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Gavin first founded Disco Labs, an agency that specializes in custom solutions for the world's biggest brands. With the sole focus of deep platform knowledge and ecosystem leadership, Disco Labs is the global partner of choice for complex projects involving Shopify. 

In addition to working with startups, scale-ups, and large enterprises, Disco Labs has released numerous open-source projects, and written detailed courses teaching others how to successfully build custom and public applications on Shopify. 

From Disco Labs came Submarine. After over a decade working with leading ecommerce merchants and solving complex challenges for them, we saw the need for better building blocks for merchants, agencies and developers when it comes to customer experiences that go beyond the transactional. 

Originally built as an internal tool to deliver those experiences, Submarine’s now a constantly-evolving platform accessible to all and tasked with making innovative commerce experiences possible for the world’s leading brands. 

Gavin is also the author of The Definitive Guide to Shopify Themes, a slew of popular Shopify frameworks like Bootstrap for Shopify and Cart.js, and numerous articles for publications like net magazine. 

He can often be seen popping up on Shopify podcasts and blogs across the internet, or in person speaking at meetups and conferences around the world.

In This Conversation We Discuss: 

• [00:49] Intro
• [01:14] Start of the journey on the Shopify ecosystem
• [02:54] Witnessing the evolution of Shopify
• [03:46] The transition from freelancing to running an agency
• [04:45] Being a niche in the early years of Shopify
• [05:55] Agencies aren’t all one size
• [07:18] The contrast between functions and specializations
• [08:24] Custom apps require specific skill sets
• [09:29] New functions & extensions on Shopify products
• [10:16] A platform built for customization requests 
• [11:29] Visible capabilities get people’s attention
• [12:01] Flexibility & accessibility for all merchants
• [12:56] The transition from an agency to a product
• [14:04] Challenges in running two different businesses
• [14:34] The defining moment that motivated the shift
• [15:09] Deciding what’s the top priority
• [16:41] Accepting suggestions from the audience
• [17:55] Seeing your hard work paying off
• [19:07] Shoehorning your business is a sign you need help
• [20:25] Submarine’s approach to different business needs
• [21:06] What Submarine has to offer
• [22:02] The cost of trying to do things on your own
• [22:39] Managing overly complex customization requests
• [23:47] Keeping it simple and applying flexibility
• [25:10] How Submarine can help your business

Resources:

• Subscribe to Honest Ecommerce on Youtube
• Flexible commerce that connects with customers getsubmarine.com/
• Follow Gavin Ballard linkedin.com/in/gavinballard/

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Mackie is the CEO of WOO More Play, a direct-to-consumer sexual wellness brand with a focus on natural, organic ingredients and female-forward products to spark a better intimate life. 

WOO More Play's purpose is to empower women to have better sex, by delivering high-quality intimacy products that put her first. 

Have the best sex of your life with WOO More Play: woomoreplay.com

In This Conversation We Discuss:

• [00:47] Intro
• [02:01] Gaining passion and purpose for your work
• [03:12] Solving personal problems by exploring opportunities
• [04:34] Successful products come from a personal need
• [05:15] Building the brand with its first product
• [06:29] Leveraging Ecom to communicate with the audience
• [06:44] Facing the technicalities and issues as a startup
• [07:17] Maintaining optimism when starting a business
• [07:52] Where professionalism and passion meets
• [09:24] Navigating growth channels to find out what works
• [10:16] Starting a podcast to engage with the audience
• [11:14] The power of word-of-mouth in driving sales
• [11:42] Episode sponsors
• [16:49] Additional complexity in the “vice industry”
• [17:55] Dealing with shadow banning in the space 
• [18:41] The underlying stigma on women and sex
• [19:34] The challenge of acquiring payment processors
• [21:19] Obedience and resilience over ever-changing rules 
• [22:11] Challenges present opportunities to de-stigmatize
• [22:50] Business is about things you believe is for good 
• [23:32] Building community & loyalty for recommendations
• [24:15] How earned media do wonders for a business
• [25:14] Consider context in every product innovation 
• [27:27] The secret to business success is: keep going
• [28:10] Where to check out WOO More Play

Resources:

• Subscribe to Honest Ecommerce on Youtube
• Organic and female-forward sexual wellness brand https://woomoreplay.com/
• Follow Mackie Swan https://www.linkedin.com/in/mackie-swan/
• Schedule an intro call with one of our experts https://electriceye.io/connect
• Take your retail business to the next level today https://shopify.com/honest
  Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period
• Schedule your free consultation with a Sendlane expert https://sendlane.com/honest

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In this episode, Amy shares her experience with working with Storybook, the pros and cons, and how it's changed her developer workflow.

Sponsors

ZEAL

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit codingzeal.com

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

DatoCMS

DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."

For more information, visit datocms.com

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
  • Episode 32 - Getting Started with TypeScript
• 7:17 Quick Rant: Wired Headphones
• 8:49 Design Systems
  • Episode 46 - Everything You Ever Wanted to know about Design Systems
  • Bootstrap
  • Zurb Foundation
• 10:36 Supports Multiple Libraries and Frameworks
• 12:28 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 13:13 How do you enter all the information into Storybook?
  • Frontend Masters: Design Systems with React & Storybook - Emma Bostian
• 18:24 Storybook in the Wild: Building out Frontend Components for Backend Developers
  • Episode 54 - Why RedwoodJS is the App Framework for Startups with David Price Redwood.js with David Price
• 22:17 Comparing Storybook to Testing
• 25:31 Sponsor: Vercel
• 26:39 Breaking Down a Component
• 29:29 Add-Ons with Storybook
• 31:28 Storybook and Figma Integration
• 31:46 Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 32:40 Do you use Storybook at work?
• 33:39 Do you think Redwood is an option that you'll use more of going forward? Or, do you think Storybook is something that you implement outside of Redwood in some of your existing setups?
• 35:05 Is Redwood something teams should be looking at for new projects?
• 36:32 Grab Bag Questions
• 39:16 Picks and Plugs
• 39:26 James's Pick: Spike Ball
• 41:07 James's Plug: TikTok
• 42:25 Amy's Pick: PARA Method
• 43:42 Amy's Plug: Everything Svelte

In this episode, the tables are turned and you get a different perspective. Sunjay Armstead, is a UI/UX Designer and Developer at ZEAL. Here, he interviews Amy and asks her about leading a team and being a female in the tech industry.

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daily.dev

daily.dev is where developers grow together. It provides a community-based feed of the best developer news, helping you stay up-to-date. daily.dev aggregates hundreds of sources every few minutes and creates a personal feed for you according to your interests, whether it’s web dev, data science, or Elixir. Anything you might be interested in, it has the content for you.

Check out daily.dev

Hashnode

Creating a developer blog is crucial in creating an online presence for yourself. It’s proof of work for your future employer. Hashnode makes it easy to start a blog in seconds on your custom domain for free. It’s fully optimized for developers and supports writing in Markdown, rich embeds, publishing from GitHub repository, syntax highlighting, and edge caching with Next.js blogs deployed on Vercel. On top of these, Hashnode is free from paywall, ads, and sign-up prompts.

Hashnode is a community of developers, engineers, and people in tech. Your article gets instant readership from their growing community.

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Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 2:05 What can beginners do to prepare to work on a design / dev team?
• 5:05 Contributing to Open Source
  • Brian Douglas
• 9:58 Sponsor: Hashnode
• 10:43 What have you learned to so far about leading a team? Challenges, frustrations, highlights?
• 13:36 What ways have you seen your team help you get better?
• 17:33 How do you know what's genuine, constructive critique vs unfounded opinion?
• 19:38 Are there other ways that you can make a design objective?
• 21:11 Sponsor: Daily.dev
• 22:12 What ways has the industry improved and what things still need attention?
• 25:28 What are some of the things that your bosses and coworkers have done right that has been inclusive and that helps you feel part of the team?
• 27:46 What do you do to attend to the different areas of your life?

In this episode, James explains how to apply to speak at conferences, how to properly prepare for a speaking engagement, and how to get started.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

DatoCMS

DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."

For more information, visit datocms.com

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 5:06 Why speak at conferences?
• 9:12 Sponsor: Vercel
• 10:19 How would you recommend getting started?
• 15:41 How do you Apply to Speak at a Conference?
• 25:56 Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 27:03 Prepping
  • Nancy Duarte Slideology
  • Nancy Duarte - Resonate
  • Nancy Duarte
• 34:47 Tip: Ask for Feedback
• 35:28 Tip: Make It Interactive
• 38:39 Tip: Don't sell a Product
• 40:00 Tip: Present your Niche at an "Unrelated Conference"
• 41:07 Tip: Confidently say "I'm a Content Creator."
• 42:12 Tip: Create Other Content out of your Conference Talk
• 42:44 Tip: Network as much as Possible
• 47:32 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 48:18 What Other Benefits are there from Speaking?
• 51:04 Grab Bag Questions
• 51:13 Question #1: What was your path to speaking at your first conference? How did you know you were ready? How do you go about picking a topic? What lessons have you learned?
• 54:24 Question #2: What about your defining your audience makes speaking at Tech Conferences challenging?
• 55:59 Question #3: What do you consider when preparing for a CFP and how do you make your proposal stand out from all the other ones? How do you overcome anxiety before speaking? Would it be OK to have a script or a cheat sheet ready?
• 58:17 Question #4: What would you do as a conference attendee and speaker like to see more or less of?
• 1:00:00 Picks and Plugs
• 1:00:32 Amy's Pick: HyperVolt Massage Gun
• 1:02:52 Amy's Plug: Learn Build Teach Discord
• 1:03:12 James's Pick: Dog Training Clicker
• 1:05:19 James's Plug: James on YouTube

This episode features Allan Villa. He transitioned into tech by teaching himself how to code in seven months and then landed his first job in tech.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

DatoCMS

DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."

For more information, visit datocms.com

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:05 Introducing Allan Vila
• 6:20 What curriculum did you use to learn?
• 8:06 100 Devs
  • #100Devs
  • Show Your Work
• 13:10 Sponsor: Vercel
• 14:18 Where did you get started when you were trying to learn?
• 18:23 Preferred Method of Styling
  • CSS Tricks - Specifics on Specificity
• 24:53 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 25:38 Working on Personal Projects
• 30:37 Leveraging Code
• 34:59 Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 35:52 Blogging
  • A Hired Imposter's Secrets
• 42:11 Dropping Bars
• 45:17 Pineapple Pizza

In this episode, Amy and James talk about the process of validating an application idea, planning it out, and determining which features get built first.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

DatoCMS

DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."

For more information, visit datocms.com

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 4:01 Tips and Mini Rants
  • Making TypeScript Look More Like JS Docs
• 9:54 Coming up with a New Idea
• 15:11 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 16:04 Design Sprint
  • Deploy Empathy
  • Software Social Podcast
• 19:42 UI Flow Diagrams
• 20:41 Data Modeling
• 23:07 Sponsor Spot: Vercel
• 24:15 App Map
• 24:56 User Stories
  • Episode 44: What Does it Look like to work on an actual dev team?
• 26:47 Pointing Stories
• 29:22 Prototyping, Wireframing, and User Research
• 34:24 Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 35:17 Which features?
  • Simon Høiberg on Twitter
  • Feed Hive
• 41:29 Grab Bag Questions
• 42:02 Question #1: What is a good way to find a need that you can fill and structure it to build for profit?
• 49:13 Question #2: How do you come up with the perfect name for your app?
• 50:53 Picks and Plugs
• 51:06 Amy's Pick: Cho Pat Bands
• 51:58 Amy's Plug: Learn Build Teach Discord Server
• 52:30 James's Pick: The Traitor’s Son Book Series
• 53:50 James's Plug: Discord Bot with TypeScript, Node.js, PlanetScale, Prisma, and Heroku

In this episode, Amy and James share 61 of their favorite apps for web design, development, and boosting productivity.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

DatoCMS

DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."

For more information, visit datocms.com

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 3:23 1Password
• 4:10 Adobe Creative Cloud
• 5:11 Alfred
• 6:40 AstroPad Studio
• 7:12 Arctype
• 7:49 Backblaze
• 9:32 Bartender
• 10:04 Bearded Spice
• 10:48 Sponsor: Vercel
• 11:55 Better Touch Tool
• 12:28 Caffeine
• 13:10 Carbon Copy Cloner
• 13:54 CleanShot X
• 15:21 Contrast
• 15:36 Default Folder X
• 16:40 Descript
• 17:19 Dropbox
• 17:47 Discord
• 18:05 Elgato Control Center
• 18:37 Fantastical
• 19:14 fig.io
• 19:45 Figma
• 20:30 Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 21:23 Fly Cut
• 23:00 Glyph Finder
• 23:32 Grammarly
• 24:13 Harvest
• 25:30 Hazel
• 26:44 Hyper
• 27:20 IconJar
• 27:53 iStat
• 28:34 Karabiner Elements
  • The Most Productive Customization I've Made to My Computer This Year
• 29:49 Keyboard Maestro
• 31:29 OBS Studio
• 31:54 Loom
• 32:40 Loopback
• 33:44 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 34:37 Magnet
• 35:28 MAMP Pro
• 35:54 Local by Flywheel
• 36:47 Mouseposé
• 37:30 Notion
• 38:26 NordVPN
• 38:51 Numi
• 39:25 Pixel Snap
• 40:04 Pock
• 40:33 Pocket Casts
• 40:53 Raycast
• 41:37 Shush
• 42:27 Sip
• 43:01 SequelPro
• 43:37 Screenflow
• 44:37 Spotify
• 44:53 Stream Deck
• 45:16 Slack
• 45:34 Suitcase Fusion
• 46:25 Text Expander
• 48:06 Transmit
• 49:02 Tower
• 49:17 Tuple
• 49:42 Unsplash Wallpapers
• 49:58 VLC
• 50:16 VS Code
• 50:35 Yoink
• 51:42 Grab Bag Questions
• 51:55 Run JS App
• 52:06 Obsidian
• 52:50 Picks and Plugs
• 53:03 Amy's Pick: Pet AirTag
• 54:45 Amy's Plug Everything Svelte
• 55:13 James' Pick Cook Once Eat All Week
• 56:12 James' Plug Learn Build Teach Discord

In this episode, James and Amy talk about all the ways that you can make money online, as a developer. This includes everything from content creation, to sponsored content, to creating a SaaS, to freelancing.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

DatoCMS

DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."

For more information, visit datocms.com

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 4:20 Software Development
• 5:26 Changing Companies and Salary
• 7:22 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 8:15 Freelancing
• 9:29 Previous Freelance Episodes
  • Episode 6: Freelancing (Part 1)
  • Episode 7: Freelancing (Part 2)
  • Episode 29: Freelancing IRL: Unveiling a Site Redesign
• 11:16 Learning Opportunities with Freelance
• 14:02 Making and Selling Software
• 17:13 Lead Magnets
• 18:36 Content Creation
• 18:52 YouTube AdSense
• 19:59 Sponsored Videos
• 21:10 Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 22:03 Income from Sponsors
• 23:30 Patreon
• 26:35 Sponsor: Vercel
• 27:42 Writing Articles
• 30:21 eBook
• 32:22 Creating Courses
• 33:23 Expanding Your Community
• 35:05 Consulting, Coaching, and Mentoring
• 37:50 Grab Bag Questions
• 38:03 Question: How much do you consult your full-time employer about side gigs?
• 41:44 Picks and Plugs
• 41:55 Amy's Pick - MonsDRAWsity
• 42:48 Amy's Plug - Everything Svelte
• 43:21 James's Pick: How I Met Your Father
• 44:16 James's Plug: James Q Quick's YouTube

This episode takes a behind-the-scenes look at Advent of CSS and Advent of JavaScript: the planning, technology, struggles, and learnings.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

DatoCMS

DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."

For more information, visit datocms.com

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 4:56 Advent of CSS and Advent of JavaScript
• 9:29 Technology Overview
• 10:26 Sponsor: Vercel
• 11:33 Working with SvelteKit
• 15:06 ConvertKit
• 25:15 Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 26:09 Podia for Hosting the Course Content
• 28:45 Gumroad
• 31:33 Integrations with Zapier
• 35:06 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 36:00 Marketing and Promotion
• 38:42 Things we would have done differently
• 45:19 Grab Bag Questions
• 45:30 Grab Bag Question #1: Plans for Adding Code in Browser
• 46:44 Grab Bag Question #2: Does Hosting Play a Part in Your Tech Stack Decision?
• 48:03 Grab Bag Question #3: Who is your target audience?
• 50:04 Picks and Plugs
• 50:07 James's Pick: Mistborn Series
• 50:25 James's Plug: James Q Quick on YouTube
• 51:23 Amy's Pick: Balega Socks
• 51:51 Amy's Plug: SelfTeach.me on YouTube

In this episode, Amy and James talk about their experiences on actual development teams and the different processes and workflows that work best.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

DatoCMS

DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."

For more information, visit datocms.com

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 2:58 Jobs on a Development Team
• 4:58 What is agile?
• 7:09 Sprints
• 8:32 Deadlines and Milestones
• 10:19 Sponsor: Vercel
• 11:25 Writing Stories
• 15:23 Types of Stories
• 21:26 Version Control and Git within a Team
  • Episode 34 - Getting git
  • Using Git with a Team on YouTube
• 22:55 Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
  • Everything Svelte
• 26:41 Code Reviews
  • Tweet from James / Compressed.fm Codebase
• 28:27 Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 29:21 Prioritizing and Pointing Stories
• 34:47 Who writes the stories?
• 36:21 Velocity
• 38:26 Pair Programming
  • Tuple
  • LiveShare through VS Code
• 45:08 Meetings
• 47:46 How Design Fits into the Process
• 49:12 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 50:05 Grab Bag Questions
• 53:10 Amy's Pick: Rainbow Pirates
• 53:27 Amy's Plug: Everything Svelte
• 53:50 James's Pick: Kreg Pocket Hole Jig Pro 720
• 55:53 James's Plug: James Q Quick on YouTube

Welcome! I wanted to start this very first episode by talking about where we are today as far as design goes for everything. How did we get here? Design has been a big part of iOS 15, iPadOS, recent macOS updates, and really on every platform. But where does it put us today? I think it's put us in this point in time where iOS is super far down its path, but big things still happen like widgets. But then, macOS is even further down its path and big things like widgets don't really happen. It felt great to take a look at everything and log this into our design journal before the year starts.

New year, new you. If you're thinking about getting started or are new to dev, this episode is for you! Amy and James talk about where they started, where they would begin today, and any and all advice for beginners.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

Tella

It's 2021 and we all basically live on video. Tella is a browser-based screen recorder for making videos that showcase your work and share your knowledge. You can record your screen, camera, and present slides. And then you can also customize your videos with backgrounds, layouts, and other video clips. When you're done, share your video anywhere on the web, instantly. 

For more information visit tella.tv

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 2:39 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 3:24 PSA: Logarithm vs Algorithm
• 5:58 Amy's Learning Process
• 7:31 James's Learning Process
• 10:12 Make Learning Fun
• 12:29 Consistency while Learning Something New
• 13:24 Where's a Good Place for People to Get Started
  • Crossover Episode with Purrfect.dev
• 17:40 Sponsor: Vercel
• 18:46 Where to get started
  • Free Code Camp
  • Learn Build Teach Discord Community
  • Level Up Tutorials Discord Community
  • Jason Lengstorf, Party Corgi Discord Community
  • Colby Fayock, Space Jelly Discord Community
  • Scrimba
  • Scrimba Discord Community
  • Traversy Media on YouTube
  • Ania Kubow on YouTube
  • Ania Kubo - 12+ Hour Boot Camp
  • Jessica Coder Coder
  • Web Dev Simplified
  • Colby Fayock on YouTube
  • Jesse from CodeStackr
  • Colby's Course on Level Up Tutorials: eCommerce on the JAMStack with SnipCart, Next.js, and WordPress
  • Level Up Tutorials
  • Courses by Wes Bus
  • Courses by Chris Sev on Better.dev
  • James Q Quick's Courses
  • James on YouTube
  • Amy on YouTube
  • JavaScript Jabber
  • Syntax.fm
  • CodePen Radio
  • Shop Talk Show
  • Code Newbie
  • Purrfect Dev
  • Web Dev Weekly
  • Compressed.fm - Episode 2 - James's Origin Story
  • Compressed.fm - Episode 3 - Amy's Origin Story
• 27:40 How do you prioritize all the things that someone could learn?
  • Tech Rally on Twitter
  • Danny Thompson
• 29:53 Finding and Reaching out to Mentors
• 34:09 Bootcamps
  • Learn Academy
  • Launch Code
• 38:19 Community
• 40:55 Going Beyond a Tutorial
• 42:26 Sponsor: Tella.tv
• 43:13 Adding on to a Tutorial
  • Advent of CSS
  • Advent of JavaScript
• 45:41 Job Search
  • Taylor Desseyn
• 49:47 Grab Bag Question - Original Tweet
• 52:32 Picks and Plugs
• 52:46 Amy's Pick: Code Names
• 53:43 Amy's Plug: Everything Svelte
• 54:48 James's Pick: Laptop Stand
• 55:40 James's Plug: Building a Dynamic Landing Page with Next.js, Tailwind, and DatoCMS
   

In this episode, Amy and James reflect back on 2021, things they accomplished, goals they met, places they fell short, and areas to improve upon.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

DatoCMS

DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with real-time updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."

For more information, visit datocms.com

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 5:05 Starting a Podcast: Compressed.fm
• 6:33 Advent of CSS and Advent of JavaScript
• 9:48 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 10:42 Live Streaming
• 12:59 YouTube Channel
• 17:35 TikTok
• 18:40 James's Newsletter
• 20:07 Weaknesses
• 22:13 Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 23:07 Promotions and Giveaways
• 25:33 YouTube Segments and Series
• 28:26 Twitter Numbers
• 31:05 Skills to Improve On
• 35:19 Mini-Courses and Lead Magnets
• 37:00 Sponsor - Vercel
• 38:08 Grab Bag Questions
• 38:20 Question #1: Is Vercel going to take over the JAMStack space next year?
• 40:26 Question #2: Has a year of podcasting contributed to you as a tech teacher? What did you learn from it?
• 42:03 Question #3: How do you feel going into 2022 compared to last year?
• 43:41 Picks and Plugs
• 43:48 Amy's Pick: Unstable Unicorns
• 44:48 Amy's Plug: Everything Svelte
• 45:53 James's Pick: Bird Dog, Men's Joggers
• 46:26 James's Plug: Svelte Crash Course on YouTube

In this episode, Amy and James discuss the future of web development: Astro, Vite, Supabase, SvelteKit, Redwood.js, Blitz.js, GitHub Co-Pilot, Web Assembly, Blockchain, w3, no-code, and low-code.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

DatoCMS

DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."

For more information, visit datocms.com

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
  • Opryland Hotel
• 3:24 Astro.build
• 9:33 Veet
• 13:29 Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 14:22 Supabase
• 17:20 Remix.run
• 19:26 MacBook Pro
• 22:57 NAS Drive
• 26:45 Sponsor: Vercel
• 27:54 SvelteKit
• 30:17 Next32:55 Redwood.js and Blitz.js
• 36:52 Blockchain and W3
• 37:58 Web Assembly
• 40:38 TypeScript
  • Episode #32: Getting Started with TypeScript
• 42:05 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 43:36 Automated Testing
• 44:25 No-Code / Low-Code Solutions
  • Episode #13: The Future of Code with No Code
• 47:09 GitHub CoPilot
• 48:45 Go
• 49:55 Grab Bag Questions
• 50:10 Question #1: What has staying power? How do we know what to stay focused on?
• 51:47 Question #2: What do you think about low code platforms?
• 52:53 Question #3: What will the future of JAMstack look like as some of these new libraries and frameworks gain traction?
• 53:40 Question #4: Will Svelte, Rust, Solidity, W3, and React Server components take over?
• 54:57 Question #5: Do you think more technologies like GitHub CoPilot, where AI helps you write code become more prominent?
• 56:15 Picks and Plugs
• 56:25 James's Plug: Heater Lamps
• 57:42 James's Plug: Advent of JavaScript
• 58:09 Amy's Plug: 3 Prong Car Charger
• 58:44 Amy's Plug: Advent of CSS

In this episode, Amy and James discuss all the things that go into course creation: why? What? How? Where to Host? Building the right audience.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

Tella

It's 2021 and we all basically live on video. Tella is a browser-based screen recorder for making videos that showcase your work and share your knowledge. You can record your screen, camera, and present slides. And then you can also customize your videos with backgrounds, layouts, and other video clips. When you're done, share your video anywhere on the web, instantly. 

For more information visit tella.tv

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 6:29 Why create a course?
  • Building an audience
  • Generate side income
• 16:29 Sponsor: Tella
• 17:22 What do you create a course about?
• 23:39 How do you plan a course?
• 28:02 Sponsor: Zeal
• 29:33 How do you help people in your courses?
• 30:47 Other components that go into course creation
• 37:12 Where to Host a Course?
  • Podia
  • Udemy
  • Teachable
  • Thinkific
• 43:35 Sponsor: Vercel
• 44:44 Grab Bag Questions
• 45:01 How do you provide support for your course?
• 46:34 How do you determine what to charge?
• 49:24 How do you build the right audience?
• 50:27 Picks and Plugs
• 50:41 James's Pick - Presentation Clicker
• 51:31 James's Plug - James Q Quick on TikTok
• 51:42 Amy's Pick - Sanuk Sandals
• 52:08 Amy's Plug - Advent

In this episode, Amy and James discuss all things SVGs: what is, why, and when to reach for it, and seven different ways to get an SVG on the page, and the pros and cons of each method.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

DatoCMS

DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with real-time updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."

For more information, visit datocms.com

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 3:50 What is an SVG?
  • Raster vs Vector
• 6:21 Benefits to using an SVG
  • Change the Size
  • Small File Size
  • Change the color within your code
  • Easily Cached
• 9:51 Seven Different Ways to get an SVG on the Page
• 11:28 Sponsor - ZEAL
• 12:59 Option 1 - Image Tag
• 14:03 Option 2 - Inline SVG tag
• 15:53 Option 3 - CSS as a  background Image
• 16:18 Option 4 - CSS, as a Mask
• 18:20 Sponsor - Vercel
• 19:29 Option 5 - SVG directly within our Image tag
• 21:20 Option 6 - Base64 or UTF8 with as a CSS Background Image
• 21:47 Option 7 - An SVG Sprite
• 22:34 Writing your own SVGs
• 27:00 Going Deep on a Specific Topic, The Broken Comb
• 28:34 Resources
  • Amy's SVG Series on YouTube
  • Sarah Drasner - Course on Frontend Masters, SVG Essentials & Animation, v2
  • Sarah Drasner - SVG Animations: From Common UX Implementations to Complex Responsive Animation
  • Chris Coyier - Practical SVG
• 29:19 Sponsor - DatoCMS
• 30:12 Grab Bag Questions
• 30:56 Picks and Plugs
• 31:07 Amy's Pick - Animal Cable Clips
• 32:00 Amy's Plug - Advent of CSS
• 32:32 James's Pick - Castle on Hulu
• 33:34 James's Plug - Advent of JavaScript

In this episode, Amy talks about Figma and how it's perfect for project collaboration -- whether you're a designer, developer, project manager, or stakeholder; everyone can benefit.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

Zeal is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

Zeal believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, Coding Zeal looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 3:07 What is Figma?
• 3:26 History of Design Tools
  • Photoshop
    • Difference between vaster and rector
  • Sketch
    • Abstract
    • Zeplin
    • Invision
    • Sketch Cloud
  • Figma
    • Collaboration
    • Components
• 10:42 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 12:16 Figma - Platform Agnostic
• 13:40 Adobe XD
• 15:28 Variants
• 16:22 Shared Libraries
• 17:48 Commenting System and Collaboration
• 18:46 Developer Handoff Tools, including exporting CSS
• 19:43 Plugins
  • Anima
  • Ania Kubo on YouTube
• 20:21 Sponsor: Vercel
• 21:36 More Figma Plugins
  • Super Tidy
  • Google Sheets Sync
• 23:07 Prototyping and Interactions
• 23:23 FigJam
  • How Figma Uses FigJam
• 24:20 Structuring a Project within Figma
  • Cover with a thumbnail
  • The project's design
  • Iconography
  • Design System and Components
  • Archive Page
• 27:02 Learn More about Figma
  • Scott Tolinsky, Playlist on Figma
  • Level Up Tutorials
  • Figma's Education Videos
  • Jesse Showalter, Figma Playlist
• 28:26 Grab Bag Questions: Message us on Twitter at @compressedfm
• 28:44 Picks and Plugs
• 28:57 Amy's Pick: Parse Hub
• 30:33 Amy's Plug: Compressed.fm Newsletter
• 30:56 James's Pick: iPhone Mount
• 31:50 James's Plug: James on TikTok at jamesqquick
   

In this episode, Amy and James have a discovery call to discuss James's current website and branding. They talk about his current branding, the long-term direction James wants to take his website.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

Zeal is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

Zeal believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, Coding Zeal looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 0:46 Purpose of a Rebrand
• 2:51 Assessing the Current Brand Assets
• 8:52 Brainstorming Infrastructure
• 11:20 Sponsor - ZEAL
• 12:49 Visual Inspiration
  • Jason Lengstorf
  • Wes Bos
  • Josh w Comeau
• 20:26 Physical Collateral and Digital Asset Consideration
• 23:48 Sponsor - Vercel
• 25:00 More Visual Inspiration
  • Superbase
  • Amplication
  • Episode 5 - Design Episode
  • Coder Coder on YouTube
  • Ania Kubow on YouTube
  • Code Stacker on YouTube
  • Simon from Feed Hive on Instagram
• 28:49 Creating brand consistency
• 29:12 Different sections of the website
  • Joel Hooks and the Concept of a Digital Garden
• 32:27 Question - Handling Nitpicking and Too Many Chefs in the Kitchen
• 33:48 Leading the Client
  • Episode 6 - Freelancing (Part 1)
  • Episode 7 - Freelancing (Part 2)
• 34:44 Pricing
• 37:14 Picks and Plugs
• 37:31 James's Pick: Camera / Phone Mic - Rode Vide Micro
• 38:15 James's Plug - James Q Quick on YouTube
• 39:24 Amy's Pick - Fuse Reel Side Winder
• 40:10 Amy's Plug - Compressed.fm Podcast Newsletter
• 40:38 Official auth0 Rap Music Video
  • auth0 Official Channel on YouTube

In this episode, Amy and James talk about their desk setups and all the gear they use to write code and create audio and video content.

Sponsors

Vercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

Zeal is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

Zeal believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, Coding Zeal looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

Show Notes

0:00 Introduction

2:25 Computers

• Amy: MacBook Pro 15" 2018, 2TB and 32G RAM
• James: MacBook Pro 15" 2018, 512MB and 16G RAM

6:33 Mice and Keywords

• Apple Magic Mouse
• Apple Track Pad
• Apple Magic Keyboard
• Logitech M570 Wireless Trackball Mouse
• Logitech MX3

10:50 Desks

• James: Jarvis Adjustable Standing Desk from Fully, 72"x36"
• Amy: Autonomous Smart Desk Pro 70.5"x30"

12:13 Office Chairs

• Autonomous Ergo Stool
• Autonomous Ergo Chair Pro
• Ikea Office Chair

13:42 Cable Management

• Cable Ties
• Wire Tray
• Cable Box
• Cable Tray for Autonomous Desk
• Rubber Cable Holders
• White Gaff tape
• Velcro Wrap

15:25 Docks / Hubs

• Cal Digit TS3 USB Hub
• USB Hub

17:49 Monitors

• James: Two 27" LG Monitors
• Monitor for 2 Monitors
• Amy: 49" Samsung Ultrawide Monitor
• Ergotron Monitor Arm
• Ergotron HX Heavy-Duty Tilt Pivot – Add-on for HX Monitor Arm
• 12 South Arc
• 12 South HiRise Stand (for iPhone)

20:19 Sponsor: ZEAL

23:15 Cameras and Recording Gear

• Amy: Nikon Z6
• Nikon Z6 Film Maker's Kit
• James: Canon M50
• Sigma f1.4 16mm
• Elgato Cam Link
• Atomos Ninja
• Nikon 24mm - 70mm Kit Lens
• Think Media YouTube Channel for Gear and Camera Recommendations

28:12 Audio Equipment

• Amy: Rode Podcaster Mic
• Scotch.io
• @chris_sev on Twitter
• Shure SM 7B
• Pre Amp
• Audio Interface
• Rode Swivel Arm

32:09 Lighting

• Elgato Key Light
• Cheap Softbox Kit
• Ring Light

34:10 Sponsor: Vercel

• Next.js
• Next.js 11 Announcement
• Next.js Conf

35:12 External Storage

• SanDisk 2TB Ruggedized Drive
• Seagate Passport Drive
• Western Digital Passport Drives
• Synology NAS Drive

39:45 Extra Peripherals

• Remarkable Tablet 2
• Wireless Bose Headphones
• Stream Deck from Elgato
• BenQ Light
• Foot Rest / Calf Stretcher
• Air Pods Pro
• Wacom Tablet
• Astro Pad app on iPad
• Anchor Wireless Charger
• Ember Mug

43:38 Grab Bag Questions: What is the next thing you'll change in your setup?

45:26 Picks and Plugs

45:38 Amy's Plug: Learn Build Teach Discord Server

46:20 Amy's Pick: Storage Caddy

47:04 James's Pick: Readme.so

• Katherine Peterson on Twitter
• Katherine Peterson on James's Twitch Stream

48:20 James's Plug: James Q Quick on YouTube Channel

• Using Async Await
• Svelte Crash Course