A podcast featuring panelists of engineers from Netflix, Twitch, & Atlassian talking over drinks about all things Front End development.
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.
10/21/2024 • 58 minutes, 26 seconds
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.
10/14/2024 • 57 minutes, 16 seconds
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.
10/7/2024 • 50 minutes, 35 seconds
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
9/30/2024 • 44 minutes, 16 seconds
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
9/23/2024 • 54 minutes, 37 seconds
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
9/16/2024 • 47 minutes, 55 seconds
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
9/10/2024 • 46 minutes, 54 seconds
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
9/2/2024 • 49 minutes, 52 seconds
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.
8/26/2024 • 50 minutes, 23 seconds
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
8/19/2024 • 48 minutes, 2 seconds
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
8/12/2024 • 51 minutes, 2 seconds
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
8/5/2024 • 52 minutes, 9 seconds
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
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
7/22/2024 • 53 minutes, 39 seconds
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.
7/15/2024 • 47 minutes, 5 seconds
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
7/7/2024 • 43 minutes, 38 seconds
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
6/30/2024 • 55 minutes, 6 seconds
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.
6/24/2024 • 41 minutes, 46 seconds
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.
6/16/2024 • 42 minutes, 41 seconds
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.
6/10/2024 • 51 minutes, 16 seconds
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
5/27/2024 • 56 minutes, 17 seconds
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
5/12/2024 • 45 minutes, 25 seconds
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
4/29/2024 • 50 minutes, 13 seconds
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
4/14/2024 • 57 minutes, 34 seconds
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
4/1/2024 • 55 minutes, 13 seconds
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
3/28/2024 • 51 minutes, 10 seconds
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
3/17/2024 • 49 minutes, 10 seconds
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
3/3/2024 • 53 minutes, 14 seconds
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
2/19/2024 • 1 hour, 6 seconds
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
2/5/2024 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 57 seconds
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
1/21/2024 • 45 minutes, 19 seconds
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
1/7/2024 • 59 minutes
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
12/31/2023 • 56 minutes, 4 seconds
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
12/17/2023 • 39 minutes, 58 seconds
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
11/19/2023 • 45 minutes, 21 seconds
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
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
9/17/2023 • 51 minutes, 2 seconds
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
8/27/2023 • 49 minutes, 46 seconds
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
8/14/2023 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 52 seconds
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
7/30/2023 • 55 minutes, 35 seconds
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
7/16/2023 • 56 minutes, 53 seconds
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
6/25/2023 • 54 minutes, 58 seconds
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
6/11/2023 • 47 minutes, 19 seconds
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
6/3/2023 • 38 minutes, 46 seconds
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
6/1/2023 • 30 minutes, 4 seconds
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
5/28/2023 • 53 minutes, 16 seconds
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
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
4/30/2023 • 45 minutes, 49 seconds
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
4/17/2023 • 58 minutes, 14 seconds
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
4/3/2023 • 42 minutes, 1 second
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
3/19/2023 • 53 minutes, 25 seconds
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
3/5/2023 • 49 minutes, 32 seconds
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
2/19/2023 • 39 minutes, 2 seconds
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
2/5/2023 • 49 minutes, 7 seconds
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
1/22/2023 • 58 minutes, 13 seconds
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
1/8/2023 • 51 minutes, 3 seconds
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
12/5/2022 • 43 minutes, 54 seconds
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
11/20/2022 • 55 minutes, 7 seconds
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.
11/18/2022 • 30 seconds
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
10/17/2022 • 45 minutes, 12 seconds
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
10/2/2022 • 56 minutes, 12 seconds
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
9/18/2022 • 54 minutes, 1 second
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.
9/4/2022 • 42 minutes, 36 seconds
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
7/18/2022 • 51 minutes, 55 seconds
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
6/19/2022 • 55 minutes, 4 seconds
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
6/5/2022 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 1 second
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
5/22/2022 • 45 minutes, 39 seconds
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
5/8/2022 • 48 minutes, 2 seconds
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
4/24/2022 • 49 minutes, 34 seconds
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
4/7/2022 • 44 minutes, 56 seconds
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
3/20/2022 • 54 minutes, 32 seconds
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
3/6/2022 • 53 minutes, 17 seconds
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
2/20/2022 • 40 minutes, 4 seconds
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
2/6/2022 • 48 minutes, 22 seconds
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
1/23/2022 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 39 seconds
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
1/9/2022 • 52 minutes, 44 seconds
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
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
10/31/2021 • 38 minutes, 47 seconds
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
10/17/2021 • 43 minutes, 37 seconds
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
10/3/2021 • 40 minutes, 17 seconds
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
9/19/2021 • 53 minutes, 48 seconds
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
9/5/2021 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 59 seconds
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
8/23/2021 • 54 minutes, 57 seconds
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
8/9/2021 • 55 minutes, 59 seconds
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
7/19/2021 • 52 minutes, 25 seconds
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
7/4/2021 • 43 minutes, 7 seconds
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
6/6/2021 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 46 seconds
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
5/23/2021 • 59 minutes, 32 seconds
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
5/9/2021 • 56 minutes, 58 seconds
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
4/25/2021 • 47 minutes, 4 seconds
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
4/11/2021 • 48 minutes, 57 seconds
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
3/28/2021 • 53 minutes, 59 seconds
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
3/14/2021 • 51 minutes, 24 seconds
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
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
2/14/2021 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 28 seconds
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
1/31/2021 • 56 minutes, 43 seconds
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
1/17/2021 • 53 minutes, 40 seconds
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
12/31/2020 • 58 minutes, 20 seconds
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
12/21/2020 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 7 seconds
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
11/29/2020 • 59 minutes, 51 seconds
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
11/15/2020 • 35 minutes, 23 seconds
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
11/5/2020 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 38 seconds
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
10/18/2020 • 48 minutes, 27 seconds
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
10/4/2020 • 38 minutes, 54 seconds
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
9/20/2020 • 48 minutes, 21 seconds
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
9/6/2020 • 57 minutes, 46 seconds
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
8/23/2020 • 45 minutes, 52 seconds
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
8/10/2020 • 1 hour, 7 minutes
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
7/27/2020 • 53 minutes, 42 seconds
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
7/13/2020 • 54 minutes, 10 seconds
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
6/28/2020 • 1 hour, 6 minutes, 20 seconds
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
6/14/2020 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 6 seconds
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
6/5/2020 • 1 minute, 4 seconds
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”
5/24/2020 • 47 minutes, 49 seconds
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
5/10/2020 • 59 minutes, 10 seconds
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
4/27/2020 • 54 minutes, 21 seconds
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
4/13/2020 • 53 minutes, 50 seconds
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
3/29/2020 • 48 minutes, 37 seconds
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
3/21/2020 • 59 minutes, 35 seconds
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
3/16/2020 • 59 minutes, 22 seconds
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
3/1/2020 • 55 minutes, 38 seconds
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
2/16/2020 • 44 minutes, 30 seconds
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
1/21/2020 • 46 minutes, 12 seconds
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
1/6/2020 • 49 minutes, 59 seconds
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
12/23/2019 • 49 minutes, 28 seconds
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
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
11/25/2019 • 56 minutes, 10 seconds
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
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
9/30/2019 • 53 minutes, 29 seconds
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
9/16/2019 • 47 minutes, 27 seconds
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
8/19/2019 • 36 minutes, 19 seconds
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)
8/4/2019 • 51 minutes, 50 seconds
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
7/22/2019 • 56 minutes, 6 seconds
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
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
6/9/2019 • 55 minutes, 34 seconds
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
5/26/2019 • 39 minutes
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
5/14/2019 • 52 minutes, 7 seconds
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
4/28/2019 • 47 minutes, 28 seconds
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
4/14/2019 • 34 minutes, 48 seconds
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
3/31/2019 • 48 minutes, 30 seconds
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
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
2/19/2019 • 44 minutes, 36 seconds
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
2/4/2019 • 52 minutes, 14 seconds
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
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.
1/7/2019 • 51 minutes, 6 seconds
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
12/10/2018 • 46 minutes, 1 second
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
11/26/2018 • 38 minutes, 11 seconds
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
10/29/2018 • 50 minutes, 37 seconds
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
10/15/2018 • 52 minutes, 36 seconds
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.
10/1/2018 • 41 minutes, 44 seconds
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
9/17/2018 • 50 minutes, 34 seconds
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
9/3/2018 • 58 minutes, 50 seconds
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
8/20/2018 • 46 minutes, 3 seconds
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
8/6/2018 • 51 minutes, 13 seconds
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
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)
7/9/2018 • 51 minutes, 59 seconds
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
6/25/2018 • 57 minutes, 20 seconds
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
6/11/2018 • 49 minutes, 23 seconds
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
5/28/2018 • 47 minutes, 3 seconds
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
5/14/2018 • 48 minutes, 33 seconds
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
4/29/2018 • 30 minutes, 18 seconds
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
4/17/2018 • 53 minutes, 39 seconds
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
4/1/2018 • 41 minutes, 19 seconds
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
3/18/2018 • 51 minutes, 16 seconds
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
3/4/2018 • 38 minutes, 25 seconds
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
2/19/2018 • 54 minutes, 2 seconds
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
2/5/2018 • 45 minutes, 33 seconds
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
1/22/2018 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 50 seconds
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
12/19/2017 • 59 minutes, 34 seconds
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
11/27/2017 • 49 minutes, 40 seconds
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
11/14/2017 • 49 minutes, 56 seconds
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
10/30/2017 • 53 minutes, 47 seconds
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
10/15/2017 • 50 minutes, 29 seconds
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
10/1/2017 • 58 minutes, 49 seconds
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
9/14/2017 • 56 minutes, 9 seconds
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
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
8/15/2017 • 47 minutes, 3 seconds
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
7/30/2017 • 51 minutes, 29 seconds
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.
7/18/2017 • 56 minutes, 34 seconds
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
7/5/2017 • 57 minutes, 47 seconds
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
6/18/2017 • 44 minutes, 59 seconds
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
6/4/2017 • 59 minutes, 30 seconds
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
5/22/2017 • 53 minutes, 26 seconds
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
5/8/2017 • 47 minutes, 46 seconds
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
4/23/2017 • 44 minutes, 36 seconds
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...
4/10/2017 • 47 minutes, 28 seconds
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)
3/24/2017 • 55 minutes, 40 seconds
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
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
2/26/2017 • 53 minutes, 34 seconds
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
2/16/2017 • 45 minutes, 49 seconds
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
2/7/2017 • 54 minutes, 59 seconds
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
1/25/2017 • 45 minutes, 30 seconds
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
1/16/2017 • 52 minutes, 22 seconds
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
12/31/2016 • 44 minutes, 42 seconds
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
12/17/2016 • 52 minutes, 54 seconds
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
12/6/2016 • 42 minutes, 37 seconds
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
11/21/2016 • 51 minutes, 26 seconds
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
11/7/2016 • 57 minutes, 47 seconds
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
10/29/2016 • 44 minutes, 45 seconds
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
10/14/2016 • 50 minutes, 9 seconds
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
9/26/2016 • 41 minutes, 46 seconds
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
9/13/2016 • 48 minutes, 35 seconds
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
8/28/2016 • 35 minutes, 7 seconds
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
8/18/2016 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 33 seconds
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
8/8/2016 • 55 minutes, 18 seconds
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*
7/28/2016 • 45 minutes, 55 seconds
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
7/13/2016 • 57 minutes, 18 seconds
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
6/7/2016 • 52 minutes, 4 seconds
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
5/24/2016 • 59 minutes, 35 seconds
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)
5/15/2016 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 6 seconds
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
4/26/2016 • 51 minutes, 3 seconds
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
4/15/2016 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 12 seconds
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
4/5/2016 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 9 seconds
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
3/25/2016 • 52 minutes, 39 seconds
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
3/16/2016 • 54 minutes, 18 seconds
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