Podcasts by The Frontside Podcast

009: How to tell if a jQuery plugin is about to stab you from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.361117

In the episode, we discuss our Raspberry Pi projects, and dive into the problems inherent in adapting old-school jQuery plugins to modern client-side web applications.

013: Ember-Metal, HTMLbars, and the death of script tags from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.349565

Stanley Stuart hosts a Canadian edition with Ember contributors mixonic (Matthew Beale) and mmun (Martin Muñoz). They talk about what’s up with Ember 1.8, Handlebars, HTMLbars, Metal Views, the dif...

014: Literally everything we learned in 2014 from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.348656

Charles and Brandon reflect on the lessons from software consulting over the past year. No subject is safe: Work culture, money, bad decisions, and how fear really is the mind-killer.

018: Back-End Devs and Bridging the Stack with Toran Billups from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.345116

Toran Billups joins us for this week's Frontside podcast.

We had a great conversation about test driven development, code rot, the challenges of bringing back-end programmers into front e...

023: Ember Islands with Mitch Lloyd from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.340824

We're joined this week by Mitch Lloyd to talk about Ember Islands, the difficulties of making great training materials and screencasts, and more.

025: Getting to Ember 2.0 with Matthew Beale from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.274455

This week we're joined by Matthew Beale to talk about Ember 2.0 and more.

Matthew shares his path to programming and getting involved with Ember, why the core team is focusing on making Em...

029: Ember & "Big OSS" with Robert Jackson from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.271153

Robert Jackson works at Aptible and is a member of the Ember core team. In this episode, we discuss how he got into Ember, his past experience with running a business, how he manages his OSS workfl...

031: Family and Programming Life Balance with Mando Escamilla from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.269327

Mando Escamilla joins us this week to talk about balancing work and family life, how being a better parent can make you a better programmer, why staying up late is a false economy, and more.

035: How We Hire from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.265926

Brandon and Charles discuss their slightly unusual approach to hiring, why they focus on creating success for their candidates, the hidden value of mentoring, the vision that led them to start The ...

040: How We're Refactoring Our Business from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.261770

After a "perfect storm" of events rocked The Frontside, Charles and Brandon were faced with the prospect of what kind of future they saw, if any, for the business.

In this episode, Brandon...

041: The Technical Skills of a Senior Dev from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.260910

Recently, there was a flurry of activity around one of Brandon's posts about defining the term "senior developer". But he left the purely technical aspects of the role for later discussion, which l...

043: Growing Communities and Businesses with Leah Silber from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.259207

In this episode, Leah Silber, CEO of Tilde, Inc. and Ember.js core team member talks about what she's learned building communities, organizing events, and running a business. We talk about how peop...

045: The New Theory of Teams with Sarah Mei from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.257285

In this episode, Sarah Mei, founder of RailsBridge, Director of Ruby Central, and Chief Consultant of DevMynd Software, talks about the way we write software: What’s right? What’s wrong? How can we...

046: What's in store for Ember? with Yehuda Katz from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.256470

In this episode, Yehuda Katz, co-founder of [Tilde](http://www.tilde.io/), OSS enthusiast, and world traveler, talks about what's in store for Ember.

048: Farewell, Brandon from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.254416

We say goodbye to our friend and co-host of The Frontside Podcast, Brandon Hays.

049: Learning Elm For Better JavaScript with Jamison Dance from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.253599

In this episode, we talk to Jamison Dance, the host of the Soft Skills Engineering Podcast, about learning Elm for writing better JavaScript.

050: Learning to Program with Kyle Simpson from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.252737

Kyle Simpson, the author of the You Don't Know JS book series, talks about education and learning and teaching programming to new developers.

052: Emberitas with Lydia Guarino and Shannon Byrne from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.250788

Lydia Guarino and Shannon Byrne join the show to talk about Emberitas: a free one-day event to teach women to code ambitious web applications with Ember.js.

056: Ember vs. Elm: The Showdown with Philip Poots from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.246196

A fascinating conversation on The Elm Programming Language with Philip Poots.

057: Demystifying Software with Liz Baillie from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.245172

In this episode, we talk to Liz Baillie, of Tilde Inc., about demystifying software: understanding programming, coming to peace with ignorance, math and programming, and getting involved in Open So...

060: Ember and Fastboot with Jonathan Jackson from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.241798

In this episode, we talk to Jonathan Jackson of Ember Weekend about Ember, The Ember Community Survey, and FastBoot.

061: Accessibility with Marcy Sutton from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.240783

In this episode, we talk to Marcy Sutton about accessibility both in the big and small picture.

065: Data Loading Patterns with the JSON API with Balint Erdi from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.236442

In this episode, we talk to Balint Erdi, author of Rock and Roll with Ember.js, about data loading with the JSON API.

068: How We Do UI Testing Here at The Frontside from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.233037

After the cliffhanger left in Episode 62, we follow up on how we specifically do UI Testing at The Frontside in Austin, Texas.

071: Labor Organizing and Open Source Sustainability with Audrey Eschright from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.229714

In this episode, Audrey Eschright of The Recompiler Mag joins us to talk about labor organizing and open source sustainability.

072: Single Page Apps with Accessibility in Mind with Kris Van Houten from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.228710

In this episode, Kris Van Houten talks about creating single page apps with accessibility in mind.

075: Babel with Robert Jackson from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.225483

On this episode we bombard Robert Jackson with questions about all things Babel!!

078: Kasita with Jeff Wilson and Jason Jaynes from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.222182

In this episode we talk to Jeff Wilson and Jayson Jaynes of Kasita about building their team and creating the design, integrating devices, and building ecosystems.

085: WebAssembly with Jay Phelps from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.168418

We loved having Jay Phelps on the show so much last week, we invited him back this week to talk about WebAssembly!

088: The Craft of Developer Experience with Kaylie Kwon from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.163440

Kaylie Kwon: kaylieEB | kayliekwon@gmail.com

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092: Venture Capital and Investing with Sam Cates from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.147628

Sam Cates: @SamCates | GE Ventures

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095: Connected Coffee with Kevin Nater and Chas Studor of Briggo from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.139322

In this episode, we talk to Kevin Nater and Chas Studor about "Connected Coffee".

097: Language Server Protocol with Erich Gamma and Dirk Baeumer from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.135580

Erich Gamma: @ErichGamme

Dirk Baeumer: @dbktw

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105: Automating GitHub with Probot from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.073089

In this episode, the panelists talk about automating GitHub with Probot. The origins of Probot are discussed, as well as making GitHub apps with the GitHub API, automating workflows with Probot, mu...

107: Microstates Part II from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.069012

In the last episode, we spoke a lot about the "why?" behind microstates. This time we wanted to cover how ideas in Microsta...

108: Running an Online-Only, Free Conference on Twitch with Kristian Freeman from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.066789

In this episode, Kristian Freeman tells us about ByteConf: why he decided to start the conference, unique challenges of putting an online conference together, what he expects in terms of viewership...

110: Mentorship 3.0 with Saron Yitbarek from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.064697

In this episode, Charles and Sam talk to Saron Yitbarek about her idea of mentorship, ideas for distributed learning for businesses to promote individual and company growth, and why it's important ...

114: The Business Case for Experimentation with Elm with Dillon Kearns from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.059503

In this episode, Dillon Kearns joins the show to talk about techniques for experimentation with Elm, making those experiments safe, the concept of mob programming, why you would want to experiment ...

Deployment with Luke Melia, Aaron Chambers, and Mattia Gheda from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.051798

Luke Melia, Aaron Chambers, and Mattia Gheda john Taras and Charles to discuss all things deployment!

Svelte and Reactivity with Rich Harris from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.046746

Rich Harris talks about Svelte and Reactivity.

Rich Harris: Graphics Editor on The New York Times ...

Big Ideas & The Future at The Frontside from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.040731

In this episode, Charles and Taras discuss "big ideas" and all the things they hope to accomplish at The Frontside over the next decade.

Type systems with ReasonML London organizer Marcel Cutts and Shane Wilson from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.036582

"Java has done an excellent job at ruining types for everyone for quite a while—explains Marcel after describing the tech pub scene in London—but it's important to know there's more than one kind o...

Product Roadmaps and Tooling Planning with Steve Pereira from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.034025

Steve Pereira—the founder of Visible—talks about how his unique approach to mapping helps customers get products out of the door fast and efficiently.

Paying Open Source Contributors with Puneet Lath from 2022-02-22T10:57:51.032913

Puneet Lath, Director of Research and Development at Expensify, talks about the unique way their company is open-sourcing the front end of their product itself.

Data, Trust, and Transparency: A COVID-19 Vaccine Story from 2021-01-19T20:21

Data is at the center of everything we do. Yet, how can we trust it in a world where more "organic" food is consumed than produced? In this episode, Jason Kelley—the Global General Manager for Bloc...

Intro to Rush.js with co-author Pete Gonzales from 2020-06-25T21:56

Monorepos are the new muse of library maintainers, but what happens when your project grows past 100 packages in the same repo? What about thousands? Rush.js was created for those cases, and Pete—w...

Transparent Development from 2019-09-26T19:49

In this episode, Charles and Taras discuss "transparent development" and why it's not only beneficial to development teams, but to their clients as well.

Security with Philippe De Ryck from 2019-06-13T20:48

Philippe De Ryck joins the show to talk all things security: the importance and why you should be taking active steps, how to do it in your codebase effectively, and what can happen during a breach.

An Analysis of NativeScript Mobile Platform from 2019-05-24T16:00

In this internal Frontside Podcast episode, Charles, Taras, and Jeffrey analyze the NativeScript Mobile Platform.

Pull Requests with Joe LeBlanc from 2019-04-11T19:08

Joe joins the panelists to talk about pull request etiquette.

Frontend/Backend Team Collaboration with Sam Joseph from 2019-03-29T19:00

Sam joins the panelists to talk about frontend and backend team collaboration.

Team Collaboration with Jacob Stoebel from 2019-03-14T20:52

In this episode, Jacob Stoebel joins Charles and Taras to talk about team collaboration process and practices.

What’s in a UI platform? from 2019-01-24T18:45

Here it is, folks! The first episode of our newly rebranded "Frontside Platform Podcast". In this episode, we talk about why platform? What is going to come out of these conversations over time? Ou...

117: The Frontside Podcast 2019 Reboot Preview from 2018-12-27T17:00

The Frontside is planning on rebooting our podcast in 2019! Listen to this for a short briefing on where we hope to take the show next year!

116: Styled Components and Functional CSS with Kris Van Houten from 2018-12-20T19:00

In this episode, we are joined by Kris Van Houten to chat about Functional CSS and Styled Components: pros and cons, the problems that they are trying to solve, and how to choose between one or the...

115: Testing Issues and BigTest Solutions from 2018-11-29T21:35

In this internal episode, Charles and Wil talk about testing issues and BigTest solutions.

113: There and Back Again: A Quest For Simplicity with Philip Poots from 2018-10-25T10:00

Guest:

Philip Poots: GitHub | ClubCollect

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112: Language Formation with Amanda Hickman and Amberley Romo from 2018-10-11T21:02

In this episode, Amanda Hickman and Amberley Romo talk about how they paired up to get the safety pin, spool of thread, and the knitting yarn and needles emojis approved by the Unicode Committee so...

111: Accessibility in Single Page Applications from 2018-09-20T20:54

In this episode, Robert, Charles, and Wil talk about the whys and hows of accessibility, as well as what makes single page applications special, why they are they harder for accessibility, and fram...

109: What Do You Need in a JavaScript Framework? from 2018-08-23T21:46

In this episode, former Fronsiders, Brandon Hays and Chris Freeman join Charles and Taras to talk about the difference between a framework and a library, whether or not React + Redux a framework in...

106: Microstates from 2018-07-20T20:48

In part I of The Frontside's microstates series, Charles Lowell, Taras Mankovski, and David Keathley talk about state management that’s easy and fun and transactionality.

104: Blockchain Development with Chris Martin from 2018-06-28T18:44

In this episode, Chris Martin of Type Classes and Joe LaSala of The Frontside talk about blockchain development.

103: React Components with Michael Jackson from 2018-06-14T22:17

In this episode, Michael Jackson of React Training and Rob DeLuca and Taras Mankovski of The Frontside talk about what is a component, and what a component is specifically in the context of React.

102: FOLIO with Harry Kaplanian from 2018-05-31T16:53

In this episode, Harry Kaplanian of EBSCO joins the show to talk about the FOLIO project: a community collaboration to develop an open source Library Services Platform designed for innovation.

101: Fullstack / Backend / Frontend: What’s the Difference? from 2018-05-24T19:36

In this episode of The Frontside Podcast, panelists Charles Lowell, Rob DeLuca, and Sam Keathley, discuss how much the distinction between frontend, backend, and fullstack developers matter in both...

100: 100th Episode Celebration with Brandon Hays from 2018-04-30T22:42

Frontside alum and original podcast host, Brandon Hays, makes a special guest appearance to talk with Charles about the evolution of The Frontside as a company: where it's been, where it's going...

099: Funcadelic with Taras Mankovski from 2018-04-12T19:47

In this episode, Taras and Charles talk about a project that they work on together: Funcadelic - a Functional Programming and Category Theory for Everyday JavaScript Development.

098: Experience First Development from 2018-03-29T18:27

This Frontsider panel episode explores what virtues go into making quality software, such as having tests, making sure software is performant and accessible, and why you should try to avoid tech...

096: Outside-In Development from 2018-02-21T19:08

Show Notes:

• 01:02 - Why outside-in development?


• 05:50 - Best Practices and Implementation


• 09:35 - API Iteration and Design
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094: Machine Learning with Katharine Beaumont from 2018-01-25T16:00

Katharine Beaumont: @katharinecodes

Show Notes:

In this episode, we hit the topic of machine learning from a 101 perspective: what it is, why it is importa...

093: Monoids, Monoids Everywhere! with Julie Moronuki from 2018-01-11T22:23

Julie Moronuki: @argumatronic | argumatronic.com

Show Notes:

This episode is a follow-up episode to the one we did with Julie in September: Learn Haskell, ...

091: RxJS with Ben Lesh and Tracy Lee from 2017-12-13T18:45

Tracy Lee: @ladyleet | ladyleet.com

Ben Lesh: @benlesh | Listen

090: Big Testing in JavaScript from 2017-11-30T21:58

How do we ensure a high level of quality and maximize the refactorability of our code? Frontsiders, Wil and Charles, talk about their battle tested techniques for testing web applications, not o...

089: glimmer-redux with Toran Billups from 2017-11-16T20:40

Toran Billups: @toranb | GitHub | Blog

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087: The JSON API and Orbit.js with Dan Gebhardt from 2017-10-26T21:46

Dan Gebhardt: @dgeb | Cerebris

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• 01:33 - The Listen

086: Routing in Ember with Alex Matchneer from 2017-10-19T21:58

Charles and Alex Matchneer have a great discussion that centers around routing in Ember.js: what they want to see in a router, what problems it solves, what’s wrong with the routing solutions we cu...

084: redux-observables with Jay Phelps from 2017-09-28T21:20

Jay Phelps joins the show for a meaty discussion on redux-observables!

083: Learn Haskell, Think Less from 2017-09-25T13:00

Julie Moronuki: @argumatronic | argumatronic.com

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082: Peeple with Chris Chuter from 2017-09-15T00:56

In this episode, we talk to Chris Chuter, Creator and CEO of Peeple: an elegant, compact, and easy-to-use caller ID device for your front door.

081: Knocki with John Boyd from 2017-08-31T20:20

We continue our Internet of Things discussions with CTO of Knocki, John Boyd!

080: Resin.io with Alison Davis and Ronald McCollam from 2017-08-17T20:41

We chat about IoT and specifically Resin.io with Alison Davis and Ronald McCollam.

079: Web Security and Keeping Developers on the Cutting Edge via Trainings and Workshops with Mike North from 2017-08-10T19:34

Mike North talks about transitioning from CTO to Independent Trainer, customizing content and developing curriculum, Progressive Web Apps, and security.

077: The Internet of Things Cometh from 2017-07-27T19:02

In this episode, we talk about IoT: what’s coming, why we’re intrigued, and how we’ve already started it incorporating it in our office. In the next episodes to come, we will be having guests on th...

076: "Devsigners" with Drew Covi from 2017-07-21T19:54

In this episode we discuss the concept of the "devsigner" with Drew Covi.

074: Mission Driven Businesses with Anissa Willyard from 2017-06-29T19:53

Anissa Willyard of the up and coming app, GiveBack2Schools, talks about mission driven businesses, leaving a legacy, and finding your people.

073: Summer Interlude from 2017-06-14T14:38

A special announcement from The Frontside.

070: Kubernetes with Joe Beda from 2017-05-18T20:19

Joe Beda talks Kubernetes!

069: Redux Part II with Toran Billups from 2017-05-11T21:07

We invited Toran Billups back to follow up on Episode #55: Redux and Ember.

067: ember-concurrency with Alex Matchneer from 2017-04-20T21:39

We talked to Alex Matchneer about ember-concurrency, observables, using references, and pipeline use cases.

066: 10 Pounds of Dirt in a 5 Pound Sack with Michael Coté from 2017-04-13T20:44

In this episode, Charles talks to friend, Michael Coté about being a professional muller and iterative development.

064: Empathy in Sales with Ginger Whalen from 2017-03-30T20:57

In this episode, Ginger Whalen explains the empathetic sales process.

063: Growing New Developers with Saron Yitbarek from 2017-03-23T21:56

In this episode, Saron Yitbarek joins us to talk about the CodeNewbie Community, the upcoming Codeland Conference in New York City, and helping junior developers move up in the programming world.

062: UI for U and I from 2017-03-16T20:45

It's all about UI today: what it is, when it stops, tooling, and how it applies to us here at The Frontside.

059: Build Useless Stuff from 2017-02-23T17:44

A Frontsider's-only episode on why it's good to build useless stuff for creativity, accomplishment, and learning purposes.

058: Rust and Going Into Business with Carol Goulding from 2017-02-16T23:13

We talk to Carol Goulding, co-author of The Rust Programming Language Book, about going into business in Rust, Crates.io, and organizing the Rust Belt Rust Conference.

055: Redux and Ember with Toran Billups from 2017-01-26T21:23

In this episode we chat with Toran Billups about Redux and Ember.

054: The Ember Ecosystem & ember-try with Katie Gengler from 2017-01-20T02:00

Katie Gengler of Code All Day talks about the Ember Ecosystem & ember-try.

053: Glimmer 2 with Godfrey Chan from 2017-01-13T02:17

In this episode, we talk to Godfrey Chan about Glimmer 2: the challenges faced and what it will bring in the future.

051: Rust and APIs with Steve Klabnik from 2016-12-16T01:41

Steve Klabnik
@steveklabnik | Blog | GitHub

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051: Rust and APIs with Steve Klabnik from 2016-12-16T01:41

Steve Klabnik
@steveklabnik | Blog | GitHub

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051: Rust and APIs with Steve Klabnik from 2016-12-16T01:41

In this episode, we talk to Steve Klabnik, author of The Rust Book, about Rust and APIs.

047: Taking Payments on the Web with Noel Rappin from 2016-11-22T14:00

In this episode, Noel Rappin, developer at Table XI, talks about his new book, Take My Money: Accepting Payment on the Web.

044: Women in Tech and SheNomads with LaToya Allen from 2016-10-20T11:00

In this episode, LaToya Allen, developer at Big Cartel and founder of SheNomads talks about apprenticeship and mentoring, finding community while working remotely, how companies can be more inclusi...

042: Apprenticeship in Real Life with Taras Mankovski and Lennex Zinyando from 2016-09-22T12:00

In this episode we cover how to handle apprenticeship, share with listeners how they can start participating in mentoring and apprenticeship in their companies and communities, and help them to und...

039: How to Integrate Jr. Developers Into Your Company from 2016-06-13T11:00

There's a huge shortage of senior developers, and one (often overlooked) way to fill those positions is by training up some junior developers. But how do you mentor junior devs when you have so mu...

038: EmberConf 2016 - Recap and Highlights from 2016-04-27T15:00

The Frontside crew recaps the EmberConf 2016 experience and share their biggest takeaways and lessons learned.

037: Ember CLI Mirage with Sam Selikoff from 2016-03-24T15:00

This week, we talk with Sam Selikoff, the mastermind behind Ember CLI Mirage.

He shares how he got started with programming, some tips for avoiding burnout, why he created CLI Mirage, som...

036: Composable UI with Trek Glowacki from 2016-03-10T17:00

This week we have Trek Glowacki (@trek) back to talk about the challenges of choosing frameworks, building reusable components, and why “thought leader driven development” (TLDD) might actually be ...

034: What We Learned in 2015 from 2015-12-21T12:00

Brandon and Charles discuss what they learned in 2015.

033: Immutability from 2015-12-14T12:00

This week, Charles, Lydia and Alex go on a deep dive into immutability and the importance of literate programming.

032: Working Remotely with Allison McMillan from 2015-10-19T11:00

Allison McMillan (from General Assembly) joins us this week to talk about working remotely.

She shares great tips for finding your first remote development job, how to be a more effective ...

030: Building Great Communities with Jamie White from 2015-09-17T13:00

Jamie White joins us this week to talk about how to prepare for your conference talk, organizing meetups, tips for starting conversations with strangers at meetups, how to design a community, and m...

028: Open Source, UX, and Ember with Trek Glowacki from 2015-08-28T15:00

We're joined this week by special guest Trek Glowacki. Trek is a member of the Ember core team and maintains Pretender.js. We discuss how Trek got started with programming, Ember (of course), ...

027: Communication at Work from 2015-07-26T13:00

This week, Brandon and Charles sit down to talk about communication at work, the importance of being honest with your employees even when it's painful, how to build trust in work relationships, why...

026: What is a Senior Developer? from 2015-07-16T21:00

What separates a senior developer from a junior developer?

With Charles back from sunny Finland, the guys are back to podcasting! This week, they're talking about what makes someone a seni...

024: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome from 2015-05-13T12:00

This week, Brandon and Charles discuss feeling like a phony (imposter syndrome), and why “get over it” is not an appropriate response to the problem.

022: Deploy to the Future with Luke Melia from 2015-03-30T11:30

Charles, Brandon and Stanley are joined by Luke Melia to discuss being early adopters of Ember, uniting the "five families" to create Ember CLI Deploy, and growing the Ember community.

021: Best of EmberConf 2015 (part 2) from 2015-03-19T11:30

Charles, Brandon and Stanley wrap up part two of their discussion about their favorite talks and technologies from EmberConf 2015. Stanley sings a Staind song, and proposes to the entire internet.

020: Best of EmberConf 2015 (part 1) from 2015-03-16T11:00

Charles and Brandon share their weekend foodie experiences, then discuss attending EmberConf 2015, the standout talks, and what they learned.

019: Origin Stories with Tom Dale and Alex Matchneer from 2015-02-28T14:14

This week, Charles, Brandon and Stanley were joined by Tom Dale and Alex Matchneer.

They took a trip in the way-back machine to discuss how they got started in programming and web developm...

017: Hiring Junior Developers: The Ukelele Method from 2015-01-28T05:30

This week, Charles shares an experience he had at a group Ukulele lesson with his son, and applies the lessons he learned there towards hiring and creating roles to utilize junior level talent in s...

016: Ember 2.0 and the Indie Web with Yehuda Katz and Tom Dale from 2014-12-23T17:14

Yehuda Katz and Tom Dale join us to talk about the road to Ember 2.0 and "Fast Boot". They share insight about why they stick to a 6 week release cycle, and why they think JS frameworks might be th...

015: DOMStep with Jamison Dance from 2014-12-16T13:18

Jamison Dance joins Brandon and Stanley to talk about how to make music with your browser, hosting JS Jabber, and the direction of the JavaScript community.

012: Is it OK to not love programming? (with Sarah Mei) from 2014-10-31T14:05

Sara Mei joins us this week to discuss passion and whether it's a job requirement that you "love programming".

011: Hype Cycles and Reprogramming Your Brain from 2014-10-27T14:26

Michael Coté joins in a quasi-Drunk and Retired reunion to talk about Gartner's Hype Cycle, how it affects developers, and how they can actually benefit from understanding it.

010: Reactive Modeling with Ember from 2014-10-17T20:12

Today, it’s Frontside’s 10th podcast! We dive further into Charles's blog post about Reactive Modeling as a new way of thinking about building front-end web applications, and a quick robot update.

008: The Brandon Hays Advice Dispensary from 2014-07-23T06:33

This week, Brandon and Charles discuss how to become indispensable to your business, why writing less code is better in the long run, and more.

007: The Ember Router (with Alex Matchneer) from 2014-06-26T13:37

This week the Frontside nerds are joined by "Mr. Router" himself, Alex Matchneer. We discuss the benefits & pain of routing in client-side applications, using the Ember router without Ember, how Al...

006: Myth of the Lone Genius Programmer from 2014-06-15T04:02

This week Brandon and Charles discuss Brandon's perhaps-controversial appearance on JS Jabber, the dangers of being a solitary genius (the Good Will Hunting myth), and why you aren't a special snow...

005: Backbone, Ember, and the "build your own Voltron" bias from 2014-05-27T17:51

We're back!

After a brief, unexplainable disappearance, Brian and Charles have retuned to discuss their talks at RailsConf 2014, designing models, why writing a framework sucks, the librar...

004: EmberConf Recap from 2014-05-13T06:00

The least timely wrap-up ever, Brandon and Charles talk about what struck them at EmberConf.

003: Refactoring toward Ember from 2014-03-10T17:10

Charles and Brandon discuss how they refactor existing apps toward Ember without a big-bang rewrite.

002: Devil's Advocate from 2014-02-26T18:49

Client-side apps are great, but they're not perfect for every situation. Charles and Brandon discuss times single-page apps might not make sense. Also, they discuss how Jim Weirich affected their l...