Front End Happy Hour

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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

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

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

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