Front End Happy Hour

If you've listened to past episodes, you've likely heard Ryan and Jem disagree about smart home devices or IoT. In this episode, the two of them have a friendly debate around their thinking of smart homes and what the pros and cons are.

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Picks:

Ryan Burgess - Starling Home Hub

Ryan Burgess - Only Murders in the Building

Jem Young - NanoLeaf

Jem Young - Squid Game

We've often talked about micro-services and monolithic architectures on previous episodes. In this episode, we are joined by Katherine Peterson to talk with us about her experience working with a monolithic codebase.

Guests:

Katherine Peterson - @katherinecodes

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Picks:

Katherine Peterson - Hydro Flask Cooler Cup

Katherine Peterson - GitHub Codespaces

Ryan Burgess - Manager interview questions

Ryan Burgess - Everybody Matters

Stacy London - Sit Around The Fire by Jon Hopkins, Ram Dass, East Forest

Stacy London - Realign (Max Cooper Remix) by Henry Green, Max Cooper

It’s always hard to know when is the right time to make a career change. There’s likely never a perfect time, but in this episode, we talk about how we have made decisions and what’s worked and what hasn’t.

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Augustus Yuan - @augburto

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Picks:

Ryan Burgess - Fig

Ryan Burgess - The Culture Map - Erin Meyer

Augustus Yuan - Finch: Self Care Pet Game

Augustus Yuan - Sessions: Vi

Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Specialized balance bike

Jem Young - Silicon Valley: Google Nest Cam Battery

Jem Young - Bruce Wang leadership philosophy

Stacy London - Pulses of Information by Rival Consoles

Stacy London - Oceantumblers by KILN

Who’s ever had to deal with burnout? In this episode, we are joined by two guests, Vaidehi Joshi, and Eli to share their experiences dealing with burnout. We all share how burnout has shown up for us throughout our careers and how we’ve found ways to deal with it or prevent it.

Guests:

Vaidehi Joshi - @vaidehijoshi

Eli Fitch - @EliFitch

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Shirley Wu - @sxywu

Picks:

Vaidehi Joshi - Geo Guesser

Vaidehi Joshi - Opal

Vaidehi Joshi - Hundred Foot Wave

Vaidehi Joshi - Watch the sound

Vaidehi Joshi - Vipassana Meditation

Eli Fitch - Drive to Survive

Eli Fitch - Going to therapy

Ryan Burgess - Money Heist - Part 5

Ryan Burgess - Austin Maples - Nothing to Lose

Jem Young - Basecs podcast

Jem Young - Inside

Jem Young - Working hours in Slack

Jem Young - 2020 in memoriam: Tiger King, Animal crossing

Shirley Wu - Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski

Shirley Wu - Alice Lee & Amy Wibowo: Making Art, Breaking Hearts

Shirley Wu - Alice Lee & Amy Wibowo: Animal Crossing planters

Shirley Wu - Yamazaki Home

In this episode, we talk about what it’s like to go from an individual contributor engineer, to an engineering manager. With Jem recently moving into a manager role, Nazanin Delam and Dan DiGangi joined us to share more about their experiences moving into management.

Guests:

Nazanin Delam - @NazDelam

Dan DiGangi - @dandigangi

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Picks:

Nazanin Delam - Turn the Ship Around!

Nazanin Delam - Animal Crossing

Dan DiGangi - Say Goodbye to MBTI, the Fad That Won't Die

Dan DiGangi - Third Circle Theory: Purpose Through Observation

Ryan Burgess - Ted Lasso

Ryan Burgess - The Power of Vulnerability - Brené Brown

Jem Young - The Suicide Squad

Jem Young - The history of the segway

With a lot of companies now hiring more remote employees, we wanted to talk about what it’s like to join a new team being fully remote. In this episode, we are joined by Laurie Barth and Lucero Carmona to share their thoughts on what the experience joining a remote team has been like.

Guests:

Laurie Barth - @laurieontech

Lucero Carmona

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Shirley Wu - @sxywu

Picks:

Laurie Barth - T-Pain tiny desk concert

Laurie Barth - Love Island (US)

Laurie Barth - Deep kitchen sinks

Lucero Carmona - Vacation Races

Lucero Carmona - Radiolab podcast

Ryan Burgess - Heist

Ryan Burgess - Coolibar clothing

Jem Young - Alone

Jem Young - 'Smart' motorcycle vest

Shirley Wu - Drive to Survive

Shirley Wu - This is Pop

Shirley Wu - Anti-pick: Kumoko

Releasing a successful product in production requires testing. In this episode, we are joined by Preethi Sitaraman to talk with us about test engineering and how developers and test engineers can collaborate.

Guests:

Preethi Sitaraman - @preethisraman

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Picks:

Ryan Burgess - Sand cloud towel beach

Ryan Burgess - Bissell Little Green

Jem Young - Xupermask

Jem Young - 100 Tips for a better life

This was a live panel discussion at the Tech(K)now Day conference that took place on March 8, 2021. We did a live episode with the conference organizer, Gen Ashley, who joined us to talk about diversity and inclusion in tech.

Guests:

Gen Ashley - @coderinheels

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Shirley Wu - @sxywu

In previous episodes we've talked about how to choose a technical stack and figure out what works best for you and your team. In this episode, we are joined by Jason Lengstorf to talk about how the choice of stack and infrastructure reflects the company culture.

Guests:

Jason Lengstorf - @jlengstorf

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Shirley Wu - @sxywu

Brian Holt - @holtbt

Picks:

Jason Lengstorf - Ooni Koda Pizza Oven

Jason Lengstorf - Coava Coffee

Ryan Burgess - Standing Out LOUDER in the Technical Interview

Ryan Burgess - Mare of Easttown

Jem Young - Invincible

Jem Young - FLoC

Jem Young - Workout axe

Stacy London - Lilys by Warpaint

Stacy London - Animal by LUMP, Laura Marling, Mike Lindsay

Shirley Wu - So I’m a Spider, So What?

Shirley Wu - Amy’s Noisebridge mural!

Brian Holt - Tropical weather coffee - Onyx coffee

Brian Holt - Mythic Quest

A big way to help make a more inclusive tech industry, we need strong allies. In this episode, we are joined by Better Allies, Karen Catlin, to talk with us about allyship.

Guests:

Karen Catlin - @kecatlin

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Shirley Wu - @sxywu

Picks:

Karen Catlin - Genius Series

Ryan Burgess - Inclusion resources

Ryan Burgess - Stream Deck

Stacy London - Being the glue

Stacy London - Foxglove by Tor

Shirley Wu - Ellery Studio

Shirley Wu - Kontinentalist