Just a Spec
A podcast about the protocols, the projects, and the people who make the open platform of the Internet possible.
Podcasting since 2021 • 24 episodes
Just a Spec
Latest Episodes
Your Static Just Zapped Me
It's time for some acronym soup: SSG SSR CSR SPA MPA…MEAN? SSI?? PERL??? (Officially not an acronym…) If you're coming down with a headache already, trust us, you're not alone. It's…a lot. Thankfully, Ayush and Jared are here to break ...
September 11, 2024
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Episode 24
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46:55
Action Web Components for Full-Stack Magic
What if your backend could drive reactive UI changes on your frontend? Without dependencies? Without relying on any particular framework? What if your HTML could gain full-stack programming superpowers?Introducing Action Web Componen...
August 28, 2024
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Episode 23
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45:00
And Lo, There Was ARPANET (Baby Internet!)
How did the Internet first begin? Why was it developed at the Advanced Research Projects Agency? Where was it initially launched at the end of the 1960s? Is it pronounced r-OO-ter or r-OW-ter?? These and other hard-hitting questio...
August 15, 2024
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Episode 22
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39:04
The Browser Wars & an Uneasy Peace
It’s been a wild, wild ride getting from the anything goes origin story of the mainstream web—anyone still remember “Netscape Navigator” and “Trumpet Winsock”?—to today’s carefully-curated experience in the
July 24, 2024
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Episode 21
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49:49
Pendulum Swings & 2023’s State of JS
Whoa, there was one more “State of” survey from 2023 to mine for content! Who knew? Yes, the results are in, and we talk about them…but more broadly, our feelings about the state of web frameworks in our industry and the much-ballyhooed pendulu...
July 10, 2024
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Episode 20
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41:34