The Go Make Things Podcast

A show about JavaScript (and more) for people who hate the complexity of modern front‑end web development.

Currently binging the Vanilla JS Podcast by Chris Ferdinandi. I absolutely recommend for frontend devs! 💯- Steph

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Episodes

Episode 73
September 29, 2021

Hacking the hiring process

Episode 72
August 31, 2021

Web development and climate change

Episode 71
August 24, 2021

Images and screen readers

Episode 70
August 17, 2021

The mobile IS the web

Episode 69
August 10, 2021

Sometimes you just need JavaScript

Episode 68
August 3, 2021

Tech interviews suck

Episode 67
July 27, 2021

Accessibility is hard. It's also your job.

Episode 66
July 20, 2021

The tools you use don't matter... except when they do

Episode 65
July 13, 2021

The modern web sucks: the Space Jam website

Episode 64
March 22, 2021

Theres no such thing as a website or web app that doesn't need to be accessible

Episode 63
January 12, 2021

Do you need build tools?

Episode 62
December 1, 2020

Entropy, developer experience, and vanilla JS

Episode 61
November 24, 2020

The challenges of being ethical in tech

Episode 60
November 17, 2020

Mostly HTML, some CSS, and a little JS

Episode 59
November 10, 2020

Callbacks vs. custom events in vanilla JS

Episode 58
November 3, 2020

The end of Internet Explorer

Episode 57
October 27, 2020

How performant is vanilla JS?

Episode 56
August 26, 2020

When should you use a framework?

Episode 55
August 19, 2020

The most common myth about vanilla JS

Episode 54
June 29, 2020

Code get stuck research repeat

Episode 53
June 23, 2020

Always bet on HTML

Episode 52
May 26, 2020

Can junior developers ask too many questions?

Episode 51
May 18, 2020

Own your platform

Episode 50
May 7, 2020

You don't get a free pass on web performance just because you built an app

Episode 49
April 7, 2020

How to make the transition from beginner to advanced developer

Episode 48
March 31, 2020

Everything you ever wanted to know about polyfills

Episode 47
March 24, 2020

We are the helpers

Episode 46
March 17, 2020

All about that JAMStack

Episode 45
March 10, 2020

Replacing JavaScript with HTML and CSS

Episode 44
March 3, 2020

Why write vanilla JS when you can just use [insert library or framework here]?

Episode 43
February 25, 2020

fetch() vs. XHR performance for making API calls

Episode 42
February 11, 2020

Tools and developer habits

Episode 41
January 21, 2020

No, a framework is not faster than vanilla JS DOM manipulation (but it can be)

Episode 40
January 14, 2020

I <3 the cascade

Episode 39
January 7, 2020

The Go Make Things Podcast

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Episodes