687: Hosting NextJS × Spicy Sidedishes × Modern Forms × Abandoning TypeScript

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about hosting NextJS, spicy sidedishes, putting forms in modern websites, why is everyone abandoning TypeScript, CSS Survey follow up, do devs need to be into CSS, and more!

Show Notes

00:10 How to submit a question to Syntax
Syntax Potluck Listener Questions
00:45 Syntax meet up in Toronto
02:11 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
02:36 Vendor lock in with NextJS?
Next.js by Vercel
Vercel
SST
Supper Club × Next.js on AWS + Serverless with Dax Raad — Syntax Podcast 589
Cloudflare Pages
Netlify
Open source Next.js serverless adapter
09:48 🌶️ Spicy Sidedish: Stop calling Firefox the new IE
Jen Simmons
16:40 Can you compare Database as a service and provide your recommendation and suggestions?
“Serverless” Databases — Syntax Podcast 551
PlanetScale
Firebase
20:00 How do I do native forms outside of CMS like WordPress?
Builder.io
28:01 Why have Svelte and Turbo abandoned Typescript?
32:17 Why are companies hesitant to migrate to Next?
33:36 Is React Native dead?
38:33 Do I use the keyword “new” when throwing an Error or not?
41:59 touch-action use case
Announcing Quina
Quina - Menu
Announcing Hondo
Hondo - a word game in 100 words or less
42:57 Subgrid and the :has selector usage
46:02 Is it okay to be a front end developer and not be as interested in CSS?
Tool Academy (American TV series)
51:12 Could you explain what are workers, processes, jobs, tasks, and deamons?
56:29 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

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