The Go Make Things Podcast

In today’s episode, I talk about how I often feel more myself online than IRL.

In today’s episode, I talk about how the web is driving climate change, and what we can do about it.

In today’s episode, I talk about the importance of managing your energy (and having control over your tasks) as a developer with ADHD.

In today’s episode, I talk about a formula I use for debugging code and asking for help.

In today’s episode, I talk about the importance of understanding how your code works.

In today’s episode, I talk about how not made here syndrome has been replaced by just grab a library, and why they’re both bad.

In today’s episode, I talk about why a website doesn’t have to be a lifetime commitment.

In today’s episode, I talk about when to to break functions into smaller pieces, and how to avoid over-engineering.

In today’s episode, I talk about building web things that are made to last.

In today’s episode, I talk about why more tech won’t fix your spaghetti code.

In today’s episode, I talk about why its ok to alienate some people, and the importance of owning your content.

In today’s episode, I talk about how tech permeates all aspects of tech, even when it doesn’t seem like it.

In today’s episode, I talk about doubling down on free developer resources.

In today’s episode, I talk about how fascism invades our online communities by using polite language and veiled messages.

In today’s episode, I talk about the intersection of tech and politics in light of the recent US election.

In today’s episode, I talk about how and why I ditched build steps for all of my CSS and JS files, and whether or not it was a good idea.

In today’s episode, I talk about the role Web Components play in your site or app (and why the’re not the right choice for a full design system).

In today’s episode, I talk about why writing less JS might be a bad goal (what!?!).

In today’s episode, I talk about why I think the Shadow DOM is a solution in search of a problem.

In today’s episode, I talk about some awful comments on Hacker News, and why they’re wrong.

In today’s episode, I talk about some nonsense developer sometimes spout about vanilla JavaScript.

In today’s episode, I talk about using PHP with a static site generator to build fast, resilient websites with dynamic content.

In today’s episode, I talk about my setup in Obsidian.

In today’s episode, I talk about how to get stuff done as a developer with ADHD.

In today’s episode, I talk about to detect when a Web Component is loaded using just CSS.

In today’s episode, I talk about why I think Web Component are the best way to author DOM manipulation libraries.

In today’s episode, I talk about HTML Web Components, an approach to authoring Web Components that focuses on enhancing existing HTML.

In today’s episode, I talk about HUG CSS, how I approach engineering my CSS.

In today’s episode, I talk about classless vs. class-based CSS design systems, and the pros and cons of each.

In today’s episode, I talk about the craft of building things for the web.

In today’s episode, I talk about learning JavaScript, why its so hard, and what I think is a good way to approach it.