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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Episode 090 - Sipping our d...

11.25.2019

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 ...

Front End Happy Hour episodes:

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 ...
05.28.2018 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 ...
05.14.2018 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 ...
04.29.2018 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 ...
04.17.2018 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 ...
04.01.2018 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 - ...
03.18.2018 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 ...
03.04.2018 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 ...
02.19.2018 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 ...
02.05.2018 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: ...
01.22.2018 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 ...
12.19.2017 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 ...
11.27.2017 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 ...
11.14.2017 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 ...
10.30.2017 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. ...
10.15.2017 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 ...
10.01.2017 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 ...
09.14.2017 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 ...
08.28.2017 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 - ...

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Front End Happy Hour episodes:

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?

Episode 058 - User testing - Even a drunk person can do it

Episode 057 - Falcor - Modeling our drinks

Episode 056 - Drink-a-thon onstage at Reactathon

Episode 055 - A mixologist's tools

Episode 054 - Wasted on Elm

Episode 053 - Bar-tending to your codebase

Episode 052 - Looking Forward to a drink

Episode 051 - Gin and toxic culture

Episode 050 - Angling for a drink

Episode 049 - Independent taste testing

Episode 048 - Toast to a new year

Episode 047 - Speak(easy)

Episode 046 - Locking down the liquor

Episode 045 - Getting the bartender's attention

Episode 044 - Champagne ideas and caviar dreams

Episode 043 - Our first drink

Episode 042 - Work hard, drink hard

Episode 041 - Maintaining a healthy buzz

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