Progressive Web Apps have been hailed as the next big leap forward in building web applications. In this episode we’re joined by Aaron Gustafson from Microsoft to talk all about PWA’s and the future of the web. Guests: Aaron Gustafson - @AaronGustafson Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Aaron Gustafson - Seeing White Aaron Gustafson - Uncivil Aaron Gustafson - Homegoing Ryan Burgess - Ng-Atlanta Ryan Burges...
Oct 15, 2018•53 min
In this episode, we recorded a special live discussion on ethics in software development. The panel discussion was part of Certified Fresh Events with host Brian Rinaldi.
Oct 01, 2018•42 min
Static type systems in JavaScript provide a lot of value and have been growing in popularity. In this episode, we’re joined by Lauren Tan and Kunal Bohra to talk with us about the benefits of leveraging a type system in your codebase. Guests: Lauren Tan - @sugarpirate_ Kunal Bohra - @do_i_need_1 Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Picks: Lauren Tan - Marvel's Spider-Man Lauren Tan - Ken Wheeler - Love Songs For your Mother Kunal Bohra - Th...
Sep 17, 2018•51 min
We’ve had a lot of great recruiting discussions on previous episodes. In this episode, we’re joined by 3 recruiters, Matt Stephenson, Zack Skelly, and Chris Ahsing from 3 different startups to talk with us about how to stand out as an engineer, and what questions to ask recruiters about opportunities. Guests: Matt Stephenson Zack Skelly - @zorkary Chris Ahsing Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Matt - interviewing.io Zack - Y Combin...
Sep 03, 2018•59 min
In this episode, we’ll be discussing JavaScript libraries. We talk about when to use a library and when it might not be that practical. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Cleanshot Ryan Burgess - So You Want To Talk About Race Jem Young - Equity Compensation Jem Young - Warframe Jem Young - Chicken Diapers Stacy London - Itty Bitty Stacy London - Dust by Nicolas Bougaïeff Stacy London - Dust - Max Cooper Remix
Aug 20, 2018•46 min
In this episode, we share our thoughts on IoT and smart devices in the home. We also talk about how JavaScript can be used to create your own smart devices. To talk with us about the smart devices, we’re joined by our guest, Sarah Showers from LinkedIn. Guests: Sarah Showers - @sarahlshowers Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks: Sarah Showers - Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast Sarah Showers - D’cappella R...
Aug 06, 2018•51 min
In this episode, we talk with Ravi Srinivas and Erick Purino from Netflix to share how they are leveraging Web Components to create dynamic advertisements across the web. Guests: Ravi Srinivas - @ducktyped Erick Purino - @superbokbok Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Picks: Ravi Srinivas - Muzzle App Erick Purino - Osaka, Japan Ryan Burgess - The Gaslight Anthem - God’s Gonna Cut You Down Ryan Burgess - Nest + Yale Smart Lock Jem Young -...
Jul 23, 2018•43 min
The front end ecosystem of build tooling continues to grow and become more powerful over the years. In this episode, we’re joined by Jamie Kyle and Maia Teegarden to talk with us about the power of build tools. Guests: Jamie Kyle - @jamiebuilds Maia Teegarden - @padmaia Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Jamie Kyle - Queer Eye Maia Teegarden - The Break with Michelle Wolf Ryan Burgess - Wild Wild Country Ryan Burgess - Rise Agai...
Jul 09, 2018•52 min
In this episode, we are joined by Shirley Wu and Brian Holt to talk with us about the various experiences we’ve had with startups, large companies, agencies, and freelance work. Guests: Shirley Wu - @sxywu Brian Holt - @holtbt Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Shirley Wu - Team Lab Brian Holt - Kubernetes Ryan Burgess - Evil Genius Augustus Yuan - Model Zoo Augustus Yuan - Hum...
Jun 25, 2018•57 min
In our previous episode, we talked about user testing and to better understand how a product or application resonates with users. In this episode, we’re joined by Lisa Burgess to help talk with us about another great way to get user feedback, A/B testing. Guests: Lisa Burgess - @_lisaburgess Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Lisa Burgess - Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife Ryan Burgess - Safe Ryan Burgess - Hiya Augustus Yuan - The Pudding - S...
Jun 11, 2018•49 min
A lot of the work we do impacts the people using the product or application we’ve made and it’s important to understand how our users resonate with the products we create. A great way to better understand what works for a user is by doing user testing. In this episode, we’ll be discussing user testing. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Ryan Burgess - 3M Command Strips Ryan Burgess - Sonos speakers Augustus Yuan - Talk to Books Augustus...
May 28, 2018•47 min
In this episode, we’re joined by the Netflix Software Engineer, Anup Bishnoi to talk with us about the Netflix, open source, virtual JSON graph library, Falcor. Guests: Anup Bishnoi - @asyncanup Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Picks: Anup Bishnoi - IPFS Anup Bishnoi - Everything Sucks Anup Bishnoi - The Daily Ryan Burgess - Up Next Ryan Burgess - Electron Jem Young - Comply Ear Plugs Jem Young - Jarv Nmotion ear buds Jem Young - Fastes...
May 14, 2018•49 min
In this episode, we were live on stage at Reactathon conference in San Francisco discussing how to scale a React application. We share our thoughts on to best approaches to creating a good structure for your codebase at scale. We also share our experiences we’ve learned over the years how to scale our React applications. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Stacy London - @stacylondoner
Apr 29, 2018•30 min
In this episode, we discuss how we stay productive in our jobs. To help us with the discussion, we’re joined by Ellen Chisa, CEO, and Cofounder of Dark. We talk about tools and strategies we’ve found useful to help stay productive. Guests: Ellen Chisa - @ellenchisa Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ellen Chisa - Dark - Frontend Engineer Ellen Chisa - SkeletonCSS Ellen Chisa - Manual.is Ryan Burgess - S...
Apr 17, 2018•54 min
In this episode, we are joined by Richard Feldman to talk about the functional language Elm, which compiles to JavaScript. In the episode, we learn about the benefits to leveraging Elm and how to get started. Guests: Richard Fledman - @rtfeldman Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Brian Holt - @holtbt Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Richard Feldman - Predictably Irrational Richard Feldman - Richard Feldman: CSS as Bytecode Richard Feldman - Elm Town Ryan Burges...
Apr 01, 2018•41 min
In this episode, we recorded live at SacJS event in Sacramento, California. On stage we discuss the challenges of migrating a codebase and when to make the decision its the right time to refactor. We share lessons we’ve learned from past experiences. Panelists: Jem Young - @JemYoung Augustus Yuan - @augburto Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Augustus Yuan - Flavors of Engineering management Augustus Yuan - Th...
Mar 18, 2018•51 min
In this episode, we recorded live on stage at Forward JS conference in San Francisco. We were joined by our special guest, Allen Wirfs-Brock to talk about how the web has changed over the years and how JavaScript has been a large influence. Guests: Allen Wirfs-Brock - @awbjs Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Brian Holt - @holtbt Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner
Mar 04, 2018•38 min
In this episode, we’ll be discussing things we’ve noticed in companies that have unhealthy culture, shady business practices, moving business targets and more. We talk about ways to avoid an unhealthy culture and how to help improve one. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Altered Carbon Ryan Burgess - Framework Summit Augustus Yuan - Year in Pixels Augustus Yuan ...
Feb 19, 2018•54 min
For our 50th episode, we are on stage live at the 2018 ngATL conference. We are joined by four of the talented speakers, Aimee Knight, Simona Cotin, John Papa, and April Wensel to talk about the state of Angular. Guests: Aimee Knight - @Aimee_Knight Simona Cotin - @simona_cotin John Papa - @John_Papa April Wensel - @aprilwensel Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Aimee Knight - Zackary Chapple Aimee Knight - What does code readability mean? Aimee Knight - BCAA - ...
Feb 05, 2018•46 min
We are back in 2018, for the first episode of the New Year we have two special guests, Shirley Wu and Amy Wibowo to talk with us about freelancing and running your own business. We discuss how to start freelance work, how to manage clients and how to handle difficult clients. Guests: Shirley Wu - @sxywu Amy Wibowo - @sailorhg Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Stacy London - @stacylondoner...
Jan 22, 2018•1 hr 10 min
It’s been a great year! With 2017 coming to an end, we’ve decided to talk the highlights, trends, and disappointments of the year. We also talk about what we’re excited about in 2018. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Picks: Ryan Burgess - 2018 Conferences Ryan Burgess - Kevin Marr Augustus Yuan - Mozilla Voice Project Augustus Yuan - Algorithmic Art by Tyler Hobbs Jem Young - Perf Matter...
Dec 19, 2017•1 hr
Often times in our careers we’ve wanted to speak at conferences, meetups or even within our companies. It’s been a great way to share ideas and things we’ve learned. Giving a tech talk isn’t always the easiest thing. In this episode, we’ll be discussing what we’ve learned from our experiences and share advice on ways to help improve your next talk. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner P...
Nov 27, 2017•50 min
In this episode of the Front End Happy Hour podcast, we discuss how as front end engineers we can impact security vulnerabilities in the applications and websites we are creating. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - Engineer Manager Resources Ryan Burgess - Netflix JavaScript Talks - Building Performant Signup Flows in React Jem Young - Puppeteer Jem Young - Stranger Things Derrick Sho...
Nov 14, 2017•50 min
In a previous episode, we discussed working with a recruiter during a job interview process. In this episode, we’re joined by Netflix recruiter, Bianca Bortolussi to discuss ways to help your engineering profile stand out to recruiters and hiring managers. Guests: Bianca Bortolussi - @biancabmorey Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks: Bianca Bortolussi - Apple Watch 3 Bianca Bortolussi - Netflix JS Talks ...
Oct 30, 2017•54 min
Writing great code isn’t always the only part of our jobs. In order to impact changes on our teams or the business, we need to be able to persuade others to buy into your ideas. This could be in the form of migrating to a new technology, process or even adding a new feature to a product. In this episode, we are joined by Shirley Wu to help us discuss how we can best sell our ideas and make an impact on our teams or clients. Guests: Shirley Wu - @sxywu Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augu...
Oct 15, 2017•50 min
We all had to start somewhere. In this episode, we are joined by Preethi Kasireddy to talk with us about her and our experiences of being a beginner to coding. Guests: Preethi Kasireddy - @iam_preethi Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Preethi Kasireddy - Front End Happy Hour Preethi Kasireddy - Changelog Preethi Kasireddy - Software Engineering Daily Preethi Kasireddy - Twitter Preethi Kasireddy - freeCodeCamp Ryan Burg...
Oct 01, 2017•59 min
There’s always a lot to be done, but having a good work life balance is extremely important. In this episode, we are joined by Sarah Showers from LinkedIn, to talk with us about work life balance. We share our thoughts on what work life balance means to us and how our companies help foster a healthy work life balance. Guests: Sarah Showers - @sarahlshowers Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Picks: Sarah Showers...
Sep 14, 2017•56 min
Maintaining and scaling code is an important aspect of our careers. In this episode, we discuss and share ideas to help keep a healthy code base that will scale with your company. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Stacy London - @stacylondoner Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks: Ryan Burgess - Brazil JS - Jem’s talk on code maintenance Ryan Burgess - Senior UI Engineer at Netflix Augustus Yuan - Ali Wong Augustus Yuan - AI with DeepMind and ...
Aug 28, 2017•54 min
In this episode, we’re joined by Naoufal Kadhom, a Software Engineer from Netflix who’s also just released a payment library for React Native. In the episode, we’ll be discussing React Native and what it’s like to leverage it for Android and iOS applications. Guests: Naoufal Kadhom - @naoufal Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Augustus Yuan - @augburto Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Brian Holt - @holtbt Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Naoufal Kadhom - Detour Na...
Aug 15, 2017•47 min
In this episode, we’re joined by Stefan Stumpfl, a mobile software engineer at LinkedIn working on LinkedIn Learning. During the past 5 years as an iOS developer, he has experience ranging from building his own app on a small 2-person team to larger teams like his current role at LinkedIn. In this episode, we will discuss the Swift programming language – how it compares to languages like Javascript and some of the advantages and disadvantages to writing and learning it. Guests: Stefan Stumpfl - ...
Jul 30, 2017•51 min
