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719: Estimating Project Time, React Server Components, and Lifetime Offers

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How do you estimate how long a task or project is going to take? Is it easier or more difficult with AI's help? Were web components a mistake? What do we think about Cloudflare's EmDash now? And are lifetime offers a good or bad thing in the dev community?

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Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert in silly sunglasses and a sign that says Shawp Tawlkk Shough DOT COM

Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert

This episode is with just Chris & Dave, ShopTalk Show's hosts. Chris is the co-founder of CodePen, and Dave writes web components at Microsoft.

Time Jump Links

  • 00:00:30 How do we estimate how long a task is going to take?
  • 00:13:27 How do you keep track of unknown things and surprises?
  • 00:15:30 Was CodePen planning for React server components?
  • 00:16:12 Sponsor: Macro
  • 00:17:22 Were React Server Components a mistake?
  • 00:19:23 Thinking of something as a 6 week sprint
  • 00:25:46 How do managers figure out the scope and timeline of a project?
  • 00:33:49 How much can AI help with estimating - or do the thing itself?
  • 00:36:17 Using star selector :host CSS pseudo-class and LLMs
  • 00:42:20 Struggles with margin issues
  • 00:45:53 What do you think about Cloudflare's EmDash?
  • 00:51:14 Vercel, Vite, and Turbopack
  • 00:53:53 Lifetime offers in the dev community

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