85 | Casual Conversations on Github Copilot, Frameworks, Desk Setups, Serverless, and More

In this episode, James and Amy answer questions from the audience about Github Copilot, modern frameworks, Serverless vs Express.js, PlanetScale vs Supabase vs Firebase, and more!

Sponsors

ZEAL

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.

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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.

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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."

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Show Notes

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:02:16 - Github Copilot Controversy
• 00:15:08 - Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 00:16:02 - Thoughts on Next JS,Redwood, Remix, and More
• 00:23:27 - Sponsor: ZEAL
• 00:24:22 - Desk Cable Management 
• 00:30:25 - Serverless vs Express.js
• 00:34:50 - Prisma and PlanetScale
• 00:37:17 - Sponsor:  Vercel
• 00:38:24 - Script for YouTube Images
• 00:39:42 - PlanetScale vs Firebase vs Supabase