Front End Happy Hour

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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