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  • Episode 11 - Mike Samuel

    Welcome to tc39er.us a podcast where we will be discussing about Javascript and everything under the hood with the TC39 delegates!

    In this episode we shall be talking to Mike Samuel after Gmail, Google Calendar was Google’s second large JavaScript project, and he learned JavaScript so he could work on it, he wrote large chunks of gCal’s first JavaScript client and the web frontend. Mike got into standards from there as he was briefly involved with the iCal standard / RFC 2445, etc.

    Mike Samuel is a language designer from a static, typed languages background with a lot of appreciation for dynamic languages is into computer security and programming languages, TC39er, Former Googler and does not understand sarcasm!

    Buy me 🥛

    22 min
  • Guy Bedford

    In this episode you shall we hearing to Guy Bedford, an independent open source developer, creator of jspm, SystemJS and es-module-shims, core contributor to node and rollup, Mars 2020 Helicopter Contributor and indeed a TC39 delegate!

    In this podcast we discuss the below:

    • What brought him into software and journey.
    • Challenges and benefits of being an independent open source developer.
    • We discuss about jspm and SystemJS
    • His journey with TC39.
    • His fav TC39 proposal and why?
    • 19 min
    • Ujjwal Sharma

      In this episode we shall be talking to Ujjwal Sharma!

      Ujjwal Sharma is Compilers Hacker at Igalia, TC39 Delegate and a Node.js Core Collaborator

      In this episode we shall be talking about:

      • What brought you into tech?
      • More about Igalia and what do you work on?
      • What are your contributions in node.js?
      • Opinions on Rust?
      • What's your favorite TC39 proposal and why?
      • 23 min
      • Dave Herman

        In this episode we shall be talking to Dave Herman!

        Dave is building dev tools at LinkedIn as a Principal Staff Engineer. 

        He founded Mozilla Research. 

        Authored the book Effective JavaScript

        He also has a PhD in programming languages!


        In this episode we shall be discussing about:

        • What got Dave interested in tech?
        • Mozilla Research and ES4.
        • His experiences with TC39 committee.
        • Whys of Effective JavaScript.
        • Future of JavaScript?
        • Fav proposal and why?
        • 29 min
        • Episode 7 - Allen Wirfs-Brock

          In this episode of TC39er.us we have Allen Wirfs-Brock!

          Dreaming  the future of software; Project Editor  ECMAScript 2015; Reformed Smalltalker; JavaScript historian!

          We shall be talking about:

          • What brought him to tech?
          • How was tech when Allen started programming in the mid 1960s!
          • His journey in the TC39 committee.
          • What happened there with ES4?
          • JavaScript historian, what future holds for us?
          • ECMA Fellow and ACM Distinguished Engineer?
          • What's your fav proposal and why?
          • P.S: Don't forget to read JavaScript: the first 20 years a paper by Allen Wirfs-Brock and Brendan Eich!

            36 min
          • Episode 6 - Ross Kirsling

            In this episode we shall be talking to Ross Kirsling Lover of languages, programming and natural. Software engineer engaged in JavaScript implementation (WebKit) and standardization (TC39). Japanese speaker skilled in communicating across linguistic and organizational boundaries. SSE at PlayStation's WebKit team.

            We shall be discussing about:

            • His journey into the tech world.
            • What his job at PlayStation's Webkit team look like?
            • Features implementation and spec-conformance fixes.
            • Talk more about spec reviewer role.
            • What's his fav proposal(s) and why?
            • 23 min
            • Chip Morningstar

              In this episode, we shall be talking to Chip Morningstar an author, developer, software programmer, and designer of software systems from the University of Michigan in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering.

              We shall be discussing:

              • His journey into the tech world.
              • What is that he has seen which is constant in the tech world over the years?
              • First Penguin award and the word Avatar.
              • His perspective and insights on TC39.
              • His favorite flavor of proposals.
              • 40 min
              • Episode 4 - Shu-yu

                In this episode we shall be talking to @_shu from the V8 team at Google, is also a TC39 editor!

                • His journey into the tech world? Preview of his job at V8.
                • Exotic objects in JS!
                • One thing that he finds to be very challenging at TC39 as an editor.
                • What's your fav proposal and more!
                • 40 min
                • Episode 3 - Myles Borins

                  In this show, we shall be talking to @MylesBorins who is :

                  • Artist, musician, developer, and maker
                  • Part Technical Steering Committee @nodejs
                  • Director Of Open JS foundation.
                  • Co-Chair @tc39
                  • Developer Avocado @google.
                  • We shall be discussing:

                    • What brought him into the tech world?
                    • More about node TSC.
                    • Whys of OpenJS Foundation?
                    • What are the most challenging aspects of being a co-chair @TC39?
                    • Can you tell us about your fav (top-level await) proposal?
                    • is-promise hiccups.
                    • CAT gif in your slides!
                    • 50 min
                    • Interview with Jordan Harband one of the TC39 editors.

                      In this episode, we talk with Jordan Harband one of the editors at TC39 about:

                      * His journey as a software engineer.

                      * How did he get into TC39?

                      * Roles and responsibilities of an editor, becoming an editor.

                      * T39 stages in one-liners.

                      * What's keeping him busy apart from tech.

                      * What's your favorite proposal and why?

                      31 min

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