Sunny Commutes

I met up with Erik to discuss his open source projects (Redux Form and Final Form), his personal experience with the open source community, and some key React concepts.

Note that this was recorded outside on my phone, …

This is a repost from The Shipcast, a live streamed podcast by Sergio Mattei. We talked about and shared some useful knowledge/advice around these …

Don't stagnate with your learning! I explain why continuous learning is important, and how to continue enhancing and adding upon your current skills.

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Marketing should not be annoying, and yet many companies still employ annoyance as their primary marketing strategy. 

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Pradip and I share what we learned from both of our podcasting journeys.

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It's always amazing to see an idea come to fruition, but these launches were my biggest and most exciting ones.

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- IronMic: https://ironmic.fm

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Copying and pasting code is something that every developer does, but there is a misconception around not being a "real developer" by doing so. Also, if you do copy code, what's the best way to do it to keep proper …

I'm joined with my second guest, Leon Hitchens. Join us as we discuss Search Engine Optimization (SEO) beyond the basics of what most developers are familiar with.

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UX typically refers to regular everyday users, but what happens when you build an app for developers? I tackle this topic in terms of misconceptions, …

I'm joined with my very first guest, Kyle McDonald. Join us as we discuss websites and whether they're still important in the world of social media.

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Why you should ditch jQuery, and how.

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🎨  I also redesigned my personal website! Go to …

Learn why and how to improve your communication skills, whether you're a developer or not.

Note: Sorry for the high pitched background noise in part of the episode! It was coming from outside and I didn't realize until …

If you are in the tech software industry, then you may have heard of a UI framework called React. In this episode, my goal is to provide a non-technical overview of React and explain why so many people are deciding to …

Over time, I learned that it takes more than just posting some links on social media to build a reputable brand. You have to release content that is also native to the platforms that your audience actually uses.

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🎆 2018 has come to a close, so I review my most successful year ever with both my accomplishments and hardships. I also talk about new year goals …

DevOps, short for developer operations, is the process that includes everything needed to launch a website or app. On this episode, I talk about why I hate managing servers and how I deal with deploying my apps.

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Server Side Rendering is a commonly confused topic, so I'm back with a new episode to explain the benefits and a bit on how it works.

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I'm back! This time I share how you can host your websites and apps absolutely for free and what services I used.

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On this episode I talk about IronMic, a new service that I built to solve my own problem and hopefully others' as well.

IronMic: https://ironmic.fm
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Discussing the topic of burn out and how I've learned to handle it.

Video version: https://youtu.be/gXvAvvrxmhY

First episode when I initially talked about burn out: https://anchor.fm/sunnysingh/episodes/Burn-out-e10hg0

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Microsoft recently acquired GitHub, an open source software platform, for $7.5 billion. With lots of developers "freaking out", I wanted to share my opinion on why I don't think this acquisition is necessarily a bad …

Recently I've been working on building an API in Node. On this episode I want to explain what APIs are and my transition from building them in PHP to Node.

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On this episode I feature some call-ins and talk about overcoming excuses and finding creators.

My review episode of Crushing It by Gary Vaynerchuck: …

On this episode I talk about CSS in JS, a fairly new concept where you write your CSS inside of JavaScript. Why would you want to do this, what are …

I recently listened to the Crushing It audio book by Gary Vaynerchuk (Gary Vee). I provide my thoughts and recommendations.

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This episode is about Gatsby, a static site generator, and how we used it to relaunch ninjality.com

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My thoughts on teaching, benefits from teaching, and documenting your learning instead of being an expert. I also share my workflow in making videos and screencasts.

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Talking about two different ways of managing state in a user interface. The traditional imperative way, and the new declarative way.

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Talking about components, and the concept of componetizing everything. What problems do components solve in design and code, and what popularized …

I went to the CES tech conference this year. I explain what it is, why I went, and what I saw.

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What is evergreen content and how can it benefit you?

An update episode. Thanking everyone that listened, and I also share my goals in personal branding.

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Talking about the recent repeal of net neutrality. What is it, and how does this affect how we use and build for the Internet?

Tweet me what you think @sunnysinghio.

Let's learn together about cryptocurrency and blockchain. I share my experience in making a profit off Litecoin.

Responding to some call-ins today. Talking about some tools that can help.with Cross-browser development.

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A PSA on why you shouldn't just optimize for Google Chrome.

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Three tips that help you release software smoothly.

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In honor of this upcoming Thanksgiving, I give thanks to some of the things that have happened and the people that helped me. I'll get back to …

We just launched a new product at Ninjality, and it was featured on Product Hunt today! It's a search engine for brands where you can easily find …

I share my small list of things that I follow when building a UI. Tweet me @sunnysinghio for your suggestions.

I'm late on the news, but apparently Anchor has removed pre-roll ads! I talk about why I think it's important and the story of how I came to know. …

Is there value in people that only know how you write HTML and CSS? Should you look for JavaScript developers? Some of my thoughts on this topic in …

Quick spurt of thoughts about why you should question even when talking to experts.

Daily implementation tips for web accessibility. Tweet me suggestions at @sunnysinghio

Talking about accessibility on the web. Mistake on the URL, it's http://a11yproject.com. Tweet me @sunnysinghio and call in on the Anchor app.

I love the fall season! Some updates and what I'll be doing.

Is it okay to automate your job?

Talking about CloudFlare's announcement of DDoS protection for all users.

A project of mine that I dogfood daily. Tweet me @sunnysinghio for feedback and topic suggestions.

Talking about the BSD+Patents license.

I rant about annoying marketing schemes.

Talking about how to deal with when technical effort is underestimated. Thanks to Marcus Blankenship for the great article.

Talking about concepts related to Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug.

Talking about rebranding the podcast.

My thoughts on frontend frameworks.

Talking a little bit about Laravel, Sails, and Feathers frameworks. Suggest a future topic by tweeting me @sunnysinghio.

I talk about how easy it is to start your own podcast and what my setup is like.

How important is email and building up a newsletter for your business?

I talk about some benefits to blogging for your business.

When should you purchase a domain name? A .com or vanity? What's the best place to buy them? I answer these in this episode.

What is technical debt and how can you prepare for it?

How having knowledge and experience in other roles can help your own.

I follow-up my episode on imposter syndrome by featuring some comments and call-ins. Tweet me new topics @sunnysinghio

Talking about CodeBee, how a good idea ended in failure. Sharing the lessons I learned.

Small talk on imposter syndrome.

Talking about a common problem with storing images on a web server.

What is bikeshedding and how does it save you time?

Talking about how a simple programming language can run your business.

Are meetings useful?

Advice on distributing and marketing your product and when to do it.

What are static websites and the benefits of them versus dynamic websites? I answer these questions and more on this episode.

Announcement from Ninjality and finding motivation in side projects.

Talking about the future of mobile and the web platform.

burn out • Response to burn out.