In this episode, Amy and James share all their goals for 2022, including 2 big announcements for Compressed.fm!

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
4:23 12 Projects in 12 Months
6:03 Personal Branding
7:37 Community
9:30 Everything Svelte
10:32 Project Files to Sell
11:43 Sponsor: ZEAL
12:35 Compressed.fm
14:13 Open Source Projects
- Episode 28 - Web Dev Weekly Crossover Episode
- Brad Garropy - npm Video
15:32 Advent of CSS / Advent of JavaScript
17:55 Frontend Blitz
20:14 Doubling Down on Content Creation
25:34 Sponsor - DatoCMS
26:27 Compressed.fm Podcast
27:47 Non-Tech Goals
- Illustration Course by The Futur
- Chris Do on Instagram
- Building a Brand Playlist on YouTube
- Copy School
- Resources by Joana Wiebe
35:23 James's Four Core Pillars
38:41 Paid Content
40:04 Sponsor: Vercel
41:10 Building a Domain-ed App
42:42 YouTube Content
44:18 Grab Bag Questions
44:28 Question #1: Guest Speakers, More Live Episodes, and Swag
44:39 Question #2: Any Plans for Design Centered Topics: Design Thinking, Typography, UI UX, Design, Design Systems?
45:50 Question #3: What recommendations do you have for frontend developers looking to lean the backend to become a full-stack developer?
- Scott Tolinski
- Wes Bos
- beginnerjavascript.com
- Web Developer Bootcamp by Colt Steele
47:49 Question #4: How do you focus on learning with so many resources? How do you vet resources for learning? When do you re-evaluate goals? When you were doing your planning for this year, what kind of thought process did you have from an organization standpoint?
- Virtual Coffee
- August Bradley
- Wandering Aimfully
53:26 Picks and Plugs
53:36 Amy's Picks: Whooshi Wipes
54:04 Amy's Plug: Everything Svelte
54:50 James's Pick: Floating Ball
55:41 James's Plug: Everything Svelte