Potluck — Freelancing × Leveraging your experience × Component size × Dealing with mediocrity × How to spend “extra time” × Rust vs Node × Free hosting? × More!

<p class="has-line-data" data-line-start="7" data-line-end="8">It’s another Potluck! In this episode, Scott and Wes answer your questions about freelancing, climbing the corporate ladder, Throttling vs debounce, how to build skills with your free time, and more!</p> <h2 class="code-line" data-line-start="9" data-line-end="10"><a id= "Freshbooks__Sponsor_9" name="Freshbooks__Sponsor_9"></a>Freshbooks - Sponsor</h2> <p class="has-line-data" data-line-start="10" data-line-end="11"> Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at <a href= "https://freshbooks.com/syntax">freshbooks.com/syntax</a> and put SYNTAX in the “How did you hear about us?” section.</p> <h2 class="code-line" data-line-start="12" data-line-end="13"> <a id="LogRocket__Sponsor_12" name= "LogRocket__Sponsor_12"></a>LogRocket - Sponsor</h2> <p class="has-line-data" data-line-start="13" data-line-end="14"> LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at <a href= "https://logrocket.com/syntax">logrocket.com/syntax</a>.</p> <h2 class="code-line" data-line-start="15" data-line-end="16"> <a id="Vonage__Sponsor_15" name="Vonage__Sponsor_15"></a>Vonage - Sponsor</h2> <p class="has-line-data" data-line-start="16" data-line-end="17"> Vonage is a Cloud Communications platform that allows developers to integrate voice, video and messaging into their applications using their communication APIs. Whether you’re wanting to build video calls into your app, create a Facebook bot, or build applications on top of programmable phone numbers, you’ll have all the tools you need. Use promo code SYNTAX10 for €10 of free credit when signing up at <a href= "https://vonage.dev/syntax">vonage.dev/syntax</a>.</p> <h2 class="code-line" data-line-start="18" data-line-end="19"> <a id="Show_Notes_18" name="Show_Notes_18"></a>Show Notes</h2> <p class="has-line-data" data-line-start="19" data-line-end="20"> 02:11 - I’ve read that when you start