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Frontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #54: From "Works on Chrome" to "Works on Web"We discuss Interop 2025 and the upcoming 2026 edition that has opened the call to action for feature suggestions. Chucho and Ricard explain you how they used to hack browsers to get that cross-browser support with JavaScript polyfills and CSS conditional rules. These days are gone, we look forward to more browser interoperability. We have a small wishlist for 2026, what's yours?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-12-0927 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #53: The raise of the amateur website and AIWe discuss how inexperienced developers are leveling up, how no-code solutions are taking over, and do you even need to know how to code anymore? Is vibe coding the new go-to for everything or just certain use cases? Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-12-0127 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #52: The Importance of Taking Time OffLong vacations, short vacations? How to take time off, how to plan your vacations? How do you unplug from coding in your time off? Or do you keep coding on personal projects while you're off work?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-11-2628 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #51: The State of the Framework in 2025The State of JS survey is open. We discuss React, Svelte, Vue, vanilla JS... We have opinions about it and we want to hear yours too.Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-10-2228 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #50: How to deal with impossible deadlinesWe've all been there, you're thrown into a very tight project schedule that might be impossible to deliver. What can we do in these situations?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-09-1631 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #49: FE is complex, can we make it simpler?Frontend has gone from FTP to the frameworks war, to complicated pipelines with hundreds of node modules. Why did we do this? Is it getting better? Should we do something about it?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-07-3127 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #48: FE Journey Through the Remote Work RevolutionChucho and Ricard discuss how remote work has changed, where are they more productive now and invite you to share your take. What's your best work setup?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-07-3131 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #47: What motivates FE Developers?We talk what lights a fire under us, what motivates us to continue working FE. Is it the stack? A new shiny framework? UI? UX? Have a listen and let us know what motivates you to code.Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-07-1630 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #46: Are Frontend Developers going away?We discuss how AI is making FE developers obsolete (maybe!). Are we going to disappear? What can we do to ensure we continue to exist? How to embrace AI to be more productive?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-06-1129 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #45: Storybook, Web Components and Figma TokensThis is an angular-free podcast but we do talk web components. Chucho and Ricard discuss Storybook, what to consider when thinking about using it. Are Figma tokens the future? Sources of truth are nice but are they worth it?What's your experience with these tools?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-06-1026 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #44: Technical Interviews in the age of AIWe discuss how AI has changed the way we do interviews. Remote only, plus access to AI chats has forced the industry to work differently. How should we conduct interviews? What should we ask? What should we look for in candidates?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-05-0736 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #43: Mobile First in 2025: Why Are We Still Getting It Wrong?Ricard today complains about sites not being mobile-first and Chucho drops a history lesson. What is mobile first? Why are we still talking about this? How can we deliver better experiences?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-04-2429 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #42: Accessibility in 2025, tips to be readyWe discuss the European Accessibility Act (EAA) that might affect your website, how to check, and deal with common issues. How hard is it to follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA? We give you an insight and share our experience.What's your experience with accessibility?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-04-2432 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #41: How we manage stress in the FE worldWe chat about things that can be stressful as a FE developer, we suggest things that work for us on how to deal and mitigate it (for you and you team).Share your tips and tricks with us!Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-01-2833 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #40: CSS in 2024 was funWe share what we loved most about the 2024 CSS Wrapped as well as other CSS changes we've witnessed over the years that changed our way of working (yes, we will talk about border-radius).What where CSS changes that blew your mind?https://chrome.dev/css-wrapped-2024/Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-01-2133 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #39: Best practices, standards and guidelinesWe discuss how we work with guidelines, standards and best practices at Cognizant Netcentric. Including our very own ESLint and Stylelint open source configurations.Do you follow any guidelines when coding FE?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://x.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2025-01-2029 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #38: Morals, ethics and being eco-friendly as a FE DeveloperWe discuss the moral of working for certain industries, how can we be more green (spoiler: it's web performance) as developers, as well as open source.Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2024-12-0530 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #37: Lessons learned as FE DevelopersChucho and Ricard have been coding for more than 18 years. These old time developers will share some of their hard learned lessons on being a developer and/or a FE Lead.Share your sips of wisdom with us.Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2024-11-2631 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #36: How to keep up to date with FE?Why is it important to be on the loop for the latest and greatest FE technologies out there? The latest JavaScript framework? What's possible with the latest CSS? Performance and SEO... There's just so much. We share our tips and tricks to stay fresh and relevant.Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2024-10-2532 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #35: Patterns, anti-patterns and dark patternsWe explain the differences, share examples and give you plenty resources to get you started. Chucho can't stress enough that you should read these at least once!patterns.devGang Of Four GOF Design Patterns Design Patternsdeceptive.designFollow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2024-10-0836 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #34: Development conferences. Worth it?We talk about web development conferences, going in-person or attending online. Are they worth it? What's the benefit? Couldn't you just watch a recording?What's the most interesting conference you've ever attended? If you haven't yet, any conferences you'd like to go to?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2024-09-3030 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #33: How to write quality and maintainable code?We chat what is code quality, what are code smells, tips and tricks to make your code readable and maintainable.What are your tips?Code quality metrics: https://www.sealights.io/code-quality/code-quality-metrics-is-your-code-any-good/Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2024-07-0234 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #32: Knowledge Sharing in your TeamWe discuss different ways to do knowledge sharing in your team or company. The challenges we've faced and what has worked for us.Find out about our Netcentric Academy https://www.netcentric.biz/jobsFollow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2024-06-1832 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #31: How we started 2 frontend podcastsDid you know we have both this and a different internal FE podcast? The internal podcast started first and gave us the idea to start one on YouTube. Tune in to know how it all began and what we learned along the way.Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2024-06-1035 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #30: Accessibility MonthWhat is Accessibility? What's your experience with Web Accessibility? What does it mean a website is accessible? Keyboard navigation? Labels? These and more in today's episode.https://accessibility.day/https://www.w3.org/WAI/https://dynomapper.com/blog/27-accessibility-testing/273-wcag-the-web-content-accessibility-guidelines-explainedFollow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2024-05-2829 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #29: Should you use Web Components?What's your take on Web Components? What are the best use cases? Should you use them for regular AEM projects? What's the best thing about Web Components?Check out a performance comparison of different frameworks and techniques to create Web Components: https://webcomponents.dev/blog/all-the-ways-to-make-a-web-component/Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2024-05-2828 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #28: Chucho loves Single Page AppsSPA? MPA? Are these still relevant in 2024? When would you use an SPA vs a regular MPA? Have you heard about the new View Transitions API?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2024-03-0829 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #27: What is a FE Lead?FE Manager, FE Lead... there are many names for what we think might be the same thing. We discuss what a FE Lead is accountable for. What to expect from a FE Lead? Types of leaderships. Join the conversation and tell us what's the your ideal type of FE Lead.Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2024-03-0833 min
Ricard Torres RadioEpisode 36: extremely urgent
UPS can be very fast
From London to Barcelona in 1 day.
Yes, I’m going to Japan again 😁
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2024-02-2801 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 35: delivery routes
How do these thing work?
Is it manual? Is it done by a software?
I have no idea.
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2024-02-2802 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 34: walking, smoking (Japan)
Japan has some things very well figured out
Smoking booths on the street
Don't smoke-walk in front of others!
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2024-02-0702 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #26: How much UX should a FE developer know?We discuss UI, UX, design and the role of the frontend developer. Reading recommendationsLinkshttps://www.nngroup.com/articles/https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-101-introduction-to-usability/Books by Donald NormanThe design of Everyday ThingsEmotional DesignBooks by Jakob NielsenUsability EngineeringDesigning Web UsabilityEyetracking Web UsabilityBooks by Steve KrugDon't make me thinkRocket Surgery Made EasyBooks by Robin Williams (not the actor or singer)The Non-Designer's Design BookBooks by Jason BeairdThe Principals of Beautiful Web DesignFollow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2024-02-0233 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #25: Open sourcing our FE BuildToday we're joined by Dragan Filipovic, Senior Front-end Software Engineer at Cognizant Netcentric. We talk how he spearheaded the initiative to open source our FE Build.A Frontend build system that can be used in both AEM and non-AEM projects.Try it out here:https://github.com/Netcentric/fe-buildFollow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2024-01-2631 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 33: PDFs or websites
Please, I beg of you, don't use PDF when you have websites
PDFs are awful
Maybe it's just me.
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2024-01-2503 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 32: Full volume
Being an ass on the subway
I miss Japan
How can we fix this? Is there a way to fix this?
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2024-01-1703 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 31: Short attention span
Reduce screen time
Stop looking at this short-form content
Enjoy longer format content
Conversation between Lex Fridman and Jeff Bezos
Does this podcast work in this format?
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2024-01-1504 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #24: Content management, decisions or options?When creating web components for content editors, do you give them all the options? or take decisions that will work best for development and maintenance?We discuss headless vs server-side rendering as well. Ricard loves JSON files. Chucho? Maybe not.Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2024-01-0924 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 30: Out for delivery
Do you usually have things delivered at home?
We have to fix the "deliver while on lunch break" issue!
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2024-01-0902 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 29: A great online shopping experience
Amazon is good, but not great for refunds
Spanish bookstore was awesome when returning a book
Have you had any good (or bad) online shopping experience lately?
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2024-01-0403 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 28: Efficient public transportation system
Google Maps, Barcelona and being on time at the airport (for once)
Does Google Maps work well where you live? Or do you use a different app?
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2023-12-2902 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 27: Should this be on TikTok?
Am I missing an opportunity here?
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2023-12-2901 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 26: Imports and customs
Bought something from China
My package is stuck at customs.
Have you ever had to deal with this?
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2023-12-2102 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 25: Facial recognition
Had a trip and saw Vueling airline offer facial recognition to board a plane.
Would you use it?
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2023-12-1502 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 24: My first noise-cancelling earbudsNarrated blog post from https://ricard.blog/other/my-first-noise-cancelling-earbuds/
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2023-12-1402 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 23: Am I back?Show notes
I am reviving this podcast
Narrated blog posts
Short thoughts
What do you think?
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2023-12-1401 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #23: Impostor Syndrome in FrontendWhat is the Impostor Syndrome? How to fight it? Why is it more common than we think in Frontend development? We discuss this and offer some tips that have worked for us!Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2023-12-0830 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #22: AI tools in our every day workWe talk about GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, phind, and Bard. We share how we use it for coding. How about you?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2023-10-2531 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #21: How to find time for career development?How can you find time for your career development? ⏱️ Here’s our take on it: In the latest episode of the hit Frontend Coffee Break podcast, we discuss the strategies that frontend leads and managers employ to make room for growth amidst their daily responsibilities.Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2023-10-1131 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #20: Is Mobile First still a thing in 2023?Is the mobile-first mindset still relevant in the world of development? 🧐 Here’s the deal:Today we discuss the best practices and approaches for developing websites and apps for mobile devices.Chucho mentions Ricard's library for Two Way Data Binding, here it is: https://github.com/quicoto/two-way-data-binding Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2023-08-1829 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #19: Should you be constantly challenged?What benefits frontend developers the most: working on long-term projects, or switching every six months? 🤝We discuss the FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) on new technologies in the changing world of frontend development.Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2023-08-0929 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #18: Core Web Vitals in 2023Looking for a better way to optimize and improve your project’s web performance? 🚀 We’ve got you covered:Today Chucho and Ricard are joined by Ines Akrap, Senior Web Performance Engineer, for insights into Core Web Vitals in 2023.Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@devAdditional resources:🔗 https://github.com/Netcentric/progux
2023-07-2830 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #17: How to work with images on the web in 2023Are you a web developer or designer passionate about creating visually stunning, high-performance websites? 🤩We review the optimal ways how to upload images in 2023.Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@devAdditional resources:- https://web.dev/learn/images- https://squoosh.app
2023-06-2330 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #16: Reacting to Rich Harris' video on frameworks and the webToday we react! It's not necessary but it would give you more context if you watched first Rich Harris' video before listening to the episode. If not, that's ok too, we'll try to give you as much context as possible.Rich Harris' video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXCipjbcQfMFollow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2023-06-0929 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #15: Is progressive enhancement worth it?There is one question on the minds of web developers and tech enthusiasts everywhere: How 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 relevant is progressive enhancement and graceful degradation in 2023?In the latest episode of the Frontend Coffee Break podcast, we spill the tea on whether these approaches are still worth it, as well as the best techniques to get the most out of them according to the device you’re using.Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2023-05-1831 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #14: FE Web Performance: the good stuffWe talk about what we look for on a website when it comes to web performance. What are the basic things we first check? What tools do we use?FE developers even if not web performance experts need to be able to identify issues and how to solve them.At Cognizant Netcentric we've written some articles about web performance, have a look:https://www.netcentric.biz/insights/2019/01/web-font-performancehttps://www.netcentric.biz/insights/2021/08/css-loading-strategies-1https://www.netcentric.biz/insights/2021/09/css-loading-strategies-2Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/h...
2023-04-2632 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #13: Should you document your code?Time to get real: Should you 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 document your code?We’re breaking it down in the latest episode of the Frontend Coffee Break podcast. Our resident experts, Jesús and Ricard, weigh in on whether you should document your code, how often this should be done, and why every developer should use JSDoc on a daily basis. What's your take on this topic? Any recommendations we might’ve missed?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2023-04-1229 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #12: JavaScript debugging processTake a moment to consider your current JavaScript debugging process. Thankfully, we're dropping some hot tips to make things run smoothly.In the latest episode of the hit Frontend Coffee Break podcast, Ricard and Chucho delve into the most effective ways to debug JavaScript in 2023, which’ll save every developer loads of time and frustration.What’s your preferred way to debug JavaScript? Any tips or recommendations we might’ve missed? 🐛Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2023-03-2429 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #11: What is a skill map and why you should have oneHow do you know what to learn next? What's the required skills to move to the next level of your career? Do the skills in job offers reflect what you do on your day to day?Today we discuss that and how we've implemented for FE at Cognizant Netcentric.Here some roadmaps to get inspired:https://frontendmasters.com/guides/learning-roadmap/https://roadmap.sh/frontendWhat do you recommend?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2023-03-0928 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #10: Unit Testing, love it or hate it?Ricard loves unit testing! Chucho will challenge it, is it worth it? A waste of time? Who's going to win today's fight? Do you write unit tests in your projects?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2023-02-2030 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #9: Remote InterviewsWe've been interviewing for a very long time, now that we only do remote interviews we share our tips, do's, best stories and some horrors too.Share with us what was your best interview, or any tips you can give the rest of the listeners.Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2023-02-1030 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #8: We love side projectsWe love to build side projects, to learn something new, have fun, or just solve a problem.Today we discuss what these are and some tips, as well as ideas.Question for you: do you usually do side projects? Share the latest you've done!Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2023-02-0330 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #7: Public speaking, knowledge sharing and why you should try it!We give you our take on why we think knowledge sharing is important and some of the ways we do it at Cognizant Netcentric.What's your experience with public speaking?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2023-01-2428 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #6: Which CSS should you learn in 2023?CSS has come so far, we share what we used to do, what we do in JS and what can we do in CSS. What are you most looking for in CSS for 2023? Is there any change that has surprised you this year?Learn more:https://smolcss.dev/https://www.udemy.com/course/css-grid-mastering/https://flexboxfroggy.com/https://cssgridgarden.com/Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2022-12-2230 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #5: How much is too much JavaScript?When starting a website do you always think about the JavaScript framework first? Can we reduce the amount of JavaScript? Server Side Rendering is still the best approach?Learn more:- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Progressive_Enhancement- https://qwik.builder.ioFollow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2022-12-1431 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #4: Why TypeScript?Do you use TypeScript? Should you? When is it a good approach? Large projects, small projects...Join in on the discussion.Learn more:- https://www.typescriptlang.org/ - https://github.com/tc39/proposal-type-annotations - https://github.com/features/copilotFollow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2022-11-1125 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #3: What is a FrontEnd Developer?In this episode, we share our perspectives on the must-have knowledge, understanding of frameworks and the kinds skills Frontend Developers need to have today.Learn more:- https://frontendmasters.com/guides/learning-roadmap/- https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS- https://www.amazon.es/Secrets-JavaScript-Ninja-John-Resig/dp /193398869XFollow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2022-10-2729 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #2: How to create desktop apps using Frontend stackOur topic for today is desktop apps, specifically applications created using Frontend technologies (HTML, JS, and CSS), which are specifically designed for desktop use.Is it your first time coding a desktop application? Then tune in and listen to how they create desktop apps using Frontend stack and get your insights. Learn more:https://www.electronjs.org/https://tauri.studio/https://neutralino.js.org/Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricard Torres https://ricard.social/@dev
2022-09-0130 minFrontend Coffee Break - PodcastEp. #1: Why should you have a blog?!In a world of vlogs, is blogging something from the last decade?We dare to say blogging is still a trending topic! In this episode of Frontend Coffee Break, Chucho and Ricard discuss the basics, the latest technology stack, and the benefits of blogging. Tune in and listen to their personal and professional blogging experiences!Do you have a blog? Any FE related blogs you read?Learn more:- https://jekyllrb.com- https://github.com/barryclark/jekyll-now- https://brew.sh/- https://go...
2022-07-2130 min
Korean TapasEpisode 12: It’s election day!How does election day look like in your country?
Minki has voted and he is yet to share on Instagram his voting stamp. Confused? We are too.
Ricard will share a the Spanish tradition of voting with chorizo.
Jisang has some strange Korean presidential candidates in mind.
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2022-03-0630 min
Korean TapasEpisode 11: EducationPranking teachers? This and more in today's episode
Minki will outline the school system in South Korea
Ricard wonders how bad were Minki and Jisang as young boys during their school years.
Jisang will explain how to pull a cute prank on a teacher.
New Q&A section.
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2022-02-2737 min
Korean TapasEpisode 10: North KoreaDo you have any other question for us?
Ricard will try to ask questions about North Korea to Minki and Jisang.
Thank you for your insights and honest opinions about the situation.
We hope you have learned a bit how South Koreans see the North and the issues around the war.
Movie recommendation: Spy Gone North directed by Jong-bin Yoon.
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2022-02-1330 min
Korean TapasEpisode 9: Drinking culture (part 2)Do you have any other question for us?
Minki was out drinking, preparing for this episode. Korean drinking games!
Jisang will make you hungry with food recommendations.
Ricard will attempt to learn the complicated ways of the Korean drinking protocols.
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2022-01-2937 min
Korean TapasEpisode 8: Drinking culture (part 1)How's the drinking culture where you live?
Minki likes the spanish drinks: calimocho and sangría.
Jisang has climbed a mountain.
Ricard will attempt to explain how to drink sidra.
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2022-01-1646 min
Korean TapasEpisode 7: Ready for 2022?How do you celebrate new year’s eve?
Jisang explains the bell ringing event in Seoul for new year’s eve.
Minki’s birthday was full of alcohol.
Ricard will try not to choke with 12 grapes in the upcoming celebration.
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2021-12-3023 min
Korean TapasEpisode 6: Christmas is not for singlesHow will you spend this holiday season?
Jisang is taking the wheel on this episode. He’s going to share how he survived the Great War of Singles.
Minki says he’s going to sleep throughout Christmas.
Ricard wants to see the South Korean snow, someday.
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2021-12-1233 min
Ricard Torres RadioEpisode 22: KoreanTapas.showTaking a break from Ricard Torres Radio. Will I be back here? Perhaps! Signing off for now.
Please have a listen to our new podcast koreantapas.show
Thank you
2021-12-0904 min
Korean TapasEpisode 5: I hate exercisingWhat topic should we talk about next?
Minki wants to talk about exercise. Even though he hates it.
Jisang loves to run.
Ricard teaches Haidong Gumdo, the korean martial art of the sword.
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2021-11-2141 min
Korean TapasEpisode 2: Korean Thanksgiving
Squid Game: the Korean Netflix series that’s breaking the internet.
Did you know about Chuseok (Korean: 추석 ) holiday in South Korea? Minki will explain it and Ricard will try to find a similar holiday in Spain.
Of course, we’ll talk about food.
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2021-09-2635 min
Korean TapasEpisode 1: You are what you eat
Minki and Ricard talk with Jisang Kim about tapas, banchan 반찬, eating outside and food delivery.
Why do people in Korea eat so much outside? How much do you eat outside during the week?
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2021-09-0526 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 21: 5 things we didn't know we neededGuest: Minki Kim (@miiiiin_key)
Today we share 5 things we didn't know we need it, we expand and compare Barcelona and Seoul. We cover Korean saunas, public baths, home automation, and nipple patches, among other things.
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2021-05-1644 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 20: Lunar New Year in South KoreaGuest: Minki Kim (@miiiiin_key)
What is the Lunar New Year event? I'm a clever rabbit, what are you? Join us today for an introduction to traditions in South Korea during this event.
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Music: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod
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2021-03-0731 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 19: Baja California, Food and SkullsGuest: Jesús M. Castañeda
What's up with the Mexican spicy food? Day of the Dead, what's that? Be careful not to eat baby Jesus. We'll explore this and more in today's episode with my colleague from work Chucho.
Picks: Coco and Even the Wind Is afraid
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Music: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod
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2021-01-3056 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 18: Christmas time in South KoreaGuest: Minki Kim
How do Koreans spend their Christmas? How do Catalans spend this holiday season? Today we share with you traditions, food recipes and TV shows recommendations.
Picks: Start-Up, Kingdom, and Sweet Home.
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Music: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod
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2020-12-2651 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 17: Living in Hong KongSpecial guest: Javier Sampedro
Originally from Tenerife (Spain), Javier and I chat about how he ended up in Hong Kong. We talk about food, trail running, and after listening to Javier it doesn’t feel living in Hong Kong could be hard at all.
You can follow Javier on:
Twitter @jisampedro
His blog: javierisampedro.com
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2020-10-2556 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 16: The Korean Age SystemSpecial guest: Minki Kim
Show notes
How old are you in Korea? The answer might surprise you.
In a 55 minute interview Minki and I discuss why age is so important in Korean culture, how age influences relationships at school or at work, and we’ll even give you some tips on what to do if you go to South Korea.
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2020-08-3056 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 15: Wear a maskSpecial guest: Minki Kim
Show notes:
Minki and I compare the mask situation in Seoul (South Korea) and Barcelona.
How did South Korea success against the COVID so fast?
Designer fashion masks starting to appear in Seoul.
Will the pandemic change the mask culture in Barcelona?
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2020-07-0531 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 14: Digital monopoly and privacy
Google, Amazon and Facebook.
Exchanging your data and privacy for convenient services.
Pick of the week: UPLOAD an Amazon original from Amazon Prime Video.
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2020-05-2414 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 13: Outside the box
Trip down memory lane. Group assignments in college.
Looking back at personal growth.
Still locked up at home.
Pick of the week: The Gentlemen
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2020-04-2409 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 12: Can we cancel 2020?
Joining a band.
3 trips cancelled.
New apartment is happening.
Picks of the week: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.
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2020-03-0811 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 11: The Landlord
Contract has been signed. Time to celebrate.
Final boss is still pending
IKEA and augmented reality.
Picks of the week: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi and Jojo Rabbit.
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2020-02-1510 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 10: Barcelona’s house bubble
Our apartment search might be over? Fingers crossed.
Pick of the week: Haikyū!! Season 4
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2020-02-0207 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 9: Back to South Korea
Static rain sounds
South Korea, again.
Priorities and expensive wine.
Pick of the week: Parasite (my spoiler free review here)
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2020-01-1810 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 8: Santa's Prime Wishlist
Christmas markets and hot wine
Catalan traditions about poop
Google Nest Mini, free of charge.
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2019-12-2206 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 7: Overkill
Expensive meetings to Frankfurt and NYC.
Pick of the week: The Irishman
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2019-12-0809 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 6: Night train
A helicopter or a suitcase?
Trains at night. Night trains.
Pick of the week: Google Tasks
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2019-12-0107 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 5: Vitamin D
I’m either a ghost or Count Dracula.
Dog balls.
Meta commentary, improving the sound.
Picks of the week: Silicon Valley, Rick and Morty and The Mandalorian.
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2019-11-2405 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 4: Unplugging
Train trip to the beach.
Unplugging from the city.
Trains in Japan and South Korea.
Pic of the day: The Umbrella Academy.
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2019-11-0205 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 3: Do I look Korean?
Rainy days are the best
Korean, Russian or Italian. I’m confused.
Pic of the day: Old Man’s War (read my review)
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2019-10-2804 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 2: Aliens
Kids playground
Scary out of this world thoughts
Pic of the day: "We are Legion, We are Bob" by Dennis E. Taylor
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2019-10-1803 minRicard Torres RadioEpisode 1: Hello world!Hello world!
Introductions first. The first episode of my podcast:
The meaning of “hello world”
What is this podcast?
What does a Front-end Software Engineer do?
Shout-outs
Picks: My Hero Academia
I hope you stick around!
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2019-10-1405 min