Episode 32: Static site generators
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08/21/23 • 29 min
James and Josh explore the world of SSGs (static site generators)! The differences between SSGs and full stack frameworks, the associated technologies out there and what to consider with your project when deciding what is best for it.
[Recorded 13th July, 2023]
- 01 Intro
- 02 The Personal Website
- 02 Static Site Generators
- 02 ASTRO
- 03 Content driven site vs Logic and functional site
- 04 Jekyll
- 04 Webapps
- 07 Full stack frameworks
- 08 MPA vs SPA
- 10 Islands
- 15 It’s a cms without the cms
- 16 Flexible data structures enforced via TypeScript
- 20 Deployment - compilation step, already do this on most frameworks anyway
- 22 Still require a rich runtime environment of JS deps etc
- 25 Bring your own db and cache
- 26 Environmental impact
- 27 New SSGs
References
- https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/why-astro/
- https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/mpa-vs-spa/
- https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/islands/
Find out more about Stac and Parallax:
James and Josh explore the world of SSGs (static site generators)! The differences between SSGs and full stack frameworks, the associated technologies out there and what to consider with your project when deciding what is best for it.
[Recorded 13th July, 2023]
- 01 Intro
- 02 The Personal Website
- 02 Static Site Generators
- 02 ASTRO
- 03 Content driven site vs Logic and functional site
- 04 Jekyll
- 04 Webapps
- 07 Full stack frameworks
- 08 MPA vs SPA
- 10 Islands
- 15 It’s a cms without the cms
- 16 Flexible data structures enforced via TypeScript
- 20 Deployment - compilation step, already do this on most frameworks anyway
- 22 Still require a rich runtime environment of JS deps etc
- 25 Bring your own db and cache
- 26 Environmental impact
- 27 New SSGs
References
- https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/why-astro/
- https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/mpa-vs-spa/
- https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/islands/
Find out more about Stac and Parallax:
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Episode 31: Blockchain
What is the blockchain? How has it changed over time? Is it still killing the planet? James and Josh discuss various types of blockchain systems and how they might have some real world applications for social good.
[Recorded 13th July, 2023]
- 1 Blockchain
- 02 How did it start
- 03 Bitcoin
- 03 Ethereum
- 03 Proof of work vs Proof of stake
- 05 Hardforking
- 06 Web3 bros
- 06 Masterdon & De-centralisation
- 07 Microservices
- 10 Real word aplications
- 11 Music Industry
- 12 Coinbase
- 14 Wallet management
- 17 User identity
- 18 Social good smart contracts
- 19 Blockchain kickstarter
- 20 Bored Ape
- 21 Digital art
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Episode 33: AI ethics
AI ethics - a hot, divisive topic and rightly so. James and Josh are back with a brand new episode of Off Script to dig in and explore a space that is impacting our lives more and more.
- 01 Intro
- 02 Applied AI event
- 03 Bethan Vincent's talk
- 03 Jack Sails’ talk
- 06 Outcomes are not determined by intentions
- 07 EU Cookie law
- 09 Tech can’t be decided by those who know the least about the tech
- 10 Regulation
- 11 AI marking of papers
- 12 Only as good as the dataset it is trained on
- 13 Why as a company would we use this?
- 14 Disclaimers
- 15 AI Consultancy
- 18 Risk
- 19 Oxford Uni CapAI implementation
- 20 What happens when things don’t go right?
- 22 Accountability
- 25 The Trolley problem
- 27 Deontology
- 28 The moral machine self driving car
- 29 7 Things to consider when implementing AI in your business
- 30 Fluency bot for Slack and confluence
References
- https://www.linkedin.com/events/7099321618157461505/comments/
- https://www.moralmachine.net/
- https://www.fluencybot.ai/
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