Podcasts by Chats with Kent C. Dodds

Growing Your Skills And Career Through Teaching with Ali Spittel from 2023-12-12T18:23:30.440084

In this episode, Ali Spittel, a software engineer and developer advocate at Dev.to, joins us to talk about how excellent teaching can be for not only the people who are learning from you but als...

Establishing Your Personal Brand With Cassidy Williams from 2023-12-12T18:23:30.434431

Cassidy Williams is an engineer at Codepen. In the last five years, Cassidy has worked for five companies. She had left each on her terms as she learned through experience what she wanted and di...

Realigning Your Model of React After Hooks With Dan Abramov from 2023-12-12T18:23:30.429173

In this episode, Kent and Dan talk about the ways in which you'll have to reconstruct your mental model of how React works in order to get the hang of hooks, and how hooks more closely align wit...

A Rundown Of What's Next For React With Dan Abramov from 2023-12-12T18:23:30.423434

What's next for React? In this second interview with Dan Abramov React's direction is discussed along with overviews of exciting new features.

Dan gives a great rundown these incoming feat...

Make Your Apps Resilient UsingFinite State Machines With David Khourshid from 2023-12-12T18:23:30.417677

In this episode, David Khourshid gives the rundown on how finite state machines can make your app more testable, more resilient to bugs, and easier to refactor.

David's initial interest in...

Creating Successful Mentor Relationships With Emma Bostian from 2023-12-12T18:23:30.410949

Emma Bostian launched codingcoach.io, a free, open-source project that connects mentees with mentors. Emma discusses how she launched Coding Coach before she had a real database...

Funding Open-Source Maintainers Using Ethical Advertising With Eric Berry from 2023-12-12T18:23:30.404537

It's challenging to sustain open source projects, a lot of time and energy is poured in without any compensation in return. Eric Berry created CodeFund to give developers who are finding it diff...

The State Of WebAssembly With Lin Clark and Till Schneidereit from 2023-12-12T18:23:30.397647

Lin Clark and Till Schneidereit from Mozilla discuss where WebAssembly came from and where it's going. WebAssembly was inspired by asm.js, a subset of JavaScript that could be compiled from a la...

A Few Excellent Reasons For Why Should Give GraphQL A Try With Peggy Rayzis from 2023-12-12T18:23:30.390535

Peggy Rayzis is the engineering manager at Apollo, where she leads the developer experience team.

Peggy talks about how Apollo touches every layer of development. There are a lot of ways t...

There Aren't Any Shortcuts To Expertise With Sara Vieira from 2023-12-12T18:23:30.384487

When something is easy for us, it more than likely is just familiar to us. It's easy to forget how challenging it was to learn what we know. When we tell someone who is still learning that somet...

Become Intentional With Your Time With Scott Hanselman from 2023-12-12T18:23:30.377955

Getting involved in the world of open-source isn't trivial, especially when we are new to this industry and don't a lot of technical experience. Those of us with the privilege of knowledge and e...

You Can Learn A Lot For The Low Price Of Your Ego With Shawn Wang from 2023-12-12T18:23:30.373684

You can learn in private, or you can learn in public. 99% of developers work and learn privately in the shadows, so why shouldn't you? Something magical happened when Shawn started creating reso...

Getting Started With Code Live-Streaming With Suz Hinton from 2023-12-12T18:23:30.367801

Suz started streaming because she wanted to show people that hardware coding is just like regular everyday coding, it's just for smaller, dumber computers. It's been two and a half years since s...

Lessons Learned From Four Major Projects with Shirley Wu from 2023-12-12T18:23:30.361458

Shirley Wu has been freelancer since 2016, creating data visualizations for her clients. In this episode, Shirley talks about the four projects that had the most significant impact on her.

Michael asks Kent about his site rewrite from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.464802

Kent wants to get you pumped about Season 4 of Chats with Kent, introduce a new podcast you can participate in, and tell you all about his new website built with Remix!

Maggie Appleton Chats About Creating Effective Visual Metaphors from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.464024

Learn how to create metaphors and create appropriate visualizations for them

Joel Hooks Chats About Standout Developer Portfolios from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.463252

Learn how to build a developer portfolio that gets you hired

Cher Scarlett Chats About The Consequences of Modern Software from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.462212

Learn about the consequences of addictive design and biased algorithms

Ryan Florence Chats About Remix from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.461386

Combine the power of the old and new web with Remix!

Will Johnson Chats About Landing a Job in Tech from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.460656

Learn how to grow a genuine following and land a career in tech

Titus Wormer Chats About Natural Language Processing Tools from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.459917

Learn more about Titus Wormer's open-source natural language processing ecosystem!

Titus Wormer Chats About ECMAScript Modules from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.458873

Learn about what ECMAScript Modules bring to the table!

Lydia Hallie and Evan Bacon Chat About Leveling Up Your JS from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.458071

Learn strategies for becoming a better JavaScript developer!

Michael Jackson Chats About Remix from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.457283

Learn about the power of using the right abstractions

Daria Caraway Chats About Having a Generalist Skillset from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.456492

Learn about the pros of having a more generalized set of skills!

Daria Caraway Chats About TypeScript from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.455042

Learn about what it's like to migrate a JavaScript project into TypeScript!

Taylor Bell Chats About Effective Teaching from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.393384

Learn how to teach more effectively using the UbD method!

Vlad Magdalin Chats About The No-Code Movement from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.392673

Learn more about how the no-code movement benefits everybody!

Ian Sutherland Chats About Getting Involved In Open-Source from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.391949

Learn how to get over that first hurdle of getting involved in open-source!

Ian Sutherland Chats About Improving Developer Experience from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.391199

Learn how to improve your developer experience with automation and tooling!

Sandrina Pereira Chats About Accessibility from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.390204

Learn how to assess if your app is a11y friendly!

Tracy Lee Chats About Positivity from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.389479

Learn how a positive mindset impacts your career!

Stephan Meijer Chats About Side-Projects from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.388755

Learn why some people are able to have such high output

Josh Comeau Chats About Effective Learning from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.388008

Learn strategies on how to effectively teach yourself!

Josh Comeau Chats About Gaining a Reputation from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.387275

Learn how to build a community of people through your reputation!

Mark Dalgleish Chats About Vanilla Extract from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.386331

Learn more about CSS Modules, CSS in JS, and Vanilla Extract!

Scott Moss Chats About Time Management from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.385579

Learn how one engineer pushed himself to be as productive as possible while also striving to be the best dad he could possibly be.

Jhey Tompkins Chats About Building Awesome Demos from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.384862

Learn how to use projects to improve your skills and problem-solving!

Tiger Abrodi Chats About Advancing Your Skills from 2022-02-22T10:40:20.383834

Learn about how good habits can be deliberately formed to advance your skills!

Sandrina Pereora Chats About Accessibility from 2021-10-04T21:59:12.782821

Learn how to assess if your app is a11y friendly!

Serene Yew Provides Mentorship from 2020-05-19T13:35:31

Serene Yew chats with Kent about why you should be a mentor, how you can be an excellent mentor, and how to find a mentee.

Saron Yitbarek's Path Into Tech from 2020-05-19T13:35:28

Saron Yitbarek chats with Kent about changing her career path, finances, punching your feelings in the face, and doing the hard thing.

Preethi Kasireddy Reinvents Herself from 2020-05-19T13:35:24

Preethi Kasireddy chats with Kent about how she gave up her promising career in venture capital to become a developer.

Michael Chan Encapsulates State from 2020-05-19T13:35:22

Michael Chan talks about co-location, encapsulation, and CSS grid.

Michael Chan Teaches You How To Break Into The Industry from 2020-05-19T13:35:19

Michael Chan chats with Kent about how he broke into the tech industry after the 2008 recession.

Justin McMurdie Breaks Apps Into Micro-Services from 2020-05-19T13:35:16

Justin McMurdie chats with Kent about breaking your app into micro-services.

Talia Nassi on Testing in Production from 2020-05-19T13:35:12

Talia Nassi chats with Kent about knowing the product as a tester, testing in production, and tools for testing.

Dr. Michaela Greiler Makes Code Reviews Your Team's Superpower from 2020-05-19T13:35:09

Dr. Michaela Greiler chats with Kent about code reviews, non-violent communication, data-driven research, and starting a business

Courtney McCleve On Developing Empathy from 2020-05-19T13:35:07

Courtney McCleve chats with Kent about developing relationships with people with disabilities and gaining an understanding of the hardships they face.

Amelia Wattenberger Breaks The UX Mold from 2020-05-19T13:35:04

Amelia Wattenberger chats with Kent about enhancing communication with users through novel experiences.

Laurie Barth Chats With Kent About Growing Outside Of Your Comfort Zone from 2019-11-27T21:07:02

Laurie has a tough time saying no, and she ends up trying a lot of different things, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing. Attempting to learn something new gives you the fresh perspective of ...

Laurie Barth Chats With Kent About Growing Outside Of Your Comfort Zone from 2019-11-27T21:07:02

Laurie has a tough time saying no, and she ends up trying a lot of different things, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing. Attempting to learn something new gives you the fresh perspective of ...

Laurie Barth Chats With Kent About Growing Outside Of Your Comfort Zone from 2019-11-27T21:07:02

Laurie Barth chats with Kent about finding new skills and exploring them.

Eve Porcello Chats With Kent About Sustainably Expanding Skills from 2019-11-27T21:05:10

A lot of times, when people are learning something new, they feel, "Oh, I have to learn this fast and my manager's counting on me to learn this," and everything's super stressful. As software en...

Ken Wheeler Chats With Kent About Going For Challenging Opportunities from 2019-11-27T21:04:25

Almost every demo Ken has done at a conference was wildly out of his league technologically. The deadline for the conference pushes him to grow rapidly. Conference-driven development. Elon Musk ...

Erik Rasmussen Chats With Kent About Maintaining Open-Source Libraries from 2019-11-27T21:03:46

Erik built the Redux Form library to help manage form states in Redux. He decided to open-source Redux Form, and it exploded and became very, very popular.

People kept coming up to Erik wi...

Angie Jones Chats With Kent About Automated Visual Testing from 2019-11-27T21:03:11

Visual testing is like snapshot testing with images. So when your application is in the state that you want it to be in, you verify this as a human being, and then utilize tools to take a pictur...

Nader Dabit Chats With Kent About Keeping An Optimistic Mindset from 2019-11-27T21:02:46

How do you stay optimistic when being bombarded with negativity every day? Nader reminds us that, statistically, we are living in the safest and most prosperous period in human history. Nader we...

Kelly Vaughn Chats With Kent About Personal Finance from 2019-11-27T21:02:19

Kelly got into personal finance while she was struggling financially in grad school. Your very first step to getting your money under control should be to know where your money is going. Sit dow...

Jen Luker Chats With Kent About Finding Inspiration From Anywhere from 2019-11-27T21:01:45

Jen puts knitting before the fact that she is a senior software engineer when she defines who she is; this doesn't make her a worse engineer than someone who eats, sleeps, and breathes code.

Henry Zhu Chats With Kent About The Responsibilities Of A Maintainer from 2019-11-27T21:01:26

Henry Zhu's transition from a programing role to a more managerial role as Babel's maintainer has been hard. As programmers, we tend to value our work based on the number of commits or pushing f...

Jenn Creighton Chats With Kent About Avoiding An"Apropcolypse" from 2019-11-27T21:01:09

Jenn has been working with React since 0.13. She has a background in creative writing, and it melded well with React.

One of her big early mistakes with React was focusing too hard on maki...

Bianca Gandolfo Chats With Kent About Lifestyle Design from 2019-11-27T21:00:54

We're all really busy but we are also ambitious and have goals, but a lot of the time those goals aren't defined so well.

It's important that our goals are well defined and manageable, we'...

Lindsey Kopacz Chats With Kent About A11y from 2019-11-27T21:00:35

When Lindsey started, she didn't know what accessibility even meant. She would see that there was an "accessibility error" and fix it, but she didn't understand why she was fixing it. A11y click...