This Month in React

Behind the React Documentary

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A documentary about React, produced by Honeypot.io, was released on February 10th, and Carl Vitullo spoke with two of the people instrumental in making it happen: Ida Bechtle, staff filmmaker from Honeypot; and Christopher Chedeau, whose contributions to the React and JS ecosystem are nearly innumerable — React, React Native, Prettier, Docusaurus, Excalidraw, and more.

We talked about the documentary itself, how it got made, and some other behind-the-scenes info — an unofficial “DVD commentary” for the documentary.

  • Ida on being a 1-person production team [00:01:06]
  • Christopher Chedeau as a driving force [00:01:50]
  • Why Honeypot makes these documentaries [00:04:15]
  • Getting trapped in a park while filming [00:05:49]
  • Jordan Walke's participation [00:07:04]
  • About the focus on the early days of React [00:08:44]
  • Deciding where to focus your attention [00:10:24]
  • Going in a submarine and ignoring your manager [00:14:10]
  • Making Prettier pretty through data [00:15:15]
  • Ida's documentary process [00:16:58]
  • Christopher's involvement in the early days of Reactiflux [00:21:20]
  • Christopher's largest human-centered accomplishment [00:26:15]
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