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Featuring:

• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn
• Amelia Wattenberger – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Kevin Ball – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Christopher Hiller – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, Website

Show Notes:

• The effects of remote work on collaboration among information workers
• How Slack Changed Apple’s Employee Culture
• Get your head checked
• CSS container units
• I completely ignored the front end development scene for 6 months. It was fine
• Safari 15 Beta Release Notes
• LeadDev conference on Staff+
• Go Time’s 200th episode live show
• Don’t be the last kid on your block to get Firebase JS SDK 9.0.0! Don’t be

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