Front End Happy Hour

The Front End Happy Hour podcast is a panel of engineers from silicon valley companies talking about a range of software engineering topics, from technical to career advice. The discussions are very casual and are often had over happy hour beverages. We hope you'll give us a listen and subscribe to catch our latest episodes.

There are many differences between the public and private sectors. What is it like for engineering roles? In this episode, we are joined by Jasmine Robinson from Netflix to hear about her experience moving from the public sector to a corporate career.

Guests:

Jasmine Robinson

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Picks:

Jasmine Robinson - Super-glueing airtags to remotes

Jasmine Robinson - Andrew Hubberman

Ryan Burgess - The Bear

Ryan Burgess - Anatomy of a Scandal

Jem Young - The Redeem Team

Jem Young - Parental Leave

Stacy London - Jungle by Fred again..

Stacy London - Avalanche by Tourist

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/public-sector-tech-public-bar-vs-private-club

Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Brian Holt, to learn more about his background and career.

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Brian Holt - @holtbt

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/sidebar-interview-with-brian-holt

In this episode, we are joined by Janaki Ramachandran and Benoit Fontaine to talk about how Netflix has approached automated testing at a large scale.

Guests:

Janaki Ramachandran

Benoit Fontaine

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Picks:

Janaki Ramachandran - Hidden Brain

Janaki Ramachandran - Junior Bake Off

Benoit Fontaine - The Sandman

Benoit Fontaine - Hero Ranch Kitchen

Ryan Burgess - Black Bird

Ryan Burgess - Nix Color Sensor Mini 2

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/testing-cocktails-at-a-robot-bar-automated-testing-at-scale

Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Mars Jullian, to learn more about her background and career.

Have you been hearing about the new framework Remix? In this episode, we are joined by Shaundai Person, a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix to talk with us about what Remix is and what are the benefits.

Guests:

Shaundai Person - @shaundai

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Picks:

Shaundai Person - Hooked on Phonics

Shaundai Person - The Boys

Ryan Burgess - Ultimate Bar Book the comprehensive guide

Ryan Burgess - The Hill Bombing Skateboarders of San Francisco

Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Mini Porsche

Stacy London - Baby, We're Ascending by HAAi, Jon Hopkins

Stacy London - Drum Glow by Moderat

Stacy London - Neon Rats by Moderat

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/(re)mixology

Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Shirley Wu, to learn more about her background and career.

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Shirley Wu - @sxywu

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/sidebar-interview-with-shirley-wu

With this ever-changing landscape of technologies, we spend this episode talking with Rhian van Esch and Carlos Castro about the current trends of web development in 2022.

Guests:

Rhian van Esch - @rhianvanesch

Carlos Castro - @carloscastrodev

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Picks:

Rhian van Esch - patterns.dev

Rhian van Esch - Google Home

Rhian van Esch - Critical Role

Carlos Castro - Smashing Magazine

Carlos Castro - CSS tricks

Carlos Castro - The House

Carlos Castro - Pursuit of wonder

Ryan Burgess - Vuori clothing

Ryan Burgess - Elgato Key Light Air

Jem Young - Hannibal and Me

Jem Young - Guardians of Justice

Stacy London - Bone Mics by Overmono

Stacy London - Vocoder by Floating Points

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/building-in-2022-and-tasting-the-beverage-trends

An organization going through a reorg is a normal evaluation to meet the needs of the business, but it can be a lot of change. In this episode, we talk about our experiences with reorgs.

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Augustus Yuan - @augburto

Picks:

Ryan Burgess - The Ultimatum

Ryan Burgess - Lutron Light Switches

Jem Young - Severance

Jem Young - Sorry to bother you

Stacy London - War by Brutus

Stacy London - Beings of Light by Fort Romeau

Augustus Yuan - Endgame

Augustus Yuan - Architecture Decision Record

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/reorgs-with-a-sip-of-spiced-rum

The tech industry relies a lot on open source software. In this episode, we are joined by Jesse Tomchak to talk with us about open source.

Guests:

Jesse Tomchak - @jtomchak

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Picks:

Jesse Tomchak - micro.blog

Jesse Tomchak - Killing Eve

Ryan Burgess - Tony Hawk - Until the wheels fall off

Ryan Burgess - Snak the Ripper - Let It Rip

Jem Young - MotoGP Unlimited S1

Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/open-source-software-with-open-liquor