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Well, we did have a list of questions from Reddit we wanted to go through this episode, but we somehow took over an hour to talk about the first one in the list!

The question we're answering today is:

You go back in time 10 years... what skills/technologies would you master that isn't AI related?

Join us as we dissect our lives and discuss making better choices now that we know what our lives turned out to be. No, we're not depressed. It's called dark humor.


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Did you know the apps Discord, Figma, Slack, Teams, Tidal and VS Code all use Electron? What is Electron and what's wrong with companies using it for every application they make?

Gideon and Murtada dive deep into the topic of "Electron-ification of apps". A reminder of why Electron was (and maybe still is) such a bad experience for the users, and their devices. But it's still good for something, right? Is everything secretly all Chrome!? Let's find out together!


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Wishlisht Demon's Mirror on Steam!

We're shaking things up a bit as we welcome a friend and indie game developer to the podcast, Frederic Tarabout (ex-Dreamworks, creator of Batbarian, pusher of pixels)!

In this episode, we're diving headfirst into the world of indie game development. Frederic will take us on a journey through his unique career path, sharing the highs, lows, and everything in between.


What did Frederic's journey look like from young game enthusiast (with an Atari ST) to his first published game?
Is there a typical day for an indie game dev?
What are Fred's inpirations and what does his dev process look like?
What are the challenges for an indie game dev? Are there things that Fred would've done differently?
And more!

So grab your controller, settle in, and join us as we explore the fascinating world of indie game dev with Frederic Tarabout!


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What's with all the rage about these "minimal" frameworks? It seems like almost every day you wake up, there's an announcement for a new framework... and it's driving us nuts!

Listen to us try and dissect the confusing situation of the framework landscape of web dev in the year 2024. Why did we even start using frameworks? Is this all just bandwagoning behaviour or is there a real benefit to using frameworks?

All this and more in this enticing and technical episode of ECC.


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What the heck happened to CSS-Tricks? Chris Coyier wrote a blog post detailing some of the behind the scene happenings. What was his motivation for selling the CSS-Tricks website? Why is it not being updated anymore?

Also, is this a trend that's happening across the internet? Why are there community-driven and free resource websites dying out left and right? What to do with the news of tech companies firing people? Is it all about the Money?🤑

Let's dive into the drama!


Blog post mentioned: https://chriscoyier.net/2024/02/28/where-im-at-on-the-whole-css-tricks-thing/


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In this episode we discuss how the concept of MVP (Minimum Viable Product) has changed over the course of our careers.


Why was it so popular back in the day (for example: Airbnb)?
When does the MVP concept work, and when does it fail?
What are the steps for the modern way of utilizing the MVP concept?

Join us in this in-depth conversation about a simple concept that allowed startups to become giants.


Blog post: https://linear.app/blog/rethinking-the-startup-mvp-building-a-competitive-product


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