Front End Happy Hour

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A podcast featuring panelists of engineers from Netflix, Evernote & LinkedIn talking over drinks about all things Front End development.

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07.27.2020

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 ...

Front End Happy Hour episodes:

07.27.2020 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 ...
07.13.2020 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 ...
06.28.2020 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: ...
06.14.2020 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: ...
06.05.2020 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 ...
05.24.2020 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 ...
05.10.2020 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 - ...
04.27.2020 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. ...
04.13.2020 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 ...
03.29.2020 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 ...
03.21.2020 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 - ...
03.16.2020 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 ...
03.01.2020 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 ...
02.16.2020 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 ...
01.21.2020 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 - ...
01.06.2020 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 ...
12.23.2019 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 ...
12.08.2019 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: ...
11.25.2019 Episode 090 - Sipping our drinks, enjoying the Vue - Vue JS In this episode, we are joined by Sarah Drasner and Gift Egwuenu to talk with us about the popular JavaScript framework, VueJS. Guests: Sarah Drasner - @sarah_edo Gift Egwuenu - @lauragift21 Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto ...
10.27.2019 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 ...
09.30.2019 Episode 088 - Tech lead engineer - herding cats & drinks We often talk a lot about growth path as engineers. One of those growth paths could be a tech lead engineer. In this episode, we are joined by Tony Edwards to help talk with us about what the role and ...
09.16.2019 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 ...
08.19.2019 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 ...
08.04.2019 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 - ...
07.22.2019 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 ...
06.24.2019 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: ...
06.09.2019 Episode 082 - Product management - Pouring Martinis In this episode, we’re joined by product managers, Michael Spiegelman, Cathy Conk, and Eddy Wu from Netflix to talk with us about the relationship between engineers and product managers. Guests: Michael Spiegelman - @mspiegelman Cathy Conk - @CathyConk Eddy Wu ...
05.26.2019 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 ...
05.14.2019 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 ...
04.28.2019 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 ...
04.14.2019 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 ...
03.31.2019 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 ...
03.04.2019 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 ...
02.19.2019 Episode 075 - Component libraries - sharing our drinks In this episode, we are joined by Jeeyun Linn, and Cole Turner to talk with us about building and using component libraries in a company. Guests: Jeeyun Linn - @jeeyunit Cole Turner - @coleturner Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem ...
02.04.2019 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: ...
01.21.2019 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 ...
01.07.2019 Episode 072 - Pacing our drinks - Engineering Performance Creating performant websites and applications continues to be really important, but what about engineering performance. How do we make sure we are improving our productivity as engineers. In this episode, we are joined Jacques Favreau and Michael Paulson from Netflix ...
12.10.2018 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 ...
11.26.2018 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 ...
10.29.2018 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 ...
10.15.2018 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 ...
10.01.2018 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.
09.17.2018 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 ...
09.03.2018 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 ...
08.20.2018 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 ...
08.06.2018 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 ...
07.23.2018 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 ...
07.09.2018 Episode 061 - Build tooling - brewing complex bundles The front end ecosystem of build tooling continues to grow and become more powerful over the years. In this episode, we’re joined by Jamie Kyle and Maia Teegarden to talk with us about the power of build tools. Guests: Jamie ...
06.25.2018 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: ...
06.11.2018 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 ...

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Front End Happy Hour episodes:

Episode 108 - Whiteboarding for our drinks - The coding interview

Episode 107 - Public speakeasy - Public speaking

Episode 106 - Carefully Sipping Sangria - CSS

Episode 105 - A parcel of drinks - Parcel

Episode 104 - #BlackLivesMatter

Episode 103 - Brews in Bars - Ecosystem Engineering

Episode 102 - Complex flavors - complex systems

Episode 101 - Showing off our personal bars - Personal projects

Episode 100 - 100 beers on the wall

Episode 099 - No REST with Quintessential Libations - GraphQL

Episode 098 - Drinking alone? Together? - Working from home

Episode 097 - Cocktail recipes - Design systems

Episode 096 - Our preferred beverages - Work preferences

Episode 095 - Shot for Shot - One on Ones

Episode 094 - Will code for wine - Civic hacking

Episode 093 - Beers and Careers - Career Management

Episode 092 - Keeping the taps on - Holiday code freeze

Episode 091 - Balancing your drinks & belonging - Inclusion & Diversity in Tech

Episode 090 - Sipping our drinks, enjoying the Vue - Vue JS

Episode 089 - Hollywood Martinis - Netflix Studio Engineering

Episode 088 - Tech lead engineer - herding cats & drinks

Episode 087 - Open bar - all things open source

Episode 086 - A new brand of bourbon - code migrations

Episode 085 - The art of mixology - creative coding

Episode - 084 - Niagara Falls, on the rocks - development process

Episode 083 - Behind the bar - Collaborating with the Backend

Episode 082 - Product management - Pouring Martinis

Episode 081 - CSS - continually sipping sazeracs

Episode 080 - User experience - what if users are drunk?

Episode 079 - Home-brewing front end culture

Episode 078 - Our drinks are overrated

Episode 077 - Career growth - beers and careers

Episode 076 - Bandersnatching our drinks

Episode 075 - Component libraries - sharing our drinks

Episode 074 - Beer money - negotiating salaries

Episode 073 - Drinks to go - Native mobile solutions

Episode 072 - Pacing our drinks - Engineering Performance

Episode 071 - Web Performance - Chugging our drinks down fast

Episode 070 - Senior Engineer - Master Brewer

Episode 069 - Internships - Intern-sips

Episode 068 - Progressive Web Apps - Pale Wheat Ale

Episode 067 - Ethics - to drink or not to drink?

Episode 066 - Type systems - a static drink list

Episode 065 - Recruiting - do you have time for a quick beer?

Episode 064 - Librations - JavaScript libraries

Episode 063 - IoT - Internet of Tequila

Episode 062 - Web Components - shots of shadow dom

Episode 061 - Build tooling - brewing complex bundles

Episode 060 - Shots to growlers - finding the right size drink

Episode 059 - A/B testing - Ale or Bourbon?

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