Potluck - Editor Fonts × Portfolios × Meetup Tips × Switching to Windows × Freelancing Sources
It’s another potluck episode in which Wes and Scott answer your questions about freelancing, portfolios, code editors, meetup tips, switching to windows and more!
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Show Notes
2:37
- Question: Maaz Syed Adeeb - Are editor fonts worth the investment (if yes, why)? Why are they such a big deal in the first place?
- Operator Mono
- Dank Mono
- Fira Code
6:10
- Question: Ste O’Neill - How can I come up with ideas for projects? What can I put in a portfolio when I work for an agency?
9:10
- Question: JavaScript Joe - If I only have two hours per week to work on coding projects, do I spend it building a side project or do I spend it contributing to open source? What’s your experience contributing to open source?
10:45
- Question: Diane - Why is Git so hard to grasp in team projects? What are the best resources to master it?
- Try Github
13:35
- Question: Grant Chambers - What are some tips for going to your first meetup?
- React Meetups
20:23
- Question: Michael Hoffman - Have you ever thought about using Linux or Windows as your main operating system?
- Google Pixelbook
- Microsoft Surface Pro
- Figma
- Logic
- Sketch
- Mint OS
- Final Cut Pro
27:39
- Question: Would you recommend using Upwork for starting out freelancing or something similar?
31:18
- Question: Mike C. - What do you guys think about sites like Codewars and Code Fights? Being new to web development, I find the problems hard to solve. Is it important to know how to solve all these problems? If so, how do I get better at developing the mindset to solve them?
- JavaScript 30
- Level Up Tutorials
38:47
- Question: When I work on a website, I need to record user names, passwords, URLs, keys, logins, cPanel, WordPress, ftp, MySQL for each and every website, local and remote.
Currently, I use a text file to save all that information. How are you storing all this info? How others do it? How the pros are managing this? Pros and cons? - SSH Key
- LastPass
- 1Password
42:15
- Question: Chandler Bing - What happened to Scott’s YouTube channel?
44:57
- Question: Whose idea was it to do a podcast? Who approached whom first?
- Josh Owens
- Egghead.io
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