Jon Meyers and Simon Vrachliotis

The NavBar

The NavBar is a podcast by Jon Meyers and Simon Vrachliotis, covering all things web development and content creation.

Author

Jon Meyers and Simon Vrachliotis

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Technology

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Latest episode

Apr 17, 2025

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Episodes

#13 - What is Supabase? 13.10.2022

Supabase is a suite of open source tools that wrap around a PostgreSQL database, giving you the primitives you need to basically build any application. No wonder their tagline is "Build in a weekend, scale to millions". In this episode, Jon takes Simon through what is so awesome about Supabase, and why he should use it! We touch on database hosting, authentication, authorization, file storage, rea...

#12 - How we get so much done 06.10.2022

Getting the right things done is impossible without a system! In this episode, Simon and Jon talk through how they manage their todo lists and get so much done. They break down the process into capture, planning and completion, and share some general productivity tips along the way. Pro Tailwind : https://www.protailwind.com/ Caching Supabase data at the Edge with Cloudflare Workers and KV Storage...

#11 - School Holiday Special 🎉 29.09.2022

In this special episode, Simon and Jon reflect on their first 10 episodes of The NavBar podcast, and pick out their favourite bits of each episode. Pro Tailwind : https://www.protailwind.com/ Caching Supabase data at the Edge with Cloudflare Workers and KV Storage (free egghead course): https://egghead.io/courses/cache-supabase-data-at-the-edge-with-cloudflare-workers-and-kv-storage-883c7959 Build...

#10 - What is Developer Advocacy? 🥑 21.09.2022

Are you curious what this Developer Advocate thing is all about? Want to know the difference between Developer Advocates and Developer Relations? This is the episode for you! Simon and Jon break down the pros and cons of working as a developer advocate, tips for getting a job in Dev Rel and the most important things they have learnt about doing it well! Pro Tailwind : https://www.protailwind.com/...

#9 - What is Tailwind CSS? (part 2) 14.09.2022

In part one of this episode, we learnt all about Tailwind CSS, the benefits of a utility-first framework and some of the key features that you get out of the box. This week, we learn about Simon's journey with Tailwind Labs and why he no longer works there. Pro Tailwind : https://www.protailwind.com/ Caching Supabase data at the Edge with Cloudflare Workers and KV Storage (free egghead course): ht...

#8 - What is Tailwind CSS? (part 1) 09.09.2022

In this episode, we learn all about Tailwind CSS, the benefits of a utility-first framework and some of the key features that you get out of the box. This is a two-part episode. Tune in next week to learn about Simon's journey with Tailwind Labs and why he no longer works there. Pro Tailwind : https://www.protailwind.com/ Caching Supabase data at the Edge with Cloudflare Workers and KV Storage (fr...

#7 - Simon's origin story 31.08.2022

In this episode, we go through Simon's origin story and talk about how he got started with programming. We hear about growing up in Switzerland, summers in Greece and why he moved to Australia, as well as the different stepping stones of his career towards becoming a Developer Advocate. Caching Supabase data at the Edge with Cloudflare Workers and KV Storage (free egghead course): https://egghead....

#6 - Jon's origin story 24.08.2022

In this episode, we go through Jon's origin story and hear about how he got started with programming. We hear about how badly he did in high school and how that drove him away from tertiary education. We hear about his time in the theatre industry, Apple hardware repairs, tech support, teaching at a University, developing curriculum for a web development bootcamp, working as a software engineer an...

#5 - Everything you need to know about the "Edge" 18.08.2022

In this episode, Jon and Simon go through a little history lesson of the web, and explain how the classic client server architecture has evolved into this thing we call "The Edge". Additionally, they talk about different caching options and how to bust that cache when the value is no longer accurate. If you want to learn more about caching Supabase data at the Edge with Cloudflare Workers and KV S...

#4 - Our ridiculous setups (part 2) 10.08.2022

This episode is part 2 of Jon and Simon going through the gear they use for content creation. Turns out they have really ridiculous setups and love talking about them! Enjoy these podcasts? Simon and Jon create lots of content 👇 Simon 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/simonswiss 🎥 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/Simonswissdev 🥚 egghead - https://egghead.io/q/resources-by-simon-vrac...

#3 - Our ridiculous setups (part 1) 04.08.2022

In this episode, Jon and Simon go through the gear they use for content creation. Turns out they have ridiculous setups and really enjoy talking about them so this ended up being a two-parter! Enjoy these podcasts? Simon and Jon create lots of content 👇 Simon 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/simonswiss 🎥 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/Simonswissdev 🥚 egghead - https://egghead.io/...

#2 - What gear do you need to create content? 27.07.2022

In this episode, Jon and Simon break down the gear you actually need to get started with content creation. Spoilers! It is not very much or overly expensive! 🙌 They discuss an incremental upgrade path, so you don't need to buy everything at the same time, and look at which bits of gear make the biggest difference. Enjoy these podcasts? Simon and Jon create lots of content 👇 Simon 🐦 Twitter - ht...

#1 - How to record better videos 20.07.2022

Welcome to the very first episode of The NavBar. In this podcast, Jon and Simon break down how to face your fears of the big red button, and get a good quality video recorded! 🎥

#0 - The NavBar teaser 19.07.2022

Welcome to the NavBar, a podcast all about web development and content creation. In this teaser we meet the hosts, Jon Meyers and Simon Vrachliotis, both of whom are professional content creators.

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