Front End Happy Hour

We all approach learning in different ways. In this episode, we are joined by Madison Kanna to discuss ways we continue to learn as software engineers.

Guests:

Madison Kanna - @Madisonkanna

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Shirley Wu - @sxywu

Picks:

Madison Kanna - CS Primer

Madison Kanna - CodeTutor.ai

Ryan Burgess - Smart Brevity

Jem Young - alt-J - An Awesome Wave

Jem Young - Changing Minds

Jem Young - Woodworking class

Stacy London - Algorithmic by Spotlights

Shirley Wu - Three.js Journey

Shirley Wu - ITP Physical Computing

Shirley Wu - Alice Lee’s weekly ceramic foxes

Shirley Wu - wonder & hope art show

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/learning-time-to-wine-down-and-learn

We typically don't talk enough about building internal tools. In this episode, we are joined by Jason Palmer to talk with us about Spotify's open-source internal developer portal, Backstage.

Guests:

Jason Palmer - @palmerj3

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Picks:

Jason Palmer - Diablo IV

Jason Palmer - Tidbyt

Ryan Burgess - Lakrids Bulow

Ryan Burgess - Lego Masters

Jem Young - Vestaboard

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/backstage-behind-the-bar

Estimating software development is a challenging task. In this episode of the podcast, we discuss ways to approach estimating and how to produce more accurate estimates for your work.

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Augustus Yuan - @augburto

Picks:

Ryan Burgess - What is ChatGPT doing… and why does it work?

Ryan Burgess - Elgato Mic Arm LP

Jem Young - Physical 100

Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Ringo

Stacy London - Bala Rocky by Minihi

Stacy London - Glycerine by Allison Lorenzen, Midwife

Augustus Yuan - Windows XP logos

Augustus Yuan - Web Push for Web Apps on iOS and iPadOS

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/the-art-of-estimates-how-many-drinks-have-we-had

What do engineering levels mean at companies in Silicon Valley? In this episode, we discuss our experiences with levels and promotion criteria.

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Augustus Yuan - @augburto

Picks:

Ryan Burgess - Levels.fyi

Ryan Burgess - BriteBrush

Jem Young - Insider guide to tech interviews

Jem Young - Promotion driven development

Jem Young - Induction cooking

Stacy London - Wall of Sleep by Daniel Avery, HAAi

Stacy London - A Model of Reality - Sebastien Veyan Remix by Max Cooper, Kotomi, Sebastien Veyan

Augustus Yuan - Defcon 18 Pwned By The Owner

Augustus Yuan - Amazon Leveling Progress

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/engineering-levels-our-glass-level-is-full

August and his team at Twitch were recently awarded a patent for their work. In this episode, we will learn more about what patents are and the process for a software patent in a company.

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Augustus Yuan - @augburto

Picks:

Ryan Burgess - You - Season 4

Stacy London - EFF whitepaper “Defend Innovation: How to Fix Our Broken Patent System”

Stacy London - Still Life by ALASKALASKA

Augustus Yuan - Riot Games Tech Blog

Augustus Yuan - Physical 100

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/patents-drinks-pending

There has been a lot of buzz about micro frontends. In this episode, we are joined by Ruben Casas to talk with us about the pros and cons of leveraging micro frontends.

Guests:

Ruben Casas - @Infoxicador

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Picks:

Ruben Casas - Building Microfrontends

Ruben Casas - Micro-frontend dev

Ruben Casas - The Last of Us

Ryan Burgess - The Risks of Micro-Frontends - Ruben Casas

Ryan Burgess - The Pez Outlaw

Ryan Burgess - Beanie Mania

Jem Young - Engineering Management for the Rest of Us by Sarah Drasner

Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Lomi Food Composter

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/micro-frontends-micro-brewing

AI has been around for awhile but has really exploded in the last few months. We are seeing AI that creates art, code, and all forms of writing. In this episode, we discuss how AI has impacted our industry and share our thoughts on where we think it will go.

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Augustus Yuan - @augburto

Shirley Wu - @sxywu

Picks:

Ryan Burgess - Kaleidoscope

Ryan Burgess - Flame

Jem Young - Non-consensual AI use

Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Moonwalker shoes

Stacy London - Jeremy Is Not Painting

Stacy London - Expert In A Dying Field by The Beths

Augustus Yuan - Artist banned from art Reddit

Augustus Yuan - How we built React Devtools with Replay routines

Augustus Yuan - Encore

Shirley Wu - Yuko Shimizu

Shirley Wu - Ani Liu

Shirley Wu -

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/engineering-with-ai-always-intoxicated

It's a new year, a new you. How do you stay productive in 2023? In this episode, we discuss how we are productive and what tools we leverage to help us.

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Augustus Yuan - @augburto

Shirley Wu - @sxywu

Picks:

Ryan Burgess - Ken Block - Ultimate Urban Playground; San Francisco

Ryan Burgess - Engineering Management for the Rest of Us - Sarah Drasner

Stacy London - Stacy’s favorite new songs of 2022

Stacy London - Dreading by Plastician

Stacy London - 2022 UK Bass Favorites

Augustus Yuan - Tin Tran

Augustus Yuan - Edward Tian

Augustus Yuan - Clockwise

Shirley Wu - Hobonichi planners & Lofi lol Hobonichi planner

Shirley Wu - Planet Word

Shirley Wu - MIT Museum Arthur Ganson& Andy Cavatorta

Shirley Wu - Turning Red

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/efficient-drinks-staying-productive-in-2023

It has been a while since we've done a live episode on stage at a conference. In this episode, we were on stage at Jamstack in San Francisco with our special guest, Jason Lengstorf, discussing specialization in software engineering.

Guests:

Jason Lengstorf - @jlengstorf

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/drinks-on-stage-live-at-jamstack-2022

It has been a tough few weeks for the tech community to deal with company layoffs. In this episode, we speak about the layoffs and our experiences with past layoffs.

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Augustus Yuan - @augburto

Picks:

Ryan Burgess - White fudge covered Oreos

Ryan Burgess - Drink Masters

Jem Young - Jungle

Jem Young - Pointer Instruments

Stacy London - layoffs.fyi

Stacy London - To Feel Again / Trois by Jon Hopkins, Kelly Lee Owens, Sultan + Shepard, Jerro

Augustus Yuan - Evolve Game (it’s back!)

Augustus Yuan - Moderator Toolbox for Reddit

Mars Jullian -

Mars Jullian -

Shirley Wu -

Shirley Wu -

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/layoffs