Supper Club × Redwood JS with Tom Pretson-Werner

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Tom Pretson-Werner about his work on RedwoodJS, the importance of documentation, and the new Redwood Startup Fund.

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Whiskey Web and Whatnot is different than your typical dev podcast. We show a lighter, more human side of developers you know and love, like a fireside chat with your favorite devs. Past guests include Tom Preston-Werner, Kent C. Dodds, Charlie Gerard, and of course Wes Bos! We have discussed everything from Next.js and TypeScript to Chuck’s past life as a blackjack dealer, Cincinnati Chili, the best casseroles, and of course whiskey!

• 00:34 Welcome
• 01:36 Guest introduction
• Tom Preston-Werner on Twitter
• Kai’s Power Tools
• 04:23 Math is weird
• 07:21 User interface design
• 08:53 Sponsor: AIOSEO
• 10:24 What is RedwoodJS?
• RedwoodJS
• Chatterbug
• 15:31 Is JavaScript the stack you should be using these days?
• 18:40 Freedom vs decisions in software
• Where Good Ideas Come From
• 23:10 RedwoodJS docs and video strategy
• RedwoodJS Docs
• Readme Driven Development
• 29:13 The tech behind RedwoodJS
• Apollo
• Storybook
• 36:20 Sponsor: Shipshape (Whiskey, Web and Whatnot)
• 36:58 Redwood Startup Fund
• The Redwood Startup Fund
• 42:28 Supper club questions
• VS Code
• Netlify
• Hacker News
• RedwoodJS on Discord
• RedwoodJS Discourse
• RedwoodJS on Twitter

• Scott: LevelUp Tutorials
• Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials

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