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The Microplastics And PFAS Connection By Cayla Cook and Eva Steinle-Darling Microplastics, small plastic particles with sizes ranging from 5 millimeters to 1 nanometer with various morphologies such as microfibers, fragments, pellets (nurdles), or microbeads, have received increasing attention, including upcoming statewide monitoring in California. Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) are a group of unique chemically stable compounds and, as a result, have made them highly valuable across a wide range of industrial, commercial, and military uses. However, this feature concomitantly make...

While getting feedback on StaffEng, one request was for more content on managing Staff-plus engineers. It doesn’t quite fit the theme–that effort is focused on the Staff Engineer themselves rather the company or the manager–but it’s an interesting topic and a worthy appendix. Of course, not all aspects of managing Staff-plus folks are unique to the level: there are fundamentals that apply to managing anyone in any role, like doing effective 1 on 1s or giving feedback. For that sort of thing, read Lara Hogan’s Resilient Management or Camille Fournier’s The Manager’s Path, what I...

Transcript Drew McLellan: He’s an independent Consultant Web Performance Engineer from Leeds in the UK. In his role, he helps some of the world’s largest and most respected organizations deliver faster and more reliable experiences to their customers. He’s an invited Google Developer Expert, a Cloudinary Media Developer Expert, an award-winning developer, and an international speaker. So we know he knows his stuff when it comes to web performance, but did you know he has 14 arms and seven legs? My Smashing friends, please welcome Harry Roberts. Hi Harry, how are you? Harry Roberts: Hey,...

Transcript Drew McLellan: She’s a senior front-end developer at Netlify, a Google Developer expert in web technologies and a Mozilla tech speaker. In her spare time, she explores the field of human computer interaction, and builds interactive prototypes using hardware, machine learning and creative coding. She regularly speaks at conferences and writes blog posts to share the things she learns. And most recently, is the author of the book, Practical Machine Learning in JavaScript for Apress. Drew: So we know she’s a front-end expert, but did she once to escape from jail using a metal file...

In this episode, we’re taking a look back at 2020. Who did we speak to in our episodes this year, and what did we learn? Let’s listen back to some clips to find out. In this episode, we’re taking a look back at 2020. Who did we speak to in our episodes this year, and what did we learn? Let’s listen back to some clips to find out. Show Notes You can find all of our past episodes, including a full transcript of every interview at podcast.smashingmagazine.com. See you in 2021, everyone! �� Transcript Drew McLellan: In January, I talked to Amy Hupe about her work on the UK government�...