134: Dreaming of GraphQL
- 133: Exploring Dokku and Flynn
- 132: Vue Powered Development
- 131: Improving Developer Ergonomics
- 130: Maturing an MVP
- 129: Solar Powered Development
- 128: Communicating With Non-Technical Colleagues
- 127: Exploring Docker
- 126: Paul Tries Jiu Jitsu
- 125: What's My Name
- 124: Always Be Open to Other Techniques
- Re-Air: 02 - Component is A Fancy Word for Class
- 123: Stop Trying to Change the World
- 122: Time Budgets & Sticky Brains
- 121: Outgrowing Ego
- 120: Source of Truth
- 119: Separation of Concerns
- 118: Paring Down
- 117: the Underbed Situation
- 116: Think Of Schemas As Post-It Notes
- 115: CTOing is Hard
- 114: Navigating a New Code Base
- 113: Robo-Productive
- 112: Being Lazy to Get Things Done
- 111: Two Weeks to a New Job
- 110: Focus on the Foundation
- 109: Building With What You've Got
- 108: New Year, New Problems, New Fixes
- 107: Napping & Reducing
- 106: Thank Goodness For HTTPS
- 105: No Sleep Till New Hires
- 104: Down the Streaming Rabbit Hole
- 103: CSS Anxiety
- 102: Spreadsheets Are the Way of the Future's Past
- 101: Get Me to the Wifi
- 100: Little Significant Changes
- 99: When Syntax Takes a Back Seat
- 98: Nerd Out About Anything You Want
- 97: What's Your Longest Bug Fix?
- 96: Seemingly Seamless
- 95: Earned Trust
- 94: That Feeling When Tools Do the Thing
- 93: Climb the Hill to the Next Plateau
- 92: Dev Surgeons
- 91: Making Money on the Internet Is Weird
- 90: Buffet of Work
- 89: Delegate to Improve Sanity
- 88: Put Your Code Out There for Future You
- 87: Outlet Popularity
- 86: Toaster Oven Angst - When Products Don't Live Up to the Hype
- 85: Vueing All Day Long
- 84: Salted Base Functionality
- 83: JSONB: The Way of The Present
- 82: We All Have Our Vices
- 81: Take a Data Dump
- 80: Real-ality
- 79: Half the Battle is Showing Up
- 78: I'm Only One Camel
- 77: Oh, Emails.
- 76: Decoupling the Backend
- 75: I'd Like Some Data, Please
- 74: All the Other -ends
- 73: Vacation Dread
- 72: Lovely Ways to Work
- 71: Waste Deep in Bugs
- 70: I Got A Fancy IoT Button
- 69: Don't @ Me
- 68: Slight Moment of Paranoia
- 67: So Very TDD
- 66: the Wonderful World of Validation and Callbacks
- 65: Night Brain
- 64: Mise en Place and Harmony
- 63: Default Patterns
- 62: Follow the Breadcrumb Trail
- 61: Dive Into the Bare Metal
- 60: Poke Around Without Blasting (Sean's Interviewing Strategy)
- 59: Post-Election Chat
- 58: Map, Reduce & Filter
- 57: Should Sync Exist?
- 56: Poor Sublime
- 55: Actions & Reducers
- 54: Clean Desk Keepers
- 53: Spaghetti Mess Optimist
- 52: Let's Be Honest, Everybody's Transpiling
- 51: Is Liking ES5 Normal?
- 50: Speed & Function
- 49: Knocking on Wood
- 48: the Community Dish
- 47: Trial by Experimentation
- 46: Don't Mailbox It
- 45: Turn Around and Float
- 44: Gadget Cleanse
- 43: Productivity Happiness
- 42: The Coffee's Good But The WiFi's Terrible
- 41: Note to Self: Elixir
- 40: De-Shrouded Mystery
- 39: Learn to Observe
- 38: Onion Problems
- 37: Brain Food Jar
- 36: Smooth it Out
- 35: Ricochet into Brunch
- 34: Quick Wins
- 33: Get the Cookbook
- 32: Up Your Game
- 31: the Next New Shiny (feat. Peter Cooper)
- 30: End User Humanity
- 29: the Why & How
- 28: General Firehosery
- 27: Checking Intent
- 26: Expose the Fraud
- 25: Falling With Style (feat. Jon Gold)
- 24: Making Connections
- 23: Use Your Words
- 22: Crossing the Aisle
- 21: Force Refresh
- 20: on Demand Learning
- 19: Typin' in Google
- 18: Learning Habits
- 17: Safety in Numbers
- 16: Hello World Superheroes
- 15: Minimum Viable Performance
- 14: Time for the Talk...
- 13: Frogs on Lily Pads
- 12: MacGyver Programming
- 11: Focused Down Learning
- 10: Doing One Simple Thing Really Really Well
- 09: a Trip Down Memory Lane
- 08: Know Your Toolset
- 07: Syntactical Sugar
- 06: Programming Street Smarts
- 05: Learn to Learn
- 04: Setting Foundations
- 03: Massive Proliferation of Tools
- 02: Component Is Just a Fancy Word for Class
- 01: There's Always Paypal
- 00: Pilot
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