HTML All The Things is a podcast for developers navigating the modern web industry.
Hosted by web development agency owners Matt Lawrence and Mike Karan, the show explores web development, AI-driven industry shifts, and the realities of building a sustainable career in tech.
Matt and Mike discuss foundational technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript along with modern tools and frameworks such as Svelte, Vue, WordPress, React, and Tailwind. But beyond the code, the show also dives into freelancing, running a web agency, dealing with clients, and how developers can stay competitive as the industry evolves.
If you're a developer who wants to sharpen your technical skills, understand where the industry is heading, and build long-term leverage in your career or business, this podcast is for you.
Episodes
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
In this episode Matt and Mike sit down with Eric Normand to discuss his new book Grokking Simplicity. Throughout the episode they discuss early access book releases, blogging & writing tips, and cover a tonne of ground on functional programming including how to get started and how to apply the paradigm to a problem.
Show Notes: https://htmlallthethings.com/Podcast/5d9e35fe6a070d0011eb657f
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Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
In this episode Matt and Mike discuss the differences and similarities between web development and native app development. More specifically discussing technologies like Apache Cordova, Flutter, React Native, and many others. On top of these technologies, they also discussed the different procedures that web developers vs native app developers have to take to get their product off the ground, including testing on various devices and the performance of cross-platform vs native development. Then they switch gears to discuss the UX of smartphones on different types of apps in the weekly Web News.
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Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
In this episode Matt and Mike discuss learning UI development from scratch covering topics such as DOM flow (normal flow), different learning methods (YouTube, written guides, traditional courses), and practicing your knowledge through repetitive examples. Then they switch gears to discuss all the newfangled gadgets and gizmos that can be found in modern cars via the weekly Web News segment.
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Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
In this episode Matt and Mike discuss making web development easier through the use of various methodologies, libraries, frameworks, new technologies, and more. By ensuring that you're using the right tools and having your development environment tweaked just so, you can save a bunch of time, and in some cases actually do a better job. Then for the weekly Web News, they discuss "Hustle Overload" speaking specifically about side hustles, full time hustles, and whether or not you should be doing multiple of them, or whether you should be managing your work/life balance.
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Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
In this episode Matt and Mike discuss the user experience, otherwise known as UX. Specifically, their top 3 UX considerations for UX designers/experts. These considerations include things like the newcomer effect, familiarity, and evolution & respect. They're aimed to be sort of an analysis of the unspoken rules of UX that can easily go overlooked, complete with examples from popular companies like Facebook and YouTube. Then they switch gears to this week's Web News asking how responsible a company is to its product in terms of warranty, defects, and engineering.
Show Notes: https://htmlallthethings.com/Podcast/5d794c736a070d0011eb6579
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Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
In this episode Matt and Mike discuss developer burnout including how to identify the signs of burnout, what the result of burnout is, and how to avoid it the best you can. Then they switch gears to discuss the innovations of the tech world zeroing in on whether or not the mainstream devices are stifling innovation due to their popularity.
Show Notes: https://htmlallthethings.com/Podcast/5d7004be6a070d0011eb6577
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Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
In this episode Matt and Mike discuss the creation process that drives most of their website work. Since Digital Dynasty Design is a small team they can easily tailor the customer experience individually so that customers save money and get their products faster. This tailored experience often times includes manipulating the initial creation process that is used to determine the customer's needs, wants, and goals through the production and review of wireframes, mockups, and prototypes as needed.
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Thursday Aug 22, 2019
Thursday Aug 22, 2019
In this episode of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Developer Pants, Matt and Mike discuss the equipment and lifestyle of a developer that likes to travel. We cover things like what to pack, managing workload on the road, as well as doing meetings in different time zones. After all that we discuss WearOS focusing on where it sits in the smartwatch market, alongside what improvements it needs to stay relevant.
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