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In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about peer dependencies, Vitest, NVM and PNPM, using sprites for images, common MongoDB operations, and more!

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• 00:03 Welcome
• 01:53 Configuring home internet routers
• 04:42 Scott’s Home Assistant update
• Mushroom Theme
• 07:52 Could you explain to me peer-dependencies and how does it work?
• 13:24 Using Vitest do you still have to transpile code?
• 16:14 Can you talk about helpful and common MongoDB operations, beyond just CRUD.
• 18:49 How can I update the “updatedAt” field of the document on every save automatically?
• 20:40 What is aggregation, and when do you use it?
• 25:33 Sponsor: Prismic
• 27:27 How does NVM relate to PNPM?
• pnpm
• nvm
• 30:45 I’m looking to upskill from front-end JavaScript?
• 33:53 Is it possible to have a private NPM repo I can “npm install” from, or do I put my components up on NPM publicly?
• Creating a private npm package
• 37:51 Sponsor: LogRocket
• 39:14 Should a majority of lodash functions be considered deprecated?
• angus c just
• 42:36 Please do an episode on programming/learning with ADHD.
• 44:04 Should I still be putting images in sprites?
• 49:20 Does Mux have a simple mechanism for adding auth to each video or group of videos?
• Mux Create playback restriction

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