Category Archives: Personal Log

My collection of notes intersecting both my professional and personal pursuits.

Red Pill, Blue Pill (Web3 Edition)

TLDR

Today marks a temporary pause of the AllWebSD.com Podcast as I go head first into figuring out what on Earth Web3 is all about. I’ll be in the trenches of code once again and when I come up for air, I’ll be sure to come back through audio to give back my findings.

Red Pill

Let’s face it…the web is once again in transition. The meta verse, cryptocurrency, the blockchain, NFTs and more. It’s a bit murky for me at this point when I hear these buzzwords but my curiosity is leading me back to the sandbox to go play. I’ll be suspending this project for the near-term but when I come back, rest assured it will be another 5 episode season, which, for better or worse, spotlights my findings on what I’ve stumbled upon with Web3.

Special Thanks

All things considered, I hit 40 episodes in total. Awesome! A big thanks goes out to all of my previous guests, to the San Diego Tech Hub community for giving this domain a place to call home and to you, the listener, for giving this podcast a chance.

As a token of my appreciation, the following gifts are linked below: 

Thanks again for listening in. Remember, I’m here to foster innovation through conversation. So if you’d like to continue this discussion or any topics previously discussed, join me at San Diego Tech Hub and go head first into the AllWebSD Group. It’s totally free. Just visit this link or click San Diego Tech Hub on the footer of AllWebSD.com. Thanks and Aloha!

All The Things

Introduction

More coffee, more coffee, more coffee!

My inbox is flooded. I haven’t caught up. I’ve short circuited my anxiety by marking all as read, even though that’s definitely not the case. So let’s take a look at what’s so important in a few short minutes.

Highlighted Topics

  • Chrome Reaches 100 (Congrats. Can you get social security?)
  • Understanding Layout Algorithms (Algo…what?)
  • Dominate Your Lighthouse Score in Next.js Applications (If slow, go fast)
  • Those HTML Attributes You Never Use (Then why are they there?)
  • Mozilla’s Vision for the Evolution of the Web (PTSD from IE)
  • What’s New in Node Core (In other words, what’s old about Node Core.)
  • Electron 18 Released (I’m not even on Electron 1.)
  • Build Serverless APIs with Node.js and AWS Lambda (If someone says Kubernetes, I’m flipping the table.)
  • How to Upload PDF Files to Azure Storage From Node (How to upload more time into my life)
  • Parcel v2.4.0 Released: The Zero Config Build Tool (Zero config, zero config, zero config…sounds too good to be true.)
  • The Tao of Node: On Design, Architecture and Best Practices (The Yoga of JavaScript)
  • An Introduction to AWS CloudFront Functions (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)
  • Finally, Cloud Without Complexity (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, part 2)
  • Building a Loading Bar Component (Patience is the essence of fine Mexican food.)
  • Website Themes and Color Schemes (Apologies to all of my color-blind friends.)
  • HTML and CSS in Emails: What Works in 2022? (One big image.)
  • CSS Blossoming Flowers at Magical Night (Shrooms, shrooms, shrooms.)
  • Dino 1.20 Released (This project is still going…nice.)
  • Remix vs. Next.js (Chris Rock vs Will Smith.)
  • Emoji Button: A Vanilla JavaScript Emoji Picker (😏, 😏, 😏.)
  • An ECMAScript Proposal for Type Annotations in JavaScript (John Resig…where are you? We need you.)
  • Web Animation Performance Fundamentals – How to Make Your Pages Look Smooth (More cowbell.)
  • Say Hello to selectmenu, a Fully Style-able select Element (Now that’s cool.)
  • Progressive Enhancement, the new Hotness (Splash cold water.)
  • Big Images, Blazingly Fast (Like I said…one big image.)
  • How Much CO2 Does Creating a 1,000-Word Piece of Content Cause? (Who has time to calculate that???)
  • Browser Vendors ‘Working Together on Interop 2022’ (A/S/L.)
  • Explain the First 10 Lines of Twitter’s Source Code to Me (No.)

Thanks again for listening in. Remember, I’m here to foster innovation through conversation. So if you’d like to continue this discussion or any topics previously discussed, join me at San Diego Tech Hub and go head first into the AllWebSD Group. It’s totally free. Just visit this link or click San Diego Tech Hub on the footer of AllWebSD.com. Thanks and Aloha!

Supporting Ukraine from San Diego 🇺🇦

Introduction

I need to put a break tag on my HTML to get this message off the ground.

At the time of this recording, it’s been a little over two weeks since Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine. Officially, Wikipedia notes the start of this conflict as Thursday, February 24th. Why this one hits home for me is that in my work experience as a web developer, I’ve had the pleasure of working with several Software Developers, QA Engineers and Product Owners of Russian, Ukranian and Belarusian heritage and they all have voiced a similar opinion. They stand with Ukraine. And I do as well.

If you’re sitting behind your keyboard right now with headphones on sitting state-side in the continental US, it might be hard for you to fathom what on Earth is really happening minute-by-minute. I’m certainly struggling. On my end, I’m trying to empathize with as many frames of reference that I can muster and here’s how I’ve given myself some context in how to better relate to this global event.

Frame of Reference

  • According to Google, Ukraine is about the size of Texas.
  • Ukraine’s entire population as of 2021 has 41+ million people. 
  • California has 39+ million people (2019 statistic).
  • Imagine that on a daily basis, this is 9/11 occurring at any given moment and you don’t where the planes are headed (I really grit my teeth with this one, but it had to be said). 

I could go on and on about how to make this hit home, but I think you get the theme. A big thanks goes out to my work colleagues, both past and present for providing this list.

Ways to Help

  • Reach out to your congressional district and ask for tougher sanctions against Russia. Visit this link and enter your zip code.
  • Discovery TV has partnered with Save The Children to provide critical support for those impacted by this crisis.
  • San Diego based GoFundMe has curated its top list of fundraisers supporting the individuals and families seeking shelter, security and peace.
  • Hashtags actively being used at this time: 
    • #standwithukraine
    • #standforukraine
    • #supportukraine
    • #stopthewar
    • #ukraine

Thanks again for listening in. Remember, I’m here to foster innovation through conversation. So if you’d like to continue this discussion or any topics previously discussed, join me at San Diego Tech Hub and go head first into the AllWebSD Group. It’s totally free. Just visit this link or click San Diego Tech Hub on the footer of AllWebSD.com. Thanks and Aloha!