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Scott gives his thoughts on how Meta can leverage WhatsApp, speaking to how he thinks it is the most under-monetized technology platform in the world. He then advises a listener who is deciding whether to renovate their home or move to a new house. He wraps up with a conversation on giving money to family and friends, specifically how he finds it rewarding and an act of love. Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com / @dcuttermusic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Scott gives his thoughts on the video game industry and its promising future. He then speaks about the decline of trade skills in the United States. He wraps up with advice on how to be a good partner and put others’ needs over your own.  Music: https://www.davidcuttermusic.com / @dcuttermusic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This week, U.S. Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisors will meet to discuss long-term COVID vaccine strategy. This follows the recent FDA authorization and CDC recommendation of a second booster available for people 50 and older and some immunocompromised people. Going forward, will the strategy change from counting boosters to making a COVID vaccine a seasonal shot? Allison Aubrey talks to Emily Kwong about the latest on boosters, what's known about the vaccination timeline for younger children, and what some experts are saying about the BA.2 variant.

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Scott answers a question about whether Coinbase could be the AOL of crypto exchanges — “new technology, a little bit mysterious, a little bit complicated.” Scott also shares his thoughts on finding mentors within your workplace, his hiring process, and why higher education needs to be a hybrid between online and in-person.  Have a question for Scott? Email a voice recording to officehours@profgmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about their experience upgrading Syntax.fm and some of the site’s big changes.

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Show Notes

02:26 - The old Syntax site

• Next.js
• Custom server for
  • API - shows, Latest shows, sick picks
  • On-demand page builds
  • Custom routing

06:41 - The new Syntax site

• Next.js has solved those things now, no need for a custom server.
  • API Routes
  • On-demand page builds: SSG with Next.js. It’s a server, but caches the page builds. Releasing the shows happens with revalidation. It’s statically generated like Gatsby, but you can also choose
  • Custom routing is now done with [pages]
• Very fast to load
• Very fast to build
• Very fast to deploy
• It’s now a “dynamic static site”
• Zeit Now 1 to “Vercel”
• Huge thanks to Tim Neutkens and Luis Alvarez from Vercel for making it happen.

13:23 - Why not:

• Gatsby
  • Entire site would need to be regenerated exactly at 9am eastern
  • API of the site would need to be done with something else like Netlify Functions - not nearly as nice as Next API routes
• Sapper

Links

• Next.js
• Gatsby
• Sapper
• Vercel

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