Frontend Heroes

By Scott Francis & Evan Payne

Welcome, citizens of the globe, to the Frontend Heroes podcast, where we discuss all things villainous and heroic about the front-end of software development. Co-hosted by Scott Francis and Evan Payn... more

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How many episodes does Frontend Heroes have?

The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.

Frontend Heroes episodes:

October 23, 2021 We Interrupt this Program
A short episode to announce a big change in the future of the podcast:
Evan has decided to leave the show! He's doing so to reduce his own commitments and avoid burnout, but is leaving with a lot of goodwill for the podcast to carry on. Scott will continue to host the show with a new co-host to be announced in the next episode. Thank you all so much for listening, and we're both certain you'll continue to enjoy the episodes still to come.
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13min
October 06, 2021Ant-man and the Wasp - w/ Debbie O'Brien
Welcome, Citizens of the Globe, to the Frontend Heroes podcast. Our show is available to watch on Youtube as well as in audio form! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHOQaJkM-ckTkoN8sGLbhQ
We're joined this time by Debbie O'Brien, Head Developer Advocate at Bit, Github Star, Google Developer Expert, Microsoft MVP, and much more. We talk about starting out in the frontend, how to keep learning and growing, even while switching from one paradigm to another to another. We also talk a fair amount about the concepts behind Bit, getting an understanding of what problems it tries to solve and why.
Show Notes:
https://bit.dev

Guests: Debbie O'Brien ( https://twitter.com/debs_obrien )
True Hero: Alba Silvente ( https://twitter.com/dawntraoz )
Musical Picks:
Scott - St.Vincent - The Nowhere Inn
Debbie - Carlos Rafael Rivera - The Queen's Gambit (OST)
Evan - Goto80 - GLOSON
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51min
September 21, 2021The Incredibles - w/ Sam Julien
Welcome, Citizens of the Globe, to the Frontend Heroes podcast. Our show is available to watch on Youtube as well as in audio form! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHOQaJkM-ckTkoN8sGLbhQ
We're joined this time by Sam Julien, professional gate-opener, managing DevRel at Auth0, instructor at egghead, and author of the Developer Microskills newsletter. We talk about developer relations, finding your own voice, helping others find their own superpowers (or just find the right documentation for your product), and more!
Show Notes:
https://www.samjulien.com/speaker-stuff-conferences
https://www.samjulien.com/shy-dev-networking
https://developermicroskills.com
http://www.gettingstartedindevrel.com
https://townhall.hashnode.com/auth0-hashnode-hackathon-winners

Guests: Sam Julien ( https://twitter.com/samjulien )
True Hero: Ana Cidre ( https://twitter.com/AnaCidre_ )
Musical Picks:
Scott - Oasis - Be Here Now
Sam - Radiohead - (from unreleased Kid A Mnesia) - If You Say The Word
Evan - Moon Hooch - Super Cone Bros (EP)
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51min
September 07, 2021X-Ray Vision - w/ Amelia Wattenberger
Welcome, Citizens of the Globe, to the Frontend Heroes podcast. Our show is available to watch on Youtube as well as in audio form! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHOQaJkM-ckTkoN8sGLbhQ
We're joined this time by Amelia Wattenberger, a Staff Engineer at Github Next and Author of the Fullstack D3 and Data Visualization course & book. We talk about data-visualization, using technology to find stories within data, mentorship, how to find a balance between experimentation/failure/learning and more!
Show Notes:
What does 100% mean in CSS ( https://wattenberger.com/blog/css-percents )
Fullstack D3 and Data Visualization ( https://www.newline.co/fullstack-d3 )
Github Next: Visualizing a Codebase ( https://next.github.com/projects/repo-visualization )

Guests: Amelia Wattenberger ( https://twitter.com/Wattenberger )
True Hero: Steve Ruiz ( https://twitter.com/steveruizok )
Musical Picks:
Scott - The Killers - Pressure Machine
Amelia - Paul Simon - Graceland
Evan - Kristofer Maddigan - Cuphead (Original Soundtrack)
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54min
August 10, 2021Fortress of Solitude - w/ Maggie Appleton
Welcome, Citizens of the Globe, to the Frontend Heroes podcast. Our show is available to watch on Youtube as well as in audio form! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHOQaJkM-ckTkoN8sGLbhQ
Tune in for a fascinating discussion with Maggie Appleton, UX designer, art director & anthropologist at egghead.io. We touched on Second Brains and Digital Gardens, talked about her recent collaboration with Dan Abramov and their course Just JavaScript, as well as mental models for programming concepts, and we talked about how we learn, how we communicate, and how each of us need to find our own way to bridge the gap between the two.
Show Notes:
Just JavaScript ( https://justjavascript.com/ )

Guests: Maggie Appleton ( https://twitter.com/Mappletons )
True Hero: Bret Victor ( https://twitter.com/worrydream )
Musical Picks:
Scott - Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
Maggie - Jacob Collier - Moon River (song)
Evan - LUMP - Animal
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50min
July 27, 2021Agents of A.N.G.U.L.A.R - w/ Brandon Roberts
Welcome, Citizens of the Globe, to the Frontend Heroes podcast. Our show is available to watch on Youtube as well as in audio form! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHOQaJkM-ckTkoN8sGLbhQ
Join us for a talk with Brandon Roberts, web dev, Developer Advocate at Nrwl, and a maintainer of NgRx. We touch on working in open source, what it takes to be an empathetic library creator, what monorepo tools like Nx are even for, and more!
Show Notes:
NgRx ( https://ngrx.io )
Nx ( https://nx.dev )

Guests: Brandon Roberts ( https://twitter.com/brandontroberts )
True Hero: Brian Douglas ( https://twitter.com/bdougieYO )
Musical Picks:
Scott - The Warning - Hot Chip
Brandon - Donda - Kanye West (unreleased)
Evan - We Like It Here - Snarky Puppy
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52min
July 13, 2021Cyclops's Visor - w/ Shaundai Person
Welcome, Citizens of the Globe, to the Frontend Heroes podcast. Our show is available to watch on Youtube as well as in audio form! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHOQaJkM-ckTkoN8sGLbhQ
We're joined by Shaundai Person this time, UI Engineer at Salesloft and an instructor at Egghead. We talk a great deal about TypeScript, what it's like to come into the industry from a non-traditional path, and whether or not all our jobs will be destroyed by advances in AI.
Show links:
TypeScript for JavaScript Developers Course ( https://www.tsforjs.com )

Guests: Shaundai Person ( https://twitter.com/shaundai )
True Hero: Will Johnson ( https://twitter.com/willjohnsonio )
Musical Picks:
Scott - Up The Bracket - The Libertines
Shaundai - Black Violin and Brass Tracks
Evan - I can feel you creep into my private life - Tune-Yards
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56min
June 29, 2021Build Your Own Superpowers - w/ Jason Lengstorf
Welcome, Citizens of the Globe, to the Frontend Heroes podcast. Our show is available to watch on Youtube as well as in audio form! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHOQaJkM-ckTkoN8sGLbhQ
We're joined by Jason Lengstorf this time, VP of Developer Experience at Netlify and host of LearnWithJason.dev. We talked about a lot of things, including continuous learning, developer superpowers with Netlify, paying it forward and teaching, and a lot more.
Show Links:
Netlify
Learn With Jason

Guests: Jason Lengstorf ( https://twitter.com/jlengstorf )
True Hero: Henri Helvetica ( https://twitter.com/HenriHelvetica )
Musical Picks:
Scott - Fear and Loathing in La Liga (book) - Sid Lowe
Jason - Cautious Clay
Evan - Little Feat - Time Loves a Hero
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54min
June 15, 2021The Bizzarro DOM - w/ Cassie Evans
Welcome, Citizens of the Globe, to the Frontend Heroes podcast. Our show is now available to watch on Youtube as well as in audio form! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHOQaJkM-ckTkoN8sGLbhQ
In this episode we are joined by Cassie Evans, Lead bestower of animation superpowers at Greensock, speaker, educator, and SVG Magician. We talked about her path into the frontend, working with SVG and animations, and also how to keep yourself balanced when facing the demands of an ever-changing frontend landscape.

Show Links:
#Laptops4Developers
Greensock

Guests: Cassie Evans ( https://twitter.com/cassiecodes )
True Hero: Sultan Akintunde ( https://twitter.com/hackSultan )
Musical Picks:
Scott - 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (book) - Yuval Noah Harari
Cassie - Four Tet
Evan - Liminal Migration - Steve Moore & Bluetech
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50min
June 01, 2021 Professor X - w/ Ryan Burgess
Welcome, Citizens of the Globe, to the Frontend Heroes podcast. Our show is now available to watch on Youtube as well as in audio form! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHOQaJkM-ckTkoN8sGLbhQ
In this episode we are joined by Ryan Burgess, Engineering Manager at Netflix, and host of the engineering podcast Frontend Happy Hour. We talked about what it's like being an Engineering Manager, whether or not the role is suited for everyone, and also talked in general about career paths within the frontend.
Guests: Ryan Burgess ( https://twitter.com/burgessdryan )
True Hero: Jem Young ( https://twitter.com/JemYoung )
Musical Picks:
Scott - Into Thin Air (book) - Jon Krakauer
Ryan - Reset (audiobook) - Ellen Pau
Evan - St Vincent - Daddy's Home
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47min

FAQs about Frontend Heroes:

How many episodes does Frontend Heroes have?

The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.