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ISSUE #13:

Next week's episode topics. A hot take on JS tooling from the creator of Parcel. Is anyone still using Photoshop to design websites? A guide to help you write better command-line programs. Something Scott thinks is "neat".

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🔥 Devon Govett - Creator of Parcel, Lightning CSS and React Aria - has a hot take on JS tooling.

I (Wes) further think that now that performance is starting to really improve, we are going to start to see improved DX around tooling - better TypeScript errors is top on my list of wants there.

Devon Govett

@devongovett

🌶️ take for today: JS tooling competing on speed rather than features for the last 5 years has held us back. What was the last truly innovative bundler/tooling feature? We're recycling the same tools just faster. Speed is great, but it shouldn't be our only focus.

8:20 AM • Feb 10, 2024

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@kentcdodds

🌶🔥 You think AI assistants make you a worse coder? That's what we call a "skill issue"

7:27 AM • Feb 7, 2024

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