Front End Happy Hour

In our last episode, we talked about leaving a job, and one of those reasons for leaving was due to a bad manager. In this episode, we follow up our discussion on what makes a good manager. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Shirley Wu - @sxywu Brian Holt - @holtbt Picks: Ryan Burgess - Engineering Manager Resources Ryan Burgess - Seeking Truth in Networking - Insider Stories from Early Silicon Valley (and Ethernet!) with Bob Metcalfe Augustus Yuan - SVG Path Editor Augustus Yuan - The rising of the shield hero Jem Young - Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Cuddle Down Pillow Stacy London - Black Trees by Indian Wells Stacy London - The Upward Spiral - Overlook Remix by Overlook & Nicolas Bougaïeff Mars Jullian - Trader Joe’s advent calendar for cats Mars Jullian - Stasher reusable silicone bag Shirley Wu - The Imagineering Story Shirley Wu - Going Under Brian Holt

We’ve all decided at one point or another that it’s time to look for a new job. In this episode, we talk through reasons that lead to us looking for new opportunities in our past jobs. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Shirley Wu - @sxywu Picks: Ryan Burgess - The Art of the Protest Ryan Burgess - Home before dark Augustus Yuan - In the Dark Podcast Augustus Yuan - Queen's Gambit Augustus Yuan - Crater Lake National Park Jem Young - Cobra Kai Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Luxury Ice Stacy London - Lamentations by Sufjan Stevens Stacy London - Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh Stacy London - Bookshop.org Mars Jullian - The Widening Responsibility for Frontend Developers Mars Jullian - Happy Masks Shirley Wu - The Good Place Shirley Wu - Make my vote count

In this episode, we were joined by our guests, Ben Ilegbodu and Jason Lengstorf to discuss frontend patterns live at this year's QCon Plus conference. On the panel, we shared our thoughts on various frontend trends and patterns being used. We also took questions from the live QCon Plus audience. Guests: Ben Ilegbodu - @benmvp Jason Lengstorf - @jlengstorf Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Jem Young - @JemYoung

What’s it like to deal with Imposter Syndrome? In this episode, we are joined by Shirley Wu, to talk through each of our experiences dealing with imposter syndrome and have we’ve overcome it. Guests: Shirley Wu - @sxywu Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Shirley Wu - OneAction.today Shirley Wu - Asian Americans Shirley Wu - Nintendo Ring Fit Shirley Wu - Great Pretender Ryan Burgess - Knives Out Ryan Burgess - Netflix vs. the World Mars Jullian - The Great British Baking Show Augustus Yuan - The Social Dilemma Augustus Yuan - Rocket League Free to Play! Jem Young - Fuoripista Jem Young - Notorious XX Stacy London - What They Do Is Not Art by Cloudkicker Stacy London - Ashtabula by Cloudkicker Stacy London - Answer My Prayer by Eschaton, Ancient Methods, Orphx Stacy London - Mozilla thread about The Social Dilemma

When you can’t interview in person, we are forced to interview over video calls. In this episode, we are joined by Bianca Bortolussi, and Jen Pi to talk with us about what it’s like to interview for a new role during these covid times. Guests: Bianca Bortolussi - @biancabmorey Jen Pi Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Bianca Bortolussi - Polymer Clay earrings Jen Pi - My Octopus Teacher Jen Pi - Robin Sharma - The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari Jen Pi - Robin Sharma - The 5am Club Ryan Burgess - AMPLIFI Alien Ryan Burgess - The American Barbecue Showdown Jem Young - It is as if you were doing work Jem Young - The Boys season 2

Do you remember the days of FTP? In this episode, we are joined by Jerome Hardaway to talk with us about the changes made to hosting websites and how serverless has improved the ways we serve up websites and applications. Guests: Jerome Hardaway - @JeromeHardaway Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Jerome Hardaway - Serverless - CSS Tricks Jerome Hardaway - Lucifer Jerome Hardaway - The Boys Season 2 Ryan Burgess - Chef's Table BBQ Ryan Burgess - Mixel cocktail app Stacy London - Sukhe Phool - Max Cooper Firefly Remix by Yorkston/Thorne/Khan, Max Cooper Stacy London - Back to the Sky by Ólafur Arnalds Augustus Yuan - Fall Guys Augustus Yuan - Intro to AWS Lambda and Serverless Apps Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Fake window Jem Young - World's toughest race

Build it and they will come, right? Wrong. Search Engine Optimization is a key component of how people will discover your website or application. In this episode, we are joined by Netflix engineer, Cole Turner to talk with us about the importance of SEO and ways to improve your ranking in search engines. Guests: Cole Turner - @coleturner Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Cole Turner - Awake Cole Turner - Goldbelly Ryan Burgess - Coola sunscreen Ryan Burgess - Bose 700 headphones Jem Young - Drivey.js Jem Young - The Titan Games Stacy London - The Difference - Jon Hopkins Remix by Flume, Toro y Moi, Jon Hopkins Stacy London - Puzzle - Trentemøller Remix by TOM And His Computer

When we are writing code as engineers, no matter what programming language, we are doing some form of planning and problem solving. In this episode, we are talking about programmatic problem solving with Nicole Archambault. Guests: Nicole Archambault - @lavie_encode Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Nicole Archambault - Taco Bell Cheese Burrito Nicole Archambault - Battlestar Galactica Nicole Archambault - Think Like a Programmer Ryan Burgess - Twenty Thousand Hertz - Ta-dum! It’s Netflix Ryan Burgess - Ugly Delicious Augustus Yuan - Jem Augustus Yuan - Why Interviewing is Terrible - Jem Young Augustus Yuan - James Hoffman Jem Young - Product management templates Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Wave roller Jem Young - Cole Turner: AMA

Alongside the Black Lives Matter movement, we’ve started to see a lot of positive discussions on how the tech community can be more inclusive with its language. In this episode, we will be discussing our thoughts on making tech language more inclusive. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Ryan Burgess - All Nighter playlist Ryan Burgess - Backwoods Chubby 3400 Smoker Augustus Yuan - Night Shift - KCET Augustus Yuan - Trader Joe’s Mango & Cream Bars Augustus Yuan - Seattle bans words “Brown Bag” Jem Young - I’m no longer here Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Balmuda - THE Toaster Mars Jullian - Progressive style guide Mars Jullian - Dolly Chugh -- how to let go of being a good person Stacy London - Part II by Spotlights Stacy London - All I Need (Radiohead Cover) by Spotlights Stacy London - Alexjs.com

Web performance continues to be an input factor to prioritize when building web applications. In this episode, we speak with Google engineers, Kristofer Baxtor, and Jason Miller about the latest best practices in web performance. Guests: Kristofer Baxter - @kristoferbaxter Jason Miller - @_developit Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Brian Holt - @holtbt Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Kristofer Baxter - Vets who code Kristofer Baxter - Core web vitals Jason Miller - You and me - meute Jason Miller - AST Explorer Jason Miller - Fyrtur blackout blinds from IKEA Jason Miller - When They See Us Ryan Burgess - Pink Panther Jewelry heist in a mall in Dubai Ryan Burgess - Gardner Bender EFT-15 Mini Cable Stacy London - How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi Stacy London - The Cost of JavaScript Frameworks by Tim Kadlec Mars Jullian - User-centric performance metrics Mars Jullian - Storybook performance addon Brian Holt - Mutt's Sauce Brian Holt - Vets who code Brian Hol

We’ve all been there, coding interviews always have their challenges. In this episode, we are joined by Emma Bostian to talk with us about the technical coding interview. We share our experiences and thoughts on what we like and dislike about the various coding interviews. Guests: Emma Bostian - @EmmaBostian Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Emma Bostian - The Developer's Guide to Book Publishing Emma Bostian - Launch Emma Bostian - Bus Simulator Ryan Burgess - De-Coding The Technical Interview Process Ryan Burgess - Nomad List Ryan Anklam - Pixel Buds 2 Ryan Anklam - The Last Dance Playlist Stacy London - MagicaVoxel Stacy London - Leicester by Lambert Stacy London - I Feel Better by Ghost Culture & Kiwi

Whether you’re giving a presentation to a large audience at a conference, your team, or articulating an idea, public speaking is an important skill set. In this episode, we are joined by Anne Ricketts to talk with us to share ways to be a strong presenter. Guests: Anne Ricketts Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Picks: Anne Ricketts - Unorthodox Anne Ricketts - Fresh Air Ryan Burgess - How to Make Clear and Concise Points Ryan Burgess - Blue Yeti Mic Jem Young - The Midnight Gospel Jem Young - What do executives do? Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Suvie Mars Jullian - Companion Wine Company Skin Contact Pinot Gris

Writing CSS is quick to learn, but writing strong CSS patterns that can scale is a lot more challenging. In this episode, we are joined by Brad Frost to discuss useful patterns in CSS and the future of CSS. Guests: Brad Frost - @brad_frost Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Brad Frost - ModernCSS.dev Brad Frost - Seals singing Seal by kiss from a rose? Brad Frost - Radiooooo (A musical time machine) Ryan Burgess - Atomic Design Ryan Burgess - SMACSS Augustus Yuan - Deno Augustus Yuan - 10 Things I Regret About Node.js - Ryan Dahl Mars Jullian - Theonline.town Mars Jullian - Paint the Void Stacy London - This is Responsive - Resources (by Brad Frost!) Stacy London - Does Masonry belong in the CSS Grid specification Stacy London - Retrospective mix (1993 - 2019) by Orphx

In previous episodes, we’ve talked a lot about bundling JavaScript, but we haven’t talked a lot about Parcel. In this episode, we are joined by Maia Teegarden, Will Binns-Smith, and Devon Govett to talk with us about Parcel JS. Guests: Maia Teegarden - @padmaia Will Binns-Smith - @wbinnssmith Devon Govett - @devongovett Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Maia Teegarden - Don’t Let Get You Down by Wajatta Maia Teegarden - It Is What It Is by Thundercat Will Binns-Smith - Take a break - PTO WFH Will Binns-Smith - Dokku Devon Govett - Breville Bambino+ Devon Govett - Fork Ryan Burgess - Kim's Convenience Ryan Burgess - Master Class Augustus Yuan - The Half of It Augustus Yuan - Parcel T-Shirt Stacy London - Uunnrreeaall by Sun Glitters Stacy London - Breathtaker by Geotic

Instead of listening to an episode of Front End Happy Hour this week, we want to encourage you to use the hour to listen to, watch, and read educational materials about the long history of structural racism and injustice Black people have & continue to face as well as learn how you can be actively anti-racist to affect real change. In our show notes, we’ve provided a list of picks that includes podcasts, videos, books, and articles available for you to learn more. The list of resources will be in the show notes. Simply put, Black lives matter. Picks: Video - 13th(Netflix) - Explained: The Racial Wage Gap (Netflix) - Who Killed Malcolm X?(Netflix) - When They See Us (Netflix) - TED Playlist - Talks to help you understand racism in America Books - Stamped from the Beginning - The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Free on Spotify) - So You Want to Talk about Race - The Colors of Us - Waking Up White Podcasts - 1619 (NYTimes) - Code Switch (NPR) - Pod Save the People - Our National Conversatio

In this episode, we learn more about Ecosystem Engineering from Netflix engineers, Michael James, and Shravan Heroor. Guests: Michael James Shravan Heroor - @shravanheroor Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Michael James - Giri / Haji Michael James - Netflix DVD Subscription Shravan Heroor - The Last Kingdom Shravan Heroor - Tiger Belly podcast Ryan Burgess - Apple Thunderbolt Display replacement glass Ryan Burgess - Gorilla Super Glue Gel Jem Young - The Great Canadian Baking Show Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Ultimate “treehouse”

We’ve all been there, a project starts off simple, but quickly becomes more complex. In this episode, we are joined by Sarah Drasner to talk with us about how to deal with complex codebases and systems. Guests: Sarah Drasner - @sarah_edo Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Sarah Drasner - Handmaid’s Tale Ryan Burgess - Don’t F**K with Cats Ryan Burgess - Spotify: Failed #SquadGoals Jem Young - The Last Dance Jem Young - On Being a Senior Engineer Ryan Anklam - Effective TypeScript Ryan Anklam - Powerblock weight set Stacy London - Leaving the Grid by Ital Tek Stacy London - Video for Leaving the Grid by Ruben Fro Stacy London - Under the Table by Fiona Apple

We all focus a lot of our time on engineering work for large companies, but we’ve each had our side projects we’ve worked on in our careers. In this episode, we share our side projects we’ve done in the past. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Picks: Ryan Burgess - Remington Hc6550 Cordless Vacuum Haircut Kit Ryan Burgess - NetSpot Ryan Burgess - #blackAF Augustus Yuan - Broken picture phone Jem Young - Cognitive Biases in Software

This is our 100th episode, it’s an exciting milestone for the podcast. In this episode, we talk about the history of the podcast and talk about some of our favorite moments and episodes. Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung - @jemyoung Ryan Anklam - @bittersweetryan Mars Jullian - @marsjosephine Stacy London - @stacylondoner Brian Holt - @holtbt Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers Picks: Ryan Burgess - Ozark Season 3 Ryan Burgess - La Casa De Papel Season 4 Augustus Yuan - The Wuhan I know Augustus Yuan - Stations by Spotify Jem Young - Jupiter Jem Young - Rhythm + Flow Ryan Anklam - Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing Ryan Anklam - My Brother Rabbit Mars Jullian - Simple Habit Mars Jullian - Backgrounds.win Stacy London - United We Stream Stacy London - Pius in Tacet by Pantha Du Prince Derrick Showers - Lovevery Derrick Showers - Masterclass: Thomas Keller Brian Holt - Magdalena Bay - A Little Rhythm and a Wicked Feeling Brian Holt - Peloton Trial Brian Holt - UW

In this episode, we are joined by Shruti Kapoor to talk with us about GraphQL and why your company could benefit from leveraging GraphQL on the front end and the back end. Guests: Shruti Kapoor - @shrutikapoor08 Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Yuan - @augburto Jem Young - @JemYoung Stacy London - @stacylondoner Picks: Shruti Kapoor - Complete developers guide to GraphQL - Udemy Shruti Kapoor - GraphQL playground + Graphical Shruti Kapoor - Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear Shruti Kapoor - Revlon One-Step Hair Dryer & Volumizer Shruti Kapoor - Dark Ryan Burgess - Heist Podcast Ryan Burgess - Oh crap I have a toddler Augustus Yuan - USB Switch selector Augustus Yuan - GoReplay Jem Young - Dev Jokes Jem Young - This foot does not exist Jem Young - Valley Silicon - Iniegogo Stacy London - Song For The Passing by Shelf Nunny Stacy London - Meneerea by Erased