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Episode 181 - 2023 reflections - looking through the bottle from 2023-11-19T16:00:13
In this episode, we reflect on 2023, what's changed in tech, and how we think about our careers. Panelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @JemYoungStacy London - @stacylondoner Cole Turn...
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Episode 180 - Online teaching courses - proof of knowledge from 2023-10-09T03:36:15
There’s an art to teaching a technical course or workshop. In this episode, we are joined by Josh W. Comeau, who’s had a lot of experience teaching courses to help share his knowledge with us on ho...
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Episode 179 - Security - what's your favorite happy hour beverage? from 2023-09-17T21:18:55
In this episode we are going to be talking about an important feature that so many applications require, login. We are joined by Tony Edwards, Charles Wartemberg and Charlie Shaw from Netflix to sh...
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Episode 178 - Organizing a conference from 2023-08-27T17:00
We are fans of conferences and have spoken a lot about the value we see in attending conferences, but what goes into organizing a conference? In this episode, we are joined by the organizer of Magn...
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Episode 177 - CSS - Cascading Sips of Sangria from 2023-08-14T00:12:02
CSS has been quickly evolving. In this episode, we are joined by Estelle Weyl and Eric Meyer to explore the new properties that are now available. Guests:Estelle Weyl Eric Meyer - @meyerwebPanelis...
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Episode 176 - How is AI maturing? - Always intoxicated by augmented intelligence from 2023-07-30T14:00:06
It’s hard to avoid the topic of AI. The ecosystem of AI is quickly maturing, and we are seeing more use cases and products popping up. In this episode, we are joined by Nick Heiner, an engineer fro...
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Episode 175 - Modern CSS - Drinking in style from 2023-07-16T15:26:49
What’s the current state of CSS in 2023? Chris Coyier joins us to talk with us about the current landscape of CSS and what we should be excited about in the future. Guests:Chris Coyier - @chriscoy...
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Episode 174 - Networking - Net-whiskey-ing from 2023-06-25T22:24:55
At a networking event, one of our listeners asked us to cover the topic of networking. In this episode, we will share our thoughts on networking and the success stories we’ve experienced from netwo...
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Episode 173 - Drag&Drop - drop a drink here from 2023-06-11T16:15:07
Have you ever thought much about the feature, Drag&Drop? In this episode, we are joined by Atlassian Principal Engineer, Alex Reardon, to share some great insights into creating an open-source libr...
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Episode 172 - RenderATL Day 2 Recap from 2023-06-03T11:10:17
Ryan Burgess and Jem Young are at RenderATL 2023 conference in Atlanta. While at the conference, they recorded a podcast episode to recap day one and day two of the conference. In this episode, the...
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Episode 171 - RenderATL Day 1 Recap from 2023-06-01T22:15:58
Ryan Burgess and Jem Young are at RenderATL 2023 conference in Atlanta doing a panel discussion on stage. While at the conference, they recorded a podcast episode to recap day 1 of the conference. ...
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Episode 170 - Micro-interactions - micro-brews from 2023-05-28T15:00:08
How do micro-interactions impact the user experience? In this episode, we are joined by Evan Purkhiser from Sentry to talk with us about micro-interactions. Guests:Evan Purkhiser - @evanpurkhiser ...
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Episode 169 - Recruiting - Fill the glass to the correct level from 2023-05-14T15:34:10
Recruiting, interviews, and hiring is always a great topic for us to discuss. In this episode, we are talking with Hillary Mager and Chris Running from Sterling Strand to talk with us about recruit...
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Episode 168 - Component libraries - cocktail ingredients from 2023-04-30T16:00:27
Component libraries continue to be a growing trend for companies. In this episode, we are joined by Kate Wardin to talk with us about Netflix has adopted a component library they have called Hawkin...
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Episode 167 - Learning - time to wine down and learn from 2023-04-17T02:45:56
We all approach learning in different ways. In this episode, we are joined by Madison Kanna to discuss ways we continue to learn as software engineers. Guests:Madison Kanna - @Madisonkanna Paneli...
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Episode 166 - Backstage - Behind the bar from 2023-04-03T01:13:54
We typically don't talk enough about building internal tools. In this episode, we are joined by Jason Palmer to talk with us about Spotify's open-source internal developer portal, Backstage. Guest...
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Episode 165 - The art of estimates - how many drinks have we had? from 2023-03-19T16:00
Estimating software development is a challenging task. In this episode of the podcast, we discuss ways to approach estimating and how to produce more accurate estimates for your work. Panelists:Ry...
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Episode 164 - Engineering levels - our glass level is full from 2023-03-05T17:30:10
What do engineering levels mean at companies in Silicon Valley? In this episode, we discuss our experiences with levels and promotion criteria. Panelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - @...
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Episode 163 - Patents - Drinks pending from 2023-02-19T16:00:17
August and his team at Twitch were recently awarded a patent for their work. In this episode, we will learn more about what patents are and the process for a software patent in a company. Panelist...
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Episode 162 - Micro Frontends - Micro Brewing from 2023-02-05T17:00:20
There has been a lot of buzz about micro frontends. In this episode, we are joined by Ruben Casas to talk with us about the pros and cons of leveraging micro frontends. Guests:Ruben Casas - @Infox...
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Episode 161 - Engineering with AI - Always Intoxicated from 2023-01-22T16:00:03
AI has been around for awhile but has really exploded in the last few months. We are seeing AI that creates art, code, and all forms of writing. In this episode, we discuss how AI has impacted our ...
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Episode 160 - Efficient drinks - staying productive in 2023 from 2023-01-08T16:00:01
It's a new year, a new you. How do you stay productive in 2023? In this episode, we discuss how we are productive and what tools we leverage to help us. Panelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Stac...
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Episode 159 - Drinks on stage - live at Jamstack 2022 from 2022-12-05T01:02:58
It has been a while since we've done a live episode on stage at a conference. In this episode, we were on stage at Jamstack in San Francisco with our special guest, Jason Lengstorf, discussing spec...
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Episode 158 - Layoffs from 2022-11-20T16:30:39
It has been a tough few weeks for the tech community to deal with company layoffs. In this episode, we speak about the layoffs and our experiences with past layoffs. Panelists:Ryan Burgess - @burg...
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Front End Happy Hour Podcast Trailer from 2022-11-18T22:28:07
The Front End Happy Hour podcast is a panel of engineers from silicon valley companies talking about a range of software engineering topics, from technical to career advice. The discussions are ver...
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Episode 157 - Public sector tech - Public bar vs private club from 2022-10-17T04:07:40
There are many differences between the public and private sectors. What is it like for engineering roles? In this episode, we are joined by Jasmine Robinson from Netflix to hear about her experienc...
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Episode 156 - Sidebar interview with Brian Holt from 2022-10-02T23:23:06
Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Brian Holt, to learn more about his background a...
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Episode 155 - Testing cocktails at a robot bar - Automated testing at scale from 2022-09-18T15:00:04
In this episode, we are joined by Janaki Ramachandran and Benoit Fontaine to talk about how Netflix has approached automated testing at a large scale. Guests:Janaki Ramachandran Benoit FontainePan...
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Episode 154 - Sidebar interview with Mars Jullian from 2022-09-04T15:00:09
Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Mars Jullian, to learn more about her background...
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Episode 153 - (Re)mixology from 2022-07-18T01:28:31
Have you been hearing about the new framework Remix? In this episode, we are joined by Shaundai Person, a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix to talk with us about what Remix is and what are the be...
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Episode 152 - Sidebar interview with Shirley Wu from 2022-06-19T15:00:07
Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Shirley Wu, to learn more about her background a...
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Episode 151 - Building in 2022 and tasting the beverage trends from 2022-06-05T17:30:44
With this ever-changing landscape of technologies, we spend this episode talking with Rhian van Esch and Carlos Castro about the current trends of web development in 2022. Guests:Rhian van Esch - ...
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Episode 150 - Reorgs with a sip of spiced rum from 2022-05-22T14:00:09
An organization going through a reorg is a normal evaluation to meet the needs of the business, but it can be a lot of change. In this episode, we talk about our experiences with reorgs. Panelists...
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Episode 149 - Open source software with open liquor from 2022-05-08T15:00:03
The tech industry relies a lot on open source software. In this episode, we are joined by Jesse Tomchak to talk with us about open source. Guests:Jesse Tomchak - @jtomchak Panelists:Ryan Burgess ...
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Episode 148 - Sidebar interview with Stacy London from 2022-04-24T16:30:21
Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Stacy London, to learn more about her background...
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Episode 147 - Debugging Asynchronous JavaScript - Awaiting My Drink from 2022-04-07T22:54:34
Have you found debugging asynchronous JavaScript to be hard? You’re not alone. In this episode, we are joined by Jenn Creighton from Netflix to talk with us about a talk she’ll be giving at Reactat...
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Episode 146 - Sidebar interview with Jem Young from 2022-03-20T13:30:53
Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Jem Young, to learn more about his background an...
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Episode 145 - Server Driven UI - Served from behind the bar from 2022-03-06T16:00
What is server-driven UI and what are the advantages to taking this approach? In this episode, we are joined by the Netflix engineer, Cole Turner to talk with us about the advantages and disadvanta...
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Episode 144 - Sidebar interview with Ryan Burgess from 2022-02-20T16:15:45
Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Ryan Burgess, the creator of the Front End Happy...
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Episode 143 - TypeScript migration - Strict type of cocktails from 2022-02-06T17:55:41
Software Engineers deal with migrations at some point or another, and there are always a lot of lessons learned afterward. In this episode, we are joined by Sumana Mohan and Joe King from Netflix t...
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Episode 142 - Job hunting in 2022 - Standing out in a crowded bar from 2022-01-23T21:25:39
Recruiting and interviewing isn’t a new topic, it’s one we’ve covered a few times, but this episode focuses on the changes that have happened with the landscape for jobs and interviewing during the...
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Episode 141 - 2021 Hangover from 2022-01-09T18:10:53
Happy New Year! We are back with more episodes in 2022 and to start off the year, we want to reflect on changes that happened in 2021. In this episode, we cover technology changes, our lives, and o...
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Episode 140 - Crafting your cocktail mixture to learning from 2021-11-28T16:43:50
In this episode, we are joined by Loren Sands-Ramshaw to talk with us about education paths for software engineers. There are so many options out there and it's really hard to know what's the right...
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Episode 139 - Preparing ingredients - Interview prep from 2021-10-31T17:31:46
There’s no way around, at some point, you will likely be interviewing. Why not be prepared? In this episode, we share our thoughts and experiences interviewing and how we approach preparing for an ...
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Episode 138 - Bar debate - Smart homes from 2021-10-17T17:08:14
If you've listened to past episodes, you've likely heard Ryan and Jem disagree about smart home devices or IoT. In this episode, the two of them have a friendly debate around their thinking of smar...
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Episode 137 - One drink and a monolithic architecture from 2021-10-03T23:06:21
We've often talked about micro-services and monolithic architectures on previous episodes. In this episode, we are joined by Katherine Peterson to talk with us about her experience working with a m...
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Episode 136 - Old Fashioned, old roles, new beginnings from 2021-09-19T18:00:46
It’s always hard to know when is the right time to make a career change. There’s likely never a perfect time, but in this episode, we talk about how we have made decisions and what’s worked and wha...
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Episode 135 - Dealing with burnout - Burnt Orange Campari from 2021-09-05T17:00:16
Who’s ever had to deal with burnout? In this episode, we are joined by two guests, Vaidehi Joshi, and Eli to share their experiences dealing with burnout. We all share how burnout has shown up for ...
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Episode 134 - Individual contributor to manager - Transitioning into a bartender from 2021-08-23T03:00:57
In this episode, we talk about what it’s like to go from an individual contributor engineer, to an engineering manager. With Jem recently moving into a manager role, Nazanin Delam and Dan DiGangi j...
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Episode 133 - It’s 5 o’clock somewhere - Joining a remote team from 2021-08-09T06:14:51
With a lot of companies now hiring more remote employees, we wanted to talk about what it’s like to join a new team being fully remote. In this episode, we are joined by Laurie Barth and Lucero Car...
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Episode 132 - Test Engineering - Beverage quality assurance from 2021-07-19T04:31:02
Releasing a successful product in production requires testing. In this episode, we are joined by Preethi Sitaraman to talk with us about test engineering and how developers and test engineers can c...
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Episode 131 - Diversity and inclusion - Tech(K)now Day from 2021-07-04T14:00:10
This was a live panel discussion at the Tech(K)now Day conference that took place on March 8, 2021. We did a live episode with the conference organizer, Gen Ashley, who joined us to talk about dive...
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Episode 130 - Stack and infrastructure shaping culture - Drink choice to set the vibe from 2021-06-06T13:55:27
In previous episodes we've talked about how to choose a technical stack and figure out what works best for you and your team. In this episode, we are joined by Jason Lengstorf to talk about how the...
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Episode 129 - Allyship - Inviting everyone to the party from 2021-05-23T15:41:48
A big way to help make a more inclusive tech industry, we need strong allies. In this episode, we are joined by Better Allies, Karen Catlin, to talk with us about allyship. Guests:Karen Catlin - @...
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Episode 128 - Branding&self-promotion - mimosa and self-promosa from 2021-05-09T15:25:14
As you build your career, it’s helpful to think about your personal brand and how you promote yourself in the industry. In this episode, we are joined by Alice Lee, to talk with us about how each o...
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Episode 127 - Writing a technical book - drafts on tap from 2021-04-25T18:31:39
Our very own Shirley Wu and her friend, Nadieh Bremer recently wrote a book called, Data Sketches so we wanted to learn more about what it’s like to write a technical book. In this episode, we are ...
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Episode 126 - Core Web Vitals - Vital libations from 2021-04-11T20:22:33
Optimizing websites for a quality user experience is key to the long-term success of any site on the web and Core Web Vitals is an initiative Google has provided as a unified guidance for quality s...
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Episode 125 - Non-traditional backgrounds - Old Fashioneds with a twist from 2021-03-28T15:12:40
Not everyone starts their engineering career with a Computer Science degree, there are a lot of ways to start an engineering career. In this episode, we are joined by David Simmer from Netflix to t...
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Episode 124 - Software estimating - two finger pour from 2021-03-14T20:16:09
When it comes to estimating the time it takes to build any software project, it’s never easy. There’s a lot of factors that go into estimating. In this episode, we talk about our experiences with e...
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Episode 123 - Documentation - the bartenders' almanac from 2021-02-28T22:40:30
How important is documentation? In this episode, we share our thoughts and opinions on how we approach documentation and the tools that have helped us. Panelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augus...
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Episode 122 - Productivity Engineering - Ballmer Peak from 2021-02-14T19:20:20
How do developer teams stay productive? In this episode, we are talking with Kathryn Koehler and Andy Glover from the Netflix Productivity Engineering team to learn more about what a Productivity E...
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Episode 121 - Transitioning to a new role - Bar hopping from 2021-01-31T14:32:21
At some point or another, we’ve all had to move to a new role or a new company. In this episode, we are joined by special guests Tara Ellis and Jared Jordan to help us discuss things we’ve learned ...
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Episode 120 - Building side projects - Served with a tasty Sidecar from 2021-01-17T16:36:41
In this episode, we are joined by Evan Payne to talk with us about how we each approach side projects. Evan also shares a side project he’s built in Angular. Guests:Evan Payne - @evanfuture Panel...
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Episode 119 - 2020 reflections - Fireball shots from 2020-12-31T16:37:27
In this episode, we will be reflecting on the past year and how things have drastically changed for how we work and how our companies have had to adapt during a pandemic. Panelists:Ryan Burgess - ...
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Episode 118 - Good manager, bad manager - tasty drink, bland drink from 2020-12-21T06:39:43
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. Paneli...
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Episode 117 - Quitting a job - leaving the bar from 2020-11-29T14:33:04
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:R...
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Episode 116 - Live at QCon Plus 2020 from 2020-11-15T16:31:50
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 variou...
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Episode 115 - Imposter Syndrome - Wine connoisseur with a $15 bottle from 2020-11-05T01:10:12
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. Gues...
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Episode 114 - Remote interviewing - drinking on video calls from 2020-10-18T22:08:03
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 fo...
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Episode 113 - Severless - serving(less) drinks from 2020-10-04T14:07:49
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 we...
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Episode 112 - SEO - Searching for our drinks from 2020-09-20T14:55:32
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,...
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Episode 111 - Patron, Palomas, and programmatic problem solving from 2020-09-06T21:06:12
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 solvin...
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Episode 110 - Bartending to everyone - Inclusive language from 2020-08-23T14:12
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 discussi...
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Episode 109 - Quick pour - Web Performance from 2020-08-10T05:59:07
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 be...
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Episode 108 - Whiteboarding for our drinks - The coding interview from 2020-07-27T05:22:27
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 a...
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Episode 107 - Public speakeasy - Public speaking from 2020-07-13T03:04:20
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 Ricke...
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Episode 106 - Carefully Sipping Sangria - CSS from 2020-06-28T20:02:43
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 futur...
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Episode 105 - A parcel of drinks - Parcel from 2020-06-14T18:52:48
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...
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Episode 104 - #BlackLivesMatter from 2020-06-05T16:00:55
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 structur...
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Episode 103 - Brews in Bars - Ecosystem Engineering from 2020-05-24T15:57:49
In this episode, we learn more about Ecosystem Engineering from Netflix engineers, Michael James, and Shravan Heroor. Guests:Michael James Shravan Heroor - @shravanheroorPanelists: Ryan Burgess - ...
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Episode 102 - Complex flavors - complex systems from 2020-05-10T18:53:52
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 sys...
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Episode 101 - Showing off our personal bars - Personal projects from 2020-04-27T04:39:10
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 i...
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Episode 100 - 100 beers on the wall from 2020-04-13T03:50:21
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...
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Episode 099 - No REST with Quintessential Libations - GraphQL from 2020-03-29T15:20:11
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 - @...
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Episode 098 - Drinking alone? Together? - Working from home from 2020-03-21T03:55:40
With the COVID-19 situation, we are all confined to our homes. In this episode, we thought it’d be an excellent opportunity to talk through our experiences working from home during this time. Pane...
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Episode 097 - Cocktail recipes - Design systems from 2020-03-16T04:55:49
In this episode, we recorded live on stage at Root Insurance in Columbus, Ohio. We were joined by Jibran Kutik and Oliver Farshi to talk with about design systems and how engineers and designers co...
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Episode 096 - Our preferred beverages - Work preferences from 2020-03-01T21:18:41
There’s a constant debate on what the preferred work environment is, in office, remote, or work from home. In this episode, we talk about our preferences and some of the pros and cons of each work ...
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Episode 095 - Shot for Shot - One on Ones from 2020-02-16T17:51:16
As engineers, we spend a lot of our time coding, but we also spend a lot of time in meetings. A typical meeting we are in is one on one meetings. In this episode, we talk about ways to get the most...
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Episode 094 - Will code for wine - Civic hacking from 2020-01-21T06:13:46
It’s always great to be able to put our skills to good use. In this episode, we are joined by Sarah Yu to talk with us about civic hacking. Guests:Sarah Yu Panelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan ...
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Episode 093 - Beers and Careers - Career Management from 2020-01-06T06:45:42
It can be really important to think through what you want in your career. In this episode, we are joined by Michael Gaskill to talk with us about career management. Guests:Michael Gaskill Panelis...
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Episode 092 - Keeping the taps on - Holiday code freeze from 2019-12-23T06:19:17
Happy Holidays! In this episode, we talk about supporting large applications over the holidays and what the best practices are in order to make sure your customers have 100% availability over the h...
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Episode 091 - Balancing your drinks&belonging - Inclusion&Diversity in Tech from 2019-12-08T19:15:22
It is really important to make sure our community is an inclusive environment for everyone to feel like they belong. In this episode, we are joined by Cher and Henry Zhu to talk with us about inclu...
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Episode 090 - Sipping our drinks, enjoying the Vue - Vue JS from 2019-11-25T05:14:02
In this episode, we are joined by Sarah Drasner and Gift Egwuenu to talk with us about the popular JavaScript framework, VueJS. Guests:Sarah Drasner - @sarah_edo Gift Egwuenu - @lauragift21Panelis...
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Episode 089 - Hollywood Martinis - Netflix Studio Engineering from 2019-10-27T22:46:27
In today’s episode, we are going to be talking with Priyankaa Vijayakumar and Lauren Tan about an interesting engineering effort their teams at Netflix are working on. Netflix continues to create i...
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Episode 088 - Tech lead engineer - herding cats&drinks from 2019-09-30T05:16:28
We often talk a lot about growth path as engineers. One of those growth paths could be a tech lead engineer. In this episode, we are joined by Tony Edwards to help talk with us about what the role ...
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Episode 087 - Open bar - all things open source from 2019-09-16T04:50:16
As engineers we have a lot of excellent tools and resources to help us do our jobs well, one of those resources is open source code. In this episode, we will be talking about all things open source...
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Episode 086 - A new brand of bourbon - code migrations from 2019-08-19T02:53:52
We’ve all faced some form of code migration in the past and wanted to share some of the things we’ve learned. In this episode, we’re joined by Micah Ransdell, a Software Engineering Manager at Netf...
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Episode 085 - The art of mixology - creative coding from 2019-08-04T22:08:53
In this episode, we are joined by a returning guest, Shirley Wu to talk with us about the combination of code and art. Guests:Shirley Wu - @sxywu Panelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Augustus Y...
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Episode - 084 - Niagara Falls, on the rocks - development process from 2019-07-22T04:35:58
There are quite a few ways to organize a team to build out a new feature. Two of the most talked-about are Waterfall and Agile. In this episode, we’ll be talking through the pros and cons of some o...
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Episode 083 - Behind the bar - Collaborating with the Backend from 2019-06-24T03:38:03
In this episode, we are joined by Ujjwal Tyagi and Eric Eiswerth to talk with us about how Backend and Frontend engineers can be most effective collaborating. Items mentioned in the episode:Growth...
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Episode 082 - Product management - Pouring Martinis from 2019-06-09T18:55:49
In this episode, we’re joined by product managers, Michael Spiegelman, Cathy Conk, and Eddy Wu from Netflix to talk with us about the relationship between engineers and product managers. Guests:Mi...
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Episode 081 - CSS - continually sipping sazeracs from 2019-05-26T22:17:27
In this episode, we are joined by Tyler Childs, a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix to talk with us about building out scalable CSS and share some of the exciting new features in the latest versi...
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Episode 080 - User experience - what if users are drunk? from 2019-05-14T14:02:44
In this episode, we are joined by Randall Koutnik, a Senior Software Engineer at Slack to talk with us about how we should be thinking about ways to build better user experiences. Guests:Randall K...
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Episode 079 - Home-brewing front end culture from 2019-04-28T19:50:09
In this episode, we are joined by Katie Sylor-Miller, a Staff Software Engineer from Etsy, to talk with us about ways to help build and foster a frontend culture within your companies. Guests:Kati...
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Episode 078 - Our drinks are overrated from 2019-04-14T19:09:37
In this episode, Jem and Ryan each toss out frontend terms, languages, technologies, and patterns to debate if they are underrated or overrated. Panelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Jem Young - ...
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Episode 077 - Career growth - beers and careers from 2019-03-31T18:02:39
In past episodes we’ve shared our thoughts on helping others grow or how to help interns in your company, but we haven’t discussed our thoughts on our own career growth. In this episode, we’ll shar...
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Episode 076 - Bandersnatching our drinks from 2019-03-04T00:44:49
Bandersnatch is an exciting Netflix interactive film that’s not only an amazing story, it has seamless experience that Netflix engineering teams have created. In this episode, we are joined by engi...
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Episode 075 - Component libraries - sharing our drinks from 2019-02-19T04:09:45
In this episode, we are joined by Jeeyun Linn, and Cole Turner to talk with us about building and using component libraries in a company. Guests:Jeeyun Linn - @jeeyunit Cole Turner - @coleturnerPa...
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Episode 074 - Beer money - negotiating salaries from 2019-02-04T05:20:30
We’ve talked about interviewing for engineering jobs, but once you have an offer, how do you negotiate the salary? In this episode, we’re joined by Matthew Gerstman, an engineer from Dropbox to tal...
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Episode 073 - Drinks to go - Native mobile solutions from 2019-01-21T04:40:30
There are a lot of great solutions available to support a native mobile experience for your application, but what’s the best option? In this episode we are joined by Jordanna Kwok from Netflix, to ...
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Episode 072 - Pacing our drinks - Engineering Performance from 2019-01-07T04:33:08
Creating performant websites and applications continues to be really important, but what about engineering performance. How do we make sure we are improving our productivity as engineers. In this e...
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Episode 071 - Web Performance - Chugging our drinks down fast from 2018-12-10T05:18:23
Creating performant websites and applications continue to be more and more important. In this episode, we are joined by Addy Osmani to talk with us about web performance and some future web platfor...
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Episode 070 - Senior Engineer - Master Brewer from 2018-11-26T03:56:33
We are often asked, what makes you a Senior Software Engineer. It’s not an easy answer, there are a lot of interesting thoughts and responses. In this episode, we are joined by Lauren Tan to help d...
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Episode 069 - Internships - Intern-sips from 2018-10-29T02:52:36
Starting your career is a daunting task. You’ve learned these brand new skills, but how do you apply them and get experience? In this episode, we are joined by Moira Huang, to help us talk about in...
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Episode 068 - Progressive Web Apps - Pale Wheat Ale from 2018-10-15T04:10:44
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 futur...
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Episode 067 - Ethics - to drink or not to drink? from 2018-10-01T05:00:05
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.
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Episode 066 - Type systems - a static drink list from 2018-09-17T04:39:24
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 lever...
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Episode 065 - Recruiting - do you have time for a quick beer? from 2018-09-03T04:45:03
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...
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Episode 064 - Librations - JavaScript libraries from 2018-08-20T00:55:30
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...
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Episode 063 - IoT - Internet of Tequila from 2018-08-06T02:26:58
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,...
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Episode 062 - Web Components - shots of shadow dom from 2018-07-23T02:23:47
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 - @d...
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Episode 061 - Build tooling - brewing complex bundles from 2018-07-09T06:03:31
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...
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Episode 060 - Shots to growlers - finding the right size drink from 2018-06-25T05:15:03
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 ...
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Episode 059 - A/B testing - Ale or Bourbon? from 2018-06-11T04:46:33
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 ...
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Episode 058 - User testing - Even a drunk person can do it from 2018-05-28T14:18:36
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 und...
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Episode 057 - Falcor - Modeling our drinks from 2018-05-14T03:16:22
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 P...
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Episode 056 - Drink-a-thon onstage at Reactathon from 2018-04-29T18:38:42
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 structur...
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Episode 055 - A mixologist's tools from 2018-04-17T03:14:34
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 fou...
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Episode 054 - Wasted on Elm from 2018-04-01T22:08:08
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 g...
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Episode 053 - Bar-tending to your codebase from 2018-03-18T17:15:45
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. ...
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Episode 052 - Looking Forward to a drink from 2018-03-04T17:15:49
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...
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Episode 051 - Gin and toxic culture from 2018-02-19T02:23:51
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 unheal...
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Episode 050 - Angling for a drink from 2018-02-05T14:58:05
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 st...
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Episode 049 - Independent taste testing from 2018-01-22T03:05:07
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 s...
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Episode 048 - Toast to a new year from 2017-12-19T04:21:36
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:Ry...
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Episode 047 - Speak(easy) from 2017-11-27T01:37:31
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...
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Episode 046 - Locking down the liquor from 2017-11-14T17:20:17
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 B...
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Episode 045 - Getting the bartender's attention from 2017-10-30T03:17:58
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 engin...
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Episode 044 - Champagne ideas and caviar dreams from 2017-10-15T17:58:16
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 th...
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Episode 043 - Our first drink from 2017-10-01T21:24:02
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_pree...
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Episode 042 - Work hard, drink hard from 2017-09-14T03:51:22
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. ...
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Episode 041 - Maintaining a healthy buzz from 2017-08-28T05:35:44
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 B...
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Episode 040 - React Native - Mix Once, Drink Everywhere from 2017-08-15T04:20:56
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 w...
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Episode 039 - Smashed after a Swift shot from 2017-07-30T03:20:47
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 bui...
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Episode 038 - Plotting our drinks from 2017-07-18T06:37:28
In this episode, we’re joined by Shirley Wu, a Freelance Software Engineer who focuses on Data Visualization. Shirley shares a lot of knowledge about Data Visualization using JavaScript. Guests:Sh...
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Episode 037 - Amazing Manhattans Anywhere from 2017-07-05T21:35:38
We’ve received a lot of great questions from our listeners and wanted to take the time to answer them as an AMA (Ask Me Anything) episode. Thank you all for the great questions, we had a lot of fun...
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Episode 036 - First drink in a new bar from 2017-06-18T22:19:53
Starting a new job is never easy, but a good onboarding process can make all the difference. In this episode, we talk about our experiences with onboarding at companies we’ve worked at and share ou...
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Episode 035 - Top shelf style guides from 2017-06-04T15:23:10
In this episode, we’re joined by Jyri Tuulos and Josh London to help discuss reusable components and building style guides. Jyri is a Staff Engineer at AdRoll and Josh is a Senior Designer at Netfl...
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Episode 034 - npm install beer --save-in-mouth from 2017-05-22T21:20:20
In this episode, we are joined by Laurie Voss, the COO and former CTO at npm. Npm, also known as Node Package Manager has been an important tool in the JavaScript community and has helped engineers...
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Episode 033 - One part beer, three parts web components. Add lemon to taste from 2017-05-08T03:22:59
In this episode, we are joined by Trey Shugart who is a front-end developer (Principal Developer) at Atlassian, proponent of web components, and author of SkateJS to talk about Web Components. Ite...
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Episode 032 - Imposter Syndrome - These are not the drinks you're looking for from 2017-04-23T20:23:51
What’s it like to deal with Imposter Syndrome? In this episode, we are joined by Jessica Grist, a Software Engineer at Adroll to discuss how we’ve all experience Imposter Syndrome in our careers an...
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Episode 031 - A flaming shot of burnout from 2017-04-10T00:52:09
Burnout is not a rare phenomenon that engineers deal with. In this episode, we talk about the ways we’ve been affected by burnout and how we’ve dealt with it. We discuss past experiences that have ...
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Episode 030 - Static site generators and dynamic drink drinkers from 2017-03-24T15:50:24
Websites have gotten a lot more complicated over the years. What happened to static HTML? In this episode we’re joined by Harry Wolff, the creator of Reptar, to talk about leveraging build tools to...
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Episode 029 - Alcoholic Angular from 2017-03-13T02:24
In this episode, we’re joined by our special guest, Ayşegül Yönet, a Software Engineer Autodesk, who will help us discuss the popular Google JavaScript framework Angular. In the episode, we discuss...
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Episode 028 - JavaScript Universi-LongIslandIce-ty from 2017-02-26T16:50:32
We’ve all started somewhere. JavaScript isn’t always an easy language to learn. In this episode, we’re joined by Gordon Zhu, who teaches workshops on JavaScript at Watch and Code. We are also joine...
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Episode 027 - A drink for the"Rust"of us from 2017-02-16T06:27:46
Rust is an exciting systems programming language that’s being developed in Mozilla. In this episode, we’re joined by Jafar Husain to talk about the Rust and what the benefits of leveraging a langua...
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Episode 026 - Design, neat from 2017-02-07T19:31:23
In this episode, we’re joined by Julie Horvath, a Design Lead at Apple to help us talk about design. We discuss ways to help improve the collaboration between designers and frontend developers. Jul...
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Episode 025 - From bar-back to frontender from 2017-01-25T05:17:01
We’ve all started out somewhere in our career. In previous episodes, we’ve talked about various ways we’ve learned front end development, but haven’t touched on mentorship. In this episode, Sarah S...
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Episode 024 - The hangover of 2016 from 2017-01-16T10:04:16
As we look forward to all the great trends and changes that will happen in 2017, in this episode we discuss our thoughts and opinions on the various development trends and notable things that happe...
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Episode 023 - Ember - Gin&Tomster from 2016-12-31T00:08:58
Ember is a growing JavaScript framework that large companies like LinkedIn are using for their web application. In this episode, we are joined by Stacy London from Atlassian to discuss the advantag...
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Episode 022 - Drinking with more style and less sass from 2016-12-17T02:19:04
Writing CSS seems pretty straight forward until your project and team starts to grow. CSS has a lot of issues, in this episode we share some advice for making it a little bit easier. We’ll also dis...
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Episode 021 - Mixed drinks and mixed languages from 2016-12-06T04:11:23
Have you had to deal with supporting more than one language in your web application? Offering content in several languages makes a better experience for your users but it can add many layers of com...
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Episode 020 - Wasted on workflows from 2016-11-21T03:37:41
We are lost without our tools. In this episode, we share the tools and applications we can’t live without. We discuss what development environments we use and plugins we find useful. Items mention...
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Episode 019 - Drinking to digital nomads from 2016-11-07T15:30
The idea of working remotely has become more realistic over the past few years, making it easier for engineers to do their work without being tied to a physical location. In this episode, we are jo...
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Episode 018 - Shotgunning websites: web performance from 2016-10-29T19:26:44
Users are extremely sensitive to web performance. The slightest change in a website’s load time can impact a user staying or going. In this episode we talk about ways to help improve web performanc...
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Episode 017 - Managing our drinks from 2016-10-14T03:28:56
In this episode, we are joined by Chris Saint-Amant from Netflix to help discuss what it’s like to transition from being an engineer to becoming an engineering manager. We share our thoughts on wha...
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Episode 016 - Spilled beer and epic fails from 2016-09-26T01:18:51
As an engineer we build things, but we also make mistakes or introduce bugs into the software we write. In this episode, we share horror stories of things that we’ve experienced in our careers and ...
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Episode 015 - A flight of JavaScript frameworks from 2016-09-13T05:32
In the JavaScript community, we have a lot of amazing frameworks that help us in our day to day work. It can be at times overwhelming to understand what framework is the best one to use. In this ep...
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Episode 014 - Hangovers and hotels: engineer conferences from 2016-08-28T21:53:01
Conferences continue to be a great way to learn and grow as an engineer. In the 14th episode of the Front End Happy Hour podcast we discuss the value of conferences and why you might want to attend...
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Episode 013 - Drinking in the present to learn future JavaScript from 2016-08-18T04:52:17
In episode 13 of the Front End Happy Hour podcast, we’re joined by Jafar Husain from Netflix to talk with us about the future of JavaScript. Jafar is part of the TC-39 committee that helps determin...
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Episode 012 - Ninja rockstar whiskey drinker with 10 years IPA experience from 2016-08-08T13:38:21
As an engineer or developer we currently fortunate enough to have a wide selection of amazing jobs and companies to work for. Although we have a wide selection of jobs, finding the right one is ext...
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Episode 011 - Transpilers - slow down and drink from 2016-07-28T05:57:52
Leveraging transpilers is extremely helpful in allowing us to extend the JavaScript language in ways JavaScript engines cannot. There are a lot of amazing transpilers available in the JavaScript co...
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Episode 010 - Raise your glass to women in tech from 2016-07-13T03:32:03
In the technology industry we’re continually trying to grow the diversity of people who are working in the space. Most recently there have been a lot of great efforts made to increase the number of...
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Episode 009 - Scotch makes us animated from 2016-06-07T04:28:28
In this episode we learn about animating with JavaScript. We’re joined by a special guest, Sarah Drasner, who is an expert in JavaScript and SVG animations. Having good animations in your product i...
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Episode 008 - A Shot of Silicon Valley from 2016-05-24T15:33:14
Working in Silicon Valley is very unique. We work in a bubble, immersed in technology. There are billboards about frameworks, technology, and gadgets. Coffee shops are filled with people on Macbook...
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Episode 007 - a11y Cocktail from 2016-05-15T20:48:40
In this episode, we have a special guest joining us to talk about digital accessibility, Jennison Asuncion who is a leader in the accessibility community and has a lot of information to help us imp...
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Episode 006 - Unit testing and whiskey tasting from 2016-04-26T03:23:51
We’ve all heard unit testing is good, but how do you get started writing unit tests? In this episode of Front End Happy Hour we share our experiences and advice writing unit tests. We discuss why i...
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Episode 005 - Interviews make us drink from 2016-04-15T00:36:46
In order to work professionally as a front end developer, there is always an intense interview process. In this episode, we share our experiences and thoughts on the interviews we’ve done in the pa...
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Episode 004 - ES6 and a Six Pack from 2016-04-05T02:52:09
ECMAScript 6 was a major release for the JavaScript language. There’s a lot of great new features that have been added. In this episode we discuss how you can start using ES6 today and what we’ll s...
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Episode 003 - From head to footer from 2016-03-25T00:42:44
In this ever changing industry of front end development, developers are constantly learning. In this episode of Front End Happy Hour we discuss everything from our school backgrounds and what lead ...
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Episode 002 - RxJS - Async and Drink from 2016-03-16T08:10:27
In the second episode of the Front End Happy Hour podcast, our special guest, Ben Lesh joins us to talk about all the great things in RxJS 5.Items mentioned in the episode: Rx MarblesGuests: Ben Le...
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Episode 001 - The state of web development from 2016-03-01T03:35:33
For our very first episode of the Front End Happy Hour podcast, we have our panelists (Augustus Yuan, Derrick Showers, Jem Young, Ryan Anklam and Ryan Burgess) discuss their opinions on the Medium ...
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