Educational Resources

A huge focus for Whitefusion is providing actionable and down-to-earth educational materials for developers. We’re creating the content we wish to see in the world. No matter what your skill level is or what you hope to achieve in your career, our goal is to help you get a leg up with “force multiplier” techniques and approaches to modern web development.

The Spicy Web

We’ve launched a newbie-friendly Discord chat server now boasting over 500 members. Join a fabulous community of web developers learning how to use “vanilla” web specs like HTTP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, & Web Components—plus no-nonsense libraries & tools which promote developer happiness and avoid vendor lock-in. (Hmm, this sounds familiar…)

It’s entirely free to get started. Jared is blogging regularly on THE SPICY WEB, and we’ll soon be launching paid courses to take you even deeper down the rabbit hole, so stay tuned!

Vanilla has never tasted so hot. 🍦🌶

Fullstack Ruby

Fullstack Ruby is a blog, podcast, and newsletter with over 350 subscribers run by Whitefusion founder Jared White. It’s a celebration of the expressiveness, flexibility, and…yes…weirdness of Ruby—with a particular focus on what makes Ruby vibrant and relevant in our present decade as frontend and full-stack developers.

Recent popular articles & podcast episodes include:

1. What Would It Take for Roda to Win?
2. Episode 4: Design Patterns on the Frontend, History of MVVM, Web Components, and You
3. Everything You Need to Know About Destructuring in Ruby 3
4. Where Do Ruby Blocks Come From?

Fresh Fusion Podcast

Fresh Fusion is a weekly show covering the business, the art, the ethics of content creation on the open web. Hosted by Jared White, this is a podcast you’ll want to subscribe to no matter what kind of content you create and publish online.

Recent episodes include:

1. Rebuilding the Internet, with Mariya Delano
2. Digital Ecological Collapse
3. Sex Appeal, Heteronormativity, and White Supremacy in Algorithms
4. Big Tech is Too Powerful. So…Now What?
5. Retreat! Why Getting Away is the Way to Go
6. Product Placements & Ethical Advertising
7. Yes, Users DO Care About the Tools You Use

For more helpful resources, be sure to visit our Tech Specs page with links to open source tools and frameworks you may find useful.