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The Call Kent podcast is a regular podcast where you call in with a question and Kent answers. Call in with your questions right from your web browser with any device at https://kentcdodds.com/call
A caller wants to expose internal styles from their component library to consumers. Kent suggests using a variable to export the class names and using a library like CVA to create multiple variants of a set of class names. He also recommends against using disabled buttons as a workaround and instead suggests creating individual components for each use case. Exposing internal styles from design system
Kent C. Dodds answers a question about what to focus on in the future of software development, including the role of agents, MCPs, and workflows. He shares his thoughts on how to bring clarity to problems and how software developers will continue to be needed in the future.7 developer skills you’ll need in 2026Building Semantic Search on my ContentWhat to learn
Kent C. Dodds shares his insights on navigating the transition from a senior engineer to a recognized leader in the community. He emphasizes the importance of having a solid proof of work, creating a tight feedback loop, and using your SaaS products to guide your teaching. Kent also relates to the hesitation of losing hands-on engineering edge and provides a practical solution to maintain credibility as an educator. You can find the caller's YouTube channel and Medium below: https://www.youtube.com/@sebastianquiroga1153 https://medium.com/@sebasqui1995 Bridging the Gap to Community Influence as a Senior Engineer
Kent discusses the new features on the Call Kent Podcast, including the ability to type questions and have them answered with an AI voice, and the option to remain anonymous. He also explains how these changes will improve the relevance of answers and titles. Call Kent Podcast Updates
How to build toward full-stack software engineering while already working in AI automation, without starting over or losing career stability. https://www.EpicWeb.dev/faq From AI Automation to Full-Stack Engineering
Asking for advice on workshops at tech conferences. I'm one of the planners for a conference we host in Chattanooga, https://sceniccitysummit.com/. Last year we hosted our first day of workshops. It wasn't as successful as we had planned. We want to try this again for our next event that will be on June 5th, 2025. I know that you have held workshops at conferences. So I was wondering if you could give me any advice on this subject. what are some ways to attract workshop teachers what is the typical financial commitment with the teacher and the event what is a target class size for a workshop is there typically a written agreement with the teacher and the event any other guidance or words of wisdom I would really appreciate any help that you could give us! Conference Workshop Advice
I ask Kent -- how to get a full-stack role at a great product-focused team given the AI scenario around. I added a mini-question as well that -- I want to build my own small things on the side, may be they can turn out to be a SaaS business, so will a full-time role be viable to let me do my own small things on the side...? Looking forward to your thoughts Kent! -- Vivek Getting a Developer Job in the AI chaos
As '===' compares both type and value, what is the significance of '===' in Typescript app when variables are already typed. When the same functionality can be achieved with '==', why do we need to use '===' esp in Typescript applications Significance of '===' in typescript applications
Follow up to our little discussion on Twitter / X. What is the advantage of using RSCs? When is it better to use loaders and actions? What are the trade-offs? In which situations would you recommend using RSC with React Router?
Recently, I asked you about the career suggestion which definitely had helped me clear certain of my goals.. However, I would like to know about the framework that is more efficient and as per industry. Web Framework Choice
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