Potluck - Editor Fonts × Portfolios × Meetup Tips × Switching to Windows × Freelancing Sources

It’s another potluck episode in which Wes and Scott answer your questions about freelancing, portfolios, code editors, meetup tips, switching to windows and more!

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Show Notes

2:37

• Question: Maaz Syed Adeeb - Are editor fonts worth the investment (if yes, why)? Why are they such a big deal in the first place?
• Operator Mono
• Dank Mono
• Fira Code

6:10

• Question: Ste O’Neill - How can I come up with ideas for projects? What can I put in a portfolio when I work for an agency?

9:10

• Question: JavaScript Joe - If I only have two hours per week to work on coding projects, do I spend it building a side project or do I spend it contributing to open source? What’s your experience contributing to open source?

10:45

• Question: Diane - Why is Git so hard to grasp in team projects? What are the best resources to master it?
• Try Github

13:35

• Question: Grant Chambers - What are some tips for going to your first meetup?
• React Meetups

20:23

• Question: Michael Hoffman - Have you ever thought about using Linux or Windows as your main operating system?
• Google Pixelbook
• Microsoft Surface Pro
• Figma
• Logic
• Sketch
• Mint OS
• Final Cut Pro

27:39

• Question: Would you recommend using Upwork for starting out freelancing or something similar?

31:18

• Question: Mike C. - What do you guys think about sites like Codewars and Code Fights? Being new to web development, I find the problems hard to solve. Is it important to know how to solve all these problems? If so, how do I get better at developing the mindset to solve them?
• JavaScript 30
• Level Up Tutorials

38:47

• Question: When I work on a website, I need to record user names, passwords, URLs, keys, logins, cPanel, WordPress, ftp, MySQL for each and every website, local and remote.
  Currently, I use a text file to save all that information. How are you storing all this info? How others do it? How the pros are managing this? Pros and cons?
• SSH Key
• LastPass
• 1Password

42:15

• Question: Chandler Bing - What happened to Scott’s YouTube channel?

44:57

• Question: Whose idea was it to do a podcast? Who approached whom first?
• Josh Owens
• Egghead.io

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