Smile! HTML can access your camera

JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web Development

Austin Gil joins the show and KBall continues an old email correspondence about the JS community and growth. Then, the gang plays a round of TIL where Austin shares his learnings about the HTML capture attribute. Finally, Austin shares what it’s like to have a blog post blow up.

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Featuring:

• Austin Gil – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Nick Nisi – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Kevin Ball – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Show Notes:

• TIL: You can access a user’s camera with just HTML
• HN Link
• Video Explainer
• Obsidian
• Obsidian Sample Plugin
• OODA Loop
• Function Call podcast
• Submit to Changelog News

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!