Josh and Austin hop on the pod to chat about cold weather and late night DNS cutovers. Josh shares his trip down memory lane on the Iowa State campus over the weekend, and they discuss some of the architectural design decisions of campus buildings from the 80s. Then, Josh and Austin dive into the challenges and pitfalls of transitioning a site to server-side rendering. Josh shares his discovery that: SSR is not a silver bullet. They also discuss ways to optimize rendering, the potential of server components, and reflect on legacy code. 00:00 Introduction and Greetings 01:14 Late Night DNS cutovers 05:51 ISU Campus Visit and College Memories 13:50 Shoutouts 14:56 Server-Side Rendering (SSR) in Web Development 22:38 SSR Challenges 23:53 Lessons Learned from SSR Implementation 27:41 Exploring Server Components 30:53 Hydration Workarounds and Challenges 32:50 Astro and Island Architecture 36:02 Legacy Code and Engineering Trade-offs 38:59 Cool Things: TV Shows and Docs Sites
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