The Function Call
The Function Call
Austin Gil
The Function Call is a show about friends, and it’s also a show about programming. We get together and talk about tech, what we're working on, and the little things, like what we had for dinner last night. Come hang out, have a laugh, and maybe learn something new. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefncall/support
39 - Edge solutions, HTML can access user's camera, & Grant has a power trip
In this episode Austin shares some cool things he's learned about recently. Edge compute can fix performance bugs in Apache, and the HTML capture attribute is a handy way to open up the user's camera. Grant goes into his new role where he gets to control TypeScript and ESLint rules at his organization; the ultimate power trip. Links: Fixing Obscure Bugs: Apache, GZip, ETags, & Edge Compute TIL: You Can Access A User’s Camera with Just HTML JS Party - Smile! HTML can access your camera TypeScript expect error Love: Grant - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Austin - Too Good To Go --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefncall/support
Sep 29, 2022
57 min
38 - Reminiscing on Remix
In this episode, Austin shares about his recent experience with Remix.run, a full-stack JavaScript web framework. We discuss what it is, what it's not, some things we like, some things we don't, and how you can think about it. TLDR: It's pretty cool. In fact, it even got Austin to write React. It was a very serious chat (sorry, no bloopers). Appreciations: Grant - Taking time off Austin - Watermelons & Stranger Things --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefncall/support
Aug 18, 2022
1 hr 3 min
37 - Hold the mustard. This episode is moslty catch-up.
In this episode, Grant and Austin do some catch up on what’s been going on since the last call. Grant’s goes into all sorts of interesting stuff including Static Site Generation, working on design systems, migration from enterpriseGitHub to GitHub cloud, managing several different code bases with monorepos. Austin is mostly just happy to hear Grant talk about his day and shares some fun changes sing Akamai acquired Linode. Shoutouts: Austin - Owning your own domain name Grant - Having your own email. Star Trek: Picard --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefncall/support
Jul 4, 2022
1 hr
36 - Chatting about AgnosticUI with Rob Levin
In this episode Grant and Austin are visited by special guest and creator of AgnosticUI, Rob Levin. Rob shares the story behind AgnosticUI, how it got started, why the world needs it, and some interesting bits into how it all works. We also discuss some more general topics around design systems, CSS, open source, accessibility and more. He is a great guy with a very interesting project, and we think you should check it out. Links: AgnosticUI - https://www.agnosticui.com/ Blog - https://developtodesign.com/ A11y Dialog - https://a11y-dialog.ne Rob’s Illustration Work - https://roblevin.myportfolio.com/work Shout outs: Rob - Vuetensils, Traversy Media's CSS Grid Layout Crash Course Grant - Feit Electric smart power strip (also their whole line of other smart bulbs are great) Austin - Raised by Wolves Season 2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefncall/support
Apr 5, 2022
1 hr 8 min
35 - Outsourcing Woes & Questions About Gatsby, React, and TypeScript
In this episode Austin gets into it with Grant about working with agencies, and some of the pitfalls related. After a bit of venting we actual come around to some interesting content related to Gatsby, React, and working with TypeScript.  We cover: Merging className between parent and child components Using PropType vs TypeScript Which types to use for SVGs (JSX.Element, ReactNode, ReactElement) Inheriting type definitions for wrapper components Links: The React.ReactNode type is a black hole Shout Outs: Austin - Rescue.org donation & Elden Ring Grant - Cryo-cuff --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefncall/support
Mar 10, 2022
1 hr 2 min
34 - Newbie coding skills you can nail
Grant wanted to share some things he wish he knew as a beginner that would have made his career easier. His tips boil down to: Communication Research Problem solving Language specifics dont matter Learn to read code Get good at being wrong Shout outs: Austin & Grant: freeCodeCamp.org --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefncall/support
Feb 18, 2022
52 min
33 - Progressive Enhance Forms With JavaScript
Do you like progress? Well too bad because we’re using 90s technology until otherwise required! In the episode, Austin schools Grant on why building forms to work with and without JavaScript matters, how you can do it, and some tips and tricks if you want to do it yourself. It’s one of those technical deep dive episodes that we like to mix in here and there and we get into native behavior vs JS, accessibility, UX, and more. We hope you enjoy. Outline: Why it matters Default behavior Validation Validity API Different types of inputs Accessibility UX improvement Backend Detecting native vs fetch requests Links: Why your website should work without Javascript. JavaScript isn’t always available and it’s not the user’s fault Shout outs: Grant - Cloud/Lambda/Serverless functions. Austin - Costco --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefncall/support
Jan 31, 2022
1 hr 4 min
32 - A Look Back At 2021 & A Look Forward To 2022
Isn't it obvious? We did the same thing everyone else is doing this time of year. We talked about recaps and highlights of 2021, and then some predictions and resolutions for 2022. Spoiler alert! 2022 is going to be a good year :D Shou touts Austin: Volunteering Grant: theproscloset.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefncall/support
Jan 12, 2022
1 hr 3 min
31 - 99 Problems But A Desk Aint One (Office setups)
Ever wondered what sort of equipment Austin and Grant have for their office setup? No? Well, we’re going to tell you anyway. We covered desks, chairs, monitor arms, peripherals, audio/video stuff, and more. It’s just as boring as it sounds, but we hope you enjoy it nonetheless. Hey, they can’t all be bangers. Links: Ikea standing desk HisoHu Electric Standing Desk Standing desk converter Autonomouse ErgoChair Pro Ultrawide monitor WALI Dual Monitor Arm Master Mouse 3 Alice Keyboard Kinesis Freestyle2 keyboard Shure SM-7B Micorphone Samson Q2U Microphone Blue snowball iCE Microphone Dan Clark Audio Aeon2 closed Cloud Lifter Radial Workhorse Radial Mic PreAmp Drawmer DS101 noise gate DBX 560a compressor/limiter Sony RX100 camera Shout Outs: Grant - Commit Equipment, dope af MTB jerseys with POCKETS Astin - Gorilla Ladders --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefncall/support
Dec 17, 2021
50 min
30 - Getting Abstract with Abstract Syntax Trees
Austin’s been working a lot with build tooling lately. In this episode, he takes Grant on a bit of a journey into the world of build tools and ASTs, or Abstract Syntax Trees. We talk Webpack, Rollup, Vite, Babel, and Acorn JS. Links: astexplorer.net AST on WikiPedia Acorn JS Lingua franca Babel Plugin Handbook Webpack Sli.dev Shout Outs: Austin - Tucker and Dale vs. Evil & Great British Bake Off Grant - Egghead.io --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefncall/support
Dec 2, 2021
53 min
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