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Front End Happy Hour

English, Technology, 1 season, 216 episodes, 14 hours, 21 minutes
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A podcast featuring panelists of engineers from Netflix, Twitch, & Atlassian talking over drinks about all things Front End development.
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Revisiting Server-Driven UI: Scalable Approaches in Large Companies

In this episode of Front End Happy Hour, we explore the benefits and challenges of Server-Driven UI, especially in the context of large-scale applications. Join us as we discuss how this approach impacts front-end development, enhances flexibility, and scales effectively within big companies. Whether you’re curious about its implementation or looking to optimize your own tech stack, this conversation is packed with valuable insights. Tune in for a deep dive into Server-Driven UI and its role in shaping the future of user interfaces.
10/21/202458 minutes, 26 seconds
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Recruiting to Global Leadership: Taylor Desseyn Interview

In this episode of Front End Happy Hour’s Sips of Wisdom, Ryan Burgess sits down with Taylor Desseyn, a long-time recruiter turned leader, to discuss his exciting new leadership role and his approach to building global communities. Taylor shares insights from his 13+ years of experience recruiting engineers and how he’s transitioned into a role focused on community building at scale. He talks about partnering with engineering leaders to hire top talent, the challenges of scaling himself through content creation, and his vision for creating high-quality, meaningful content that fosters community. Whether you’re interested in recruitment, leadership, or content creation, this conversation offers valuable takeaways on staying curious, evolving your career, and creating impact through authentic connections.
10/14/202457 minutes, 16 seconds
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Scaling Startups and Navigating Product-Market Fit with Emre Baran

In this episode of Front End Happy Hour, we sit down with Emre Baran, Co-founder and CEO of Cerbos, to dive deep into the world of startups, product-market fit, and scaling a tech company. With over 20 years of experience, Emre’s journey includes building Turkey’s largest social network, contributing to $1 billion in revenue at Google, and now tackling one of the most critical parts of the devops stack—authorization. Emre shares his insights on being a ‘Chief Everything Officer,’ balancing technical and business challenges, and the importance of a well-thought-out go-to-market strategy. Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a seasoned engineer, or looking to grow your startup, this conversation is packed with actionable advice and invaluable lessons on leadership, scaling, and staying agile. Tune in for an inside look at what it takes to build and grow a successful tech company in 2024.
10/7/202450 minutes, 35 seconds
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Amazon’s Office Mandate: The End of Remote Work?

We dive into Amazon’s recent decision to end its hybrid work policy and require employees to return to the office five days a week. We discuss the impact of this decision on both Amazon employees and the broader tech industry. Is this the beginning of the end for remote work, or will other companies continue to offer flexibility? Join Ryan, Jem, and Stacy as they share their thoughts on Amazon’s move, its implications for talent retention, company culture, and the future of work in tech. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - The Perfect Couple https://www.netflix.com/title/81474158 Ryan Burgess - Tires https://www.netflix.com/title/81758875 Jem Young - Kaos https://www.netflix.com/title/80997258 Jem Young - Valley Silicon: AMG speaker https://luxuryofhomes.com/en-us/products/amg-performance-luxury-audio Jem Young - https://open.spotify.com/album/2so1waMMbnpnxmycHyvw24?si=UWxetBE4RRi0D5WiExUt1g Stacy London - In My Dreams by Four Tet & Ellie Goulding https://soundcloud.com/four-tet/four-tet-ellie-goulding-in-my-dreams Stacy London - Waited All Night by Jamie xx feat. Romy, Oliver Sim & The xx https://jamiexx.bandcamp.com/track/waited-all-night Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/amazon’s-office-mandate-the-end-of-remote-work
9/30/202444 minutes, 16 seconds
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Episode 211 - Ken Wheeler Unfiltered - Sips of Wisdom Interview

In this episode of Front End Happy Hour, Ryan Burgess sits down with Ken Wheeler for a no-holds-barred conversation about the tech industry’s evolution and what it really takes to succeed. From starting out as a butcher and telemarketer to making waves in Silicon Valley, Ken shares his unfiltered thoughts on everything from early career struggles to how today’s tech salaries can hit $700K. We dive into the future of AI, the front-end landscape, and the ever-changing world of web development. Whether you’re just starting out or already deep in the industry, this episode is packed with insights, laughs, and a whole lot of real talk. Guests: Ken Wheeler - @ken_wheeler Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/ken-wheeler-unfiltered-sips-of-wisdom-interview
9/23/202454 minutes, 37 seconds
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Episode 210 - Film to Tech - Jason Torres Sips of Wisdom Interview

In this Sips of Wisdom episode of Front End Happy Hour, Ryan Burgess interviews Jason Torres, who made the bold leap from a 15-year career in the film industry to becoming a software developer. They discuss the surprising similarities between film and tech, the challenges of transitioning careers, and how Jason’s creative skills translated into the tech world. They also dive into how AI is reshaping the creative landscape and what it means for the future of both industries. Guests: Jason Torres - @TasonJorres Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/film-to-tech-jason-torres-sips-of-wisdom-interview
9/16/202447 minutes, 55 seconds
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Episode 209 - How promotions really work in tech

In this episode of the Front End Happy Hour podcast, we’re diving deep into the realities of getting promoted in the tech industry. It’s not just about writing great code or being the smartest person in the room. Jem Young, Augustus Yuan, and Ryan Burgess break down the misconceptions around promotions, the skills that actually matter, and why navigating the process can sometimes feel more political than technical. Whether you’re aiming for a promotion or just curious about how it all works behind the scenes, this episode offers candid advice and strategies for advancing your career. Plus, we discuss what to do if your manager isn’t advocating for you, and the right (and wrong) ways to pursue your next big step. Tune in to hear the honest truth about climbing the tech ladder! Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Augustus Yuan - @augburto Picks: Ryan Burgess - Presumed Innocent https://tv.apple.com/us/show/presumed-innocent Ryan Burgess - ChatGPT for Mac https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ai-chat-ask-chatbot-assistant/id6447419372 Jem Young - The best mouse jiggler methods https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/best-mouse-jiggler-methods Jem Young - Atlas https://www.netflix.com/title/81012048 Augustus Yuan - Ikeryou https://ikeryou.jp/ Augustus Yuan - pwnisher https://www.youtube.com/@pwnisher Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/how-promotions-really-work-in-tech
9/10/202446 minutes, 54 seconds
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Episode 208 - Why most new developers struggle: The missing skills you need

In this episode of Front End Happy Hour, Ryan Burgess, Jem Young, Brian Holt, and Dan DiGangi dive deep into the challenges faced by junior developers as they embark on their coding journeys. From the importance of curiosity and continuous learning to the often overlooked non-technical skills, our panelists discuss the common gaps that new developers experience. Whether you’re a beginner looking to navigate your first job or a senior engineer mentoring others, this conversation offers valuable insights to help bridge the gap between education and real-world success. Guests: Brian Holt - @holtbt Dan DiGangi - @dandigangi Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Ryan Burgess - Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life https://www.amazon.com/Ikigai-Japanese-Secret-Long-Happy/dp/0143130722?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=e062900575dea0ba9cf089cbcf0633eb&camp=1789&creative=9325 Ryan Burgess - Jem Young - Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building https://www.amazon.com/Scaling-People-Tactics-Management-Building/dp/1953953212?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=e062900575dea0ba9cf089cbcf0633eb&camp=1789&creative=9325 Jem Young - Movement, Before All Flowers - Max Richter https://open.spotify.com/album/1HrFsljwk4wUHrPPOGkSbN Brian Holt - Minnesota State Fair https://www.mnstatefair.org/ Brian Holt - Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers https://store.steampowered.com/app/2400510/Dungeons__Degenerate_Gamblers/ Brian Holt - Electric SQL https://electric-sql.com/ Dan DiGangi - Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion https://www.amazon.com/Waking-Up-Spirituality-Without-Religion/dp/1451636024?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=e062900575dea0ba9cf089cbcf0633eb&camp=1789&creative=9325 Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/why-most-new-developers-struggle-the-missing-skills-you-need
9/2/202449 minutes, 52 seconds
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Episode 207 - Sips of Wisdom: Interview with Kent C. Dodds

In this episode, we dive into the remarkable career journey of Kent C. Dodds, a passionate educator and entrepreneur. Kent shares insights from his early days in programming, his transition from working at PayPal to becoming a full-time educator, and the creation of his successful educational platforms like Epic React and Epic Web. We explore the challenges and rewards of going solo, the process of developing and launching educational content, and the importance of work-life balance. Whether you're an aspiring developer or a seasoned professional, Kent's story is full of valuable lessons on growth, resilience, and the power of teaching.
8/26/202450 minutes, 23 seconds
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Episode 206 - What is it like to work in Silicon Valley?

In this episode, we explore the unique experiences of living and working in Silicon Valley. From the culture shock of constant tech talk and startup hustle to the surprising realities of company perks and the intense work environment, our panelists share their personal stories and insights. Whether you're curious about the career opportunities or the challenges of life in the Valley, this episode offers an insider's view of what it's really like to be at the heart of the tech industry. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Augustus Yuan - @augburto Picks: Ryan Burgess - From Engineer to Leader: The Path to Engineering Management https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ci0dbaIFiI&t=1s Ryan Burgess - Stacy London - Jon Hopkins - RITUAL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nmwxYmg-Gs Augustus Yuan - Former Students Are Suing For-Profit Coding Bootcamp BloomTech https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardconroy/2023/03/29/former-students-are-suing-for-profit-coding-bootcamp-bloomtech/ Augustus Yuan - React Compiler Playground https://playground.react.dev/ Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/what-is-it-like-to-work-in-silicon-valley
8/19/202448 minutes, 2 seconds
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Episode 205 - After attending a coding Bootcamp

In this episode of Front End Happy Hour, we're joined by Shashi Lo, a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, to explore our thoughts on the journey after attending a engineers complete a bootcamp. Shashi shares his experiences mentoring self-taught developers and bootcamp graduates, discussing the skills that are often missing and the creative ways to bridge the gap between education and landing that first job in tech. Guests: Shashi Lo - @shashiwhocodes Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Picks: Shashi Lo - Frontend Mentor https://www.frontendmentor.io/ Ryan Burgess - Prompt Crafting - Nando Costa https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prompt-crafting-nando-costa-08drc/ Augustus Yuan - Electric Spoon https://news.sky.com/story/electric-spoon-that-enhances-salty-taste-of-food-and-promotes-healthier-eating-launched-in-japan-13146505 Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/after-attending-a-coding-bootcamp
8/12/202451 minutes, 2 seconds
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Episode 204 - Sips of Wisdom: Interview with Angie Jones

In this episode, we dive into the career journey of Angie Jones, the Global Vice President of Developer Relations at Block. Angie shares her experiences transitioning from a Senior Software Engineer at Twitter to leading developer relations initiatives at Applitools and now at Block. Angie also provides insights on the future of developer relations and the evolving landscape of tech communities. Whether you're an aspiring developer advocate or a seasoned professional, this episode is packed with wisdom and practical tips. Guests: Angie Jones - @techgirl1908 Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/sips-of-wisdom-interview-with-angie-jones
8/5/202452 minutes, 9 seconds
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Episode 203 - Normalize taking a break

In this episode, we dive into the topic of taking a sabbatical and its impact on personal and professional life. Our special guest, Jennifer Tieu, a front-end developer at a Web3 agency, joins us to share her experience of taking a break from work, the challenges she faced, and the insights she gained. Panelists Ryan Burgess and Cole Turner also discuss their own sabbatical journeys, offering valuable advice on managing burnout, prioritizing personal well-being, and navigating the transition back to work. Whether you're considering a sabbatical or just curious about its benefits, this episode provides thoughtful reflections and practical tips. Guests: Jennifer Tieu - @jennifer_tieu Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Cole Turner - @coleturner Picks: Jennifer Tieu - Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life https://www.amazon.com/Ikigai-Japanese-Secret-Long-Happy/dp/0143130722?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=e062900575dea0ba9cf089cbcf0633eb&camp=1789&creative=9325 Ryan Burgess - Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc Cole Turner - Supergoop Sunscreen https://www.amazon.com/Supergoop-Unseen-Sunscreen-SPF-1-7/dp/B08CFVM1TT?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=e062900575dea0ba9cf089cbcf0633eb&camp=1789&creative=9325 Cole Turner - Koko Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/normalize-taking-a-break
7/29/202457 minutes, 38 seconds
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Episode 202 - Summer vacation - Online teaching courses

While the Front End Happy Hour crew takes a much needed summer break, we revisit the topic of online education with Josh W. Comeau, who’s had a lot of experience teaching courses to help share his knowledge with us on how we can create an online course. Items mentioned in the episode: Josh W. Comeau, Josh’s online courses, Hands-Free Coding Guests: Josh W. Comeau - @JoshWComeau Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Josh W. Comeau - Make it Stick https://www.amazon.com/Make-It-Stick-Peter-C-Brown-audiobook/dp/B00M1Z2THY?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=e062900575dea0ba9cf089cbcf0633eb&camp=1789&creative=9325 Josh W. Comeau - Cozy science fiction Ryan Burgess - Beep’s Burgers https://www.beepsburgers.com/ Ryan Burgess - The Pitch - Kimoyo: Is This African Startup Venture Backable? https://www.thepitch.show/116-kimoyo-is-this-african-startup-venture-backable/ Jem Young - Extraction 2 https://www.netflix.com/title/81098494 Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Bugatti Scooter https://store.millermotorcars.com/products/bugatti-electric-scooter-agile-bleu?variant=45020143845658 Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/summer-vacation-online-teaching-courses
7/22/202453 minutes, 39 seconds
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Sips of Wisdom: Interview with Shaundai Person

In this latest episode of our 'Sips of Wisdom' series, Ryan Burgess sits down with Shaundai Person, Senior Software Engineer at Netflix. Shaundai shares her inspiring journey from a career in sales to becoming a senior software engineer at one of the world's leading entertainment companies. With her unique background and experience, Shaundai discusses the challenges and triumphs she faced while transitioning into tech. She offers valuable insights into navigating career changes, building technical skills, and the importance of perseverance. Shaundai also shares personal stories and professional advice on thriving in the tech industry.
7/15/202447 minutes, 5 seconds
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Episode 200 - Exploring Isograph

Join us as we welcome Robert Balicki, the creator of Isograph, to discuss how this innovative UI framework can transform your development projects. Robert shares key use cases, tips for leveraging Isograph, and a sneak peek at upcoming features. Guests: Robert Balicki - @StatisticsFTW Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner
7/7/202443 minutes, 38 seconds
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Episode 199 - Sips of Wisdom: Interview with April Wensel

In this latest episode of our 'Sips of Wisdom' series, Ryan Burgess sits down with April Wensel, founder of Compassionate Coding. April shares her unique journey from software engineer to teaching emotional intelligence and compassion in tech. With a background in computer science and experience in Bay Area startups, April discusses the importance of integrating emotional intelligence into software development. She provides valuable insights on managing burnout, fostering empathy, and improving team dynamics. April also shares personal anecdotes and professional advice for creating healthier, more inclusive work environments. Don't miss this inspiring conversation about the human side of software development. Items mentioned in the episode: CompCompassionate Coding, Ryan's Engineering Management Resources, Cat Hicks, Ph.D, Self-Compassion - Kristin Neff, Ph.D Guests: April Wensel - @aprilwensel Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/sips-of-wisdom-interview-with-april-wensel
6/30/202455 minutes, 6 seconds
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Episode 198 - Leveraging SQLite in the Cloud

In this episode of the Front End Happy Hour podcast, we are excited to welcome special guests Brian Holt and Marco Bambini. Join us as we delve into the advantages of leveraging SQLite in the cloud. Discover how this powerful database technology can enhance your projects with its simplicity, efficiency, and flexibility. Brian and Marco share their expertise, real-world examples, and best practices to help you get the most out of SQLite in your cloud-based applications. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting, this episode is packed with valuable insights and tips you won't want to miss.
6/24/202441 minutes, 46 seconds
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Sips of Wisdom: Interview with Chris Bautista

In this inaugural episode of our new "Sips of Wisdom" series, Ryan Burgess, host of the Front End Happy Hour podcast, sits down with Chris Bautista, a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix. Chris shares his journey through various tech giants, including the DOD, Hulu, and Netflix, providing a unique perspective on his career. He also offers valuable advice for aspiring software engineers looking to break into the industry. Don't miss this deep dive into the world of software engineering with one of the industry's seasoned professionals.
6/16/202442 minutes, 41 seconds
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Episode 196 - Breaking the typecast: Growing beyond frontend and backend labels

In this episode of Front End Happy Hour, we dive into the topic of being typecast as a frontend or backend engineer. Is it really a bad thing? Our panel discusses the implications of these labels, how they can limit growth, and share strategies to break free from these constraints. We explore ways to diversify your skill set, advance your career, and potentially increase your earning potential. Joining the panel is our guest, Tony Casparro, a staff engineer at Netflix. Tune in for an insightful conversation on how to navigate and overcome typecasting in the tech industry.
6/10/202451 minutes, 16 seconds
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Episode 195 - Revisiting Server-Driven UI

In this episode of Front End Happy Hour, we dive back into the world of server-driven UI with fresh insights and experiences. Our special guest, Sherman Chen, a Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn, joins us to share how LinkedIn leverages server-driven UI to enhance their applications. Tune in as we explore the benefits, challenges, and best practices for implementing server-driven UI in modern development. Guests: Sherman Chen - @_shermango Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Augustus Yuan - @augburto Cole Turner - @coleturner Picks: Sherman Chen - The Sympathizer https://www.hbo.com/the-sympathizer Sherman Chen - University Challenge https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t6l0 Ryan Burgess - Classified - Luke's View https://open.spotify.com/album/6T2kT5B08MBR8hinkL33IG Augustus Yuan - Demand oriented schema design https://www.apollographql.com/docs/technotes/TN0027-demand-oriented-schema-design/ Augustus Yuan - POV Camera https://pov.camera/ Cole Turner - Wallism https://wallism.com/ Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/revisiting-server-driven-ui
5/27/202456 minutes, 17 seconds
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Episode 194 - Serverless AI

In this episode, we are joined by Rita Kozlov, VP of Product at Cloudflare, Developer Platform & AI, to talk with us about serverless AI. Rita shares some interesting insights into how Cloudflare has been leveraging serverless AI and what they've called Workers AI. Guests: Rita Kozlov - @ritakozlov_ Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Cole Turner - @coleturner Picks: Rita Kozlov - Le Samouraï https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062229/ Rita Kozlov - AI Therapist https://github.com/ErickLuis00/therapistai-cf Ryan Burgess - Sugar https://tv.apple.com/us/show/sugar/umc.cmc.4r6q7tdquewehwvb3rzl0k3dt Ryan Burgess - Borderless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLItXCpBJvQ&list=PLZvRVbBCVbGrNTNpilwwSoSKIEXh70DzC Cole Turner - Valve Steam Deck https://www.amazon.com/Handheld-Console-Silicone-Protector-Tempered-PC/dp/B0C3C2CGQQ?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6fdef16ea2e6c0827b59305b22a9d1da&camp=1789&creative=9325 Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/serverless-ai
5/12/202445 minutes, 25 seconds
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Episode 193 - Implementing authentication in your app

Authentication can be difficult to implement in your app. To help us better understand the authentication ecosystem, we were joined by our guest, Braden Sidoti, co-founder and CTO of Clerk. Guests: Braden Sidoti - @bsinthewild Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Picks: Braden Sidoti - Patagonia Black Hole Gear Tote https://www.patagonia.com/product/black-hole-gear-tote-bag-61-liters/196924045774.html Ryan Burgess - Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/technology/carmakers-driver-tracking-insurance.html Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/implementing-authentication-in-your-app
4/29/202450 minutes, 13 seconds
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Episode 192 - Do you need to work more than 9 to 5 to get promoted?

In this episode, we discuss Jem's tweet about feeling like you have to work more than 40 hours a week to get promoted. Jason Lengstorf joins us to debate the topic of promotions. Guests: Jason Lengstorf - @jlengstorf Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Shirley Wu - @sxywu Augustus Yuan - @augburto Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/do-you-need-to-work-more-than-9-to-5-to-get-promoted
4/14/202457 minutes, 34 seconds
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Episode 191 - More AI and layoffs

In this episode, we jump right into things we are seeing in AI and what the job market is like for software engineers. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Augustus Yuan - @augburto Cole Turner - @coleturner Picks: Ryan Burgess - DJI Mic 2 https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CFZX734J/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6fdef16ea2e6c0827b59305b22a9d1da&camp=1789&creative=9325 Ryan Burgess - The Gentlemen https://www.netflix.com/title/81437051 Jem Young - Valley Silicon - Steelcase Work Tents https://www.steelcase.com/products/pods/pod-tent/#steelcase-work-tents-collection Stacy London - Kiasmos - Flown https://kiasmos.bandcamp.com/album/flown Stacy London - Four Tet - Three https://fourtet.bandcamp.com/album/three Augustus Yuan - The Finals https://store.steampowered.com/app/2073850/THE_FINALS/ Cole Turner - Quote - Let Go or Be Dragged https://www.tiktok.com/discover/let-go-or-be-dragged Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/more-ai-and-layoffs
4/1/202455 minutes, 13 seconds
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Episode 190 - At the bar with Whiskey Web & Whatnot

In this special crossover episode, Robbie Wagner and Chuck Carpenter from Whiskey Web and Whatnot join us to toast and discuss AI, Apple Vision Pro, AR/VR, and frontend development. As glasses clink, our spirited ensemble delves deep into how these cutting-edge technologies are reshaping the landscape of software engineering. Guests: Robbie Wagner - @RobbieTheWagner Chuck Carpenter - @CharlesWthe3rd Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/at-the-bar-with-whiskey-web-&-whatnot
3/28/202451 minutes, 10 seconds
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Episode 189 - Why does Wordpress dominate the web?

In the latest episode, we do a deep into the world of WordPress! Whether you're a seasoned developer or a newbie just starting out, this episode is packed with everything you need to know about WordPress, the leading website-building platform. Our special guests, Fabian Kaegy, Luis Herranz, and Matias Ventura, join us to share their experiences and insights in developing and leveraging WordPress. In this episode, we cover: What is WordPress? An introduction to the powerhouse behind 40% of the web.Why WordPress Dominates: Exploring the reasons behind WordPress's unwavering popularity.WordPress vs. The World: A comparison with other website-building platforms.Busting Myths: Addressing common misconceptions about WordPress.Hidden Gems: Lesser-known WordPress features that pack a punch.Evolving Landscape: The growth and future trends of WordPress.Stay in the Loop: Tips on keeping up with WordPress developments and best practices. Starting with WordPress: Expert advice for WordPress beginners. Whether you're interested in creating your own website, looking to enhance your WordPress skills, or just curious about the platform's capabilities, this episode is for you. We'll guide you through the ins and outs of WordPress, from its comprehensive functionality to the vibrant community that supports it. Plus, we'll share our personal experiences and tips to help you make the most out of WordPress.Don't miss out on this engaging discussion! Tune in now to get ahead with WordPress and join the Front End Happy Hour Podcast for a toast to technology and innovation. Subscribe to our channel for more insights on web development, technology trends, and expert advice from leading developers around the globe. Guests: Fabian Kaegy - @fabiankaegy Luis Herranz - @luisherranz Matias Ventura - @matias_ventura Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Matias Ventura - WPMovies.dev https://wpmovies.dev/ Matias Ventura - Vesuvius challenge https://scrollprize.org/ Luis Herranz - John Cleese on Creativity In Management https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5oIIPO62g Luis Herranz - American Kingpin https://www.amazon.com/American-Kingpin-Criminal-Mastermind-Behind/dp/1591848148?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6fdef16ea2e6c0827b59305b22a9d1da&camp=1789&creative=9325 Fabian Kaegy - Lessons in Chemistry https://tv.apple.com/us/show/lessons-in-chemistry/umc.cmc.40yycssgxelw4zur8m2ilmvyx Ryan Burgess - DJI Osmo 6 https://www.amazon.com/DJI-Smartphone-Stabilizer-Extension-ShotGuides/dp/B0B7XD7R43?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6fdef16ea2e6c0827b59305b22a9d1da&camp=1789&creative=9325 Ryan Burgess - Frontend Masters Boost https://frontendmasters.com/blog/ Jem Young - Take care of managers in a hybrid world https://www.axios.com/2022/09/29/take-care-of-middle-managers-in-the-hybrid-world Jem Young - Six Nations: Full Contact https://www.netflix.com/title/81647358 Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/why-does-wordpress-dominate-the-web
3/17/202449 minutes, 10 seconds
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Episode 188 - Unlocking WordPress: Exploring the powers of WPGraphQL

In this episode, we dive into the intricate world of WordPress, specifically focusing on the powers of WPGraphQL, which is transforming how we interact with WordPress. Join us as we sit down with our special guest, Jason Bahl, who helps us understand the possibilities that GraphQL brings to WordPress development. Guests: Jason Bahl - @jasonbahl Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Cole Turner - @coleturner Picks: Jason Bahl - Elgato Stream Deck https://www.amazon.com/Elgato-Stream-Deck-Mini-customizable/dp/B07DYRS1WH/ref=asc_df_B07DYRS1WH?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6fdef16ea2e6c0827b59305b22a9d1da&camp=1789&creative=9325 Ryan Burgess - Kids digital camera https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CFQ9VZT6/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6fdef16ea2e6c0827b59305b22a9d1da&camp=1789&creative=9325 Cole Turner - Kirkland Peanut Butter Pretzels https://www.amazon.com/Kirkland-Signature-Peanut-Butter-Pretzel/dp/B005CP1WZ0/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6fdef16ea2e6c0827b59305b22a9d1da&camp=1789&creative=9325 Cole Turner - Aranet4 CO2 Sensor https://www.amazon.com/Aranet4-Home-Temperature-Ink-Configuration/dp/B07YY7BH2W/ Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/unlocking-wordpress-exploring-the-powers-of-wpgraphql
3/3/202453 minutes, 14 seconds
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Episode 187 - Social media platforms - where's the party at?

Social media continues to impact us in some way or another. In this episode, we discuss what platforms we use and what value we get from them. We share our thoughts on what the future of social media might look like. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Augustus Yuan - @augburto Shirley Wu - @sxywu Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/social-media-platforms-wheres-the-party-at
2/19/20241 hour, 6 seconds
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Episode 186 - Module Federation - Module Mixology

Companies and teams are increasingly leveraging Module Federation to split applications into smaller, more manageable pieces. In this episode, we are joined by the creator of Module Federation, Zack Jackson, and his co-founders of Zephyr, Zack Chapple, and Dmitriy Shekhovtsov to share more insights into Module Federation and how Zephyr can help. Guests: Zack Chapple Zack Jackson - @ScriptedAlchemy Dmitriy Shekhovtsov Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Picks: Zack Chapple - The Hard Things About Hard Things https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6fdef16ea2e6c0827b59305b22a9d1da&camp=1789&creative=9325 Zack Chapple - Shilajit https://www.amazon.com/Shilajit-Minerals-Original-Supplement-Metabolism/dp/B09GXLWMQB?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6fdef16ea2e6c0827b59305b22a9d1da&camp=1789&creative=9325 Zack Jackson - Samsung Odyssey G9 https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-DisplayPort-Mini-LED-DisplayHDR-LS57CG952NNXZA/dp/B0CDQM55C9?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6fdef16ea2e6c0827b59305b22a9d1da&camp=1789&creative=9325 Zack Jackson - Rspack https://github.com/web-infra-dev/rspack Zack Jackson - Rspress https://rspress.dev/ Zack Jackson - Rsdoctor Ryan Burgess - Frontend Masters Engineering Management course https://frontendmasters.com/courses/engineering-management/ Ryan Burgess - DJI Mini 4 Pro https://www.amazon.com/DJI-Mini-Drone-Transmission-Distance-Omnidirectional/dp/B0CFF1SJ3P?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6fdef16ea2e6c0827b59305b22a9d1da&camp=1789&creative=9325 Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/module-federation-module-mixology
2/5/20241 hour, 3 minutes, 57 seconds
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Episode 185 - Quitting a job - flipping the bar table

Ryan Burgess recently left his job at Netflix after being there for 8.5 years. In this episode, Ryan shares some of his thoughts on leaving, and we all talk about how we've approached leaving jobs and the lessons we've learned over the years. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Cole Turner - @coleturner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Fool Me Once https://www.netflix.com/title/81588093 Ryan Burgess - Hey Grill Hey Sweet BBQ Rub https://www.amazon.com/Hey-Grill-Sweet-Rub-11-7/dp/B08YS6VN7T?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=frontendhappy-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6fdef16ea2e6c0827b59305b22a9d1da&camp=1789&creative=9325 Jem Young - Fake AI articles https://futurism.com/sports-illustrated-ai-generated-writers Cole Turner - North Park, San Diego https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Park,_San_Diego Cole Turner - Lethal Company https://store.steampowered.com/app/1966720/Lethal_Company/ Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/quitting-a-job-flipping-the-bar-table
1/21/202445 minutes, 19 seconds
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Episode 184 - Online learning on the rocks

There are many options to learn about software development and how to code. In this episode, we are joined by the CEO of Frontend Masters, Marc Grabanski to get his insights into online learning and what to expect in the future. Items mentioned in the episode: Frontend Masters, Going phoneless Guests: Marc Gabanski - @1Marc Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Marc Gabanski - Askinosie chocolate Marc Gabanski - Not having a phone Ryan Burgess - Glass straws Ryan Burgess - Sunlighten Infrared Sauna Jem Young - Beef coast jerky Jem Young - Anti-pick: Rebel Moon Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/online-learning-on-the-rocks
1/7/202459 minutes
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Episode 183 - Aged to perfection: crafting your internship experience

In this episode, we are joined by Mark Benliyan to learn about his experiences at tech companies as an intern. Mark shares some interesting insights and provides some useful advice. Items mentioned in the episode: HackerRank, CodeSignal, Byteboard Guests: Mark Benliyan Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Picks: Mark Benliyan - Rewind AI Ryan Burgess - Squid Game Challenge Ryan Burgess - Fargo Augustus Yuan - The Finals Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/aged-to-perfection-crafting-your-internship-experience
12/31/202356 minutes, 4 seconds
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Episode 182 - Documentation - Where is the menu bartender?

Good documentation is so important but we don’t always put enough focus on it as we should. In this episode, we talk about what makes great quality documentation and ways to improve the documentation you write. Guests: Estelle Weyl Will Bamberg Jean-Yves Perrier Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/documentation-where-is-the-menu-bartender
12/17/202339 minutes, 58 seconds
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Episode 181 - 2023 reflections - looking through the bottle

In this episode, we reflect on 2023, what's changed in tech, and how we think about our careers. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Cole Turner - @coleturner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Photographer - Marion Mou Jem Young - Blue-eyed Samurai Cole Turner - Boudin Bakery - Grilled Brie with Apples & Fig Jam Cole Turner - DateUp Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/2023-reflections-looking-through-the-bottle
11/19/202345 minutes, 21 seconds
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Episode 180 - Online teaching courses - proof of knowledge

There’s an art to teaching a technical course or workshop. In this episode, we are joined by Josh W. Comeau, who’s had a lot of experience teaching courses to help share his knowledge with us on how we can create an online course. Items mentioned in the episode: Josh W. Comeau, Josh’s online courses, Hands-Free Coding Guests: Josh W. Comeau - @JoshWComeau Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Josh W. Comeau - Make it Stick Josh W. Comeau - Cozy science fiction Ryan Burgess - Beep’s Burgers Ryan Burgess - The Pitch - Kimoyo: Is This African Startup Venture Backable? Jem Young - Extraction 2 Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Bugatti Scooter Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/online-teaching-courses-proof-of-knowledge
10/9/202352 minutes, 44 seconds
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Episode 179 - Security - what's your favorite happy hour beverage?

In this episode we are going to be talking about an important feature that so many applications require, login. We are joined by Tony Edwards, Charles Wartemberg and Charlie Shaw from Netflix to share insights into how to approach security and identify for a feature like login. Guests: Tony Edwards - @tedwards947 Charles Wartemberg Charlie Shaw Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Cole Turner - @coleturner Picks: Tony Edwards - Figjam Charles Wartemberg - Foundation Charles Wartemberg - Coffee habit Charlie Shaw - Side channel attacks Ryan Burgess - 7 Days in Chile - Graffiti video Ryan Burgess - Name SF Streets Jem Young - Sanctuary Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Telly - A “free” TV Cole Turner - Frontend Security best practices Cole Turner - Stanford Javascript Crypto Library Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/security-whats-your-favorite-happy-hour-beverage
9/17/202351 minutes, 2 seconds
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Episode 178 - Organizing a conference

We are fans of conferences and have spoken a lot about the value we see in attending conferences, but what goes into organizing a conference? In this episode, we are joined by the organizer of MagnoliaJS, Kayla Sween, to share some insights into the work that goes into running a conference. Guests: Kayla Sween - @_KaylaSween Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Picks: Kayla Sween - MagnoliaJS Kayla Sween - Goodles Mac & Cheese Kayla Sween - Fallout 76 Ryan Burgess - Koala Sour Soothers Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/orgnizing-a-conference
8/27/202349 minutes, 46 seconds
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Episode 177 - CSS - Cascading Sips of Sangria

CSS has been quickly evolving. In this episode, we are joined by Estelle Weyl and Eric Meyer to explore the new properties that are now available. Guests: Estelle Weyl Eric Meyer - @meyerweb Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Augustus Yuan - @augburto Cole Turner - @coleturner Picks: Estelle Weyl - Gluten-free Oreo cookies Eric Meyer - perfwork.com (Web Performance Job board) Eric Meyer - Mat Marquis Javascript for Web Designers A Book Apart Eric Meyer - Estelle’s Tracker for Menstrual Cycle Web App Ryan Burgess - Dewalt Air Inflator Stacy London - CSS: The Definitive Guide by Eric Meyer & Estelle Weyl Stacy London - Vertebrae / Forgotten Places by Max Cooper Augustus Yuan - Arc Cole Turner - Wagwellies dog crocs Cole Turner - BigMouth Inc. Ginormous Inflatable Green Dinosaur Yard Summer Sprinkler Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/css-cascading-sips-of-sangria
8/14/20231 hour, 2 minutes, 52 seconds
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Episode 176 - How is AI maturing? - Always intoxicated by augmented intelligence

It’s hard to avoid the topic of AI. The ecosystem of AI is quickly maturing, and we are seeing more use cases and products popping up. In this episode, we are joined by Nick Heiner, an engineer from Fixie, to talk with us about how AI is evolving. Guests: Nick Heiner - @nickheiner Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Augustus Yuan - @augburto Cole Turner - @coleturner Picks: Nick Heiner - The City of Cape Town Nick Heiner - Dog Training Nick Heiner - AI.JSX Open Source Framework Ryan Burgess - Zenpo - Bullet Train Sushi Ryan Burgess - This Old Ledge: Embarcadero Jem Young - Marvelous Ms. Maisel S5 Jem Young - Guide for AI newcomers Stacy London - A Little Bit Further by Tourist Stacy London - Don’t Fall for the AI Hype w/ Timnit Gebru Augustus Yuan - Owala Augustus Yuan - Hidden Technical Debt in Machine Learning Systems Cole Turner - Joy Ride Cole Turner - Tart Cherry Juice Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/how-is-ai-maturing-always-intoxicated-by-augmented-intelligence
7/30/202355 minutes, 35 seconds
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Episode 175 - Modern CSS - Drinking in style

What’s the current state of CSS in 2023? Chris Coyier joins us to talk with us about the current landscape of CSS and what we should be excited about in the future. Guests: Chris Coyier - @chriscoyier Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Cole Turner - @coleturner Picks: Chris Coyier - Tempered Glass Mouse Mat Ryan Burgess - Doritos ketchup chips Ryan Burgess - Modern CSS in Real Life - Chris Coyier Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Linn Sondek Stacy London - Line of Fire (feat. Sharon Van Etten) by Junip, Elias Araya, José González, Sharon Van Etten, Tobias Winterkorn Cole Turner - No Hard Feelings Cole Turner - Crocs - the perfect outdoor shoe Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/modern-css-drinking-in-style
7/16/202356 minutes, 53 seconds
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Episode 174 - Networking - Net-whiskey-ing

At a networking event, one of our listeners asked us to cover the topic of networking. In this episode, we will share our thoughts on networking and the success stories we’ve experienced from networking in our careers. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Augustus Yuan - @augburto Cole Turner - @coleturner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Based on a True Story Ryan Burgess - Bunch O Balloons Jem Young - Tour de France Unchained Jem Young - The Managers Path Jem Young - Fast X Stacy London - Time Takes A While by Daniel Avery Augustus Yuan - Spiderman Across Spiderverse in Lego Trailer Augustus Yuan - Viewfinder Cole Turner - Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When the Stakes are High Cole Turner - Cann Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/networking-net-whiskey-ing
6/25/202354 minutes, 58 seconds
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Episode 173 - Drag & Drop - drop a drink here

Have you ever thought much about the feature, Drag & Drop? In this episode, we are joined by Atlassian Principal Engineer, Alex Reardon, to share some great insights into creating an open-source library for Drag & Drop. Guests: Alex Reardon - @alexandereardon Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Cole Turner - @coleturner Picks: Alex Reardon - Porcelain cup Ryan Burgess - Barbecue Showdown Season 2 Stacy London - Pulse At The Centre Of Being - Mor Elian Remix by Max Cooper & Mor Elian Stacy London - Plague X by Midwife, Vyva Melinkolya Cole Turner - Stacy's Drag and Drop comment Cole Turner - Two Hot Takes Podcast Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/drag-&-drop-drop-a-drink-here
6/11/202347 minutes, 19 seconds
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Episode 172 - RenderATL Day 2 Recap

Ryan Burgess and Jem Young are at RenderATL 2023 conference in Atlanta. While at the conference, they recorded a podcast episode to recap day one and day two of the conference. In this episode, they are joined by Taylor Desseyn to help provide insights into day two. Guests: Taylor Desseyn - @tdesseyn Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/renderatl-day-2-recap
6/3/202338 minutes, 46 seconds
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Episode 171 - RenderATL Day 1 Recap

Ryan Burgess and Jem Young are at RenderATL 2023 conference in Atlanta doing a panel discussion on stage. While at the conference, they recorded a podcast episode to recap day 1 of the conference. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/renderatl-day-1-recap
6/1/202330 minutes, 4 seconds
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Episode 170 - Micro-interactions - micro-brews

How do micro-interactions impact the user experience? In this episode, we are joined by Evan Purkhiser from Sentry to talk with us about micro-interactions. Guests: Evan Purkhiser - @evanpurkhiser Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Evan Purkhiser - Set Studio newsletter Evan Purkhiser - Framer Evan Purkhiser - Evan’s SoundCloud Ryan Burgess - Beef Ryan Burgess - Flipping the Bird Jem Young - Bringing back buttons Stacy London - When You Were A Child And I Was Young by Indian Wells Stacy London - Spirit Loop by Rival Consoles Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/micro-interactions-micro-brews
5/28/202353 minutes, 16 seconds
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Episode 169 - Recruiting - Fill the glass to the correct level

Recruiting, interviews, and hiring is always a great topic for us to discuss. In this episode, we are talking with Hillary Mager and Chris Running from Sterling Strand to talk with us about recruiting and how to get the correct level when hiring. Guests: Hillary Mager Chris Running Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Hillary Mager - Overystory NYC Ryan Burgess - Angel and Z podcast Chris Running - 1923 Jem Young - Andor Stacy London - and the colour red by Underworld Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/recruiting-fill-the-glass-to-the-correct-level
5/14/202345 minutes, 59 seconds
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Episode 168 - Component libraries - cocktail ingredients

Component libraries continue to be a growing trend for companies. In this episode, we are joined by Kate Wardin to talk with us about Netflix has adopted a component library they have called Hawkins. Guests: Kate Wardin - @KateWardin Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Kate Wardin - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Kate Wardin - Half-gallon water bottle Ryan Burgess - Jay-z Decoded Ryan Burgess - Rocket Bubble Machine Stacy London - Head On - Arp Version by José González Stacy London - III by The Supervoid Choral Ensemble Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/component-libraries-cocktail-ingredients
4/30/202345 minutes, 49 seconds
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Episode 167 - Learning - time to wine down and learn

We all approach learning in different ways. In this episode, we are joined by Madison Kanna to discuss ways we continue to learn as software engineers. Guests: Madison Kanna - @Madisonkanna Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Madison Kanna - CS Primer Madison Kanna - CodeTutor.ai Ryan Burgess - Smart Brevity Jem Young - alt-J - An Awesome Wave Jem Young - Changing Minds Jem Young - Woodworking class Stacy London - Algorithmic by Spotlights Shirley Wu - Three.js Journey Shirley Wu - ITP Physical Computing Shirley Wu - Alice Lee’s weekly ceramic foxes Shirley Wu - wonder & hope art show Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/learning-time-to-wine-down-and-learn
4/17/202358 minutes, 14 seconds
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Episode 166 - Backstage - Behind the bar

We typically don't talk enough about building internal tools. In this episode, we are joined by Jason Palmer to talk with us about Spotify's open-source internal developer portal, Backstage. Guests: Jason Palmer - @palmerj3 Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Jason Palmer - Diablo IV Jason Palmer - Tidbyt Ryan Burgess - Lakrids Bulow Ryan Burgess - Lego Masters Jem Young - Vestaboard Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/backstage-behind-the-bar
4/3/202342 minutes, 1 second
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Episode 165 - The art of estimates - how many drinks have we had?

Estimating software development is a challenging task. In this episode of the podcast, we discuss ways to approach estimating and how to produce more accurate estimates for your work. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Augustus Yuan - @augburto Picks: Ryan Burgess - What is ChatGPT doing… and why does it work? Ryan Burgess - Elgato Mic Arm LP Jem Young - Physical 100 Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Ringo Stacy London - Bala Rocky by Minihi Stacy London - Glycerine by Allison Lorenzen, Midwife Augustus Yuan - Windows XP logos Augustus Yuan - Web Push for Web Apps on iOS and iPadOS Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/the-art-of-estimates-how-many-drinks-have-we-had
3/19/202353 minutes, 25 seconds
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Episode 164 - Engineering levels - our glass level is full

What do engineering levels mean at companies in Silicon Valley? In this episode, we discuss our experiences with levels and promotion criteria. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Augustus Yuan - @augburto Picks: Ryan Burgess - Levels.fyi Ryan Burgess - BriteBrush Jem Young - Insider guide to tech interviews Jem Young - Promotion driven development Jem Young - Induction cooking Stacy London - Wall of Sleep by Daniel Avery, HAAi Stacy London - A Model of Reality - Sebastien Veyan Remix by Max Cooper, Kotomi, Sebastien Veyan Augustus Yuan - Defcon 18 Pwned By The Owner Augustus Yuan - Amazon Leveling Progress Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/engineering-levels-our-glass-level-is-full
3/5/202349 minutes, 32 seconds
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Episode 163 - Patents - Drinks pending

August and his team at Twitch were recently awarded a patent for their work. In this episode, we will learn more about what patents are and the process for a software patent in a company. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Augustus Yuan - @augburto Picks: Ryan Burgess - You - Season 4 Stacy London - EFF whitepaper “Defend Innovation: How to Fix Our Broken Patent System” Stacy London - Still Life by ALASKALASKA Augustus Yuan - Riot Games Tech Blog Augustus Yuan - Physical 100 Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/patents-drinks-pending
2/19/202339 minutes, 2 seconds
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Episode 162 - Micro Frontends - Micro Brewing

There has been a lot of buzz about micro frontends. In this episode, we are joined by Ruben Casas to talk with us about the pros and cons of leveraging micro frontends. Guests: Ruben Casas - @Infoxicador Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Ruben Casas - Building Microfrontends Ruben Casas - Micro-frontend dev Ruben Casas - The Last of Us Ryan Burgess - The Risks of Micro-Frontends - Ruben Casas Ryan Burgess - The Pez Outlaw Ryan Burgess - Beanie Mania Jem Young - Engineering Management for the Rest of Us by Sarah Drasner Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Lomi Food Composter Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/micro-frontends-micro-brewing
2/5/202349 minutes, 7 seconds
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Episode 161 - Engineering with AI - Always Intoxicated

AI has been around for awhile but has really exploded in the last few months. We are seeing AI that creates art, code, and all forms of writing. In this episode, we discuss how AI has impacted our industry and share our thoughts on where we think it will go. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Augustus Yuan - @augburto Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Ryan Burgess - Kaleidoscope Ryan Burgess - Flame Jem Young - Non-consensual AI use Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Moonwalker shoes Stacy London - Jeremy Is Not Painting Stacy London - Expert In A Dying Field by The Beths Augustus Yuan - Artist banned from art Reddit Augustus Yuan - How we built React Devtools with Replay routines Augustus Yuan - Encore Shirley Wu - Yuko Shimizu Shirley Wu - Ani Liu Shirley Wu - Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/engineering-with-ai-always-intoxicated
1/22/202358 minutes, 13 seconds
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Episode 160 - Efficient drinks - staying productive in 2023

It's a new year, a new you. How do you stay productive in 2023? In this episode, we discuss how we are productive and what tools we leverage to help us. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Augustus Yuan - @augburto Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Ryan Burgess - Ken Block - Ultimate Urban Playground; San Francisco Ryan Burgess - Engineering Management for the Rest of Us - Sarah Drasner Stacy London - Stacy’s favorite new songs of 2022 Stacy London - Dreading by Plastician Stacy London - 2022 UK Bass Favorites Augustus Yuan - Tin Tran Augustus Yuan - Edward Tian Augustus Yuan - Clockwise Shirley Wu - Hobonichi planners & Lofi lol Hobonichi planner Shirley Wu - Planet Word Shirley Wu - MIT Museum Arthur Ganson& Andy Cavatorta Shirley Wu - Turning Red Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/efficient-drinks-staying-productive-in-2023
1/8/202351 minutes, 3 seconds
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Episode 159 - Drinks on stage - live at Jamstack 2022

It has been a while since we've done a live episode on stage at a conference. In this episode, we were on stage at Jamstack in San Francisco with our special guest, Jason Lengstorf, discussing specialization in software engineering. Guests: Jason Lengstorf - @jlengstorf Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/drinks-on-stage-live-at-jamstack-2022
12/5/202243 minutes, 54 seconds
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Episode 158 - Layoffs

It has been a tough few weeks for the tech community to deal with company layoffs. In this episode, we speak about the layoffs and our experiences with past layoffs. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Augustus Yuan - @augburto Picks: Ryan Burgess - White fudge covered Oreos Ryan Burgess - Drink Masters Jem Young - Jungle Jem Young - Pointer Instruments Stacy London - layoffs.fyi Stacy London - To Feel Again / Trois by Jon Hopkins, Kelly Lee Owens, Sultan + Shepard, Jerro Augustus Yuan - Evolve Game (it’s back!) Augustus Yuan - Moderator Toolbox for Reddit Mars Jullian - Mars Jullian - Shirley Wu - Shirley Wu - Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/layoffs
11/20/202255 minutes, 7 seconds
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Front End Happy Hour Podcast Trailer

The Front End Happy Hour podcast is a panel of engineers from silicon valley companies talking about a range of software engineering topics, from technical to career advice. The discussions are very casual and are often had over happy hour beverages. We hope you'll give us a listen and subscribe to catch our latest episodes.
11/18/202230 seconds
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Episode 157 - Public sector tech - Public bar vs private club

There are many differences between the public and private sectors. What is it like for engineering roles? In this episode, we are joined by Jasmine Robinson from Netflix to hear about her experience moving from the public sector to a corporate career. Guests: Jasmine Robinson Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Jasmine Robinson - Super-glueing airtags to remotes Jasmine Robinson - Andrew Hubberman Ryan Burgess - The Bear Ryan Burgess - Anatomy of a Scandal Jem Young - The Redeem Team Jem Young - Parental Leave Stacy London - Jungle by Fred again.. Stacy London - Avalanche by Tourist Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/public-sector-tech-public-bar-vs-private-club
10/17/202245 minutes, 12 seconds
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Episode 156 - Sidebar interview with Brian Holt

Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Brian Holt, to learn more about his background and career. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Brian Holt - @holtbt Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/sidebar-interview-with-brian-holt
10/2/202256 minutes, 12 seconds
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Episode 155 - Testing cocktails at a robot bar - Automated testing at scale

In this episode, we are joined by Janaki Ramachandran and Benoit Fontaine to talk about how Netflix has approached automated testing at a large scale. Guests: Janaki Ramachandran Benoit Fontaine Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Picks: Janaki Ramachandran - Hidden Brain Janaki Ramachandran - Junior Bake Off Benoit Fontaine - The Sandman Benoit Fontaine - Hero Ranch Kitchen Ryan Burgess - Black Bird Ryan Burgess - Nix Color Sensor Mini 2 Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/testing-cocktails-at-a-robot-bar-automated-testing-at-scale
9/18/202254 minutes, 1 second
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Episode 154 - Sidebar interview with Mars Jullian

Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Mars Jullian, to learn more about her background and career.
9/4/202242 minutes, 36 seconds
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Episode 153 - (Re)mixology

Have you been hearing about the new framework Remix? In this episode, we are joined by Shaundai Person, a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix to talk with us about what Remix is and what are the benefits. Guests: Shaundai Person - @shaundai Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Shaundai Person - Hooked on Phonics Shaundai Person - The Boys Ryan Burgess - Ultimate Bar Book the comprehensive guide Ryan Burgess - The Hill Bombing Skateboarders of San Francisco Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Mini Porsche Stacy London - Baby, We're Ascending by HAAi, Jon Hopkins Stacy London - Drum Glow by Moderat Stacy London - Neon Rats by Moderat Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/(re)mixology
7/18/202251 minutes, 55 seconds
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Episode 152 - Sidebar interview with Shirley Wu

Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Shirley Wu, to learn more about her background and career. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Shirley Wu - @sxywu Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/sidebar-interview-with-shirley-wu
6/19/202255 minutes, 4 seconds
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Episode 151 - Building in 2022 and tasting the beverage trends

With this ever-changing landscape of technologies, we spend this episode talking with Rhian van Esch and Carlos Castro about the current trends of web development in 2022. Guests: Rhian van Esch - @rhianvanesch Carlos Castro - @carloscastrodev Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Rhian van Esch - patterns.dev Rhian van Esch - Google Home Rhian van Esch - Critical Role Carlos Castro - Smashing Magazine Carlos Castro - CSS tricks Carlos Castro - The House Carlos Castro - Pursuit of wonder Ryan Burgess - Vuori clothing Ryan Burgess - Elgato Key Light Air Jem Young - Hannibal and Me Jem Young - Guardians of Justice Stacy London - Bone Mics by Overmono Stacy London - Vocoder by Floating Points Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/building-in-2022-and-tasting-the-beverage-trends
6/5/20221 hour, 1 minute, 1 second
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Episode 150 - Reorgs with a sip of spiced rum

An organization going through a reorg is a normal evaluation to meet the needs of the business, but it can be a lot of change. In this episode, we talk about our experiences with reorgs. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Augustus Yuan - @augburto Picks: Ryan Burgess - The Ultimatum Ryan Burgess - Lutron Light Switches Jem Young - Severance Jem Young - Sorry to bother you Stacy London - War by Brutus Stacy London - Beings of Light by Fort Romeau Augustus Yuan - Endgame Augustus Yuan - Architecture Decision Record Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/reorgs-with-a-sip-of-spiced-rum
5/22/202245 minutes, 39 seconds
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Episode 149 - Open source software with open liquor

The tech industry relies a lot on open source software. In this episode, we are joined by Jesse Tomchak to talk with us about open source. Guests: Jesse Tomchak - @jtomchak Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Jesse Tomchak - micro.blog Jesse Tomchak - Killing Eve Ryan Burgess - Tony Hawk - Until the wheels fall off Ryan Burgess - Snak the Ripper - Let It Rip Jem Young - MotoGP Unlimited S1 Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/open-source-software-with-open-liquor
5/8/202248 minutes, 2 seconds
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Episode 148 - Sidebar interview with Stacy London

Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Stacy London, to learn more about her background and career. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/sidebar-interview-with-stacy-london
4/24/202249 minutes, 34 seconds
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Episode 147 - Debugging Asynchronous JavaScript - Awaiting My Drink

Have you found debugging asynchronous JavaScript to be hard? You’re not alone. In this episode, we are joined by Jenn Creighton from Netflix to talk with us about a talk she’ll be giving at Reactathon on debugging async JavaScript to help make it a bit easier. Guests: Jenn Creighton - @gurlcode Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Jenn Creighton - Blue Star Ferns Jenn Creighton - Yoga Ryan Burgess - Dropout Jem Young - Media Malpractice in the war in Ukraine Jem Young - Drive to Survive S4 Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/debugging-asynchronous-javascript-awaiting-my-drink
4/7/202244 minutes, 56 seconds
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Episode 146 - Sidebar interview with Jem Young

Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Jem Young, to learn more about his background and career. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/sidebar-interview-with-jem-young
3/20/202254 minutes, 32 seconds
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Episode 145 - Server Driven UI - Served from behind the bar

What is server-driven UI and what are the advantages to taking this approach? In this episode, we are joined by the Netflix engineer, Cole Turner to talk with us about the advantages and disadvantages of server-driven UI. Guests: Cole Turner - @coleturner Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Cole Turner - Netflix Tudum Cole Turner - Shaker and Spoon Cole Turner - Advantage Aviation Ryan Burgess - Pieces of Her Ryan Burgess - Skate City Game Jem Young - Rule of 72 Jem Young - Dark patterns in games Stacy London - Working Title by Walton Stacy London - Everything by Max Cooper Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/server-driven-ui-served-from-behind-the-bar
3/6/202253 minutes, 17 seconds
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Episode 144 - Sidebar interview with Ryan Burgess

Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Ryan Burgess, the creator of the Front End Happy Hour podcast. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/sidebar-interview-with-ryan-burgess
2/20/202240 minutes, 4 seconds
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Episode 143 - TypeScript migration - Strict type of cocktails

Software Engineers deal with migrations at some point or another, and there are always a lot of lessons learned afterward. In this episode, we are joined by Sumana Mohan and Joe King from Netflix to talk about their recent migration to TypeScript on the Netflix website signup flow. Guests: Sumana Mohan - @sumana_mohan Joe King Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Sumana Mohan - The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window Joe King - Arcane Joe King - The Book of Boba Fett Joe King - Tonal Ryan Burgess - High Res Uber Rap Videos Ryan Burgess - Tinder Swindler Jem Young - Alaska Off-road warriors Jem Young - It’s Always Sunny Podcast Stacy London - Tristan Arp's mix on Dekmantel Podcast Stacy London - Sky H1's mix for Resident Advisor Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/typescript-migration-strict-type-of-cocktails
2/6/202248 minutes, 22 seconds
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Episode 142 - Job hunting in 2022 - Standing out in a crowded bar

Recruiting and interviewing isn’t a new topic, it’s one we’ve covered a few times, but this episode focuses on the changes that have happened with the landscape for jobs and interviewing during the pandemic. In this episode, we are joined by Taylor Desseyn, and Jono Grayson to talk with us about ways to stand out and navigate the job search in 2022. Guests: Taylor Desseyn - @tdesseyn Jono Grayson Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Taylor Desseyn - Group Chat Podcast Taylor Desseyn - Kenu Stance Mini Tripod Stand Jono Grayson - Ororo heated vest Jono Grayson - Organic Gatorade Ryan Burgess - 14 Peaks Jem Young - A decade and a half of instability: The history of Google messaging apps Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Bartesian cocktail maker
1/23/20221 hour, 3 minutes, 39 seconds
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Episode 141 - 2021 Hangover

Happy New Year! We are back with more episodes in 2022 and to start off the year, we want to reflect on changes that happened in 2021. In this episode, we cover technology changes, our lives, and our career changes that happened in 2021. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Ryan Burgess - Rolling Like Thunder Ryan Burgess - School of Chocolate Ryan Burgess - log4j memes Jem Young - Black Sea Jem Young - Star Trek chairs Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Gucci Xbox Stacy London - Sky H1's mix on the Dekmantel Podcast Shirley Wu - Studio Drift Fragile Future Shirley Wu - Danny Rozin Shirley Wu - Shang-Chi
1/9/202252 minutes, 44 seconds
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Episode 140 - Crafting your cocktail mixture to learning

In this episode, we are joined by Loren Sands-Ramshaw to talk with us about education paths for software engineers. There are so many options out there and it's really hard to know what's the right path to take. Guests: Loren Sands-Ramshaw - @lorendsr Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Loren Sands-Ramshaw - The GraphQL Guide Loren Sands-Ramshaw - The 5 Personality Patterns (book on developmental psychology) Ryan Burgess - Dopesick Ryan Burgess - UGG® Mammoth Tipped Throw Blanket Jem Young - Anker USB-C hub Jem Young - Narcos Season 3
11/28/202145 minutes, 58 seconds
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Episode 139 - Preparing ingredients - Interview prep

There’s no way around, at some point, you will likely be interviewing. Why not be prepared? In this episode, we share our thoughts and experiences interviewing and how we approach preparing for an upcoming interview for a new role. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Augustus Yuan - @augburto Picks: Ryan Burgess - You Season 3 Ryan Burgess - Netlify Stacy London - Ayekouma by Falle Nioke, Ghost Culture Stacy London - Rotating In Unison by HAAi Augustus Yuan - FE Technical Interview Prep Augustus Yuan - Dune: Scene breakdown of the Gom Jabbar by director Denis Villeneuv
10/31/202138 minutes, 47 seconds
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Episode 138 - Bar debate - Smart homes

If you've listened to past episodes, you've likely heard Ryan and Jem disagree about smart home devices or IoT. In this episode, the two of them have a friendly debate around their thinking of smart homes and what the pros and cons are. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Ryan Burgess - Starling Home Hub Ryan Burgess - Only Murders in the Building Jem Young - NanoLeaf Jem Young - Squid Game
10/17/202143 minutes, 37 seconds
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Episode 137 - One drink and a monolithic architecture

We've often talked about micro-services and monolithic architectures on previous episodes. In this episode, we are joined by Katherine Peterson to talk with us about her experience working with a monolithic codebase. Guests: Katherine Peterson - @katherinecodes Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Katherine Peterson - Hydro Flask Cooler Cup Katherine Peterson - GitHub Codespaces Ryan Burgess - Manager interview questions Ryan Burgess - Everybody Matters Stacy London - Sit Around The Fire by Jon Hopkins, Ram Dass, East Forest Stacy London - Realign (Max Cooper Remix) by Henry Green, Max Cooper
10/3/202140 minutes, 17 seconds
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Episode 136 - Old Fashioned, old roles, new beginnings

It’s always hard to know when is the right time to make a career change. There’s likely never a perfect time, but in this episode, we talk about how we have made decisions and what’s worked and what hasn’t. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Fig Ryan Burgess - The Culture Map - Erin Meyer Augustus Yuan - Finch: Self Care Pet Game Augustus Yuan - Sessions: Vi Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Specialized balance bike Jem Young - Silicon Valley: Google Nest Cam Battery Jem Young - Bruce Wang leadership philosophy Stacy London - Pulses of Information by Rival Consoles Stacy London - Oceantumblers by KILN
9/19/202153 minutes, 48 seconds
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Episode 135 - Dealing with burnout - Burnt Orange Campari

Who’s ever had to deal with burnout? In this episode, we are joined by two guests, Vaidehi Joshi, and Eli to share their experiences dealing with burnout. We all share how burnout has shown up for us throughout our careers and how we’ve found ways to deal with it or prevent it. Guests: Vaidehi Joshi - @vaidehijoshi Eli Fitch - @EliFitch Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Vaidehi Joshi - Geo Guesser Vaidehi Joshi - Opal Vaidehi Joshi - Hundred Foot Wave Vaidehi Joshi - Watch the sound Vaidehi Joshi - Vipassana Meditation Eli Fitch - Drive to Survive Eli Fitch - Going to therapy Ryan Burgess - Money Heist - Part 5 Ryan Burgess - Austin Maples - Nothing to Lose Jem Young - Basecs podcast Jem Young - Inside Jem Young - Working hours in Slack Jem Young - 2020 in memoriam: Tiger King, Animal crossing Shirley Wu - Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski Shirley Wu - Alice Lee & Amy Wibowo: Making Art, Breaking Hearts Shirley Wu - Alice Lee & Amy Wibowo: Animal Crossing planters Shirley Wu - Yamazaki Home
9/5/20211 hour, 3 minutes, 59 seconds
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Episode 134 - Individual contributor to manager - Transitioning into a bartender

In this episode, we talk about what it’s like to go from an individual contributor engineer, to an engineering manager. With Jem recently moving into a manager role, Nazanin Delam and Dan DiGangi joined us to share more about their experiences moving into management. Guests: Nazanin Delam - @NazDelam Dan DiGangi - @dandigangi Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Nazanin Delam - Turn the Ship Around! Nazanin Delam - Animal Crossing Dan DiGangi - Say Goodbye to MBTI, the Fad That Won't Die Dan DiGangi - Third Circle Theory: Purpose Through Observation Ryan Burgess - Ted Lasso Ryan Burgess - The Power of Vulnerability - Brené Brown Jem Young - The Suicide Squad Jem Young - The history of the segway
8/23/202154 minutes, 57 seconds
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Episode 133 - It’s 5 o’clock somewhere - Joining a remote team

With a lot of companies now hiring more remote employees, we wanted to talk about what it’s like to join a new team being fully remote. In this episode, we are joined by Laurie Barth and Lucero Carmona to share their thoughts on what the experience joining a remote team has been like. Guests: Laurie Barth - @laurieontech Lucero Carmona Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Laurie Barth - T-Pain tiny desk concert Laurie Barth - Love Island (US) Laurie Barth - Deep kitchen sinks Lucero Carmona - Vacation Races Lucero Carmona - Radiolab podcast Ryan Burgess - Heist Ryan Burgess - Coolibar clothing Jem Young - Alone Jem Young - 'Smart' motorcycle vest Shirley Wu - Drive to Survive Shirley Wu - This is Pop Shirley Wu - Anti-pick: Kumoko
8/9/202155 minutes, 59 seconds
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Episode 132 - Test Engineering - Beverage quality assurance

Releasing a successful product in production requires testing. In this episode, we are joined by Preethi Sitaraman to talk with us about test engineering and how developers and test engineers can collaborate. Guests: Preethi Sitaraman - @preethisraman Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Ryan Burgess - Sand cloud towel beach Ryan Burgess - Bissell Little Green Jem Young - Xupermask Jem Young - 100 Tips for a better life
7/19/202152 minutes, 25 seconds
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Episode 131 - Diversity and inclusion - Tech(K)now Day

This was a live panel discussion at the Tech(K)now Day conference that took place on March 8, 2021. We did a live episode with the conference organizer, Gen Ashley, who joined us to talk about diversity and inclusion in tech. Guests: Gen Ashley - @coderinheels Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Shirley Wu - @sxywu
7/4/202143 minutes, 7 seconds
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Episode 130 - Stack and infrastructure shaping culture - Drink choice to set the vibe

In previous episodes we've talked about how to choose a technical stack and figure out what works best for you and your team. In this episode, we are joined by Jason Lengstorf to talk about how the choice of stack and infrastructure reflects the company culture. Guests: Jason Lengstorf - @jlengstorf Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Shirley Wu - @sxywu Brian Holt - @holtbt Picks: Jason Lengstorf - Ooni Koda Pizza Oven Jason Lengstorf - Coava Coffee Ryan Burgess - Standing Out LOUDER in the Technical Interview Ryan Burgess - Mare of Easttown Jem Young - Invincible Jem Young - FLoC Jem Young - Workout axe Stacy London - Lilys by Warpaint Stacy London - Animal by LUMP, Laura Marling, Mike Lindsay Shirley Wu - So I’m a Spider, So What? Shirley Wu - Amy’s Noisebridge mural! Brian Holt - Tropical weather coffee - Onyx coffee Brian Holt - Mythic Quest
6/6/20211 hour, 6 minutes, 46 seconds
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Episode 129 - Allyship - Inviting everyone to the party

A big way to help make a more inclusive tech industry, we need strong allies. In this episode, we are joined by Better Allies, Karen Catlin, to talk with us about allyship. Guests: Karen Catlin - @kecatlin Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Karen Catlin - Genius Series Ryan Burgess - Inclusion resources Ryan Burgess - Stream Deck Stacy London - Being the glue Stacy London - Foxglove by Tor Shirley Wu - Ellery Studio Shirley Wu - Kontinentalist
5/23/202159 minutes, 32 seconds
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Episode 128 - Branding & self-promotion - mimosa and self-promosa

As you build your career, it’s helpful to think about your personal brand and how you promote yourself in the industry. In this episode, we are joined by Alice Lee, to talk with us about how each of us approach branding and self-promotion. Guests: Alice Lee - @byalicelee Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Alice Lee - Creative Cuties Discord Alice Lee - Survivor Ryan Burgess - Better Allies Augustus Yuan - Megalobox Augustus Yuan - Raya and the Last Dragon Augustus Yuan - Summit1G quit Fortnite and everything change Jem Young - Formula 1: Drive to Survive Jem Young - Buttplug.io Shirley Wu - Alice's mural at the Asian Art Museum Shirley Wu - Chinese Animation: In Search of a Style Shirley Wu - WandaVision
5/9/202156 minutes, 58 seconds
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Episode 127 - Writing a technical book - drafts on tap

Our very own Shirley Wu and her friend, Nadieh Bremer recently wrote a book called, Data Sketches so we wanted to learn more about what it’s like to write a technical book. In this episode, we are joined by Nadieh to talk with us about the process of writing and having a book published. Guests: Nadieh Bremer - @NadiehBremer Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Nadieh Bremer - Datasketch.es Nadieh Bremer - Fab Academy Ryan Burgess - Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell Ryan Burgess - Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family Shirley Wu - Lullatone Shirley Wu - Data Sketches Book Launch
4/25/202147 minutes, 4 seconds
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Episode 126 - Core Web Vitals - Vital libations

Optimizing websites for a quality user experience is key to the long-term success of any site on the web and Core Web Vitals is an initiative Google has provided as a unified guidance for quality signals that are essential to delivering a great user experience on the web. Addy Osmani and Kristofer Baxter, from Google, join us to talk more about Core Web Vitals. Guests: Addy Osmani - @addyosmani Kristofer Baxter - @kristoferbaxter Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Stacy London - @stacylondoner Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Addy Osmani - Hackers movie Soundtrack Addy Osmani - Web.dev Content Visibility Kristofer Baxter - ESBuild Kristofer Baxter - Outsmartly Kristofer Baxter - Soul Soundtrack Kristofer Baxter - AMP Project Ryan Burgess - Tell Us Your Secrets Ryan Burgess - Dave Augustus Yuan - Excalidraw Augustus Yuan - Web.dev Defining Core Web Vitals Stacy London - Gold by Glassjaw Stacy London - Clipper - Another 5 Years by Overmono Shirley Wu - Chinese knots earrings by _baomii
4/11/202148 minutes, 57 seconds
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Episode 125 - Non-traditional backgrounds - Old Fashioneds with a twist

Not everyone starts their engineering career with a Computer Science degree, there are a lot of ways to start an engineering career. In this episode, we are joined by David Simmer from Netflix to talk with us about non-traditional backgrounds. Guests: David Simmer - @_simmerer Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: David Simmer - Peter Gregson: Bach - The Cello Suites David Simmer - The Aviary Book David Simmer - Matt Levine Newsletter David Simmer - Reuschelle’s Cheesecakes Ryan Burgess - Change Github repositories from master to main Ryan Burgess - Ryan’s Dad’s In Tech Interview Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Burrito Holder Shirley Wu - Visual Cinnamon Shirley Wu - Visual Cinnamon Resources Shirley Wu - Cinema Therapy
3/28/202153 minutes, 59 seconds
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Episode 124 - Software estimating - two finger pour

When it comes to estimating the time it takes to build any software project, it’s never easy. There’s a lot of factors that go into estimating. In this episode, we talk about our experiences with estimating and ways we’ve improved it over the years. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Stacy London - @stacylondoner Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Ryan Burgess - Rebuild Black Business Ryan Burgess - Good Girls Augustus Yuan - Amazon Builders Library Augustus Yuan - Valheim Augustus Yuan - Agile Stacy London - Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It Stacy London - Innergaze by Heidi Sabertooth Shirley Wu - Lenticular Hologram Rainbow Gradient Puzzle Shirley Wu - D3 10 Years! Livestream Shirley Wu - Creative Cuties Discord
3/14/202151 minutes, 24 seconds
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Episode 123 - Documentation - the bartenders' almanac

How important is documentation? In this episode, we share our thoughts and opinions on how we approach documentation and the tools that have helped us. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Stacy London - @stacylondoner Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Ryan Burgess - Quevos Chips Ryan Burgess - Oreo ID cookies Augustus Yuan - Warrior Augustus Yuan - Slack's Outage on January 4th 2021 Stacy London - Summoning by Hum Stacy London - River by Octo Octa Mars Jullian - Frontend focus Shirley Wu - Bling Empire Shirley Wu - Accented Cinema
2/28/202145 minutes, 57 seconds
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Episode 122 - Productivity Engineering - Ballmer Peak

How do developer teams stay productive? In this episode, we are talking with Kathryn Koehler and Andy Glover from the Netflix Productivity Engineering team to learn more about what a Productivity Engineering team does to help improve productivity. Guests: Kathryn Koehler - @kejkoehler Andy Glover - @aglover Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Kathryn Koehler - Accelerate Kathryn Koehler - Lolita Andy Glover - Team of Rivals Andy Glover - Undercover Ryan Burgess - NetflixEng Spotify playlist Ryan Burgess - Mother In Law's Tongue Plant Jem Young - Star Trek Discovery Jem Young - AirBiotech 360 Stacy London - Colours so Dub by Tiga Stacy London - Colours so Bright by Tiga Stacy London - 6000 Ft. Bonobo, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
2/14/20211 hour, 3 minutes, 28 seconds
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Episode 121 - Transitioning to a new role - Bar hopping

At some point or another, we’ve all had to move to a new role or a new company. In this episode, we are joined by special guests Tara Ellis and Jared Jordan to help us discuss things we’ve learned to help transition to a new role or job. Guests: Tara Ellis - @maverick_mind Jared Jordan - @jaredjordan Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks: Tara Ellis - A Promising Young Woman Tara Ellis - Lianne La Havas Jared Jordan - The Thrill of the Fight VR Boxing Jared Jordan - Nerf Rival XXI 2000 Gun Ryan Burgess - The First 90 Days Ryan Burgess - ThermoPro meat thermometer Jem Young - The Midnight Sky Jem Young - Trumps Over - Macklemore Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Zen Egg Jem Young - Alternative wood Egg Mars Jullian - css-for-js.dev Mars Jullian - Happy Masks
1/31/202156 minutes, 43 seconds
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Episode 120 - Building side projects - Served with a tasty Sidecar

In this episode, we are joined by Evan Payne to talk with us about how we each approach side projects. Evan also shares a side project he’s built in Angular. Guests: Evan Payne - @evanfuture Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Evan Payne - The Adventure Zone Evan Payne - CriticalRole Ryan Burgess - The Undoing Ryan Burgess - Euphoria Jem Young - Lupin Jem Young - Awair Element Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Green Onion Kit Shirley Wu - Bubblesort Zines Shirley Wu - Semihandmade
1/17/202153 minutes, 40 seconds
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Episode 119 - 2020 reflections - Fireball shots

In this episode, we will be reflecting on the past year and how things have drastically changed for how we work and how our companies have had to adapt during a pandemic. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Ryan Burgess - A Teacher Ryan Burgess - Big Sky Augustus Yuan - Alice in Borderland Augustus Yuan - Building a button Jem Young - Professional Tag Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Lovesac Stacy London - Her Revolution by Burial, Four Tet, Thom Yorke Stacy London - Dawn Chorus by Jon Hopkins Stacy London - My favorite tracks from 2020 Mars Jullian - Dermaplus SF Mars Jullian - Smart Pet Feeder (Feeder Connect) Shirley Wu - BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky Shirley Wu - Doodle Therapy
12/31/202058 minutes, 20 seconds
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Episode 118 - Good manager, bad manager - tasty drink, bland drink

In our last episode, we talked about leaving a job, and one of those reasons for leaving was due to a bad manager. In this episode, we follow up our discussion on what makes a good manager. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Shirley Wu - @sxywu Brian Holt - @holtbt Picks: Ryan Burgess - Engineering Manager Resources Ryan Burgess - Seeking Truth in Networking - Insider Stories from Early Silicon Valley (and Ethernet!) with Bob Metcalfe Augustus Yuan - SVG Path Editor Augustus Yuan - The rising of the shield hero Jem Young - Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Cuddle Down Pillow Stacy London - Black Trees by Indian Wells Stacy London - The Upward Spiral - Overlook Remix by Overlook & Nicolas Bougaïeff Mars Jullian - Trader Joe’s advent calendar for cats Mars Jullian - Stasher reusable silicone bag Shirley Wu - The Imagineering Story Shirley Wu - Going Under Brian Holt - Vets who code
12/21/20201 hour, 6 minutes, 7 seconds
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Episode 117 - Quitting a job - leaving the bar

We’ve all decided at one point or another that it’s time to look for a new job. In this episode, we talk through reasons that lead to us looking for new opportunities in our past jobs. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Ryan Burgess - The Art of the Protest Ryan Burgess - Home before dark Augustus Yuan - In the Dark Podcast Augustus Yuan - Queen's Gambit Augustus Yuan - Crater Lake National Park Jem Young - Cobra Kai Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Luxury Ice Stacy London - Lamentations by Sufjan Stevens Stacy London - Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh Stacy London - Bookshop.org Mars Jullian - The Widening Responsibility for Frontend Developers Mars Jullian - Happy Masks Shirley Wu - The Good Place Shirley Wu - Make my vote count
11/29/202059 minutes, 51 seconds
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Episode 116 - Live at QCon Plus 2020

In this episode, we were joined by our guests, Ben Ilegbodu and Jason Lengstorf to discuss frontend patterns live at this year's QCon Plus conference. On the panel, we shared our thoughts on various frontend trends and patterns being used. We also took questions from the live QCon Plus audience. Guests: Ben Ilegbodu - @benmvp Jason Lengstorf - @jlengstorf Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Jem Young - @JemYoung
11/15/202035 minutes, 23 seconds
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Episode 115 - Imposter Syndrome - Wine connoisseur with a $15 bottle

What’s it like to deal with Imposter Syndrome? In this episode, we are joined by Shirley Wu, to talk through each of our experiences dealing with imposter syndrome and have we’ve overcome it. Guests: Shirley Wu - @sxywu Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Shirley Wu - OneAction.today Shirley Wu - Asian Americans Shirley Wu - Nintendo Ring Fit Shirley Wu - Great Pretender Ryan Burgess - Knives Out Ryan Burgess - Netflix vs. the World Mars Jullian - The Great British Baking Show Augustus Yuan - The Social Dilemma Augustus Yuan - Rocket League Free to Play! Jem Young - Fuoripista Jem Young - Notorious XX Stacy London - What They Do Is Not Art by Cloudkicker Stacy London - Ashtabula by Cloudkicker Stacy London - Answer My Prayer by Eschaton, Ancient Methods, Orphx Stacy London - Mozilla thread about The Social Dilemma
11/5/20201 hour, 4 minutes, 38 seconds
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Episode 114 - Remote interviewing - drinking on video calls

When you can’t interview in person, we are forced to interview over video calls. In this episode, we are joined by Bianca Bortolussi, and Jen Pi to talk with us about what it’s like to interview for a new role during these covid times. Guests: Bianca Bortolussi - @biancabmorey Jen Pi Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Bianca Bortolussi - Polymer Clay earrings Jen Pi - My Octopus Teacher Jen Pi - Robin Sharma - The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari Jen Pi - Robin Sharma - The 5am Club Ryan Burgess - AMPLIFI Alien Ryan Burgess - The American Barbecue Showdown Jem Young - It is as if you were doing work Jem Young - The Boys season 2
10/18/202048 minutes, 27 seconds
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Episode 113 - Severless - serving(less) drinks

Do you remember the days of FTP? In this episode, we are joined by Jerome Hardaway to talk with us about the changes made to hosting websites and how serverless has improved the ways we serve up websites and applications. Guests: Jerome Hardaway - @JeromeHardaway Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Jerome Hardaway - Serverless - CSS Tricks Jerome Hardaway - Lucifer Jerome Hardaway - The Boys Season 2 Ryan Burgess - Chef's Table BBQ Ryan Burgess - Mixel cocktail app Stacy London - Sukhe Phool - Max Cooper Firefly Remix by Yorkston/Thorne/Khan, Max Cooper Stacy London - Back to the Sky by Ólafur Arnalds Augustus Yuan - Fall Guys Augustus Yuan - Intro to AWS Lambda and Serverless Apps Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Fake window Jem Young - World's toughest race
10/4/202038 minutes, 54 seconds
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Episode 112 - SEO - Searching for our drinks

Build it and they will come, right? Wrong. Search Engine Optimization is a key component of how people will discover your website or application. In this episode, we are joined by Netflix engineer, Cole Turner to talk with us about the importance of SEO and ways to improve your ranking in search engines. Guests: Cole Turner - @coleturner Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Cole Turner - Awake Cole Turner - Goldbelly Ryan Burgess - Coola sunscreen Ryan Burgess - Bose 700 headphones Jem Young - Drivey.js Jem Young - The Titan Games Stacy London - The Difference - Jon Hopkins Remix by Flume, Toro y Moi, Jon Hopkins Stacy London - Puzzle - Trentemøller Remix by TOM And His Computer
9/20/202048 minutes, 21 seconds
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Episode 111 - Patron, Palomas, and programmatic problem solving

When we are writing code as engineers, no matter what programming language, we are doing some form of planning and problem solving. In this episode, we are talking about programmatic problem solving with Nicole Archambault. Guests: Nicole Archambault - @lavie_encode Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Nicole Archambault - Taco Bell Cheese Burrito Nicole Archambault - Battlestar Galactica Nicole Archambault - Think Like a Programmer Ryan Burgess - Twenty Thousand Hertz - Ta-dum! It’s Netflix Ryan Burgess - Ugly Delicious Augustus Yuan - Jem Augustus Yuan - Why Interviewing is Terrible - Jem Young Augustus Yuan - James Hoffman Jem Young - Product management templates Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Wave roller Jem Young - Cole Turner: AMA
9/6/202057 minutes, 46 seconds
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Episode 110 - Bartending to everyone - Inclusive language

Alongside the Black Lives Matter movement, we’ve started to see a lot of positive discussions on how the tech community can be more inclusive with its language. In this episode, we will be discussing our thoughts on making tech language more inclusive. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - All Nighter playlist Ryan Burgess - Backwoods Chubby 3400 Smoker Augustus Yuan - Night Shift - KCET Augustus Yuan - Trader Joe’s Mango & Cream Bars Augustus Yuan - Seattle bans words “Brown Bag” Jem Young - I’m no longer here Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Balmuda - THE Toaster Mars Jullian - Progressive style guide Mars Jullian - Dolly Chugh -- how to let go of being a good person Stacy London - Part II by Spotlights Stacy London - All I Need (Radiohead Cover) by Spotlights Stacy London - Alexjs.com
8/23/202045 minutes, 52 seconds
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Episode 109 - Quick pour - Web Performance

Web performance continues to be an input factor to prioritize when building web applications. In this episode, we speak with Google engineers, Kristofer Baxtor, and Jason Miller about the latest best practices in web performance. Guests: Kristofer Baxter - @kristoferbaxter Jason Miller - @_developit Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Brian Holt - @holtbt Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Kristofer Baxter - Vets who code Kristofer Baxter - Core web vitals Jason Miller - You and me - meute Jason Miller - AST Explorer Jason Miller - Fyrtur blackout blinds from IKEA Jason Miller - When They See Us Ryan Burgess - Pink Panther Jewelry heist in a mall in Dubai Ryan Burgess - Gardner Bender EFT-15 Mini Cable Stacy London - How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi Stacy London - The Cost of JavaScript Frameworks by Tim Kadlec Mars Jullian - User-centric performance metrics Mars Jullian - Storybook performance addon Brian Holt - Mutt's Sauce Brian Holt - Vets who code Brian Holt - Black Visions Minnesota
8/10/20201 hour, 7 minutes
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Episode 108 - Whiteboarding for our drinks - The coding interview

We’ve all been there, coding interviews always have their challenges. In this episode, we are joined by Emma Bostian to talk with us about the technical coding interview. We share our experiences and thoughts on what we like and dislike about the various coding interviews. Guests: Emma Bostian - @EmmaBostian Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Emma Bostian - The Developer's Guide to Book Publishing Emma Bostian - Launch Emma Bostian - Bus Simulator Ryan Burgess - De-Coding The Technical Interview Process Ryan Burgess - Nomad List Ryan Anklam - Pixel Buds 2 Ryan Anklam - The Last Dance Playlist Stacy London - MagicaVoxel Stacy London - Leicester by Lambert Stacy London - I Feel Better by Ghost Culture & Kiwi
7/27/202053 minutes, 42 seconds
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Episode 107 - Public speakeasy - Public speaking

Whether you’re giving a presentation to a large audience at a conference, your team, or articulating an idea, public speaking is an important skill set. In this episode, we are joined by Anne Ricketts to talk with us to share ways to be a strong presenter. Guests: Anne Ricketts Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks: Anne Ricketts - Unorthodox Anne Ricketts - Fresh Air Ryan Burgess - How to Make Clear and Concise Points Ryan Burgess - Blue Yeti Mic Jem Young - The Midnight Gospel Jem Young - What do executives do? Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Suvie Mars Jullian - Companion Wine Company Skin Contact Pinot Gris
7/13/202054 minutes, 10 seconds
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Episode 106 - Carefully Sipping Sangria - CSS

Writing CSS is quick to learn, but writing strong CSS patterns that can scale is a lot more challenging. In this episode, we are joined by Brad Frost to discuss useful patterns in CSS and the future of CSS. Guests: Brad Frost - @brad_frost Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Brad Frost - ModernCSS.dev Brad Frost - Seals singing Seal by kiss from a rose? Brad Frost - Radiooooo (A musical time machine) Ryan Burgess - Atomic Design Ryan Burgess - SMACSS Augustus Yuan - Deno Augustus Yuan - 10 Things I Regret About Node.js - Ryan Dahl Mars Jullian - Theonline.town Mars Jullian - Paint the Void Stacy London - This is Responsive - Resources (by Brad Frost!) Stacy London - Does Masonry belong in the CSS Grid specification Stacy London - Retrospective mix (1993 - 2019) by Orphx
6/28/20201 hour, 6 minutes, 20 seconds
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Episode 105 - A parcel of drinks - Parcel

In previous episodes, we’ve talked a lot about bundling JavaScript, but we haven’t talked a lot about Parcel. In this episode, we are joined by Maia Teegarden, Will Binns-Smith, and Devon Govett to talk with us about Parcel JS. Guests: Maia Teegarden - @padmaia Will Binns-Smith - @wbinnssmith Devon Govett - @devongovett Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Maia Teegarden - Don’t Let Get You Down by Wajatta Maia Teegarden - It Is What It Is by Thundercat Will Binns-Smith - Take a break - PTO WFH Will Binns-Smith - Dokku Devon Govett - Breville Bambino+ Devon Govett - Fork Ryan Burgess - Kim's Convenience Ryan Burgess - Master Class Augustus Yuan - The Half of It Augustus Yuan - Parcel T-Shirt Stacy London - Uunnrreeaall by Sun Glitters Stacy London - Breathtaker by Geotic
6/14/20201 hour, 1 minute, 6 seconds
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Episode 104 - #BlackLivesMatter

Instead of listening to an episode of Front End Happy Hour this week, we want to encourage you to use the hour to listen to, watch, and read educational materials about the long history of structural racism and injustice Black people have & continue to face as well as learn how you can be actively anti-racist to affect real change. In our show notes, we’ve provided a list of picks that includes podcasts, videos, books, and articles available for you to learn more. The list of resources will be in the show notes. Simply put, Black lives matter. Picks: Video - 13th(Netflix) - Explained: The Racial Wage Gap (Netflix) - Who Killed Malcolm X?(Netflix) - When They See Us (Netflix) - TED Playlist - Talks to help you understand racism in America Books - Stamped from the Beginning - The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Free on Spotify) - So You Want to Talk about Race - The Colors of Us - Waking Up White Podcasts - 1619 (NYTimes) - Code Switch (NPR) - Pod Save the People - Our National Conversation About Race Articles - The Death of George Floyd, In Context - How to Make This Moment the Turning Point for Real Change - For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies
6/5/20201 minute, 4 seconds
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Episode 103 - Brews in Bars - Ecosystem Engineering

In this episode, we learn more about Ecosystem Engineering from Netflix engineers, Michael James, and Shravan Heroor. Guests: Michael James Shravan Heroor - @shravanheroor Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Michael James - Giri / Haji Michael James - Netflix DVD Subscription Shravan Heroor - The Last Kingdom Shravan Heroor - Tiger Belly podcast Ryan Burgess - Apple Thunderbolt Display replacement glass Ryan Burgess - Gorilla Super Glue Gel Jem Young - The Great Canadian Baking Show Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Ultimate “treehouse”
5/24/202047 minutes, 49 seconds
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Episode 102 - Complex flavors - complex systems

We’ve all been there, a project starts off simple, but quickly becomes more complex. In this episode, we are joined by Sarah Drasner to talk with us about how to deal with complex codebases and systems. Guests: Sarah Drasner - @sarah_edo Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Sarah Drasner - Handmaid’s Tale Ryan Burgess - Don’t F**K with Cats Ryan Burgess - Spotify: Failed #SquadGoals Jem Young - The Last Dance Jem Young - On Being a Senior Engineer Ryan Anklam - Effective TypeScript Ryan Anklam - Powerblock weight set Stacy London - Leaving the Grid by Ital Tek Stacy London - Video for Leaving the Grid by Ruben Fro Stacy London - Under the Table by Fiona Apple
5/10/202059 minutes, 10 seconds
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Episode 101 - Showing off our personal bars - Personal projects

We all focus a lot of our time on engineering work for large companies, but we’ve each had our side projects we’ve worked on in our careers. In this episode, we share our side projects we’ve done in the past. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Ryan Burgess - Remington Hc6550 Cordless Vacuum Haircut Kit Ryan Burgess - NetSpot Ryan Burgess - #blackAF Augustus Yuan - Broken picture phone Jem Young - Cognitive Biases in Software
4/27/202054 minutes, 21 seconds
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Episode 100 - 100 beers on the wall

This is our 100th episode, it’s an exciting milestone for the podcast. In this episode, we talk about the history of the podcast and talk about some of our favorite moments and episodes. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung - @jemyoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Brian Holt - @holtbt Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Picks: Ryan Burgess - Ozark Season 3 Ryan Burgess - La Casa De Papel Season 4 Augustus Yuan - The Wuhan I know Augustus Yuan - Stations by Spotify Jem Young - Jupiter Jem Young - Rhythm + Flow Ryan Anklam - Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing Ryan Anklam - My Brother Rabbit Mars Jullian - Simple Habit Mars Jullian - Backgrounds.win Stacy London - United We Stream Stacy London - Pius in Tacet by Pantha Du Prince Derrick Showers - Lovevery Derrick Showers - Masterclass: Thomas Keller Brian Holt - Magdalena Bay - A Little Rhythm and a Wicked Feeling Brian Holt - Peloton Trial Brian Holt - UW CoVID19 Emergency Response Fund
4/13/202053 minutes, 50 seconds
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Episode 099 - No REST with Quintessential Libations - GraphQL

In this episode, we are joined by Shruti Kapoor to talk with us about GraphQL and why your company could benefit from leveraging GraphQL on the front end and the back end. Guests: Shruti Kapoor - @shrutikapoor08 Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Shruti Kapoor - Complete developers guide to GraphQL - Udemy Shruti Kapoor - GraphQL playground + Graphical Shruti Kapoor - Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear Shruti Kapoor - Revlon One-Step Hair Dryer & Volumizer Shruti Kapoor - Dark Ryan Burgess - Heist Podcast Ryan Burgess - Oh crap I have a toddler Augustus Yuan - USB Switch selector Augustus Yuan - GoReplay Jem Young - Dev Jokes Jem Young - This foot does not exist Jem Young - Valley Silicon - Iniegogo Stacy London - Song For The Passing by Shelf Nunny Stacy London - Meneerea by Erased
3/29/202048 minutes, 37 seconds
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Episode 098 - Drinking alone? Together? - Working from home

With the COVID-19 situation, we are all confined to our homes. In this episode, we thought it’d be an excellent opportunity to talk through our experiences working from home during this time. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Brian Holt - @holtbt Picks: Ryan Burgess - Bare Bottle Ryan Burgess - Coffivitity Augustus Yuan - ncov2019.live Augustus Yuan - 14-Day Quarantine Workout Plan Jem Young - Avenue 5 Jem Young - Joe Pera Talks With You Jem Young - Lazy recruiters Jem Young - Change/Opportunity Ryan Anklam - The Mastermind Book Ryan Anklam - Ace Sweatpants Ryan Anklam - Reply All: The Case of The Missing Hit Mars Jullian - Anecdote Candles Mars Jullian - San Francisco Restaurants That Are Open For Delivery Stacy London - Check in on your friends & family Stacy London - Psychic Data by TVAM Stacy London - Shedding Layers by Rob Clouth Brian Holt - Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell Brian Holt - Gift cards to local restaurants and bars Brian Holt - Folding@home
3/21/202059 minutes, 35 seconds
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Episode 097 - Cocktail recipes - Design systems

In this episode, we recorded live on stage at Root Insurance in Columbus, Ohio. We were joined by Jibran Kutik and Oliver Farshi to talk with about design systems and how engineers and designers collaborate. Guests: Jibran Kutik Oliver Farshi Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner
3/16/202059 minutes, 22 seconds
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Episode 096 - Our preferred beverages - Work preferences

There’s a constant debate on what the preferred work environment is, in office, remote, or work from home. In this episode, we talk about our preferences and some of the pros and cons of each work option. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Logitech Spotlight Presentation Remote Ryan Burgess - On being wrong - Kathryn Schultz Augustus Yuan - How to undo (almost) anything with Git Augustus Yuan - Weathering With You - Makoto Shinkai Mars Jullian - Open office freakonomics episode Mars Jullian - “No lyrics - study” spotify playlist Stacy London - Numeronyms Stacy London - Gentle Practice by Heathered Pearls
3/1/202055 minutes, 38 seconds
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Episode 095 - Shot for Shot - One on Ones

As engineers, we spend a lot of our time coding, but we also spend a lot of time in meetings. A typical meeting we are in is one on one meetings. In this episode, we talk about ways to get the most out of one on one meetings and avoid having bad ones. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - SkyCandy app Ryan Burgess - 2020 conference list Augustus Yuan - AWS in plain English Augustus Yuan - Play Wright Mars Jullian - Stylex (Facebook CSS in JS framework) Mars Jullian - Pet Playlist by Spotify Stacy London - Lara Hogan - Manager handoffs Stacy London - Illusion of Time by Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini
2/16/202044 minutes, 30 seconds
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Episode 094 - Will code for wine - Civic hacking

It’s always great to be able to put our skills to good use. In this episode, we are joined by Sarah Yu to talk with us about civic hacking. Guests: Sarah Yu Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Sarah Yu - Code for America Sarah Yu - Pat McGrath labs Ryan Burgess - You season 2 Ryan Burgess - Dirty John Augustus Yuan - Devocion Coffee - Williamsburg, Brooklyn Augustus Yuan - data.gov Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Hidrate Spark Jem Young - Messiah Season 1 Mars Jullian - Theragun Stacy London - Code for America Stacy London - Wild by Tourist Stacy London - Radical by Amtrac & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
1/21/202046 minutes, 12 seconds
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Episode 093 - Beers and Careers - Career Management

It can be really important to think through what you want in your career. In this episode, we are joined by Michael Gaskill to talk with us about career management. Guests: Michael Gaskill Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Michael Gaskill - Code Radio by freecodecamp Michael Gaskill - Marengo Ryan Burgess - The Pivot Point Ryan Burgess - Radical Candor Augustus Yuan - Uber Go Style Guide Augustus Yuan - Open Diablo 2 Jem Young - CSS units explained Jem Young - Theodent Toothpaste Stacy London - It Should Be Us by Andy Stott Stacy London - The Center Won't Hold by Sleater-Kinney
1/6/202049 minutes, 59 seconds
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Episode 092 - Keeping the taps on - Holiday code freeze

Happy Holidays! In this episode, we talk about supporting large applications over the holidays and what the best practices are in order to make sure your customers have 100% availability over the holidays. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Jay-z on Spotify Ryan Burgess - Nest Hello Doorbell Ryan Burgess - The Irishman Jem Young - Pixel 4 Jem Young - The Efficiency destroying the magic of tidying up Jem Young - TC39 Mars Jullian - Love Island Mars Jullian - Bay Curious podcast Stacy London - Dust Circles by Loscil Stacy London - Luminous Spaces by Jon Hopkins, Kelly Lee Owens
12/23/201949 minutes, 28 seconds
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Episode 091 - Balancing your drinks & belonging - Inclusion & Diversity in Tech

It is really important to make sure our community is an inclusive environment for everyone to feel like they belong. In this episode, we are joined by Cher and Henry Zhu to talk with us about inclusion and diversity. Guests: Cher - @cherdotdev Henry Zhu - @left_pad Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Cher - Stamped from the Beginning Cher - Magdalene - FKA twigs Cher - Modern Figures Cher - Megan Rapinoe Henry Zhu - Programming as theory building Henry Zhu - Tools for conviviality Henry Zhu - Blog post by Henry - Seeking Serendipity Ryan Burgess - Brene Brown: The Anatomy of Trust Ryan Burgess - How to build (and rebuild) trust Ryan Burgess - Better Allies newsletter Augustus Yuan - Cyclismo cafe Augustus Yuan - Black Sugar Boba Jem Young - Arcs of Seniority Jem Young - The Uncluded Jem Young - Henry Zhu Stacy London - Proud by the Nunnery Stacy London - 16 Psyche by Chelsea Wolfe
12/8/201959 minutes, 27 seconds
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Episode 090 - Sipping our drinks, enjoying the Vue - Vue JS

In this episode, we are joined by Sarah Drasner and Gift Egwuenu to talk with us about the popular JavaScript framework, VueJS. Guests: Sarah Drasner - @sarah_edo Gift Egwuenu - @lauragift21 Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Sarah Drasner - Greensock v3 Gift Egwuenu - Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts Ride Gift Egwuenu - Nigerian Playlist Ryan Burgess - Mike Giant podcast Ryan Burgess - Tombow Dual Brush pens Augustus Yuan - React adaptive hooks Augustus Yuan - Trader Joe’s Cauliflower Ravioli Jem Young - Buffet Lines Jem Young - Hap and Leonard Stacy London - Yearning for the Infinite - Max Cooper Stacy London - Immerse - Alex Banks
11/25/201956 minutes, 10 seconds
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Episode 089 - Hollywood Martinis - Netflix Studio Engineering

In today’s episode, we are going to be talking with Priyankaa Vijayakumar and Lauren Tan about an interesting engineering effort their teams at Netflix are working on. Netflix continues to create its own content and Hollywood is an interesting world with a ton of opportunities for engineering to integrate technology to make things more efficient. Priyankaa and Lauren will be telling us more about those engineering challenges. Guests: Priyankaa Vijayakumar - @priyankaavj Lauren Tan - @_sugarpirate Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Priyankaa Vijayakumar - Living with Yourself Priyankaa Vijayakumar - Harry Potter the Play Lauren Tan - TSConf Lauren Tan - The Meta-conversation Lauren Tan - El Camino Ryan Burgess - Watchmen Jem Young - $100 toothpaste Jem Young - The Politician
10/27/201934 minutes, 36 seconds
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Episode 088 - Tech lead engineer - herding cats & drinks

We often talk a lot about growth path as engineers. One of those growth paths could be a tech lead engineer. In this episode, we are joined by Tony Edwards to help talk with us about what the role and responsibilities of a lead engineer are. Guests: Tony Edwards - @tedwards947 Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Tony Edwards - Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell Tony Edwards - The Indicator from Planet Money Tony Edwards - Steve1989MREInfo Ryan Burgess - Everybody Matters Ryan Burgess - Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber Ryan Burgess - Abstract Season 2 Jem Young - Great British Baking Show Jem Young - Duer Jeans Jem Young - Frontend Masters - Full Stack Mars Jullian - Airbnb open homes program Mars Jullian - catalogchoice.org Stacy London - Fear Inoculum by Tool Stacy London - Blood Year by Russian Circles Stacy London - Unending by Cloudkicker
9/30/201953 minutes, 29 seconds
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Episode 087 - Open bar - all things open source

As engineers we have a lot of excellent tools and resources to help us do our jobs well, one of those resources is open source code. In this episode, we will be talking about all things open source. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks: Ryan Burgess - Hyperdrive Ryan Burgess - Unbelievable Jem Young - The Boys Jem Young - Hamilton Mars Jullian - Queer Eye - Japan Mars Jullian - Blue Star Donuts Portland
9/16/201947 minutes, 27 seconds
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Episode 086 - A new brand of bourbon - code migrations

We’ve all faced some form of code migration in the past and wanted to share some of the things we’ve learned. In this episode, we’re joined by Micah Ransdell, a Software Engineering Manager at Netflix to talk with us about migrating a codebase. Guests: Micah Ransdell - @micahransdell Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Picks: Micah Ransdell - React Rally Ryan Burgess - Wemo light switches Jem Young - How Brokerages Make Money Jem Young - Managing Yourself Jem Young - Forge Ryan Anklam - Conditional types in TypeScript Ryan Anklam - Roomba
8/19/201936 minutes, 19 seconds
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Episode 085 - The art of mixology - creative coding

In this episode, we are joined by a returning guest, Shirley Wu to talk with us about the combination of code and art. Guests: Shirley Wu - @sxywu Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Shirley Wu - Team lab Tokyo crystal universe Shirley Wu - Misaki Nakano Shirley Wu - Matt DesLauriers Shirley Wu - Tyler Halves Shirley Wu - Matt’s Frontend Masters creative coding Ryan Burgess - Joshua Davis Ryan Burgess - Nikka Coffey Grain Whiskey Ryan Burgess - Like-so app Augustus Yuan - @beesandbombs Augustus Yuan - Zdog Mars Jullian - A Single Div Mars Jullian - Aphantasia Stacy London - Simon Stålenhag Stacy London - make8bitart.com by Jenn Schiffer Stacy London - Once Upon a Forest by Maruto (aka Joshua Davis)
8/4/201951 minutes, 50 seconds
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Episode - 084 - Niagara Falls, on the rocks - development process

There are quite a few ways to organize a team to build out a new feature. Two of the most talked-about are Waterfall and Agile. In this episode, we’ll be talking through the pros and cons of some of the development processes we’ve encountered. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Lacasa De Papel (Money Heist) Ryan Burgess - How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk Augustus Yuan - Karat Augustus Yuan - FoodieLand Night Market Jem Young - This toaster Jem Young - Dark season 2 Jem Young - Pock Stacy London - Anima - Thom Yorke Stacy London - Anima Stacy London - Holly H
7/22/201956 minutes, 6 seconds
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Episode 083 - Behind the bar - Collaborating with the Backend

In this episode, we are joined by Ujjwal Tyagi and Eric Eiswerth to talk with us about how Backend and Frontend engineers can be most effective collaborating. Items mentioned in the episode: Growth Engineering at Netflix — Accelerating Innovation Guests: Ujjwal Tyagi - @urstyagi Eric Eiswerth - @eeiswerth Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Ujjwal Tyagi - Chicago Ujjwal Tyagi - Spicy chicken at Peri Peri Eric Eiswerth - Free Solo Eric Eiswerth - Montana M28 Guitar Eric Eiswerth - Expack Ryan Burgess - Google Home Hub Ryan Burgess - Hawkins Cheezies Ryan Burgess - Bad Blood Season 2 Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Toaster Jem Young - Mechanical movements Jem Young - It’s Bruno
6/24/201941 minutes, 42 seconds
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Episode 082 - Product management - Pouring Martinis

In this episode, we’re joined by product managers, Michael Spiegelman, Cathy Conk, and Eddy Wu from Netflix to talk with us about the relationship between engineers and product managers. Guests: Michael Spiegelman - @mspiegelman Cathy Conk - @CathyConk Eddy Wu Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Cathy Conk - Everybody Matters Cathy Conk - Severance Cathy Conk - The OA Eddy Wu - Gully Boy Eddy Wu - Campfire Stout Eddy Wu - Rust: the longest war Michael Spiegelman - Thinking Fast and Slow Michael Spiegelman - Predictably Rational Michael Spiegelman - Sapiens Michael Spiegelman - The world until yesterday Ryan Burgess - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking Ryan Burgess - React Day New York Jem Young - Fast Fourier Transform Jem Young - Vite Ramen Jem Young - Chewie IPO
6/9/201955 minutes, 34 seconds
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Episode 081 - CSS - continually sipping sazeracs

In this episode, we are joined by Tyler Childs, a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix to talk with us about building out scalable CSS and share some of the exciting new features in the latest version of CSS. Guests: Tyler Childs - @TylerChilds Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Picks: Tyler Childs - Fantasy Survivor Game.com Tyler Childs - Laphroaig Triple Wood Whisky Tyler Childs - Marvel 1602 Tyler Childs - Batman Hush Tyler Childs - The Wake Ryan Burgess - The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Jem Young - Pathfinding with A* Jem Young - Writing a game loop Ryan Anklam - Hooka Speedgoat Ryan Anklam - Milwaukee Bucks
5/26/201939 minutes
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Episode 080 - User experience - what if users are drunk?

In this episode, we are joined by Randall Koutnik, a Senior Software Engineer at Slack to talk with us about how we should be thinking about ways to build better user experiences. Guests: Randall Koutnik Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Randall Koutnik - Swords on Amazon Randall Koutnik - Factorio game Ryan Burgess - The Highwaymen Ryan Burgess - Santa Clarita Diet Season 3 Augustus Yuan - Svelte 3: Rethinking Reactivity Augustus Yuan - Parable of the blender - Randall Koutnik Augustus Yuan - Personas and Jobs-to-be-Done Jem Young - Build Reactive Websites with RXJS Jem Young - The Dream Podcast Mars Jullian - 2019 Front-end developer handbook Mars Jullian - Litter robot Mars Jullian - Xkcd comic Stacy London - Schitt’s Creek Stacy London - May Day by Mike Slott
5/14/201952 minutes, 7 seconds
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Episode 079 - Home-brewing front end culture

In this episode, we are joined by Katie Sylor-Miller, a Staff Software Engineer from Etsy, to talk with us about ways to help build and foster a frontend culture within your companies. Guests: Katie Sylor-Miller - @ksylor Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Katie Sylor-Miller - The Fascinating Chimera Project Katie Sylor-Miller - Karbon.now.sh Katie Sylor-Miller - Tiki bar - Pagan Idol Katie Sylor-Miller - Tiki bar - Tonga room Katie Sylor-Miller - Tiki bar - Smugglers Cove Katie Sylor-Miller - Tiki bar - Last Rites Katie Sylor-Miller - Tiki bar - Frankie’s Tiki room Ryan Burgess - Skywalk.er Ryan Burgess - Humza Deas Jem Young - Spiderman: Into the spider-verse Jem Young - Deadpool 2 Jem Young - Plus codes Mars Jullian - Inside deals Mars Jullian - Routing with React hooks Stacy London - Stimulation by Ellen Allien Stacy London - Pour by Recondite
4/28/201947 minutes, 28 seconds
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Episode 078 - Our drinks are overrated

In this episode, Jem and Ryan each toss out frontend terms, languages, technologies, and patterns to debate if they are underrated or overrated. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Ryan Burgess - Martha & Bros. Coffee Ryan Burgess - True Detective Season 3 Jem Young - Losers
4/14/201934 minutes, 48 seconds
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Episode 077 - Career growth - beers and careers

In past episodes we’ve shared our thoughts on helping others grow or how to help interns in your company, but we haven’t discussed our thoughts on our own career growth. In this episode, we’ll share our thoughts and opinions on career growth. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Photos with iCloud Ryan Burgess - Workin’ Moms Ryan Burgess - The OA season 2 Augustus Yuan - Silicon Valley Smash Augustus Yuan - Chrome 73 update (installing PWAs via Chrome in Mac!) Augustus Yuan - three.js/editor Jem Young - Casper Glow Jem Young - Oakley Prizm Jem Young - Love, Death, and Robots Stacy London - Screenshots in Chrome (Cmd+Shift+P with DevTools open then type ‘screenshot’) Stacy London - Daniel Avery’s Song for Alpha album
3/31/201948 minutes, 30 seconds
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Episode 076 - Bandersnatching our drinks

Bandersnatch is an exciting Netflix interactive film that’s not only an amazing story, it has seamless experience that Netflix engineering teams have created. In this episode, we are joined by engineering managers, Maria Kazandjieva, Maxine Cheung, and Courtney Kennedy to talk about the work their teams have done to make Bandersnatch possible. Guests: Maria Kazandjieva - @stranger_quark Maxine Cheung Courtney Kennedy Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Maxine Cheung - Tidying Up with Marie Kondo Maria Kazandjieva - Sour Beer - Alvarado Street Brewing Maria Kazandjieva - Autotune Cats Maria Kazandjieva - Amusing Ourselves to Death Maria Kazandjieva - Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Maria Kazandjieva - Scott Manley Courtney Kennedy - Quincy Documentary Courtney Kennedy - The Upside of Stress Ryan Burgess - Foam Back Roller Jem Young - The Umbrella Academy Jem Young - Young Blood
3/4/201939 minutes, 34 seconds
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Episode 075 - Component libraries - sharing our drinks

In this episode, we are joined by Jeeyun Linn, and Cole Turner to talk with us about building and using component libraries in a company. Guests: Jeeyun Linn - @jeeyunit Cole Turner - @coleturner Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Picks: Jeeyun Linn - Learn Git Branching Jeeyun Linn - Flexbox Froggy Cole Turner - Russian Doll Ryan Burgess - FYRE Ryan Burgess - Atomic design Jem Young - Good UI Blog Jem Young - It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Ryan Anklam - Counterrpart Ryan Anklam - Elevate for Strava
2/19/201944 minutes, 36 seconds
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Episode 074 - Beer money - negotiating salaries

We’ve talked about interviewing for engineering jobs, but once you have an offer, how do you negotiate the salary? In this episode, we’re joined by Matthew Gerstman, an engineer from Dropbox to talk with us about salaries, and stock. Guests: Matthew Gerstman - @MatthewGerstman Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Matthew Gerstman - Be More Chill Musical Matthew Gerstman - Puffs the play Ryan Burgess - Double your salary with this one simple trick - Matthew Gerstman Ryan Burgess - Engineering Management: The Pendulum or the ladder Augustus Yuan - Fearless Salary Negotiation Augustus Yuan - Project Alias Jem Young - 2018 Logo Trends Jem Young - Hired Stacy London - 2nd World by HVOB Stacy London - Phaedra - 1995 Remaster by Tangerine Dream
2/4/201952 minutes, 14 seconds
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Episode 073 - Drinks to go - Native mobile solutions

There are a lot of great solutions available to support a native mobile experience for your application, but what’s the best option? In this episode we are joined by Jordanna Kwok from Netflix, to talk with us about some of the solutions and how to think through the best solution. Guests: Jordanna Kwok - @jordeewok Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Jordanna Kwok - Veronica Lewis Birdbox Tweet Ryan Burgess - You Ryan Burgess - Black Mirror Bandersnatch Ryan Burgess - Netflix UIE JavaScript Talk Bandersnatch Jem Young - The Gymkhana Files Jem Young - ForwardJS
1/21/201948 minutes, 24 seconds
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Episode 072 - Pacing our drinks - Engineering Performance

Creating performant websites and applications continues to be really important, but what about engineering performance. How do we make sure we are improving our productivity as engineers. In this episode, we are joined Jacques Favreau and Michael Paulson from Netflix to hear more about their thoughts on being more productive.
1/7/201951 minutes, 6 seconds
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Episode 071 - Web Performance - Chugging our drinks down fast

Creating performant websites and applications continue to be more and more important. In this episode, we are joined by Addy Osmani to talk with us about web performance and some future web platform APIs that help improve performance. Guests: Addy Osmani - @addyosmani Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Addy Osmani - The Great British Baking Show Addy Osmani - Chrome User Experience Report Ryan Burgess - Addy’s Netflix Case study Ryan Burgess - PhotoPills Ryan Burgess - Final Table Jem Young - Yoshi App Jem Young - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Ryan Anklam - All Systems Red Ryan Anklam - Android Call Screening Mars Jullian - Guides by Lonely Planet Stacy London - React Profiler Stacy London - Daydream by Shelf Nunny
12/10/201846 minutes, 1 second
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Episode 070 - Senior Engineer - Master Brewer

We are often asked, what makes you a Senior Software Engineer. It’s not an easy answer, there are a lot of interesting thoughts and responses. In this episode, we are joined by Lauren Tan to help discuss our thoughts on what makes someone be a Senior Software Engineer over a Software Engineer. Guests: Lauren Tan - @sugarpirate_ Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Picks: Lauren Tan - DotJS Ryan Burgess - React JS Hooks - Harry Wolff Ryan Burgess - Joy Buolamwini: How I'm fighting bias in algorithms Jem Young - Haunting of Hill House Jem Young - El Mal Querer Jem Young - The Fifth Season Ryan Anklam - Code Runner plugin for VSCode Ryan Anklam - Redux Sagas
11/26/201838 minutes, 11 seconds
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Episode 069 - Internships - Intern-sips

Starting your career is a daunting task. You’ve learned these brand new skills, but how do you apply them and get experience? In this episode, we are joined by Moira Huang, to help us talk about internships and how best leverage an internship into a full time job. Guests: Moira Huang - @MoiraHuang_ Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks: Moira Huang - Chihuly Garden Moira Huang - Priscilla Chan Ryan Burgess - Tales by Light Ryan Burgess - Github Actions Augustus Yuan - Code Black Augustus Yuan - The Mentorship Ryan Anklam - Recovery - August Bell Ryan Anklam - Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 35 Mars Jullian - Spotify workday lounge playlist Mars Jullian - Moleskine Voyageur notebook
10/29/201850 minutes, 37 seconds
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Episode 068 - Progressive Web Apps - Pale Wheat Ale

Progressive Web Apps have been hailed as the next big leap forward in building web applications. In this episode we’re joined by Aaron Gustafson from Microsoft to talk all about PWA’s and the future of the web. Guests: Aaron Gustafson - @AaronGustafson Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Aaron Gustafson - Seeing White Aaron Gustafson - Uncivil Aaron Gustafson - Homegoing Ryan Burgess - Ng-Atlanta Ryan Burgess - Culture Code Augustus Yuan - Celeste Augustus Yuan - Bao Jem Young - Supreme Brick Jem Young - LoFi Hip Hop Jem Young - Farfetch Stacy London - Wrong Days by Sun Glitters Stacy London - Atome de danse by Mark Romboy Stacy London - Aaron Gustafson
10/15/201852 minutes, 36 seconds
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Episode 067 - Ethics - to drink or not to drink?

In this episode, we recorded a special live discussion on ethics in software development. The panel discussion was part of Certified Fresh Events with host Brian Rinaldi.
10/1/201841 minutes, 44 seconds
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Episode 066 - Type systems - a static drink list

Static type systems in JavaScript provide a lot of value and have been growing in popularity. In this episode, we’re joined by Lauren Tan and Kunal Bohra to talk with us about the benefits of leveraging a type system in your codebase. Guests: Lauren Tan - @sugarpirate_ Kunal Bohra - @do_i_need_1 Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Picks: Lauren Tan - Marvel's Spider-Man Lauren Tan - Ken Wheeler - Love Songs For your Mother Kunal Bohra - The Seventh Seal Kunal Bohra - What I Talk About When I Talk About Running Ryan Burgess - Toddler Tattoos Ryan Burgess - Ozark Ryan Burgess - Stay Here Ryan Burgess - Lauren Tan's talk at React Rally Jem Young - Kill or Cure Jem Young - Luke Cage Ryan Anklam - Infinite Ryan Anklam - Panic Cord Remix
9/17/201850 minutes, 34 seconds
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Episode 065 - Recruiting - do you have time for a quick beer?

We’ve had a lot of great recruiting discussions on previous episodes. In this episode, we’re joined by 3 recruiters, Matt Stephenson, Zack Skelly, and Chris Ahsing from 3 different startups to talk with us about how to stand out as an engineer, and what questions to ask recruiters about opportunities. Guests: Matt Stephenson Zack Skelly - @zorkary Chris Ahsing Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Matt - interviewing.io Zack - Y Combinator Podcast Zack - Crypto Canon Ryan Burgess - Front End Happy Hour at React Rally Ryan Burgess - Ken Wheeler - Love Songs for Your Mother Jem Young - NDB Jem Young - Godspeed You! Black Emperor Stacy London - Somewhere Else by Elsa Hewitt Stacy London - Visualize your NPM package dependencies
9/3/201858 minutes, 50 seconds
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Episode 064 - Librations - JavaScript libraries

In this episode, we’ll be discussing JavaScript libraries. We talk about when to use a library and when it might not be that practical. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Cleanshot Ryan Burgess - So You Want To Talk About Race Jem Young - Equity Compensation Jem Young - Warframe Jem Young - Chicken Diapers Stacy London - Itty Bitty Stacy London - Dust by Nicolas Bougaïeff Stacy London - Dust - Max Cooper Remix
8/20/201846 minutes, 3 seconds
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Episode 063 - IoT - Internet of Tequila

In this episode, we share our thoughts on IoT and smart devices in the home. We also talk about how JavaScript can be used to create your own smart devices. To talk with us about the smart devices, we’re joined by our guest, Sarah Showers from LinkedIn. Guests: Sarah Showers - @sarahlshowers Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks: Sarah Showers - Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast Sarah Showers - D’cappella Ryan Burgess - Hannah Gadsby: Nanette Ryan Burgess - Amazing Interiors Jem Young - Hoover Cordless Jem Young - Battletech Derrick Showers - Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain Derrick Showers - Three identical strangers Derrick Showers - NYC Mars Jullian - Amazing Hotels: life beyond the lobby Mars Jullian - SureFeed microchip pet feeder
8/6/201851 minutes, 13 seconds
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Episode 062 - Web Components - shots of shadow dom

In this episode, we talk with Ravi Srinivas and Erick Purino from Netflix to share how they are leveraging Web Components to create dynamic advertisements across the web. Guests: Ravi Srinivas - @ducktyped Erick Purino - @superbokbok Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Picks: Ravi Srinivas - Muzzle App Erick Purino - Osaka, Japan Ryan Burgess - The Gaslight Anthem - God’s Gonna Cut You Down Ryan Burgess - Nest + Yale Smart Lock Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Dyson Fans Ryan Anklam - Jak Jones - Breath Ryan Anklam - Nativefier
7/23/201842 minutes, 56 seconds
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Episode 061 - Build tooling - brewing complex bundles

The front end ecosystem of build tooling continues to grow and become more powerful over the years. In this episode, we’re joined by Jamie Kyle and Maia Teegarden to talk with us about the power of build tools. Guests: Jamie Kyle - @jamiebuilds Maia Teegarden - @padmaia Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Jamie Kyle - Queer Eye Maia Teegarden - The Break with Michelle Wolf Ryan Burgess - Wild Wild Country Ryan Burgess - Rise Against - House on Fire Augustus Yuan - AllBirds Tree Runners Augustus Yuan - Figma Stacy London - Horizon - Poolside Remix by Tycho, Poolside Stacy London - Echospace Island by Robert Babicz (Bab-itch)
7/9/201851 minutes, 59 seconds
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Episode 060 - Shots to growlers - finding the right size drink

In this episode, we are joined by Shirley Wu and Brian Holt to talk with us about the various experiences we’ve had with startups, large companies, agencies, and freelance work. Guests: Shirley Wu - @sxywu Brian Holt - @holtbt Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Shirley Wu - Team Lab Brian Holt - Kubernetes Ryan Burgess - Evil Genius Augustus Yuan - Model Zoo Augustus Yuan - Human Benchark Jem Young - Google Doubleclick Mozilla Jem Young - The Strong Web Mars Jullian - Hiya Mars Jullian - Explained on Netflix Stacy London - CSS Conf - Laura Schneck algorithms of CSS talk Stacy London - JS Conf EU - Beaker browser by Tara Vancil Stacy London - JS Conf EU - Empathy driven development by Marcy Sutton
6/25/201857 minutes, 20 seconds
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Episode 059 - A/B testing - Ale or Bourbon?

In our previous episode, we talked about user testing and to better understand how a product or application resonates with users. In this episode, we’re joined by Lisa Burgess to help talk with us about another great way to get user feedback, A/B testing. Guests: Lisa Burgess - @_lisaburgess Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Lisa Burgess - Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife Ryan Burgess - Safe Ryan Burgess - Hiya Augustus Yuan - The Pudding - Stand Up Augustus Yuan - NYC Buildings Jem Young - Syre Jem Young - American Hero
6/11/201849 minutes, 23 seconds
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Episode 058 - User testing - Even a drunk person can do it

A lot of the work we do impacts the people using the product or application we’ve made and it’s important to understand how our users resonate with the products we create. A great way to better understand what works for a user is by doing user testing. In this episode, we’ll be discussing user testing. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Ryan Burgess - 3M Command Strips Ryan Burgess - Sonos speakers Augustus Yuan - Talk to Books Augustus Yuan - Pocket Developer Dice Jem Young - The Little Prince Jem Young - Slack incubator
5/28/201847 minutes, 3 seconds
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Episode 057 - Falcor - Modeling our drinks

In this episode, we’re joined by the Netflix Software Engineer, Anup Bishnoi to talk with us about the Netflix, open source, virtual JSON graph library, Falcor. Guests: Anup Bishnoi - @asyncanup Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Picks: Anup Bishnoi - IPFS Anup Bishnoi - Everything Sucks Anup Bishnoi - The Daily Ryan Burgess - Up Next Ryan Burgess - Electron Jem Young - Comply Ear Plugs Jem Young - Jarv Nmotion ear buds Jem Young - Fastest Car Ryan Anklam - Orphan Master’s Son Ryan Anklam - Barkley Marathons - The Race that Eats its Young
5/14/201848 minutes, 33 seconds
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Episode 056 - Drink-a-thon onstage at Reactathon

In this episode, we were live on stage at Reactathon conference in San Francisco discussing how to scale a React application. We share our thoughts on to best approaches to creating a good structure for your codebase at scale. We also share our experiences we’ve learned over the years how to scale our React applications. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Stacy London - @stacylondoner
4/29/201830 minutes, 18 seconds
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Episode 055 - A mixologist's tools

In this episode, we discuss how we stay productive in our jobs. To help us with the discussion, we’re joined by Ellen Chisa, CEO, and Cofounder of Dark. We talk about tools and strategies we’ve found useful to help stay productive. Guests: Ellen Chisa - @ellenchisa Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ellen Chisa - Dark - Frontend Engineer Ellen Chisa - SkeletonCSS Ellen Chisa - Manual.is Ryan Burgess - Soapbox Ryan Burgess - Tales from the Script Jem Young - NPM Compare Jem Young - Raw Water Mars Jullian - Texture Mars Jullian - PseudoLocalizer Stacy London - Bolt Stacy London - Emerald Rush by Jon Hopkins
4/17/201853 minutes, 39 seconds
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Episode 054 - Wasted on Elm

In this episode, we are joined by Richard Feldman to talk about the functional language Elm, which compiles to JavaScript. In the episode, we learn about the benefits to leveraging Elm and how to get started. Guests: Richard Fledman - @rtfeldman Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Brian Holt - @holtbt Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Richard Feldman - Predictably Irrational Richard Feldman - Richard Feldman: CSS as Bytecode Richard Feldman - Elm Town Ryan Burgess - Absentia Ryan Burgess - Seven Seconds Augustus Yuan - Workbox Augustus Yuan - Evernote Spaces Brian Holt - Secret of Mana Stacy London - Kubo and the Two Strings Stacy London - Fever Ray’s new album Plunge
4/1/201841 minutes, 19 seconds
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Episode 053 - Bar-tending to your codebase

In this episode, we recorded live at SacJS event in Sacramento, California. On stage we discuss the challenges of migrating a codebase and when to make the decision its the right time to refactor. We share lessons we’ve learned from past experiences. Panelists: Jem Young - @JemYoung Augustus Yuan - @augburto Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Augustus Yuan - Flavors of Engineering management Augustus Yuan - Thanks (github) Jem Young - Sealab 2021 Jem Young - Four Semesters of CS Part II Jem Young - Petro Derrick Showers - Twenty Thousand Hertz Derrick Showers - Timbuk2 Derrick Showers - Master of None Brian Holt - Luis.ai Brian Holt - Full Stack 2 on Frontend Masters Brian Holt - Second Career Devs w/ Madison Kanna Mars Jullian - Lovesick Mars Jullian - Inside Dev newsletter Stacy London - Unfolding by Rival Consoles Stacy London - Git for Humans by David Demaree
3/18/201851 minutes, 16 seconds
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Episode 052 - Looking Forward to a drink

In this episode, we recorded live on stage at Forward JS conference in San Francisco. We were joined by our special guest, Allen Wirfs-Brock to talk about how the web has changed over the years and how JavaScript has been a large influence. Guests: Allen Wirfs-Brock - @awbjs Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Brian Holt - @holtbt Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner
3/4/201838 minutes, 25 seconds
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Episode 051 - Gin and toxic culture

In this episode, we’ll be discussing things we’ve noticed in companies that have unhealthy culture, shady business practices, moving business targets and more. We talk about ways to avoid an unhealthy culture and how to help improve one. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Altered Carbon Ryan Burgess - Framework Summit Augustus Yuan - Year in Pixels Augustus Yuan - Haven Jem Young - Uphill Conf Jem Young - Bitcoin Mars Jullian - The Grand Tour Mars Jullian - The noun project Stacy London - Carbon.now.sh Stacy London - Sunder by Nathan Fake
2/19/201854 minutes, 2 seconds
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Episode 050 - Angling for a drink

For our 50th episode, we are on stage live at the 2018 ngATL conference. We are joined by four of the talented speakers, Aimee Knight, Simona Cotin, John Papa, and April Wensel to talk about the state of Angular. Guests: Aimee Knight - @Aimee_Knight Simona Cotin - @simona_cotin John Papa - @John_Papa April Wensel - @aprilwensel Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Aimee Knight - Zackary Chapple Aimee Knight - What does code readability mean? Aimee Knight - BCAA - Gummy Worm Simona Cotin - Code: Debugging the gender gap Simona Cotin - CodeBar John Papa - Readable Code John Papa - The Greatest Showman April Wensel - The Power of Full Engagement April Wensel - The Beyond Burger April Wensel - Viva La Vegan Ryan Burgess - Dark Ryan Burgess - Ng-Atlanta Jem Young - Harry Wolff - The Console Log Jem Young - Neat Beats - Cosmic Surgery Jem Young - Flamethrower
2/5/201845 minutes, 33 seconds
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Episode 049 - Independent taste testing

We are back in 2018, for the first episode of the New Year we have two special guests, Shirley Wu and Amy Wibowo to talk with us about freelancing and running your own business. We discuss how to start freelance work, how to manage clients and how to handle difficult clients. Guests: Shirley Wu - @sxywu Amy Wibowo - @sailorhg Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Shirley Wu - Bubblesort Zines Shirley Wu - Coding like a girl by Amy Wibowo Shirley Wu - OpenVis Conf Shirley Wu - Kimi No Na Wa (Your name) Amy Wibowo - The Hate U Give Ryan Burgess - ConferCal Ryan Burgess - Black Mirror Season 4 Augustus Yuan - Smog Free Tower Augustus Yuan - Speedometer 2.0 Jem Young - Cowarobot Jem Young - Code Problems Jem Young - Babel Time Travel Derrick Showers - Gramercy Tavern Derrick Showers - My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman Brian Holt - Creating a Vue.js Serverless Checkout Form: Setup and Testing Brian Holt - Bussed out - How America moves its homeless Brian Holt - 5 Things Episode 1: Five Things About Create React App Stacy London - Git it gurl from BubbleSort Zines from Amy! Stacy London - Change the Paradigm by Austra Stacy London - World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts by Don Hertzfeldt
1/22/20181 hour, 9 minutes, 50 seconds
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Episode 048 - Toast to a new year

It’s been a great year! With 2017 coming to an end, we’ve decided to talk the highlights, trends, and disappointments of the year. We also talk about what we’re excited about in 2018. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Picks: Ryan Burgess - 2018 Conferences Ryan Burgess - Kevin Marr Augustus Yuan - Mozilla Voice Project Augustus Yuan - Algorithmic Art by Tyler Hobbs Jem Young - Perf Matters Conference Jem Young - Slow TV Jem Young - Surface Book 2 Derrick Showers - Castro Derrick Showers - try! Swift Brian Holt - Babel Brian Holt - Henry Zhu Brian Holt - Webpack Brian Holt - Parcel Brian Holt - SFO
12/19/201759 minutes, 34 seconds
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Episode 047 - Speak(easy)

Often times in our careers we’ve wanted to speak at conferences, meetups or even within our companies. It’s been a great way to share ideas and things we’ve learned. Giving a tech talk isn’t always the easiest thing. In this episode, we’ll be discussing what we’ve learned from our experiences and share advice on ways to help improve your next talk. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Obey Giant Documentary Ryan Burgess - Southpaw Augustus Yuan - Seashells.io Augustus Yuan - The Working Man (animation) Jem Young - The Room Jem Young - Firefox Quantum Mars Jullian - HTML5 Meetup Mars Jullian - Dickens Fair Stacy London - Illumina by Lamb Stacy London - Rodent by Burial
11/27/201749 minutes, 40 seconds
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Episode 046 - Locking down the liquor

In this episode of the Front End Happy Hour podcast, we discuss how as front end engineers we can impact security vulnerabilities in the applications and websites we are creating. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Engineer Manager Resources Ryan Burgess - Netflix JavaScript Talks - Building Performant Signup Flows in React Jem Young - Puppeteer Jem Young - Stranger Things Derrick Showers - Certbot Derrick Showers - Airbnb Experiences Derrick Showers - DripDrop Stacy London - Lisbon, Portugal Stacy London - Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
11/14/201749 minutes, 56 seconds
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Episode 045 - Getting the bartender's attention

In a previous episode, we discussed working with a recruiter during a job interview process. In this episode, we’re joined by Netflix recruiter, Bianca Bortolussi to discuss ways to help your engineering profile stand out to recruiters and hiring managers. Guests: Bianca Bortolussi - @biancabmorey Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks: Bianca Bortolussi - Apple Watch 3 Bianca Bortolussi - Netflix JS Talks Ryan Burgess - Women in Tech Show Ryan Burgess - Kotlin Conf Jem Young - Firefox Focus Jem Young - Sony MDR 1000x Ryan Anklam - Spotify Time Capsule Playlist Ryan Anklam - Dirty Hacks From The Dark Corners of Front-End Mars Jullian - November 17th HTML5 Meetup Mars Jullian - Interactive Visualization of Every Line in Hamilton by Shirley Wu
10/30/201753 minutes, 47 seconds
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Episode 044 - Champagne ideas and caviar dreams

Writing great code isn’t always the only part of our jobs. In order to impact changes on our teams or the business, we need to be able to persuade others to buy into your ideas. This could be in the form of migrating to a new technology, process or even adding a new feature to a product. In this episode, we are joined by Shirley Wu to help us discuss how we can best sell our ideas and make an impact on our teams or clients. Guests: Shirley Wu - @sxywu Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Brian Holt - @holtbt Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Shirley Wu - D3 Unconf Shirley Wu - The Stormlight Archive Ryan Burgess - Social Network soundtrack Ryan Burgess - American Vandal Augustus Yuan - Essential Image Optimization Augustus Yuan - LeetCode Articles Brian Holt - size-limit Brian Holt - Choir of the Mind by Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton Stacy London - Vallis Alps - Oceans Stacy London - Beeple
10/15/201750 minutes, 29 seconds
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Episode 043 - Our first drink

We all had to start somewhere. In this episode, we are joined by Preethi Kasireddy to talk with us about her and our experiences of being a beginner to coding. Guests: Preethi Kasireddy - @iam_preethi Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Preethi Kasireddy - Front End Happy Hour Preethi Kasireddy - Changelog Preethi Kasireddy - Software Engineering Daily Preethi Kasireddy - Twitter Preethi Kasireddy - freeCodeCamp Ryan Burgess - We All Started Somewhere - Preethi Kasireddy - React Rally Ryan Burgess - Fed Up Derrick Showers - CS50 Derrick Showers - Pocket Casts Derrick Showers - Fatal Error Stacy London - Frontend Masters Stacy London - Nordic.js Stacy London - Fjords near Flåm in Norway
10/1/201758 minutes, 49 seconds
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Episode 042 - Work hard, drink hard

There’s always a lot to be done, but having a good work life balance is extremely important. In this episode, we are joined by Sarah Showers from LinkedIn, to talk with us about work life balance. We share our thoughts on what work life balance means to us and how our companies help foster a healthy work life balance. Guests: Sarah Showers - @sarahlshowers Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Picks: Sarah Showers - Best Self Journal Ryan Burgess - Movo Photo MTP-11 Ryan Burgess - SVG Animations - Sarah Drasner Augustus Yuan - How to fix a toilet Augustus Yuan - Sketch 2 After Effects Derrick Showers - One World Observatory Derrick Showers - Shake Shack Derrick Showers - JetBlue Brian Holt - Focus app Brian Holt - Todoist
9/14/201756 minutes, 9 seconds
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Episode 041 - Maintaining a healthy buzz

Maintaining and scaling code is an important aspect of our careers. In this episode, we discuss and share ideas to help keep a healthy code base that will scale with your company. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Stacy London - @stacylondoner Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks: Ryan Burgess - Brazil JS - Jem’s talk on code maintenance Ryan Burgess - Senior UI Engineer at Netflix Augustus Yuan - Ali Wong Augustus Yuan - AI with DeepMind and Blizzard Stacy London - Blurred by Kiasmos Stacy London - Particles by Ólafur Arnalds Jem Young - Stacy’s haircut Jem Young - The Defenders - Episode 3 Jem Young - Best Practices for Reusable Components Mars Jullian - Plant nanny Mars Jullian - MindNode
8/28/201754 minutes, 11 seconds
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Episode 040 - React Native - Mix Once, Drink Everywhere

In this episode, we’re joined by Naoufal Kadhom, a Software Engineer from Netflix who’s also just released a payment library for React Native. In the episode, we’ll be discussing React Native and what it’s like to leverage it for Android and iOS applications. Guests: Naoufal Kadhom - @naoufal Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Augustus Yuan - @augburto Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Naoufal Kadhom - Detour Naoufal Kadhom - React Native Europe Ryan Burgess - React Native Payments Ryan Burgess - Robinhood Augustus Yuan - Lottie Augustus Yuan - Pismo Beach ATV sand dunes Derrick Showers - Realm Academy Derrick Showers - Py App Brian Holt - Hackages Brian Holt - Prettier + eslint-config-airbnb + Flowtype is the ultimate workflow for writing JS Stacy London - CodeSandbox Stacy London - Slow Motion by Lusine
8/15/201747 minutes, 3 seconds
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Episode 039 - Smashed after a Swift shot

In this episode, we’re joined by Stefan Stumpfl, a mobile software engineer at LinkedIn working on LinkedIn Learning. During the past 5 years as an iOS developer, he has experience ranging from building his own app on a small 2-person team to larger teams like his current role at LinkedIn. In this episode, we will discuss the Swift programming language – how it compares to languages like Javascript and some of the advantages and disadvantages to writing and learning it. Guests: Stefan Stumpfl - @sust86 Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Stefan Stumpfl - Natasha the Robot Stefan Stumpfl - Turner’s Kitchen Ryan Burgess - The Pitch Ryan Burgess - Ng-Atlanta Ryan Burgess - Moment Jem Young - Plume Wifi Jem Young - Injury Reserve - ttktv Jem Young - Gullivers Travels Derrick Showers - Swift Playgrounds Derrick Showers - Swift Unwrapped Derrick Showers - Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Derrick Showers - Watermelon Funk Stacy London - Linting styled-components Stacy London - Weak by Maya Jane Coles
7/30/201751 minutes, 29 seconds
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Episode 038 - Plotting our drinks

In this episode, we’re joined by Shirley Wu, a Freelance Software Engineer who focuses on Data Visualization. Shirley shares a lot of knowledge about Data Visualization using JavaScript. Guests: Shirley Wu - @sxywu Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Shirley Wu - Domestic Data Streamers Shirley Wu - Openviz Shirley Wu - D3 Unconf Shirley Wu - Data Stories Podcast Ryan Burgess - Shop Talk Show - React with Netflix Ryan Burgess - Amplifi Stacy London - svgomg Stacy London - Ellen Allien’s new album Nost Augustus Yuan - Pokemon Terminal Augustus Yuan - How Selections Work Augustus Yuan - D3-Annotation Jem Young - Web Typography for Non-Designers Jem Young - The Story of O.J.
7/18/201756 minutes, 34 seconds
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Episode 037 - Amazing Manhattans Anywhere

We’ve received a lot of great questions from our listeners and wanted to take the time to answer them as an AMA (Ask Me Anything) episode. Thank you all for the great questions, we had a lot of fun answering them. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Brian Holt - @holtbt Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Breaker app Ryan Burgess - PhoneSoap Augustus Yuan - Front End Guide Augustus Yuan - Summer sale on Steam Jem Young - A crash course in memory management Jem Young - The Discovery Derrick Showers - The Obesity Code Derrick Showers - Headspace Ryan Anklam - Children of Time Book Ryan Anklam - Darigold Old Fashioned Chocolate Milk Brian Holt - Bing Brian Holt - OneNote Brian Holt - Regina LC Tattoo Brian Holt - City Pups SF Mars Jullian - Clif nut butter filled bars Mars Jullian - iShows app Stacy London - Green Machine rolls at Bamboo in Portland Stacy London - Hands Down (feat. jennylee) by Trentemøller
7/5/201757 minutes, 47 seconds
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Episode 036 - First drink in a new bar

Starting a new job is never easy, but a good onboarding process can make all the difference. In this episode, we talk about our experiences with onboarding at companies we’ve worked at and share our thoughts on what makes a good experience when starting a new job. Items mentioned in the episode Evernote, MySQL, Brew, Tomcat, Atlassian, Docker, Reed Hastings, Java, Struts, Stash, Gulp, npm, Bitbucket, Confluence, PostgreSQL, Django, Python, Accidently destroyed production database Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Masters of Scale Ryan Burgess - Mr. Chilly Augustus Yuan - Stockstream Augustus Yuan - Scrimba Ryan Anklam - Sam Felt’s House Party Playlist Ryan Anklam - Yarn determinism Stacy London - A Unified Styling Language Stacy London - Outgoing Society by Shed
6/18/201744 minutes, 59 seconds
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Episode 035 - Top shelf style guides

In this episode, we’re joined by Jyri Tuulos and Josh London to help discuss reusable components and building style guides. Jyri is a Staff Engineer at AdRoll and Josh is a Senior Designer at Netflix. We discuss best practices companies are leveraging style guides and reusable components. We also share the positives and negatives to having a style guide. Items mentioned in the episode: AdRoll, Netflix, JavaScript, CSS, CSS Preprocessor, PHP, LinkedIn, LinkedIn Learning, Jennison Asuncion, Accessibility episode, Atlassian, Bitbucket, Evernote, Storybook, npm, Slack, Laurie Voss, React, Angular, React plus X: Best Practices for Reusable UI Components, Forward JS, React Style Guide Generator, Pattern Lab, Brad Frost, Dave Olson, Atomic Design, JQuery, JQuery Widgets, Sketch, SASS, Bootstrap, React Bootstrap, Starbucks Style Guide, Styleguides.io Guests: Jyri Tuulos - @jtuulos Josh London - @joshualondon Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Jyri Tuulos - AdRoll style guide Jyri Tuulos - Reasonably Sound Josh London - InspiRock Josh London - React Sketch App Ryan Burgess - XLR8 Connect Diaper Backpack Ryan Burgess - Bosch Augustus Yuan - Quick Draw! Google Dataset Augustus Yuan - Style Guides Augustus Yuan - Google I/O videos Jem Young - Why did the chicken cross the road Jem Young - ES6 Proxies and Reflection Derrick Showers - Instacart Derrick Showers - Blue Apron Mars Jullian - Single Div Mars Jullian - Detour Stacy London - AtlasKit Stacy London - Actually Smiling by Geotic
6/4/201759 minutes, 30 seconds
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Episode 034 - npm install beer --save-in-mouth

In this episode, we are joined by Laurie Voss, the COO and former CTO at npm. Npm, also known as Node Package Manager has been an important tool in the JavaScript community and has helped engineers share their code. In today’s episode, we’ll be discussing how we leverage npm and find out what we can expect from npm 5. Laurie also teaches us some cool tricks that exist in the npm cli. Items mentioned in the episode: Node, npm, Ruby, Python, Java, Back End Happy Hour, CommonJS, CocoaPods, Stack Overflow, Github, Babel, Webpack, Closure Compiler, Rollup, Browserify, Yarn, npm Enterprise, Left-pad, Express, Google, Monster Cable, Gold Apple Watch, I am rich, Semver.org Guests: Laurie Voss - @seldo Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks: Laurie Voss - npm 5 Laurie Voss - Slides.com Laurie Voss - Next.js Ryan Burgess - Moment Lens Ryan Burgess - Lin Clark - A Cartoon into Fiber - React Conf 2017 Ryan Burgess - The Founder Augustus Yuan - Deco IDE Augustus Yuan - Mocktails Mixer by Deeplocal Jem Young - Aviation Jem Young - Music to Draw To: Satellite Derrick Showers - How I built this podcast Derrick Showers - Containers podcast Derrick Showers - Jackbox TV Mars Jullian - Spotify Mood playlists Mars Jullian - SkyGuru
5/22/201753 minutes, 26 seconds
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Episode 033 - One part beer, three parts web components. Add lemon to taste

In this episode, we are joined by Trey Shugart who is a front-end developer (Principal Developer) at Atlassian, proponent of web components, and author of SkateJS to talk about Web Components. Items mentioned in the episode: Fast and the Furious 8, Skate JS, Preact, React, Chrome browser, Rust episode, Polymer, X-Tag, jQuery, Flux, Functional Programming, Safari, Firefox, Web Assembly, W3C, Progressive Web Apps, Ken Wheeler, Service Workers, Lighthouse, TypeScript, Flow, nwb, Nest, React, Angular, Ember, Jason Miller, Knockout, Dart Guests: Trey Shugart - @treshugart Panelists: Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Brian Holt - @holtbt Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Trey Shugart - Flow Type Trey Shugart - Line 6 helix Trey Shugart - Skate Maintainers Trey Shugart - Jason Miller Jem Young - Ryan Anklam Jem Young - The Wee Baby Burgess - Austin Ryan Burgess Jem Young - Iron Fist Ryan Anklam - Spotify Discover Weekly Playlist Ryan Anklam - Ancillary Justice Brian Holt - Flow Type Brian Holt - Babel Preset Env Brian Holt - Planned Parenthood Stacy London - Web Developer Roadmap Stacy London - Broken Social Scene - Halfway Home
5/8/201747 minutes, 46 seconds
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Episode 032 - Imposter Syndrome - These are not the drinks you're looking for

What’s it like to deal with Imposter Syndrome? In this episode, we are joined by Jessica Grist, a Software Engineer at Adroll to discuss how we’ve all experience Imposter Syndrome in our careers and share ways to help deal with it. Guests: Jessica Grist - @thehackstress Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Picks: Jessica Grist - Stuff You Missed in History Class Ryan Burgess - React Conf 2017 videos Ryan Burgess - Iron Fist Derrick Showers - Ember Conf 2017 Derrick Showers - Codepen Projects Derrick Showers - Alamo Drafthouse Brian Holt - Full Stack for Front End Engineers Mars Jullian - Nordic JS Mars Jullian - How I Built This Stacy London - Glitch Stacy London - Empty Promise by Butane
4/23/201744 minutes, 36 seconds
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Episode 031 - A flaming shot of burnout

Burnout is not a rare phenomenon that engineers deal with. In this episode, we talk about the ways we’ve been affected by burnout and how we’ve dealt with it. We discuss past experiences that have created burnout for us and ways we can prevent it from happening in the future. Items mentioned in the episode: Twitter, Trello, Headspace, Fitbit, Apple Watch, Slack, Netflix Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Brian Holt - @holtbt Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Rove Ryan Burgess - Charles Proxy Ryan Burgess - React Native Augustus Yuan - Periscopic.com Augustus Yuan - System Design Primer Ryan Anklam - Hacking Node Seralize Ryan Anklam - Rocket Brian Holt - Horizon Zero Dawn Stacy London - Spindrift by Colin Stetson Stacy London - It's not how many hours of sleep you get...
4/10/201747 minutes, 28 seconds
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Episode 030 - Static site generators and dynamic drink drinkers

Websites have gotten a lot more complicated over the years. What happened to static HTML? In this episode we’re joined by Harry Wolff, the creator of Reptar, to talk about leveraging build tools to create static generated sites. We talk about the pros and cons of leveraging a static site generator for a website. We also discuss some of the tools available to help you get started. Items mentioned in the episode: Reptar, MongoDB, Github, Jekyll, Dropbox, Wordpress, Markdown, Atom, AWS, Express, Restify, FTP, React, Webpack, Medium, Gist, Highlight JS, Prisim, Yarn, npm, Facebook, Rugrats, Ghost, Metalsmith, Segment, Hugo, Go, Hexo, Markdown-it, YAML, Joi, Redux, StaticGen, Gatsby JS, Nunjucks, Browserify, Less, Sass, Babel, ES2015, Async await, Graph QL, Relay, Closure, Handlebars Guests: Harry Wolff - @hswolff Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Harry Wolff - Node 7.6 Harry Wolff - Legion Harry Wolff - Calvin Harris - Slide Harry Wolff - Reptar Ryan Burgess - CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap Ryan Burgess - ZippGo Augustus Yuan - Metasmoke Augustus Yuan - Open Source Guides Jem Young - Ultimate Beast Master Jem Young - Shibesbot Derrick Showers - Distiller Derrick Showers - Pac-man Multiplayer Brian Holt - Home Brewing Beer Stacy London - Webpackbin Stacy London - Arthur Russell - Home Away From Home (Andy Stott Refix)
3/24/201755 minutes, 40 seconds
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Episode 029 - Alcoholic Angular

In this episode, we’re joined by our special guest, Ayşegül Yönet, a Software Engineer Autodesk, who will help us discuss the popular Google JavaScript framework Angular. In the episode, we discuss the benefits of leveraging Angular and what the major differences are from Angular 1 and Angular 2. Items mentioned in the episode: Angular, Autodesk, Reddit, React, Scope, Knockout, Igor Minar, ASP.Net, Vue JS, Laravel, PHP, Visual Studio, Google Wave, Google Reader, Zone JS, Ember, TypeScript, Forward JS, RxJS, Frontend Masters, Angular.io, Pluralsight, John Papa, Angular Style Guide, Angular CLI, Closure Guests: Ayşegül Yönet - @AysSomething Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ayşegül Yönet - Yoga Trapeze Swing Ayşegül Yönet - Google Home Ayşegül Yönet - Girl Develop It Ayşegül Yönet - Annie Cannons Ryan Burgess - NG-Cruise Ryan Burgess - Astral Jem Young - Private Internet Access Jem Young - Elcomsoft Derrick Showers - Omni Derrick Showers - Fernet Brian Holt - Aysegul's Twitter Brian Holt - Southern Poverty Law Center Brian Holt - Todd Motto Stacy London - Lighthouse Stacy London - Peak Magnetic by Clark
3/13/201753 minutes, 50 seconds
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Episode 028 - JavaScript Universi-LongIslandIce-ty

We’ve all started somewhere. JavaScript isn’t always an easy language to learn. In this episode, we’re joined by Gordon Zhu, who teaches workshops on JavaScript at Watch and Code. We are also joined by Luis Vargas, a Senior Manager on Global Payments at Netflix who has recently been learning JavaScript and has attended one of Gordon’s workshops. In this episode, we all talk about our journey of learning JavaScript and ways we’ve worked through it. Items mentioned in the episode: ColdFusion, PHP, Flash, ASP.NET, jQuery, MooTools, Dojo, Backbone, Python, Reddit, Eclipse, Eloquent JavaScript, You Don't Know JS, Speaking JavaScript, CD Baby, Frontend Masters Guests: Gordon Zhu - @gordon_zhu Luis Vargas Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Brian Holt - @holtbt Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Gordon Zhu - Watch and Code Gordon Zhu - Ten Things I Have Learned - Milton Glaser Luis Vargas - Watch and Code Luis Vargas - Industrial noise blocking headphones Luis Vargas - Derek Sivers Ryan Burgess - Austin Maples - Idle Hand Tattoo Ryan Burgess - Fluid Paint Ryan Burgess - Abstract Ryan Anklam - The Expanse Ryan Anklam - Kahn Academy - Intro To Storytelling Ryan Anklam - New Day - Radio Edit by Xavier Eleven Brian Holt - Schiit Fulla Brian Holt - Synology Mars Jullian - Forward JS Stacy London - Chrome Canary - Loads CSS Progressively Stacy London - Code School Stacy London - RVK by Nathan Fake
2/26/201753 minutes, 34 seconds
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Episode 027 - A drink for the "Rust" of us

Rust is an exciting systems programming language that’s being developed in Mozilla. In this episode, we’re joined by Jafar Husain to talk about the Rust and what the benefits of leveraging a language like Rust. We also talk about why a JavaScript engineer would want to learn Rust and how it can help them in their JavaScript coding. Guests: Jafar Husain - @jhusain Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Brian Holt - @holtbt Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Jafar Husain - PureScript Jafar Husain - Denotational Semantics Ryan Burgess - Santa Clarita Diet Ryan Burgess - React Native at Instagram Jem Young - Santa Clarita Diet Jem Young - What is a Promise? Ryan Anklam - Focal Mobis II Chair Ryan Anklam - Hiya Brian Holt - Stephen Kawaguchi Brian Holt - Ireland Stacy London - Max Cooper - Distant Light - Rival Consoles Remix Stacy London - Jeremy Geddes' art Stacy London - Bitbucket Cloud is hiring a Senior Front End Developer
2/16/201745 minutes, 49 seconds
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Episode 026 - Design, neat

In this episode, we’re joined by Julie Horvath, a Design Lead at Apple to help us talk about design. We discuss ways to help improve the collaboration between designers and frontend developers. Julie shares her perspective on building great user experiences for low-bandwidth internet speeds and how taking a progressive enhancement approach can be beneficial to the user. Items mentioned in the episode: USF, Yammer, CSS Zen Garden, CodePen, Middleman, Heroku, InVision, Sketch, Principle, Swift, Objective-C, Bootstrap, Photoshop, Illustrator, Skitch, React, Design For Hackers, Hackdesign.org, Github, Graceful degradation, CSS Modules, CSS3 for Web Designers Guests: Julie Horvath - @nrrrdcore Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Brian Holt - @holtbt Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Julie Horvath - Middleman Julie Horvath - CSS Modules Julie Horvath - BEM Julie Horvath - Baskets Julie Horvath - Long Division Julie Horvath - ACLU Julie Horvath - East of West Julie Horvath - Kehlani - Sweet Sexy Savage Ryan Burgess - Adobe Illustrator Ryan Burgess - Homebrew Cask Augustus Yuan - U.S. Web Design Standards Augustus Yuan - Panda Jem Young - ACLU Jem Young - Frontier Derrick Showers - InVision Derrick Showers - Google Voice Ryan Anklam - Smashrun Ryan Anklam - Rollup JS Brian Holt - ACLU Stacy London - InVision Stacy London - Ghostly
2/7/201754 minutes, 59 seconds
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Episode 025 - From bar-back to frontender

We’ve all started out somewhere in our career. In previous episodes, we’ve talked about various ways we’ve learned front end development, but haven’t touched on mentorship. In this episode, Sarah Showers joins us in the conversation about starting out as a junior developer and how mentors helped shape us into senior developers. Guests: Sarah Showers - @sarahlshowers Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Sarah Showers - Girl Develop It Sarah Showers - Reach LinkedIn Ryan Burgess - The Investigator Ryan Burgess - Shepard Fairey - We The People Derrick Showers - Istanbul Derrick Showers - Apple EarPods Derrick Showers - LinkedIn redesign Stacy London - Bonobo - Migration Stacy London - Girls In Tech - Mentorship Program
1/25/201745 minutes, 30 seconds
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Episode 024 - The hangover of 2016

As we look forward to all the great trends and changes that will happen in 2017, in this episode we discuss our thoughts and opinions on the various development trends and notable things that happened in 2016. Looking forward on 2017, we share some of the things we’re excited to see in the new year. Items mentioned in the episode: Preact, React, Inferno, Vue JS, Ember, Angular, Box, Yarn JS, Firefox, Mozilla, Microsoft, Edge, Chakra, Visual Studio Code, Flexbox, CSS Grid, IE, TypeScript, Elm, Flow, Webpack, Progressive Web Apps, React Native, Babel, Redux, WebKit, ES6, Safari, Apple AirPods, Apple MacBook Pro, iPhone 7, Service workers, Web workers, Apple Pay, WebVR, React VR, WebAssembly, Dear JavaScript, OpenSSL, Wearables, Brexit, 2016 US Election, SMACSS, BEM, PostCSS, CSS Houdini, Net Neutrality, Netflix, Atom, Sublime Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Brian Holt - @holtbt Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Electric Objects Frame Ryan Burgess - 2017 conference list Jem Young - Travelers Jem Young - Everyone Ryan Anklam - VIM - devicons Ryan Anklam - Runner’s World Podcast Brian Holt - Run The Jewels 3 Brian Holt - Fish Shell Mars Jullian - React Status Mars Jullian - Frontend focus Stacy London - Nuclide Stacy London - Yarn
1/16/201752 minutes, 22 seconds
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Episode 023 - Ember - Gin & Tomster

Ember is a growing JavaScript framework that large companies like LinkedIn are using for their web application. In this episode, we are joined by Stacy London from Atlassian to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of leveraging Ember as a JavaScript framework. Items mentioned in the episode: Ember, React, Angular, Ember a11y, Ember Fastboot, Ember Resolver, Frontend Masters, Ember Community Slack, Ember Conf, Ember Docs, Yehuda Katz, Django, Computed Properties, Obervables, Firebase, Handlebars, Mustache, Backbone, ASP.Net, Virtual DOM, Rust, Swift, Tom Dale, Kyle Simpson, Stefan Penner, Nathan Hammond, Chad Hietala, Brendan McLoughlin, Lauren Tan (Sugar Pirate), Erik Bryn, Jafar Husain, Mike North Guests: Stacy London - @stacylondoner Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Picks: Ryan Burgess - Crimetown Ryan Burgess - Hip-Hop Evolution Ryan Burgess - The OA Derrick Showers - Ember Twiddle Derrick Showers - Dockyard Derrick Showers - Ember Community Slack Brian Holt - Webpack Brian Holt - Preact Brian Holt - Mike North Stacy London - CSS Grid Stacy London - Girl Develop It
12/31/201644 minutes, 42 seconds
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Episode 022 - Drinking with more style and less sass

Writing CSS seems pretty straight forward until your project and team starts to grow. CSS has a lot of issues, in this episode we share some advice for making it a little bit easier. We’ll also discuss ways to create a scalable CSS architecture for large projects and teams. Items mentioned in the episode: Sarah Drasner, Chris Coyier, Una Kravets, Sass, Less, Transpilers episode, BEM, Sass-lint, BEM lint, React, Radium, Aphrodite, Webpack, Ruby, Ruby Sass, LibSass, PostCSS, CSS Houdini, SMACSS, SassySass, Wai Lun Poon, Dart, xkcd compiling, Stylus, Jade, TJ Holowaychuk, Express, Koa, Go, Autoprefixer, Flexbox Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks: Ryan Burgess - Art of Readme Ryan Burgess - Nas - Wrote My Way Out Augustus Yuan - Google Code-in Augustus Yuan - CSS Stats Jem Young - Sketch Jem Young - Complete Intro to React Derrick Showers - Code Pen Derrick Showers - Nextdoor Brian Holt - CSS Wizardry Brian Holt - mrmrs Brian Holt - Una Kravets Brian Holt - Sarah Drasner Brian Holt - Rachel Nabors Brian Holt - City of Minneapolis Brian Holt - Laphroaig Madeira Mars Jullian - cssreference.io Mars Jullian - The Great Dickens Fair
12/17/201652 minutes, 54 seconds
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Episode 021 - Mixed drinks and mixed languages

Have you had to deal with supporting more than one language in your web application? Offering content in several languages makes a better experience for your users but it can add many layers of complexity in your application’s design and architecture. In this episode, we’ll be discussing the ways we have dealt with supporting multiple languages. Items mentioned in the episode: Google Translate, React INTL, Weebly, Squarespace, Jekyll, Wordpress, Drupal, Pootle, Wasted on Workflows Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Picks: Ryan Burgess - Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States Ryan Burgess - Purity Ring - Another Eternity Augustus Yuan - Serge.io Augustus Yuan - Moral Machine Jem Young - HTC Vive Jem Young - The Crown Derrick Showers - The Setup Derrick Showers - Kitura Brian Holt - SF Chronicle Brian Holt - Washington Post Brian Holt - Quick Draw with Google
12/6/201642 minutes, 37 seconds
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Episode 020 - Wasted on workflows

We are lost without our tools. In this episode, we share the tools and applications we can’t live without. We discuss what development environments we use and plugins we find useful. Items mentioned in the episode: MacOS, Windows, Ubuntu, .NET, C#, Sublime Text, Sublime Text dev channel (nightly/monthly builds), Emacs, Atom, Vim, Eclipse, Visual Code, TextMate, Notepad++, Dreamweaver, iTerm, Apple Time Machine backup, Kaleidoscope, 1Password, Dropbox, Trello, Chrome, Firefox, LastPass, Safari, Homebrew, Node JS, nvm, Browser Stack, Alfred, Bartender, Charles Proxy, Screeny, Skitch, Evernote, Eclipse, Eslint, Sublime DocBlockr, Emmet, GitGutter (Sublime), GitHubinator (Sublime), NERD tree (Vim), Less, Sass, Firefox Nightly, JIRA, Slack, HipChat, Yammer, Workplace by Facebook, Microsoft Teams, LG 34 inch curved monitor, Apple Watch, Treadmill Desk, Fitbit Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Brian Holt - @holtbt Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks: Ryan Burgess - Reptar Ryan Burgess - Chance Jem Young - H.264 is magic Jem Young - We Rate Dogs Brian Holt - Jest Brian Holt - The Naked and Famous - Simple Forms Mars Jullian - Bose ear buds Mars Jullian - React Devtools Mars Jullian - Jolene - collaboration with Dolly Parton and Pentatonix
11/21/201651 minutes, 26 seconds
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Episode 019 - Drinking to digital nomads

The idea of working remotely has become more realistic over the past few years, making it easier for engineers to do their work without being tied to a physical location. In this episode, we are joined by Darren Buckner, Founder and CEO of Workfrom, and Sarah Showers from LinkedIn. Both guests will join us to discuss the pros and cons of working from your favorite coffee shop. Items mentioned in the episode: Impact Hub, Slack, Google Hangouts, Project retrospective Guests: Sarah Showers - @sarahlshowers Darren Buckner - @darrenbuckner Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Sarah Federman - @sarah_federman Picks: Sarah Showers - Workfrom Sarah Showers - Coffee Bar SF Sarah Showers - Work Shop Cafe Darren Buckner - The 10 Biggest Misconceptions About Remote Work Darren Buckner - Toby: manage your tabs Ryan Burgess - Oversight Ryan Burgess - How To Open Locks With Improvised Tools Augustus Yuan - Why work doesn’t happen at work TED Talk Augustus Yuan - Android 404 page Jem Young - On Style Maintenance Jem Young - Grim Dawn Derrick Showers - Going Remote, Staying Effective Derrick Showers - Yelp Collections Brian Holt - Haelos - Full Circle Brian Holt - Track JS Brian Holt - Frontend Masters Sarah Federman - Indie Hackers Nomad List Sarah Federman - Best Practices for Working with Satellite Developers
11/7/201657 minutes, 47 seconds
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Episode 018 - Shotgunning websites: web performance

Users are extremely sensitive to web performance. The slightest change in a website’s load time can impact a user staying or going. In this episode we talk about ways to help improve web performance and why it’s so important. Items mentioned in the episode: Amazon found every 100ms of latency cost them 1% in sales, Page speed correlates to business metrics at Walmart.com, For Google, 400ms of increased page load time, results in 0,44% lost search sessions, The Social Network, Large DDoS attacks cause outages at Twitter, Spotify, and other sites, Google Page Rank, AMP, 2G Tuesdays, Gzip, Wordpress, Forward JS, WebPageTest, PageSpeed, Gulp, Grunt, npm, Broccoli, Glimmer, GWT, React, Ember, Angular, Debugging Node.js in Production Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Sarah Federman - @sarah_federman Picks: Ryan Burgess - Caplansky's Deli Ryan Burgess - React Perf Tool Augustus Yuan - FlameGraph Augustus Yuan - Real-time performance audit with Chrome DevTools Derrick Showers - Week of learning Derrick Showers - Black Mirror Derrick Showers - Man In The High Castle Sarah Federman - Bridge Troll Sarah Federman - Imgix Page Weight Tool Sarah Federman - CSS Triggers
10/29/201644 minutes, 45 seconds
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Episode 017 - Managing our drinks

In this episode, we are joined by Chris Saint-Amant from Netflix to help discuss what it’s like to transition from being an engineer to becoming an engineering manager. We share our thoughts on what engineers expect in their manager and share advice for engineers interested in moving into a management role. Guests: Chris Saint-Amant - @csaintamant Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Brian Holt - @holtbt Picks: Chris Saint-Amant - Radical Candor Chris Saint-Amant - Suuns - Hold/Still Ryan Burgess - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead Ryan Burgess - The Advantage Augustus Yuan - Free O’Reilly Books Augustus Yuan - Noto font by Google Jem Young - Infinite Jukebox Jem Young - XOXO Soundtrack Jem Young - TC-39 Jem Young - Ryan Burgess @ Full Stack Toronto Derrick Showers - Being a Manager is Hard Derrick Showers - The State of JS Ryan Anklam - Samsung SmartThings Hub Ryan Anklam - Flume - Skin Brian Holt - Bottle Logic Brewing
10/14/201650 minutes, 9 seconds
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Episode 016 - Spilled beer and epic fails

As an engineer we build things, but we also make mistakes or introduce bugs into the software we write. In this episode, we share horror stories of things that we’ve experienced in our careers and how we’ve learned from them. Hopefully, this episode helps you avoid making similar mistakes. Items mentioned in the episode: Flash, Sass, Python, PHP, Chartbeat, SRE, Reddit Marketplace, Full Stack TO, Wordpress, Nagios, Jenkins Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Brian Holt - @holtbt Sarah Federman - @sarah_federman Picks: Ryan Burgess - React plus X: Best Practices for Reusable UI Components - Mars Jullian Ryan Burgess - React Rally 2016 videos Augustus Yuan - I got scammed by a Silicon Valley startup Augustus Yuan - React Game Kit Jem Young - A Very Secret Service Jem Young - APEX: The Story of the Hypercar Brian Holt - Polarheart Brian Holt - Traveling Sarah Federman - GitHub Universe conference Sarah Federman - Oh Shit Git
9/26/201641 minutes, 46 seconds
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Episode 015 - A flight of JavaScript frameworks

In the JavaScript community, we have a lot of amazing frameworks that help us in our day to day work. It can be at times overwhelming to understand what framework is the best one to use. In this episode, we discuss our thoughts and opinions on the various frameworks. Items mentioned in the episode: React, Angular, Ember, JQuery, Backbone, Marionette, Knockout, Troop, Prototype, YUI, Webpack, GWT, Brian Holt's React & ES6 workshop, Ghost, Frontend Masters, Egghead.io, Pluralsight, Linda.com, Ember Slack, Paul Irish, John Lindquist Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Picks: Ryan Burgess - React in 7 minutes Ryan Burgess - Mackup Augustus Yuan - AMP Project Augustus Yuan - DoodlesTV Derrick Showers - Fidget cube Derrick Showers - Sully Derrick Showers - Alamo Drafthouse
9/13/201648 minutes, 35 seconds
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Episode 014 - Hangovers and hotels: engineer conferences

Conferences continue to be a great way to learn and grow as an engineer. In the 14th episode of the Front End Happy Hour podcast we discuss the value of conferences and why you might want to attend. It’s a special episode because we recorded at React Rally in Salt Lake City. At the conference we caught up with a lot of great attendees and speakers to hear about their experiences at conferences and the benefits for attending. Items mentioned in the episode: React Rally, Fluent Conference, Scotland JS, FITC, Adobe Max, Jamison Dance, Matt Zabriskie, React JS, Pete Hunt, Stranger Things, Xoxo, Recruiter episode Guests: Tasha Alfano - @TashAlfano Sumana Mohan - @sumana_mohan Henry Zhu - @left_pad Ryan Wachholz - @https://github.com/wachie Quinn Daniels - @https://github.com/aqdaniels Hani Ahir - @HaniAhir Albert Toledo - @toledoalbert Brian Tice - @BrianTice99 Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Picks: Ryan Burgess - V-moda m-100 headphones Ryan Burgess - Deadmau5 Stranger Things Cover Jem Young - Emojipedia Jem Young - Tron Legacy Reconfigured Ryan Anklam - Disclosure - You & Me - Flume remix Ryan Anklam - Zamst Knee Brace
8/28/201635 minutes, 7 seconds
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Episode 013 - Drinking in the present to learn future JavaScript

In episode 13 of the Front End Happy Hour podcast, we’re joined by Jafar Husain from Netflix to talk with us about the future of JavaScript. Jafar is part of the TC-39 committee that helps determine the future specs of ECMAScript. Jafar shares a lot of interesting insights into how the committee works and how a feature makes it's way into the spec. Jafar also talks to us about Observables and cancellable promises. Items mentioned in the episode: TC-39, ECMAScript, Iterators and Generators, Proxies, Observables, Promises, Evan Czaplicki, Yehuda Katz, Rust Language, TypeScript, Elm Language, PureScript, Flow, Jay Phelps, LazyDOM, Tracy Lee Guests: Jafar Husain - @jhusain Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Picks: Jafar Husain - Idris Language Ryan Burgess - Status, process, and documents for ECMA262 Ryan Burgess - Octomore Scotch 07.1 Jem Young - Morbotron Jem Young - Full Stack Toronto Derrick Showers - Glimmer 2 Deep Dive Derrick Showers - Rogue varieties Brian Holt - I Really Like Angular 2 - Trailer for The Jeff Cross Show on Modern Web feat Jafar Husain Brian Holt - Modern Web Podcast
8/18/20161 hour, 5 minutes, 33 seconds
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Episode 012 - Ninja rockstar whiskey drinker with 10 years IPA experience

As an engineer or developer we currently fortunate enough to have a wide selection of amazing jobs and companies to work for. Although we have a wide selection of jobs, finding the right one is extremely important and may require some additional work. In this episode, we are joined by the guests Chrissy Running and Alayna Ketner who are both talented recruiters at Netflix. Chrissy and Alayna have a lot of experience working with engineers to help find the ideal role. We’ll discuss types of things companies are looking for and how you can best leverage competitive offers in your job searches. Items mentioned in the episode: Firebase, Glassdoor, Ted Talk - Power pose, Ten Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer, Salary Negotiation Guests: Chrissy Running - @ChrissyRunning Alayna Ketner - @AlaynaSK Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Sarah Federman - @sarah_federman Picks: Chrissy Running - Culture Map Chrissy Running - The Night Of Alayna Ketner - The Fundamentals of Caring Alayna Ketner - Song Exploder Ryan Burgess - React CLI tool Ryan Burgess - Young, Wild & Free - Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Bruno Mars Augustus Yuan - a.singlediv.com Augustus Yuan - httpoxy Jem Young - Jon Hopkins Jem Young - Star Trek Beyond (sucks) Ryan Anklam - STS 121 Launch Ryan Anklam - Bojack Horseman - Season 3, episode 4 Sarah Federman - Full Width Containers in Limited Width Parents Sarah Federman - The Macro - Interviews
8/8/201655 minutes, 18 seconds
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Episode 011 - Transpilers - slow down and drink

Leveraging transpilers is extremely helpful in allowing us to extend the JavaScript language in ways JavaScript engines cannot. There are a lot of amazing transpilers available in the JavaScript community and we all love transpilers, but there are things developers should be aware of when we’re using transpilers. Items mentioned in the episode: Babel, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, Traceur, Sass, Less, Stylus, Chrome V8, Firefox SpiderMonkey, IE Chakra, TC39 Committee, React CLI, ClojureScript, Ohm, CodePen, Racket, Erlang Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Brian Holt - @holtbt Sarah Federman - @sarah_federman Picks: Ryan Burgess - Stranger Things Ryan Burgess - Jem Young - Transpilers: not so fast my friend - Empire JS Augustus Yuan - Github Go to Definition Chrome Extension Augustus Yuan - StackOverflow’s Documentation Beta Jem Young - Explosions in the Sky - The Wilderness Jem Young - Digital Ocean Derrick Showers - Babel Try It Out Derrick Showers - Google Inbox Ryan Anklam - Google Keep Ryan Anklam - Wafia - Heartburn Felix Cartel Remix Brian Holt - HyperTerm Brian Holt - Visual Studio Code Sarah Federman - Elle - Women in Tech 2016 Sarah Federman - Less: The World’s Most Misunderstood CSS Pre-processor*
7/28/201645 minutes, 55 seconds
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Episode 010 - Raise your glass to women in tech

In the technology industry we’re continually trying to grow the diversity of people who are working in the space. Most recently there have been a lot of great efforts made to increase the number of women in tech. In this episode we are joined by two talented women working at large tech companies in the Bay Area, Lisa Burgess (Uber) and Mars Jullian (Netflix). We discuss what it’s like to be a women working in tech and talk about ways we can help foster a more inclusive industry. Items mentioned in the episode: Apple diversity report, Netflix diversity report, LinkedIn diversity report, Google diversity report, Facebook diversity report, Thoughts on Gender and Radical Candor, Vague Feedback Is Holding Women Back, Textio, State of Girls and Women in STEM, Unconscious Gender Bias Guests: Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Lisa Burgess - @_lisaburgess Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Picks: Lisa Burgess - Sift Dessert Bar Lisa Burgess - Shiny Mars Jullian - 99% Invisible Mars Jullian - Invisiblia Mars Jullian - TED Radio Ryan Burgess - High West Rendezvous Rye Ryan Burgess - Snak the Ripper - From the Dirt Augustus Yuan - Blameless Post Mortems Jem Young - Ava Jem Young - Music for Programming Jem Young - Women in tech for the past 50 years! Derrick Showers - High West Silver Whiskey Derrick Showers - WWDC iOS 10 Derrick Showers - Mr Robot Brian Holt - Project Include Brian Holt - elk-cli
7/13/201657 minutes, 18 seconds
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Episode 009 - Scotch makes us animated

In this episode we learn about animating with JavaScript. We’re joined by a special guest, Sarah Drasner, who is an expert in JavaScript and SVG animations. Having good animations in your product is really important for the overall user experience. In the episode we discuss various libraries to help create animations in your websites or applications. Sarah shares a lot of valuable information. Items mentioned in the episode: Coin, GreenSock, Weighing SVG Animation Techniques (with Benchmarks), Mac Pro parallax, Mo.js, Lego Mushroom, SnapSvg, D3, Sara Soueidan, React Motion, Sarah Drasner's CodePen, Framer JS, React Training, A Comparison of Animation Technologies, SVGOMG, SVGO, IcoMoon Guests: Sarah Drasner - @sarah_edo Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Sarah Federman - @sarah_federman Picks: Sarah Drasner - Val Head's book Sarah Drasner - Valio Con Ryan Burgess - Sleep no more Ryan Burgess - Internet trends 2016 Augustus Yuan - Jankfree.org Augustus Yuan - Icon System with SVG sprites Derrick Showers - how2 Derrick Showers - Werker Sarah Federman - Transitions and Animations in CSS Sarah Federman - Alexa / Pebble Core integration
6/7/201652 minutes, 4 seconds
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Episode 008 - A Shot of Silicon Valley

Working in Silicon Valley is very unique. We work in a bubble, immersed in technology. There are billboards about frameworks, technology, and gadgets. Coffee shops are filled with people on Macbooks covered in stickers. Conversations on the train, coffee shops and on the streets are about programming languages. There’s a unique culture from other places we’ve all lived. In this episode, we share our thoughts and experiences living and working in Silicon Valley. Items mentioned in the episode: Silicon Valley, Chelsea Handler Does, Skam, Rover, Sushirrito Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Sarah Federman - @sarah_federman Picks: Ryan Burgess - Philz coffee Ryan Burgess - Allbirds shoes Ryan Burgess - City and Colour Augustus Yuan - Tinyletter Jem Young - ES6 Compatibility table Jem Young - Music for programming Jem Young - Rapping, deconstructed Derrick Showers - Periscope Derrick Showers - Firebase Ryan Anklam - Dash app Ryan Anklam - TypeScript Ryan Anklam - Bjork - Army of Me Sarah Federman - Sensel Morph Sarah Federman - OnHub & IFTTT
5/24/201659 minutes, 35 seconds
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Episode 007 - a11y Cocktail

In this episode, we have a special guest joining us to talk about digital accessibility, Jennison Asuncion who is a leader in the accessibility community and has a lot of information to help us improve our websites and applications be more accessible for all users. We also talk about Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) coming up on May 19th. Find out how you can participate. Items mentioned in the episode: Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Using VoiceOver to Evaluate Web Accessibility, AccessLint, axe Core, Tenon, Chrome Accessibility Developer Tools, list of Meetups on accessibility, Apps For All: Coding Accessible Web Applications eBook, International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference (CSUN Conference), Accessibility Camp Bay Area (Fall 2016), Boston Accessibility Conference (Fall 2016), Accessibility Camp Toronto (Fall 2016) Guests: Jennison Asuncion - @Jennison Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Sarah Federman - @sarah_federman Picks: Jennison Asuncion - Square Cash Jennison Asuncion - The Points Guy Jennison Asuncion - Jazz FM Ryan Burgess - React a11y Ryan Burgess - The Gaslight Anthem Ryan Burgess - Sweet Jesus Ice Cream Derrick Showers - A11y Command-line Tools Derrick Showers - YNAB Sarah Federman - Wakatime Sarah Federman - Hackster.io Sarah Federman - Losant (previously Structure)
5/15/20161 hour, 8 minutes, 6 seconds
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Episode 006 - Unit testing and whiskey tasting

We’ve all heard unit testing is good, but how do you get started writing unit tests? In this episode of Front End Happy Hour we share our experiences and advice writing unit tests. We discuss why it’s important and beneficial to have unit tests in your JavaScript. We share how we’ve approached unit tests and what a good unit test looks like. We also talk about the various tools and frameworks available to get your code properly tested. Items mentioned in the episode: Selenium, Black-box testing, White-box testing, Ember guides, Mocha, Jasmine, QUnit, Tape, Jest, Webpack, 5 Questions Every Unit Test Must Answer, Ember CLI, React CLI, Karma, What is the difference between a test runner, testing framwork, assertion library, and a testing plugin?, Ember Guides introduction to Unit Testing Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Picks: Ryan Burgess - Caffeine for Mac Ryan Burgess - Odesza Augustus Yuan - Google Doodles Augustus Yuan - OSSU Computer Science curriculum Augustus Yuan - Mura Masa - What If I Go? Augustus Yuan - teamLab: Living Digital Space and Future Parks Jem Young - Flume - the mixtape Jem Young - Programming Sucks Jem Young - Hype Machine Derrick Showers - Google Calendar goals Derrick Showers - $13 bluetooth headset
4/26/201651 minutes, 3 seconds
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Episode 005 - Interviews make us drink

In order to work professionally as a front end developer, there is always an intense interview process. In this episode, we share our experiences and thoughts on the interviews we’ve done in the past. Not only have we had experience being interviewed, we’ve also had a lot of experience interviewing other engineers for jobs at our companies. We share things we’re looking for when we interview candidates to join our teams. Items mentioned in the episode: Eclipse, Othello, Big O notation, FizzBuzz, Ryan Anklams famous t-shirt, War of the Worlds radio broadcast Panelists: Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Brian Holt - @holtbt Augustus Yuan - @augburto Sarah Federman - @sarah_federman Picks: Ryan Burgess - Aerial screensaver Ryan Burgess - Amazon Dash Buttons Ryan Burgess - Front End Happy Hour Playlist Ryan Anklam - Escape app Ryan Anklam - Best of Old Time Radio Podcast Ryan Anklam - Dusty Kid - Beyond That Hill Sarah Federman - Lindsey Stirling Sarah Federman - SizeUp (osx windows management) Jem Young - EmpireJS Jem Young - Aphex Swift Jem Young - Netflix Menus Derrick Showers - Code Climate Derrick Showers - Slack themes Augustus Yuan - Massdrop Augustus Yuan - Elevator Saga Augustus Yuan - Pretty Thoughts Alina Baraz & Galimatias Brian Holt - AtHack! Brian Holt - Annie Cannons Brian Holt - Scroobius Pip Brian Holt - Baths Brian Holt - M83
4/15/20161 hour, 10 minutes, 12 seconds
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Episode 004 - ES6 and a Six Pack

ECMAScript 6 was a major release for the JavaScript language. There’s a lot of great new features that have been added. In this episode we discuss how you can start using ES6 today and what we’ll start seeing in the next year for the latest update to ECMAScript. We share our favorite features and the best ways to learn and stay up to date with new features. Items mentioned in the episode: ESNext, Ben Lesh - Netflix JavaScript Talks - RxJS Version 5, Ponyfoo blog, 5 Minutes of JavaScript, Compat Table ES6, Facebook Codemod Panelists: Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Brian Holt - @holtbt Augustus Yuan - @augburto Sarah Federman - @sarah_federman Picks: Ryan Anklam - 1Password Ryan Anklam - Vim Tabular Ryan Anklam - 90s Hip Hop Ryan Burgess - Elegant React with ES6 (and a bit of ES7) - React Rally Ryan Burgess - Lot 40 Whiskey Sarah Federman - HTML5 Please Sarah Federman - Death Medieval Sarah Federman - Microsoft AI Bot Jem Young - ES6 Cheatsheet Jem Young - Cult of the Party Parrot Derrick Showers - Babel’s “try it out” Derrick Showers - Latest greatest webapp Derrick Showers - Trello Augustus Yuan - Tilt Brush Augustus Yuan - Cotton Bureau Augustus Yuan - Spacemacs Brian Holt - The little Schemer Brian Holt - Frontend Masters Brian Holt - Ellee
4/5/20161 hour, 1 minute, 9 seconds
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Episode 003 - From head to footer

In this ever changing industry of front end development, developers are constantly learning. In this episode of Front End Happy Hour we discuss everything from our school backgrounds and what lead us to front end development. We also share ways we stay up to date with the ever-changing landscape of new technologies. Along with our usual panelists, we are joined by guest Sarah Showers, a front end developer from Apple. Guests: Sarah Showers - @sarahlshowers Panelists: Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Picks: Sarah Showers - Hamilton Ryan Anklam - Massive Attack- Angel Derrick Showers - Apple Music Jem Young - Scotland JS Jem Young - Explosions in the Sky Ryan Burgess - Tycho Ryan Burgess - Comeback Kid
3/25/201652 minutes, 39 seconds
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Episode 002 - RxJS - Async and Drink

In the second episode of the Front End Happy Hour podcast, our special guest, Ben Lesh joins us to talk about all the great things in RxJS 5. Items mentioned in the episode: Rx Marbles Guests: Ben Lesh - @BenLesh Panelists: Brian Holt - @holtbt Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Picks: Ben Lesh - Egghead.io Ben Lesh - Egghead.io - RxJS Creating Observables from Scratch Ryan Burgess - Netflix UIE YouTube Channel Ryan Burgess - Amazon Echo Augustus Yuan - Tilt Brush Jem Young - EcmaScript Proposals Ryan Anklam - VimCasts Ryan Anklam - Ready Player One Audibook Brian Holt - Factorio
3/16/201654 minutes, 18 seconds
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Episode 001 - The state of web development

For our very first episode of the Front End Happy Hour podcast, we have our panelists (Augustus Yuan, Derrick Showers, Jem Young, Ryan Anklam and Ryan Burgess) discuss their opinions on the Medium article posted in early January, titled "The Sad State of Web Development", written by Drew Hamlett. The panel shares their thoughts on front end tools and how they view the current state of web development. Items mentioned in the episode: Gulp, Grunt, Broccoli JS, npm, Babel, Sass, PostCSS, React, Ember, Angular Panelists: Augustus Yuan - @augburto Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Picks: Ryan Burgess - Viking & Lumberjack Series Ryan Burgess - O’Reilly Fluent Conference Ryan Anklam - frinkiac.com Ryan Anklam - Red Rising Trilogy Jem Young - Syntax Con Jem Young - Planet Money Jem Young - MacBook Selfie Stick Derrick Showers - Let’s Encrypt Derrick Showers - Product Hunt Augustus Yuan - Github Scientist
3/1/201648 minutes, 8 seconds