Holiday Gift Guide

In this episode Wes and Scott bring you their holiday gift guide - things, ideas or experiences that would make great gifts for any developer, ranging from a few bucks to a few hundred bucks.

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Show Notes

3:57 - Foodie Gifts

• Hot Sauce
  • Merfs
  • Every Cholula Hot Sauce
  • Jalapeno from Trader Joes
  • Blue Top Creamy Buffalo
• Everything but the bagel Spice
• Loose leaf Teas from Teahaus.com
• Wes’ Tea Steeper
• Scott’s Tea Mug & Steeper
• Flavored Salts (No link, just go find them)
• Savory Spice Shop
• Rainbeers - make it yourself
• Beer Making Kit
• Umai Dry Steak Aging and Charcuterie Bags

11:27 - Experiences

• Knife Skills Class
• Butchering Class
• Cooking Class
• Float tank Subscription
• Massages

18:15 - Subscriptions

• Headspace
• Spotify
• HBO Go
• YouTube TV
• MeUndies Underwear Subscription
• Memrise
• LastPass
• Magazines
• Mantry Crates
• Kids Crates

23:07 - Books / Audible

• BadBlood
• Beat the bank - for Canadians Only
• American Kingpin
• Rich Dad / Poor Dad
• Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground
• Anything You Want
• Essentialism
• The E-Myth Revisited

29:47 - Clothes

• Uniqlo Jeans - w/ elastic
• Carhart Beanie (TOQUE)
• Naked and Famous Raw Selvedge Denim Jeans
  • Skinny Guy
  • Weird Guy
• Nudie Raw Selvedge Denim “thin Finn”
• “Unbranded” Raw Denim
• Custom Leather Belt
• TNF Fanorak Windbreaker
• Hoodies
  • Adidas Black-on-black NMD crewneck
  • Champion Hoodie
• Sneakers
  • Nike Airmax 270
  • Jordans DonTrip
• RayBans with mirrors
  • Original Wayfarer Sunglasses
• Under Armour Boxer Jock Underwear
• Reebok Boxer Brief Underwear
• dvlpr.io Merch

39:08 - Gadgets

• Mechanical Keyboards
  • CTRL Keyboard
  • WASD Keyboard
  • Code Keyboard
  • Ergodox
• 10W qi Wireless Fast Charger Charging Pad
• USB C Gadgets
  • 8-in-1 USB Type-C Hub with HDMI
  • USB C Hub
  • LaCie Rugged USB-C Hard Drive
• Koomus Car CD Slot Magnet Mount for your phone
• Anker Portable Battery
• Extra Long Braided Phone Cables
  • Lighting
  • Micro USB
  • USB-c
• Anker USB Power Block
  • 4 ports with Fast Charge
  • 6 ports with Fast Charge
• Wifi Hotspot
  • SkyRoam Solis
• Magnet Breakway USB-C Cable that handles 87w
• Tello Programable drone
• High end mini screwdrivers
  • MaxCraft 7-in-1
  • iFixIt 64 bit set

48:00 - Smart Home

• Google Home
• Ring Doorbel
• Nest Doorbell
• Ring Floodlight Security Camera
• EcoBee
• WeMo Plugs
• TP Link Smart Plug
• Leviton Smart Wifi Dimmers
• LIFX Bulbs
• Sonoff $5 wifi Switch

54:40 - Grooming and Wellness

• Seki clippers
• CBD balm
• A nice comb
• Burts Bees Lip Balm in a tin

58:57 - High End

• Apple AirPods
• Bose QC 35 Wireless Headphones
• Samsung QLED TV - very high end

Shameless Plugs

• Scott’s Level 1 Typescript Course
• Wes’ updated course platform

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