Command line stuff is fun, I really enjoy experimenting with that. Using JavaScript in different use cases, like browser internals and TVs and alternative devices is fun. Sometimes I play around with PHP if I'm bored. These days it's more about application/use case than languages.

Unfortunately I don't have much Windows + Node experience but I haven't heard of any issues so I think you're probably safe Grab a Heroku account and deploy away! O'Reilly has a book for everything. And always code something you have a real use case for -- it's the best way to learn!

I have a beautiful wife and two rambunctious little boys I spend most of my time with. I sometimes sneak away to pwn n00bs at whatever the latest Call of Duty game is. I'm obsessed with soccer so I watch Arsenal, Real Madrid, Dortmund, and any other game that's available. I also love a glass of wine or a beer with my wife when the kids go to bed!

I trust O'Reilly books the most; they tend to get the best authors and those authors oftentimes speak at O'Reilly conferences. Any of the advanced JavaScript books (client side and Node.js) usually catch my eye! Chris Coyier, Eric Meyer, Alex Russell, Lea Verou, and many, many others!

My blog takes up the majority of my free time so I don't have many side projects. Luckily Mozilla encourages us to contribute to other projects so I've been experimenting with the Mozilla Tofino experimental browser, as well as Dev Tools and a few other Mozilla projects!

Never go for the cheapest option, always opt for tools that offer support from your native country, always ask for input from the users, and don't sign long term contracts!

Nothing more than keep experimenting and keep plugging away! I spent thousands of hours teaching myself coding techniques and tools. 40 hours a week doesn't cut it!

Travis CI, AWS for a big project, git, Node.js, and whatever front-end JS components the specific project needs. I try not to be too rigid though -- if a project is best using a different stack component, I'll go for that!

CanIUse says that flexbox is in all modern browsers so if you want to use it you can. I'm more reserved in my CSS structuring and have seen plenty of odd flexbox bugs so I'm not ready to use it yet, at least not for an entire complex site.

Through my blog! Mozilla's head of Web Development at the time saw my blog, followed me for a while, and thought I would be a good fit at Mozilla. And I hopefully have been! :) Mozilla has changed my life! I get to travel and be around the best developers in the world. What more can I ask for?! :)