Best Chris Ferdinandi Podcasts (2024)

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News: AI Model Runner ONNX and JS Framework Maker Vinxi w/Returning Guest Jason Lengstorf 54:59

1h ago54:59

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Friend of the podcast (and previous guest host), Jason Lengstorf, joins Jack and Paige today to talk about the latest happenings in the web dev world - and wax poetic at the end about favorite restaurants and fine dining. First up, is AI model runner ONNX, which Jack’s been digging into recently. ONNX offers many pre-trained models which can run lo…

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Episode 146 - It lets me write less JS! 1:32

4d ago1:32

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In today’s episode, I talk about why writing less JS might be a bad goal (what!?!).In today’s episode, I talk about why writing less JS might be a bad goal (what!?!). Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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Topic: Favorite Tech Gear We Use (and Recommend) 51:54

5d ago51:54

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The hosts switch up the regular news format this week in favor of another favorite developer topic: tech gear. All the extras that make web development that little bit nicer. If you were stranded on a desert island (that only had power and Internet), what tech gear would you bring that you just can’t live without? Aside from MacBook Pros for all th…

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Episode 145 - The Shadow DOM is an anti-pattern 4:01

11d ago4:01

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In today’s episode, I talk about why I think the Shadow DOM is a solution in search of a problem.In today’s episode, I talk about why I think the Shadow DOM is a solution in search of a problem. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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News: Coding Reality TV, AI Companies Crawl Excluded Content, and Apple Violates More EU Laws 47:59

12d ago47:59

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In a rare turn of events, it was a slightly quieter week in terms of actual web development news, so the hosts round up some technology-adjacent news and drama to share. Jack kicks off the show recounting his experience of being one of four developers in a reality show-type scenario that his friend Jason Lengstorf (host of the YouTube show “Learn w…

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News: State of JS 2023 Survey Results, React Drama Updates, and Adobe Sued by FTC 47:01

19d ago47:01

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Although we’re already halfway through 2024, this week the State of JavaScript survey for 2023 dropped, and the hosts weighed in and discussed the results they found most interesting. This year the survey provided a lot more write in options instead of predefined lists, which made extrapolating clear answers in many cases more difficult than it oth…

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News: GH Copilot Workspace Review, the Latest in Web UI, and React Suspense Drama 56:40

26d ago56:40

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Today’s episode covers a slew of hot topics making headlines in the web development and general technology world. TJ kicks off the show with his firsthand experience of GitHub Copilot Workspace (available to users by invite only). He tested Copilot Workspace with a relatively simple issue in one of his repos, and while the plan Copilot came up with…

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Episode 17 - You are your ADHD 2:02

1M ago2:02

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In today’s episode, I talk about how you are your ADHD (and that's ok). Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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Episode 16 - Get outside 2:06

1M ago2:06

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In today’s episode, I talk about the importance of green time and being in nature when you have ADHD. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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Interview: ADHD and Web Development with Chris Ferdinandi 54:14

1M ago54:14

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Vanilla JS author Chris Ferdinandi joins the podcast this week to talk about how having ADHD has affected his career in web development. Chris shares his own diagnosis of ADHD as a child, then proceeds to discuss how it can be both a positive and a negative depending on the situation and how different individuals can have ADHD to varying degrees. H…

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Episode 15 - ADHD and time blindness 3:05

1M ago3:05

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In today’s episode, I talk about how folks with ADHD have trouble perceiving time. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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Episode 14 - How to avoid excessive meetings 2:47

1M ago2:47

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In today’s episode, I talk about how to structure your work environment to prevent meetings from taking up your whole day. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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News: New SSG Framework VitePress, Component Libraries Based on shadcn/ui, and Angular 18 Drops 35:57

1M ago35:57

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This is a rapid fire episode of news topics today because (as always) there’s plenty going on in the front-end development world. Evan You, the creator of the popular Vue.js framework and Vite build tool, is back with a new static site generator named VitePress. VitePress allows users to build fast, content-centric websites with Markdown, a fully c…

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Episode 13 - The temporal dead zone 2:31

2M ago2:31

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In today’s episode, I talk about the phenomenon known as the temporal dead zone. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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Episode 12 - Standup meetings suck if you have ADHD 4:40

2M ago4:40

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In today’s episode, I talk about why daily standups are awful for people with ADHD. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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Next.js 15, Google Search Rolls Out AI to All, and SolidStart 1.0 Debuts 43:04

2M ago43:04

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Conference season is in full swing this week Vercel showed off the new goods they’ve got for developers to get excited about. During Vercel Ship, the Next.js 15 RC (release candidate) was officially announced. Next.js 15 includes benefits like: support for React 19 and the React Compiler (Experimental), plus hydration error improvements. It also of…

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Episode 11 - Start with your smallest tasks first 1:59

2M ago1:59

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In today’s episode, I talk about why you should start your day with your smallest tasks. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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Episode 10 - Second brain tool: Obsidian 7:55

2M ago7:55

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In today’s episode, I talk about my current second brain tool, Obsidian. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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React Conf Highlights, Vercel Raises Another $250m, and Astro Adds Actions 47:03

2M ago47:03

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We’ve got an exciting episode with our co-host Jack Herrington fresh from his trip to React Conf where the React core team and close collaborators unveiled all the cool things they’ve been working on, including the much anticipated React Compiler and some exciting new features for React Native Expo. React Compiler is a new Babel-enabled plugin that…

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Episode 9 - Second brain tool: MS Todo 3:43

2M ago3:43

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In today’s episode, I talk about one of my favorite second brain tools, MS Todo. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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Episode 8 - The calm of the night 1:42

2M ago1:42

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In today’s episode, I talk about being a night owl with ADHD. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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News: const v. let & Effect 3.0 w/Special Guest Jason Lengstorf 53:44

2M ago53:44

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On this episode of Front-End Fire we welcomed special guest Jason Lengstorf to chat about the news with us. We opened with a follow-up discussion of the let versus const debate from last week. Jack made a video (see below for link), and we had a bit of fun talking about the controversy. After that we introduced Effect, a library that dubs itself th…

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Episode 7 - Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly 1:20

2M ago1:20

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In today’s episode, I talk about the importantance of doing things poorly. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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Episode 6 - How to manage email 5:11

2M ago5:11

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In today’s episode, I talk about how to make email suck less. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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React 19, TypeScript 5.5, and GitHub Copilot Workspace Wants to Code For You 36:28

2M ago36:28

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This week we’re all about beta releases and technical previews of AI that will make us even more productive coders. Since the release of React 18, just over 2 years ago, the React team’s been hard at work, and at the end of April, React 19 beta dropped on npm. This new version brings Server Components and Server Actions out from behind the canary c…

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Episode 5 - Follow your ADHD flow 7:26

3M ago7:26

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In today’s episode, I talk about working with your ADHD instead of against it. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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Episode 4 - Your second brain 4:49

3M ago4:49

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In today’s episode, I talk about one of the most powerful tools in my ADHD toolkit. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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Node 22, Hydrogen gets Remix(ed), and Vercel Backs Away from the Edge 36:36

3M ago36:36

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There’s rarely a dull moment in the web development world and this week is no exception to that rule. The episode kicks off with an update on Shopify’s meta framework Hydrogen, which is now built on top of the open source framework, Remix, which Shopify acquired back in October of 2022. Hydrogen now has full Vite support and integration with the Vi…

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Episode 3 - Do I have ADHD? 10:13

3M ago10:13

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In today’s episode, I talk about how to figure out if you have ADHD. Show Notes & Transcript →By Chris Ferdinandi

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News: Figma’s Code Connect, Next.js 14.2, and New APIs in Chrome 124 37:17

3M ago37:17

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The episode starts off with news about Figma’s new Code Connect feature. Code Connect is the bridge between a design system’s component code and Figma, so when viewing components in Figma’s Dev Mode, they’ll have the same real world code that the design system relies on, and Code Connect can also map properties from code to Figma, enabling dynamic …