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VS Code Insiders Podcast Building a MCP to Build VS Code & The Impact of AI on Kent C. DoddsThis week, VS Code engineer Tyler Leonhardt joins the podcast to give an update on the latest enhancements to MCP authentication for developers and how the VS Code team is leveraging MCP to help developer VS Code with help of the Playwright, GitHub, and other MCP servers. James also got a chance to sit down with Kent C. Dodds at the MCP Dev Days to better understand how MCP is evolving his workflow and how he sees its impact going forward. Follow VS Code: X: https://x.com/code Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/vscode.dev ...

2025-09-0157 min

PodRocket Building Jarvis: MCP and the future of AI with Kent C DoddsKent C. Dodds is back with bold ideas and a game-changing vision for the future of AI and web development. In this episode, we dive into the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the power behind Epic AI Pro, and how developers can start building Jarvis-like assistants today. From replacing websites with MCP servers to reimagining voice interfaces and AI security, Kent lays out the roadmap for what's next, and why it matters right now. Don’t miss this fast-paced conversation about the tools and tech reshaping everything. Links Website: https://kentcdodds.com X: https://x.co...

2025-07-2937 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Wrapping up Season 6 of Chats with KentKent says goodbye at the end of another season of the "Chats with Kent" podcast, which featured interviews with speakers for the upcoming Epic Web Comp 2025 conference in Salt Lake City. The host, Kent C. Dodds, expresses excitement about the lineup of speakers and encourages listeners to attend the conference in March 2025. He also mentions that the talks will be available on the EpicWeb.dev platform for those who miss the live event.Meet at Epic Web Conf.Guest: Kent C. DoddsWebsite: kentcdodds.com𝕏: @kentcdoddsGitHub: @kentcdoddsHost: Kent C. DoddsWebsite: ken...

2025-03-1001 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Of Things Epic: The Principles Behind Great Decisions with Kent C. DoddsKent C. Dodds sits down with Jason Lengstorf to discuss his talk at Epic Web Conf, Of Things Epic, where he dives into the principles behind effective decision-making in web development. Rather than focusing on which tools to pick, Kent emphasizes the need for a framework that enables developers to make confident decisions that scale. He draws from his experience with the Epic Stack, highlighting the importance of clear reasoning behind technical choices.Key topics in this conversation include:Why decision paralysis is unnecessary in modern web development.How the Epic Programming Principles provide a solid...

2025-03-0913 min

Wiser than Before This Simple Morning Ritual Clears Brain Fog and Supercharges ImmunityBreathe easier and clear your mind with a simple three-minute morning habit. Plus, how an ancient practice helps with allergies, congestion, and even mental clarity.“It’s like a cup of coffee —I’m in a better mood after, more energized, and it’s become a nice part of my morning routine" - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover…How a centuries-old yoga practice clears congestion and boosts immunityA simple morning habit that helps you breathe better all dayWhy sinus health affects your brain The overlooked connection between allergies, ear infections, and sinus healthHow your breathing patte...

2025-02-0513 min

Wiser than Before The Hottest New Probiotic on The Market (Akkermansia Muciniphila)Called the “next generation” probiotic…what’s all the hype about Akkermansia Muciniphila? And does it matter for you?“The gut-brain axis means your thoughts and moods are shaped as much by your gut as by your mind." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover…The gut bacteria everyone’s talking about and why it mattersHow akkermansia acts like a lawn mower for your gut lining4 foods that naturally boost akkermansia levels in your gutWhy too much of a good thing can actually hurt your healthThe 3 stages to rebuilding your healthHow to know if a probiotic will wo...

2025-01-2930 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Introducing Season 6 of Chats with KentKent introduces a new season of the "Chats with Kent" podcast, which will feature interviews with speakers for the upcoming Epic Web Comp 2025 conference in Salt Lake City. The host, Kent C. Dodds, expresses excitement about the lineup of speakers and encourages listeners to attend the conference in March 2025. He also mentions that the talks will be available on the EpicWeb.dev platform for those who miss the live event.Meet at Epic Web Conf.Guest: Kent C. DoddsWebsite: kentcdodds.com𝕏: @kentcdoddsGitHub: @kentcdoddsHost: Kent C. DoddsWebsite: kentcdodds.com𝕏: @kentcdoddsGitHub: @kentcd...

2025-01-2301 min

Wiser than Before The Best Gift You Can Give This Year“If you're a little behind on your holiday shopping, I've got an idea you'll love." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover…The 1 gift that everyone around you is guaranteed to enjoyWhy this gift is surprisingly simpleThe unexpected power of a pattern interrupt for better healthListen now and stay wise!EPISODES YOU MAY ENJOY:3 Breathing Techniques for Instant Relaxation (Apple, Spotify)Boost Health with Fewer Supplements and Less Effort (Apple, Spotify)Progress Not Perfection (Apple, Spotify)Connect with your host Josh Dodds:Website: www.thecalnut.comInstagram...

2024-12-1906 min

Wiser than Before The Energy Crisis Behind Histamine Intolerance and MCAS w/ Kaya @ fundamental.nourishmentClick here to book a call with Josh (this week only!)https://calendly.com/josh-dodds/wtb-listener“If you have a low metabolism issue, you're gonna be a lot more likely to have a high estrogen issue. You're gonna be a lot more likely to have an MCAS/histamine issue.” - Kaya @fundamental.nourishmentYou’ll discover…The main reason MCAS affects women more frequently than menWhy undereating can lead to histamine intolerance or MCASThe essential nutrient that stops allergic reactions and manages histamineThe counterintuitive eating strategy that soothes an angry, o...

2024-12-1157 min

Wiser than Before Your Cells’ Ability to Make Energy is The Core of Your Health w/ Kaya @ fundamental.nourishmentClick here to book a call with Josh (this week only!)https://calendly.com/josh-dodds/wtb-listener“A lot of diseases are characterized by the inability to tolerate foods in different ways. The healthier we are, we should be able to tolerate more foods.” - Kaya @ fundamental.nourishmentYou’ll discover…How to use a food tracker to fix blind spots in your dietWhy healthier bodies can handle more diverse foodThe surprising foods that help improve your energy and healthHow to uncover hidden nutrient gaps that are affecting your energyWhy common d...

2024-12-0909 min

Wiser than Before Why Most Genetic Testing is Misleading and How You Can Reprogram Your Genes for Lifelong Health w/ Dr. Sam ShayClick here to book a call with Josh (this week only!)https://calendly.com/josh-dodds/wtb-listener"When people say, 'I have bad genes,' it’s not true—it’s often just a mismatch between your genetics and the modern environment. And the environment can be changed." - Dr. Sam ShayYou’ll discover…The biggest myth about genetic testing and what you really need to knowThe hidden drivers of disease your doctor isn’t talking aboutHow to flip your genetic "kill switch" for inflammationWhat we got wrong when mapping the...

2024-12-041h 02

Wiser than Before Why Your Body Hates the Diet Everyone Else Loves w/ Dr. Sam ShayClick here to book a call with Josh (this week only!)https://calendly.com/josh-dodds/wtb-listener“If you are sensitive to histamine and you eat high histamine foods... you have basically introduced a slow moving, full body, bee sting into your body. And now you will swell with water.” - Dr. Sam ShayYou’ll discover…How to use your DNA to master cravings and energyHow to choose foods that fight anxiety and depressionWhich "health foods" are secretly toxic to your bodyWhy popular diets often backfire and what to eat inst...

2024-12-0219 min

Wiser than Before The Reason Your Perfect Diet Can’t Fix Your Metabolism w/ Dr. Jalal KhanClick here to book a call with Josh (this week only!)https://calendly.com/josh-dodds/wtb-listener“Excessive blue light coming into the eyes, that isn't balanced by the red light of the sun, is really a great way to mess with your hormones and throw things off completely. And when the hormones are messed up, that's when metabolism starts to go awry…and that's why we have the obesity epidemic.” - Dr. Jalal KhanYou’ll discover…Why your metabolism is off despite eating a “perfect diet”Why EMFs cause you to h...

2024-11-2757 min

Wiser than Before What Your Mouth Reveals About Your Posture and Breathing w/ Dr. Jalal KhanClick here to book a call with Josh (this week only!)https://calendly.com/josh-dodds/wtb-listener“I've never seen a patient that's had jaw surgery be happy with the result from a functional perspective. So the breathing is still going to be off, the posture is not going to be any better.” - Dr. Jalal KhanYou’ll discover…Why fixing your airway starts in your skullHow childhood injuries can affect your jaw and airway developmentHow dental crowding affects your ability to get restful sleepWhy pulling teeth for braces might do...

2024-11-2507 min

Wiser than Before Why Your Light Diet is More Important than Your Food Diet w/ Dr. Sara PughClick here to book a call with Josh (this week only!)https://calendly.com/josh-dodds/wtb-listener“Sunlight is your body’s reset button. Seeing the sunrise in the morning is like rebooting your phone—everything starts running smoothly again.” - Dr. Sara PughYou’ll discover…Why your daily light exposure is more important than your dietThe morning light tip for easier weight lossWhy your phone's blue light is keeping you awake at nightThe invisible toxin in LED lights damaging your healthWhy wearing sunglasses could be wrecking your sleepWhy artificial l...

2024-11-201h 17

Wiser than Before How Sunlight Unlocks Your Natural Feel-Good Chemicals w/ Dr. Sara PughClick here to book a call with Josh (this week only!)https://calendly.com/josh-dodds/wtb-listener“UVA light opens up our biological pharmacy and you can basically get high on your own supply.” “Artificial blue light can lower dopamine and make you more prone to addictive behaviors” - Dr. Sara PughYou’ll discover…The natural way to lose stubborn belly fat without dietingThe reason artificial blue light triggers food cravingsHow to naturally release your body's "feel-good" chemicals on demandHow sunlight shrinks fat cells without diet or exerciseHow t...

2024-11-1806 min

Wiser than Before How the ‘Endless Summer’ of Modern Living Wrecks Your Hormones, and How You Can Reverse It w/ Jack SchroderClick here to book a call with Josh (this week only!)https://calendly.com/josh-dodds/wtb-listener“There are thousands of diet books, but once you understand that your diet is just attuned to Mother Nature and what's seasonally and locally available, then you never have to buy or listen to that dogmatic diet stuff ever again.” - Jack SchroderYou’ll discover…How Jack turned low testosterone into optimal levels without doctors2 simple steps you can start today to transform your healthHow light exposure dramatically impacts your hormones and energy l...

2024-11-131h 03

Wiser than Before Boost Your Hormones with This Daily Routine w/ Jack SchroderClick here to book a call with Josh (this week only!)https://calendly.com/josh-dodds/wtb-listener“You are literally draining your hormones by staying under artificial light.”“Simple things like getting sunlight in the morning and grounding yourself can completely shift your hormones.” - Jack SchroderYou’ll discover…How Jack increased his testosterone by 5x without any medicationSimple steps you can start today optimize your hormonesHow blue light at night drains your sex hormonesThe nightime habit that’s lowering testosterone and raising estrogenWhy breathing through your nose can impro...

2024-11-1111 min

Wiser than Before The Hormone Queen: Why You Have Weight Gain, Joint Pain, and Feel Inflamed w/ Becca ChilczenkowskiClick here to book a call with Josh (this week only!)https://calendly.com/josh-dodds/wtb-listener“If you add hormones on top of an inflamed mess, you’ll end up with a bigger mess.” - Becca ChilczenkowskiYou’ll discover…Why your weight gain isn’t explained by your diet Simple ways to reverse weight gain without calorie restriction The reason extreme workouts backfire for women over 40 Why your stress levels dictate your hormone balance The first hormone that disappears when you’re stressed Why sleep quality matters more than supplements for hor...

2024-11-061h 00

Wiser than Before Why Most Diet Advice Fails When Your Goal Is Better HealthSolo: Have you been eating healthy, yet still suffering from health issues and symptoms? What nutrition and diet advice is correct? Why is it all so confusing?“The exact diet that worked for some expert, or even their clients or patients, might not work for you." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover…The first step of diet that everyone is missingWhy your diet isn’t workingThe mistake people make when they have reactions to foodsLow fat/Low carb/High protein all miss the main pointCommon nutrition advice…and why it doesn’t workThe problem with...

2024-08-3014 min

Wiser than Before Drainage Pathways: Are Your Toxins Leaving on A Superhighway or A Bumpy Dirt Road?Solo: Toxins and waste can only leave your body if your drainage pathways are open and flowing, yet drainage is often overlooked. This episode explains why stubborn symptoms like weight gain, fatigue, mood swings, headaches, and lethargy don’t seem to go away.“There's people that carry 10, 20 pounds of this backed-up congested body fluid, and when they start to get their drainage flowing, boom, that weight comes off." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover…How Slow Drainage Can Cause Fatigue, Swelling, and Brain FogSigns Your Drainage Pathways Are BlockedThe Surprising Connection Between Sluggish Drainage and Weigh...

2024-08-2323 min

Earth Body Consciousness Heart Sharing 1: A souls walk, self reflection & playfulness with host Jacob RA DoddsHello sweet soul, welcome. This is the first of many where I will be sharing from the heart, when and as I feel too. My sharing's and insights are reflective of the moment. Its a journey aye.. https://www.facebook.com/diamondheartfrequency https://www.facebook.com/jacobradodds/ https://www.instagram.com/diamondheartfrequency/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-ra-dodds-604821222/ https://www.youtube.com/@diamondheartfrequency Summary Perspective on podcasts and soul journey @ 0:06 The speaker discusses insights from recent podcasts they have sha...

2024-08-2220 min

Wiser than Before Progress Not PerfectionSolo: Getting healthier doesn’t have to be overwhelming or complicated. Learn how to make small changes that get results without driving yourself crazy.“There are plenty of people out there with imperfect health who are perfectly happy. They have enough health to do what they want to do and they enjoy life." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover…How to take consistent steps forwardTrusting that your body is working for youThe real reason your health might not be improvingChoosing one area at a time to make progress inThe only ‘shortcut’ that existsThe one area that wi...

2024-08-0911 min

Wiser than Before Before Chasing Symptoms Think Nervous SystemSolo: Working with your nervous system will give you more leverage than just about anything you try and do for your health. Let’s talk about why.“The nervous system is your programming. It's telling your body and mind what to do." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover…How to make symptoms disappear with nervous system workGetting faster results by retraining your nervous systemWhy focusing on symptoms is like playing whack-a-moleWhy the nervous system is so much more powerful than supplementsUsing nervous system work to reduce food reactions rather than avoiding foodsWhy reprogramming your nervous s...

2024-08-0217 min

Wiser than Before 2 Dead Giveaways Your Airways are Impaired While You Sleep w/ Greg Mc LeanLP: How to know if you have unsuspected breathing issues that can lead to health problems. East tests and tips to catch these problems early and improve your health and sleep.“Do you want to be the person that's on the cusp of almost mouth breathing and don’t realize it, or do you want to know you're in the clear?” - Greg Mc Lean You’ll discover…An easy at-home test to check your airway healthCatching breathing issues that can silently undermine your healthWhy mouth breathing can damage your healthHow to tell if you or your...

2024-07-2910 min

Wiser than Before Boost Health with Fewer Supplements and Less EffortWhat if there was a way to do less while getting healthier? Let’s cut away all the things you think you need but don’t…and watch your health improve.“When you get to 10+ bottles of supplements, it's no longer supplemental, it's become the main thing. How can we get better results, bigger impact, but more simple and straightforward with our health efforts?" - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover…How to take only 2 or 3 supplements at a time yet get better resultsMake 15 unique meals per week with only 10 items from the grocery storeWhy “eating the rain...

2024-07-2624 min

Wiser than Before Get Rid of Digestive Problems with Food CombiningSolo Show: Our modern diet combines a lot of foods that don’t mix well. It leads to a lot of digestive problems that are common, but not necessary. Food combining can quickly make many of these problems go away“If you ever feel tired and heavy after meals, have any bloating, discomfort, or any other kind of digestive issue, this episode is for you. There is a way to eat where you stay fresh and light and feel good and clear-headed." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover…What to do if you feel tired, he...

2024-07-1912 min

Wiser than Before 4 Ways to Test for Mold in Your HomeSolo Show: Testing for mold can be stressful and confusing. Here are 4 ways to test, plus a framework for deciding which option is right for you“A penny of prevention is worth a pound of cure definitely applies when it comes to mold." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover...The best test to start withWhich tests will miss the spores of the most dangerous mold speciesThe most common test recommended by mold-aware doctors and practitionersAlways make sure your inspector does this one thingWhy many homes built in the 2020s already have mold growthThe test that...

2024-07-1218 min

Wiser than Before Why Environment Is the Most Overlooked Aspect of HealthSolo Show: People with ongoing health issues often end up on frustrating and unproductive searches for answers because the root cause—often related to their environment—is overlooked.“Imagine the last time you felt poorly. Watch how your mind will immediately go to what was wrong in your body. Nobody thinks about their environment first." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover:The tendency of modern medicine to hyper focus on looking for problems in the bodyWhy environment is often overlooked but can be a big factor in health issuesThe two biggest environmental factors that can wreck...

2024-07-0514 min

Wiser than Before 4 Tips for Your First ColonicSolo Show: There’s nothing quite like a colonic in terms of the stagnation it can help move and the way it can help your colon. These 4 tips will help you get the most out of your colonic, and hopefully have a great experience.“I get so many people come back who are absolutely shocked at the amount of waste that comes out in their appointment." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover:How to do your first colonic even if you feel unsure, intimidated, or weird about themWhy you don’t need to wait for worse...

2024-06-2816 min

Wiser than Before How I Checked My New Home for EMFsSolo Show: If you want to get more familiar with EMFs but aren’t sure where to start, I’m sharing the simple things I did to assess EMFs in homes I looked at during my housing search.“It's most important to lower your exposure wherever it is you sleep." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover:Simple steps to check EMFs in and around your homeWhat to do if you want to reduce your EMF exposure but don’t know where to startHow to get more familiar with EMFs so it feels more manageableThe first thing...

2024-06-2115 min

Wiser than Before 3 Tips to Improve Your Air Quality at HomeSolo Show: Air quality gets overlooked for diet, exercise, supplements and more, but is just as important to your health. Many people don’t realize their air quality is affecting their health.“If your lungs are breathing in low quality air, then instead of doing the healing and repairing, the body's got to deal with that." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover:Easy ways to instantly breathe fresher air at homeWhy people can have poor air quality in their home and not realize itHow air can be like dirty water in a fish bowlThe most im...

2024-06-1412 min

Wiser than Before Diet Alone Is Not EnoughSolo Show: We’re going to need more than just diet to turn around most health problems today. Diet is an important piece, yet it’s only one piece. Keep making your diet improvements, but don’t put all your eggs in that basket. You’ll need your energy and focus for other areas as well.“Diet is not going to clear all the pathogenic overgrowth if you have latent viruses, if you have bacterial overgrowth, if there's mold or yeast. Diet may not handle that all by itself." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover:How people...

2024-06-0709 min

Wiser than Before How the Red Hill Trial Can Serve as a ReminderSolo Show: Water contamination tragedies are shocking yet common. What can this tell us about unseen toxin exposures in our environment? Most importantly, how can you protect yourself in a manageable way that’s not overwhelming?“It's shocking because it's something as basic as our water supply. It changes our awareness of toxicities in the modern world, and how they can get into places that we're not always suspecting." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover:What we can learn from the Red Hill trialWhat all the water contamination tragedies can tell us about the water s...

2024-05-3114 min

Wiser than Before Your Cellular Health = Your Overall Health, The Top 2 Tools to Build Cellular Health w/ Justine StengerClick here to book a call with Josh (this week only!)https://calendly.com/josh-dodds/wtb-listenerYou cannot have optimal health without healthy cells. There is a critical component of every cell in our body that can be supplemented, but nobody is talking about it. And you can combine it with circadian biology, structured water, and other simple natural tools for even better health.“No supplement or powder or protocol or IV treatment or hyperbaric oxygen or ozone or whatever it is, is going to replace your body's need to be...

2024-05-291h 08

Wiser than Before Why Studies Shouldn’t Be Taken at Face Value and How to Use Them Wisely w/ Justine StengerClick here to book a call with Josh (this week only!)https://calendly.com/josh-dodds/wtb-listenerLP: How to intelligently use studies and not be misled by them, from someone who has read thousands of studies.“A lot of these studies are done on mice, which are nocturnal animals. So you have to take things with a grain of salt, as information that may or may not translate clinically. And most of the time it doesn't translate clinically.” - Justine StengerYou’ll discover:How to evaluate a stud...

2024-05-2711 min

Wiser than Before 4 Ways to Know if Your Health Efforts are WorkingSolo Show: If you second guess whether you should continue with your new supplement, morning routine, breathwork, health practitioner, etc. this episode gives you 4 ways to decide whether it’s working“If you're like most people at that point, then you start questioning, is this even working? Do I need to do something else? Should I try something different? We leave a trail of discarded health habits behind us... and some of them likely would have been really valuable to stick with." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover:How to finally get out of the cyc...

2024-05-2419 min

Wiser than Before The Strange Thing That Happens When You Go To Bed Before You’re TiredSolo Show: We’re all making a mistake with our sleep schedule and we don’t even know it. “In this experiment I was letting my body decide how much sleep it wanted. The results were fantastic. I started waking up before my alarm and easily got more done during the day in less time." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover:The #1 mistake everyone is making with their sleep scheduleHow to regularly wake up before your alarm Why so many get the minimum amount of sleep to function rather than optimal sleepThe real reason behind the...

2024-05-1710 min

Wiser than Before Your Genes are Not the ProblemSolo Show: Genes are blamed too often in long-term health issues. Two questions to ask your health provider the next time they tell you your genes are behind your health problem“Your genes are like a library. Not every book gets read, not every gene is expressed. It’s your epigenetics that selects which genes are expressed, and how they’re expressed." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover:Why a basic understanding of genes is important for taking control of your healthHow blaming poor health on genetics keeps people stuckHow epigenetics decides which genes get expre...

2024-05-1017 min

Wiser than Before What is HRV? + 4 Ways to Use Your HRV Data for Better HealthSolo Show: HRV made simple. Discover the secrets behind heart rate variability and how it reflects your overall health. Understand how HRV can reveal hidden stress patterns and give you health info long before it shows up on your blood tests.“Heart Rate Variability (HRV) can help you catch illness early, before major health problems arise." - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover:What is HRV?The simple way to use your HRV data without stressing about itThe easiest ways to increase your HRVHow HRV can estimate the health of your nervous systemWhat a higher HRV n...

2024-05-0317 min

Wiser than Before 3 Breathing Techniques for Instant RelaxationSolo Show: Simple ways to relax using your breath. These techniques help you access the part of your nervous system that is usually outside of your conscious control“Who doesn't want an automatic way to drop into relaxation whenever you want?" - Josh DoddsYou’ll discover:How your breath is an access point to control your nervous systemThe part of your nervous system that determines how you feel but isn’t under your conscious controlWhy the fight or flight state is dominant in most people How to bring yourself out of the fight or fligh...

2024-04-2615 min

Wiser than Before How To Hydrate Like A ProSolo Show: How we can use lessons from a legendary basketball coach to hydrate better. Better hydration to feel less sluggish and more energetic, clear minded, and refreshed throughout the day"Almost everybody is interested in hydration, yet hardly anyone thinks they have dehydration going on." Josh DoddsYou’ll discover:How to hydrate by eatingThe best time to drink if you want to flush toxins and support your liver and kidneysWhy most hydration advice is surface level and may not move the needle for youHow a Moroccan gut infection sparked Josh’s hydration reve...

2024-04-1918 min

Wiser than Before The Simplest Diet for HealthSolo Show: How to eat simply and easily without getting overwhelmed by influencers, fad diets, and other nutrition noise"The simplest foods have one ingredient." Josh DoddsYou’ll discover:An easy way to eat healthy that’s not overwhelmingAll the unnecessary stress we create around foodHow to be confident and relaxed about your food choicesWhat to make of conflicting advice like carnivore, vegan, vegetarian, etc.The way of eating Josh followed to get rid of 80% of his symptoms in 2 monthsThe easy way to learn how to cook new foodsHow to get great health resu...

2024-04-1214 min

Wiser than Before Liver Stagnation: More Common Than You Think, Your Missing Link to Gut Health, and The Secret to Better Liver Flushes w/ Elizabeth WellsClick here to book a call with Josh (this week only!)https://calendly.com/josh-dodds/wtb-listenerHow clearing liver congestion can radically improve your health. A veteran liver flusher tells what worked for her and how you can do the same“You cannot fix a gut problem without adequate bile. The important thing is to try and keep the bile thin and to keep it moving.” - Elizabeth WellsYou’ll discover:Recognizing obstructions in the liverHow liver congestion impacts your entire wellbeingThe ancient detox method that can re...

2024-04-101h 17

Wiser than Before 4 Ways to Improve Bile Flow w/ Elizabeth WellsClick here to book a call with Josh (this week only!)https://calendly.com/josh-dodds/wtb-listenerLP: Bile problems are often behind gut and digestive problems. Four simple ways to improve your bile flow right now.“The missing factor in fixing a damaged gut is often good bile flow. A lot of people don’t know their gut microbes have an intimate relationship with what’s produced in the liver, which is bile.” - Elizabeth WellsYou’ll discover:Why good bile flow is critical for gut health and...

2024-04-0812 min

Wiser than Before Health is Never Just 1 ThingSolo Show: The marketing fallacy that keeps people stuck in their health journey."Health is never just one thing... it's a cumulative effect of small, powerful changes over time. Searching for the magic bullet leads to a lot of wishing and hoping, and honestly, poor results." Josh DoddsYou’ll discover:A different framework for improving your healthWhy you must identify the “stressors” that are dragging your health downThe importance of prioritizing these “stressors”Why multiple solutions is the easiest fastest way to restore your healthWhy the magic pill mindset failsHealth is an accumulation of actions...

2024-04-0514 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Chats with Kent Season 5 Wrap-upIn this final episode of season five, Kent C. Dodds recaps the enriching conversations with the speakers of Epic WebConf 2024, expressing gratitude and excitement for the upcoming event in April. He encourages listeners, whether planning to attend the conference or not, to revisit the season's episodes for timeless web development advice. While season six remains unplanned, Kent thanks his audience for their continued support and hints at future engagements, urging them to stay tuned.Meet Kent at Epic Web Conf.Guest: Kent C. DoddsWebsite: kentcdodds.comTwitter: @kentcdoddsGitHub: @kentcdoddsHost: Kent C. Dodds

2024-04-0501 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Navigating Growth and Innovation in Tech with Dan FarrellyIn this episode, Kent C. Dodds interviews Dan Farrelly, the CTO and co-founder of Jest, about his journey from front-end engineer to CTO, the challenges of scaling a tech company, and the importance of staying small to maintain agility and innovation. Farrelly shares insights into the evolving challenges of a tech team, from infrastructure to front-end development, and emphasizes the value of a generalist approach in a small, dynamic team. The conversation also delves into Farrelly's upcoming conference talk on improving long-standing APIs and his enthusiasm for learning from and contributing to the developer community.Watch this...

2024-04-0312 min

Wiser than Before 3 New Ways to Think About Your HealthSolo Show: Josh kicks off with a health realization sparked by his brother Dr. Jake Dodds, leading to a new look at health hacks.You’ll discover:How our current ways of thinking about health are outdated and inefficientAn invitation to rethink your weekly health routine with light, air, and chill timeLight consumption: How it impacts your body and why you should careAir quality indoors vs. outdoorsGrounding: A quick health hack with surprising benefitsTurns out, doing nothing can actually do a lot for your healthListen now and stay wise!This podcast is...

2024-03-2217 min

Wiser than Before The Health Hack Worth More Than $1,000/mo in Supplements w/ Dr. Jake DoddsNew ways to boost your health without changing your diet or taking supplements. Plus, simple health hacks that make a big difference for this busy family of 4.“I was taking 1000s of dollars worth of supplements, and I could have stepped outside and done this and probably got more benefit than all the supplements combined.” - Dr. Jake DoddsYou’ll discover:Quick health hacks that won't overload youThe four categories of healthThe surprising impact of light on your well-beingSimple nightly routine changes for better sleep and better energyThe impact of EMF on calcium levels...

2024-03-201h 30

Chats with Kent C. Dodds The Web and Design Systems with Michael ChanIn the podcast hosted by Kent C. Dodds, Michael Chan, celebrated as Chantastic, shares his insights on the evolution of web development and the critical role of design systems. He discusses how design systems should evolve with product development, the importance of documentation, and the dynamic nature of design systems contrary to the belief that they are static. Michael advocates for the empowering aspect of creating personal software and looks forward to the future where emerging tools will not only prevent breaks but also enhance development workflows. The conversation ends with a positive outlook on the web’s future an...

2024-03-1514 min

Wiser than Before Becoming Wiser Than BeforeWelcome to Wiser than Before! This show will help you fast-track your health by giving you tools, tips, and expert information you won't hear in your doctor's office. This is a teaser episode where Josh introduces the show and encourages you to listen to the next episode, his interview with Dr. Jake Dodds. Jake lets us in on the secret health hacks his busy family of 4 uses to boost their health without any extra time or effort. Enjoy!Connect with your host Josh Dodds:Website: www.thecalnut.comInstagram: @josh__dodds

2024-03-1304 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Building Community and Innovation in Web Development with Kent C. DoddsIn this enlightening conversation, Kent C. Dodds shares his transition from a full-stack web developer to a renowned educator and community influencer within the web development sphere. He recounts his initial steps into public speaking, his experiences with rejection and eventual success in the conference circuit, and the pivotal role these platforms have played in his career.Kent also delves into his work on creating and promoting quality web development education through platforms like testingjavascript.com, epicreact.dev, and his involvement with the Remix community. The discussion further touches on his anticipation for the upcoming Epic Web...

2024-03-0413 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Demystifying DivOps with Ben IlegboduKent C. Dodds welcomes Ben Ilegbodu to discuss his work with front-end platforms and the coined term "DivOps," focusing on non-UI aspects like configurations and optimizations that enhance app performance and developer workflows. Ben shares insights into why JavaScript's ecosystem fosters a unique need for DivOps, emphasizing its role as a legitimate discipline crucial for app optimization and improved user experiences. The conversation also touches on the diverse challenges and solutions within DivOps, expectations for the Epic WebConf in Utah, and the value of community and knowledge sharing in advancing the field. Additionally, Ben's personal goal to visit every...

2024-02-1910 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Introducing Season 5 of Chats with KentKent C. Dodds introduces Season 5 of "Chats with Kent," highlighting its unique focus on the speakers of the upcoming Epic WebConf 2024 on April 11th. This season aims to familiarize listeners with the conference speakers through 10-15 minute intros, offering insights into their backgrounds and what they'll be discussing. Kent encourages both attending the conference in person for a richer experience and utilizing the available live stream for those unable to attend. This season serves as a platform for listeners to engage with the content and speakers, whether they plan to participate in-person or online.Meet at Epic...

2024-02-0902 min

Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots 503: Epic Web and Remix with Kent C. DoddsKent C. Dodds, a JavaScript engineer and teacher known for Epic Web Dev and the Remix web framework, reflects on his journey in tech, including his tenure at PayPal and his transition to full-time teaching. Kent's passion for teaching is a constant theme throughout. He transitioned from corporate roles to full-time education, capitalizing on his ability to explain complex concepts in an accessible manner. This transition was marked by the creation of successful online courses like "Testing JavaScript and Epic React," which have significantly influenced the web development community. An interesting aspect of Kent's career...

2023-12-071h 07

POWER to Live More with Jo Dodds Jo Dodds : The Inspiration Behind Power to Live More It’s been ‘all change’ since this podcast was recorded. I no longer coach around productivity and the POWER to Live More membership isn’t open! Still thought it was worth a publish though. Not so Little Doddsy (now aged 17!) does make me laugh. To commemorate the momentous occasion of the 200th episode of the Power To Live More Podcast, we switch things up, and I become the guest on my own podcast. My daughter Ellie, my usual co-host, joins me to host the interview so that you can hear all about my business and my j...

2023-08-1841 min

PodRocket Svelte 4, Kent C. Dodds, and Matteo CollinaIn this week’s roundup, hear snippets of our discussions about the recent release of Svelte 4 with Geoff Rich, Kent C. Dodds explains his newest stack, The Epic Stack, and Matteo Collina explains modular monoliths. Links Apple Svelte 4 with Geoff Rich: https://tinyurl.com/2tht8bu3 Matteo Collina on modular monoliths, Platformatic, and Pino: https://bit.ly/3CFD4id The Epic Stack with Kent C. Dodds: https://bit.ly/3qMQGFG Google Svelte 4 with Geoff Rich: https://tinyurl.com/uw2295f4 Matteo Collina on modular monoliths, Platformatic, and Pino: ht...

2023-06-3013 min

PodRocket Remix and the web’s next transition with Kent C. DoddsKent C. Dodds is a speaker, teacher, and trainer. Kent joins us to talk about how he rebuilt his website using Remix, how the industry is transitioning to a new and improved architecture for building web applications, and more. Links https://twitter.com/kentcdodds https://kentcdodds.com https://testingjavascript.com https://epicreact.dev https://www.epicweb.dev https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-BYvuntVRt_VpfR6FKXJw https://egghead.io/q/resources-by-kent-c-dodds https://remix.run Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear...

2022-11-0241 min

PodRocket Epic React, quality content, and office hours with Kent C. DoddsWe sat down with Kent C. Dodds to talk about his mission to improve the world with quality software. Kent has content on Egghead.io and Frontend Masters he also created Testing JavaScript and Epic React. In this episode, we talk about what it's like to teach software development, and, one of our favorite topics of discussion, creating quality content. Listen wherever you get your podcasts and be sure to check out the video recording on our YouTube channel. Links https://kentcdodds.com https://twitter.com/kentcdodds https://egghead.io/q/resources-by-kent-c-dodds ...

2021-08-2451 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Tanner Linsley Separates UI State And Server StateTanner Linsley is the creator of react-table, react-charts, and react-query. Tanner also has a startup called nozzle.io where they track rankings in Google and do cool things around technical SEO.A lot of Tanner's libraries were born out of necessity at nozzle. We often reach for abstractions that were built to solve problems that we don't have and that ends up creating awkward problems for us. We wind up with poor performance or a bigger bundle size than we need, so having a custom made solution can be a good thing.Your UI state...

2020-05-1936 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Serene Yew Provides MentorshipSerene Yew runs Pixeltree, a software consultancy that focuses on sourcing junior talent and providing them with the mentorship that they need so they can bridge the experience gap and get a job.What better way to incite change than to be that change? You can have a huge influence on someone by taking on a mentorship role. And, not only does mentorship benefit who you're mentoring, but it also benefits you. Serene finds that every single person that she's mentored has changed her in some way for the better. They all taught her something that she...

2020-05-1929 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Saron Yitbarek's Path Into TechSaron Yitbarek started a company called Code Newbie, which started as a Twitter community and grew into a couple of podcasts and a conference.Saron first became interested in technology after she read the Steve Jobs book, it was the first time she got introduced to technology in a way that she could relate to, where tech was talked about through the eyes of design, art, and storytelling. So, she started calling CEOs of startups until she got an internship, which led to a job. Saron wanted to get into development, though, so she quit her job...

2020-05-1937 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Preethi Kasireddy Reinvents HerselfSoftware development isn't limited to "nerds." During her time at Andreessen Horowitz, Preethi met thousands of entrepreneurs. What she realized was that software engineering is what these entrepreneurs use to change the world. They're able to code the future they believe in using software engineering.A lot of people were surprised that Preethi gave up a promising career in venture capital to become a developer. But, Preethi says that the greatest artists reinvented themselves often. There's something unique and special about the periods in our lives where we are working on improving ourselves. We kind of lose...

2020-05-1933 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Michael Chan Encapsulates StateOne of the things Michael loves about React is that it's a lot easier to make a black box of abstraction with iron-clad React components that don't leak.Something that concerns Michael deeply about any technology is when we put too much inside of it. We saw this pretty early on in React, where everyone was taking all manner of state and putting it into Redux. We have to think about the principle of co-location and the fact that the closer you put related things together, the easier it will be to maintain in the longterm.

2020-05-1939 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Michael Chan Teaches You How To Break Into The IndustryIt was around 2008-2010 when Michael's family's business went under due to the recession. From that point, Michael spent every spare second he had reading whatever he could. He'd be reading Ruby and JavaScript documentation while he pushed his son on the swing.In this episode, Michael talks about what it takes to break into the tech industry. He explains how interviews are a hackable skill and the importance of building relationships in the industry.HomeworkSit down for 5 minutes and think about what you really want to do with your life and figure...

2020-05-1933 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Justin McMurdie Breaks Apps Into Micro-ServicesMost applications on the backend and the front end get built as a monolith, but you could improve your developer experience and performance if you broke your applications out into microservices.The pros and cons are the same for monorepos and microservices. Microservices is a different paradigm. And so, there's a lot of training that goes involved for different people to understand the various deployment processes. The microservices system is slightly more complex in some ways, but on the pro side, you gain some performance benefits where you can scale up services by themselves.A...

2020-05-1932 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Talia Nassi on Testing in ProductionWhat does it mean to test in production? Simply put, testing in production means testing your features in the environment where your features will live. So what if a feature works in staging, that's great, but you should care if the feature works in production, that's what matters.An excellent tool for testing in production is feature flagging. Feature flagging allows you to separate your code deployment from your feature release. So, when you use a tool like future flagging, you're able to target specific users to see your feature, and you can test your feature and...

2020-05-1929 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Dr. Michaela Greiler Makes Code Reviews Your Team's SuperpowerDr. Michaela Greiler is focused on helping teams make code reviews their superpower!During Dr. Michaela's time at Microsoft, they found that developers were spending six hours a week doing code reviews. You have to ask yourself if that time is really being well spent.How do you ensure that code reviews are worth the time? There is a huge variety of experiences with code review. It can be really good, and it can be really, really horrible as well. There is not a lot of formal training around it.Formal training would...

2020-05-1932 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Courtney McCleve On Developing EmpathyThe internet is one of those resources that we have available to us, and it's fantastic at what it does. However, there's a lot of content that isn't super curated and isn't in a format that makes it digestible. Courtney is interested in making the web accessible not only in the way we typically think of accessibility for people with disabilities who need screen readers and other assistive technologies but also for people with mental disabilities or difficulty learning.We can help by improving the way we present the information, make it more accessible, and use words...

2020-05-1928 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Amelia Wattenberger Breaks The UX MoldIn her free time, Amelia Wattenberger enjoys creating "code sketches." On the surface, they might just look like silly examples, but she's learned concepts or ways of doing things through these tiny code examples. You can learn a lot by playing with something in isolation and then trying to see how you can apply it to a production application later.Amelia then goes on to share her process of creating a blog post. Step one is thinking of the main idea she wants to communicate. Step two is asking herself who she is trying to communicate with...

2020-05-1933 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Alex Anderson Creates Web-Based Spaceship ControlsThorium is the software that space centers use for the computer controls and the flight director controls of simulated space ship experiences!The cool thing about Thorium is that it's entirely web-based. Alex is using React to build Thorium and a 3D universe. The 3D universe is being driven by react-three-fiber by Paul Henschel, which is a fantastic piece of software.Alex says that if you are privileged enough to have the time and the energy and the resources to be able to do side projects, that you should go for it. He believes side...

2020-05-1933 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Laurie Barth Chats With Kent About Growing Outside Of Your Comfort ZoneLaurie has a tough time saying no, and she ends up trying a lot of different things, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing. Attempting to learn something new gives you the fresh perspective of a beginner starting from nothing. We get comfortable and take for granted the pieces of knowledge we have on our skills.You have to find a balance, though. It's demotivating to feel dumb all of the time. You need to use the thing you learned for some time, so you advance beyond the beginner phase of the skill. If you jump from...

2019-11-2731 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Eve Porcello Chats With Kent About Sustainably Expanding SkillsA lot of times, when people are learning something new, they feel, "Oh, I have to learn this fast and my manager's counting on me to learn this," and everything's super stressful. As software engineers, we continually have to learn new things, and carrying that stress is tough on our mental health, so we must learn how to mitigate it.Don't worry about being an expert. Try to be okay with being a beginner at something. You shouldn't expect more than that from yourself when you start learning something new.It's essential to break your...

2019-11-2730 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Ken Wheeler Chats With Kent About Going For Challenging OpportunitiesAlmost every demo Ken has done at a conference was wildly out of his league technologically. The deadline for the conference pushes him to grow rapidly. Conference-driven development. Elon Musk says, "If it's physically possible, then we can make it happen." Take stock of the situation and ask yourself what the reality of it is, is it possible? If so, then you can accomplish it.It's not possible to take the second step or even the last step unless you've taken that first step. Finding a simple way to take that first step and just going for...

2019-11-2731 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Erik Rasmussen Chats With Kent About Maintaining Open-Source LibrariesErik built the Redux Form library to help manage form states in Redux. He decided to open-source Redux Form, and it exploded and became very, very popular.People kept coming up to Erik with additional use cases, and the form library itself kept growing to the point where the bundle size got out of hand and saying yes to all the requests for features created a monster.So Erik came up with his second form library "final-form." This time he created a plugin architecture to reduce the maintenance and make the library more capable of...

2019-11-2736 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Angie Jones Chats With Kent About Automated Visual TestingVisual testing is like snapshot testing with images. So when your application is in the state that you want it to be in, you verify this as a human being, and then utilize tools to take a picture of your application in that state.Visual testing isn't a new concept, but the technology was previously flaky. But now, Applitools is using AI and machine learning to be able only to detect the things that we care about as human beings.Visual testing catches issues that your scripts won't detect, and Applitools is especially powerful at...

2019-11-2729 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Nader Dabit Chats With Kent About Keeping An Optimistic MindsetHow do you stay optimistic when being bombarded with negativity every day? Nader reminds us that, statistically, we are living in the safest and most prosperous period in human history. Nader went through a lot of hardship growing up, and it caused him to assume the entire world was that way, but in reality, it wasn't. Try to maintain perspective, and remember that your experiences aren't reflective of the world as a whole.The voice in your head talks about yourself in a way that you'd never treat another person. Be mindful of yourself and treat yourself...

2019-11-2728 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Kelly Vaughn Chats With Kent About Personal FinanceKelly got into personal finance while she was struggling financially in grad school. Your very first step to getting your money under control should be to know where your money is going. Sit down and look at the last three months of your bank statements and categorize your purchases.Being able to visualize and measure where your money is going is a fantastic first step for people wanting to at least see if you could make some changes to the way that you're spending your money.After you figure out where your money is going...

2019-11-2726 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Jen Luker Chats With Kent About Finding Inspiration From AnywhereJen puts knitting before the fact that she is a senior software engineer when she defines who she is; this doesn't make her a worse engineer than someone who eats, sleeps, and breathes code.With each new thing you learn, whether you're good or bad at it, you'll tend to discover something about it that teaches you something new. With everything Jen learns, she tries to bring it back into the ways she interacts with the world, whether that's through some art medium or programming.Technological progress has been an evolving process of standing on...

2019-11-2728 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Henry Zhu Chats With Kent About The Responsibilities Of A MaintainerHenry Zhu's transition from a programing role to a more managerial role as Babel's maintainer has been hard. As programmers, we tend to value our work based on the number of commits or pushing features. When you are a manager, you're not writing much code anymore.There's still an expectation that maintainers should be writing code. Still, maintainers also have to triage and merge things, release process, onboard, market, write documentation, test, make videos, and give talks. Because of all this, a maintainer's time is best spent figuring out how to get more people involved with a...

2019-11-2732 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Jenn Creighton Chats With Kent About Avoiding An "Apropcolypse"Jenn has been working with React since 0.13. She has a background in creative writing, and it melded well with React.One of her big early mistakes with React was focusing too hard on making components reusable. When you try to make your component one-hundred percent reusable, you end up with a massive stack of props. In our effort to make things reusable, we end up making it harder for ourselves and others.Sometimes it even makes sense to duplicate the component, change its name, and add your changes to it instead of adding more props...

2019-11-2729 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Bianca Gandolfo Chats With Kent About Lifestyle DesignWe're all really busy but we are also ambitious and have goals, but a lot of the time those goals aren't defined so well.It's important that our goals are well defined and manageable, we're hard on ourselves when we aren't making progress towards them. You want to expend your energy on the things that are providing you with value, and when you expend your energy beating yourself up, it's worse than wasted energy because it's energy directed at making life worse for you.Bianca started Code and Coffee to take people through the process...

2019-11-2732 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Lindsey Kopacz Chats With Kent About A11yWhen Lindsey started, she didn't know what accessibility even meant. She would see that there was an "accessibility error" and fix it, but she didn't understand why she was fixing it. A11y clicked for her when she realized that the point of accessibility was to make the web usable for people with disabilities.Code, at its core, is about people, and it allows people to use and purchase products. Ultimately we code to make people's lives better, and if you aren't making your site accessible, then you are discriminating against the one in four people living...

2019-11-2731 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Lessons Learned From Four Major Projects with Shirley WuShirley Wu has been freelancer since 2016, creating data visualizations for her clients. In this episode, Shirley talks about the four projects that had the most significant impact on her.In 2017 Shirley created an interactive visualization of the musical, Hamilton. It blew up on the internet. It was the first time a project of her's had a significant response. It made her realize that code could be beautiful, colorful, and inspiring. The audience might not remember the figures or the writeup, but they will remember the emotional response they had.Her next project was less fun...

2019-08-0540 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Getting Started With Code Live-Streaming With Suz HintonSuz started streaming because she wanted to show people that hardware coding is just like regular everyday coding, it's just for smaller, dumber computers. It's been two and a half years since she started streaming and her reasons have changed since then. Suz has a community of fourteen thousand that gathers around her stream now. Despite her now much busier schedule these days this community motivates her to keep coming back and getting open source work done.Suz talks about how you need to be doing it for the right reasons if you want to actually stick...

2019-08-0529 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds You Can Learn A Lot For The Low Price Of Your Ego With Shawn WangYou can learn in private, or you can learn in public. 99% of developers work and learn privately in the shadows, so why shouldn't you? Something magical happened when Shawn started creating resources and sharing what he learned in public. More advanced people began to help him by correcting him when he was wrong. By learning publically, he was able to both teach and learn at the same time!"You can learn so much on the internet for the low, low price of your ego." If you keep your identity small, you can remain open to new ideas...

2019-08-0532 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Become Intentional With Your Time With Scott HanselmanGetting involved in the world of open-source isn't trivial, especially when we are new to this industry and don't a lot of technical experience. Those of us with the privilege of knowledge and expertise should lend it to others. Lift others, and one day they may do the same.Scott Hanselman talks about how he isn't a "transactional networker," he doesn't keep score or expect something in return for helping others. Living this way is freeing and fulfilling, even if at times you get burned by someone.It's hard to find fulfillment when we are...

2019-08-0531 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds There Aren't Any Shortcuts To Expertise With Sara VieiraWhen something is easy for us, it more than likely is just familiar to us. It's easy to forget how challenging it was to learn what we know. When we tell someone who is still learning that something is easy, it diminishes the accomplishment of learning something new.People who are good at things put in the time and the practice to get where they are, there isn't a shortcut to experience. We can gain experience by building things. But what do you build?In this episode, Sara Vieira talks about how to find ideas...

2019-08-0530 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds A Few Excellent Reasons For Why Should Give GraphQL A Try With Peggy RayzisPeggy Rayzis is the engineering manager at Apollo, where she leads the developer experience team.Peggy talks about how Apollo touches every layer of development. There are a lot of ways that you can implement GraphQL in your application. It's incredibly flexible. You can even have GraphQL running entirely on the front-end! Peggy recommends that you implement it in your existing application by creating a GraphQL layer that sits between your front-end and underlying services.Why would it be worth all of the effort to refactor your application from a REST architecture to a GraphQL...

2019-08-0532 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds The State Of WebAssembly With Lin Clark and Till SchneidereitLin Clark and Till Schneidereit from Mozilla discuss where WebAssembly came from and where it's going. WebAssembly was inspired by asm.js, a subset of JavaScript that could be compiled from a language such as C++. WebAssembly can take the idea further since it doesn't have the same limitations that JavaScript does.Lin and Till talk about why even a front-end developer would use WebAssembly, which leads to a discussion on one of the primary use cases of WebAssembly, performance optimization. They also get into the nitty-gritty of WASI, or the WebAssembly System Interface, which allows WebAssembly...

2019-08-0536 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Funding Open-Source Maintainers Using Ethical Advertising With Eric BerryIt's challenging to sustain open source projects, a lot of time and energy is poured in without any compensation in return. Eric Berry created CodeFund to give developers who are finding it difficult to justify putting their time into open source projects a means to get compensated.Open source today is not the same as it was five years ago. Ninety-six percent of all web apps are using open source. The web relies on it. Sixty-five percent of all projects have only one or two maintainers, and their work is providing value to a lot of companies...

2019-08-0533 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Creating Successful Mentor Relationships With Emma BostianEmma Bostian launched codingcoach.io, a free, open-source project that connects mentees with mentors. Emma discusses how she launched Coding Coach before she had a real database. It's better to have your product out there than to sit on it until it's perfect, you can always iterate.Mentoring doesn't just help others, you improve your teaching skills, and it also just looks good to be a mentor.Mentees should respect a mentor's time since they are doing it for free. When asking someone to be your mentor briefly describe where you're currently at, and some...

2019-08-0531 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Make Your Apps Resilient UsingFinite State Machines With David KhourshidIn this episode, David Khourshid gives the rundown on how finite state machines can make your app more testable, more resilient to bugs, and easier to refactor.David's initial interest in finite state machines stemmed from his background in music. With music, there is a universal notation that crosses genre boundaries. David thought what if there could be music notation for logic? Well, it ends up people have been trying to figure this out for the last thirty years.A finite state machine can only be in exactly one state out of a limited number...

2019-08-0532 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds A Rundown Of What's Next For React With Dan AbramovWhat's next for React? In this second interview with Dan Abramov React's direction is discussed along with overviews of exciting new features.Dan gives a great rundown these incoming features. React suspense is going to provide a baked-in solution for the problems that async data fetching causes with component rendering, and concurrent mode is bringing non-blocking rendering. Further insight is provided into what problems sparked the need for these new features and why they were the chosen implementations.There's also discussion on React Fire modernizing React DOM, JSX v2, if React is a framework or...

2019-08-0552 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Realigning Your Model of React After Hooks With Dan AbramovIn this episode, Kent and Dan talk about the ways in which you'll have to reconstruct your mental model of how React works in order to get the hang of hooks, and how hooks more closely align with React's intended model.React has made multiple attempts at figuring out a way to share state between components. Mixins, higher-order components, render props, and now hooks. Dan Abramov walks through what went right and what went wrong with each of the implementations prior to hooks. None of these implementations lined up with React's model, they were too indirect, or...

2019-08-0545 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Establishing Your Personal Brand With Cassidy WilliamsCassidy Williams is an engineer at Codepen. In the last five years, Cassidy has worked for five companies. She had left each on her terms as she learned through experience what she wanted and didn't want. Figuring out what you like and what you don't like is critical for ending up somewhere that you're happy with, Cassidy calls this establishing your personal brand. The term "personal brand" has negative connotations to it, it seems unauthentic, but really what it means is figuring out who you are and making that public, it's as authentic as you make it....

2019-08-0533 min

Chats with Kent C. Dodds Growing Your Skills And Career Through Teaching with Ali SpittelIn this episode, Ali Spittel, a software engineer and developer advocate at Dev.to, joins us to talk about how excellent teaching can be for not only the people who are learning from you but also for developing your skills and your career.Teaching is one of the best ways we can teach ourselves something. It requires you to build an understanding of the subject matter strong enough to explain the material to other people and answer questions. "At some point, you tell a computer what to do, and it does it. It's really predictable. If you...

2019-08-0530 min

React Round Up RRU 043: Testing React Apps Without Testing Implementation Details with Kent C. DoddsPanel: Lucas ReisJustin BennettCharles Max Wood Special Guest: Kent C. Dodds In this episode, the panelist talk with today’s guest, Kent C. Dodds who works for PayPal, is an instructor, and works through open source! Kent lives in Utah with his wife and four children. Kent and the panel talk today about testing – check it out! Show Topics: 0:00 – Kendo UI 0:32 – Chuck: Hello! My new show is TheDevRev – please go check it out! 1:35 – Panel: I want all of it! 1:43 – Chuck: Our guest is Kent C. Dodds! You were on the show for a while and then you got busy. 2:06 – Guest. 3:09 – Panel: The kid part...

2018-12-251h 16

Adventures in Angular 022 AiA Form Validation with Kent C. DoddsThe crew talks form validation with Kent C. Dodds.Special Guest: Kent C. Dodds. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/adventures-in-angular--6102018/support.

2014-12-2530 min