In this episode, Austin Parker, Principal Developer Advocate at Lightstep talks about the OpenTelemetry Framework, which is an observability framework for cloud-native software and a collection of tools, APIs, and SDKs. You use it to instrument

Paying Open Source Contributors with Puneet Lath

Mar 9th, 2021 41m 8s

In this episode, Puneet Lath, Director of Research and Development at Expensify, talks about the unique way Expensify is using open source with their products by not just open-sourcing software tools but also open-sourcing the front end of the

Product Roadmaps and Tooling Planning with Steve Pereira

Feb 1st, 2021 48m 34s

In this episode, 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. Maps flow to build alignment, clarity, and confidence, and Steve focuses on

Data, Trust, and Transparency: A COVID-19 Vaccine Story

Jan 19th, 2021 54m 42s

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 Blockchain Services at IBM—talks about how data tru

Type systems with ReasonML London organizer Marcel Cutts and Shane Wilson

Jul 9th, 2020 59m 48s

"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 of type system." Along with Shane, they outline

Intro to Rush.js with co-author Pete Gonzales

Jun 25th, 2020 53m 28s

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—who started the project while working at Microso

Big Ideas & The Future at The Frontside

Oct 3rd, 2019 30m 30s

In this episode, Charles and Taras discuss "big ideas" and all the things they hope to accomplish at The Frontside over the next decade.Please join us in these conversations! If you or someone you know would be a perfect guest, please get in

Transparent Development

Sep 26th, 2019 47m 19s

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.Please join us in these conversations! If you or someone you know would be a perfect gues

Svelte and Reactivity with Rich Harris

Sep 4th, 2019 52m 11s

Rich Harris talks about Svelte and Reactivity.Rich Harris: Graphics Editor on The New York Times investigations team.Resources:SveltePlease join us in these conversations! If you or someone you know would be a perfect guest, please get i

Security with Philippe De Ryck

Jun 13th, 2019 49m 46s

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.Philippe De Ryck: Pragmatic Web SecurityReso

An Analysis of NativeScript Mobile Platform

May 24th, 2019 45m 52s

In this internal Frontside Podcast episode, Charles, Taras, and Jeffrey analyze the NativeScript Mobile Platform.Please join us in these conversations! If you or someone you know would be a perfect guest, please get in touch with us at contac

Deployment with Luke Melia, Aaron Chambers, and Mattia Gheda

May 2nd, 2019 48m 1s

Luke Melia, Aaron Chambers, and Mattia Gheda john Taras and Charles to discuss all things deployment!Luke Melia: Luke has been working with Ember since it was under early development as Sproutcore 2.0. Ember.js powers a SaaS company he co-foun

Pull Requests with Joe LeBlanc

Apr 11th, 2019 30m 9s

Joe joins the panelists to talk about pull request etiquette.Joe Leblanc: Joe first learned to code on a Zenith computer his dad brought home from work. It had this built in blue LCD monitor and ran on 5 1/4" floppy disks. He used spreadsheets

Frontend/Backend Team Collaboration with Sam Joseph

Mar 29th, 2019 49m 55s

Sam joins the panelists to talk about frontend and backend team collaboration.Resources:Worse is betterThe Tao of Microservices by Richard RodgerSam Joseph is a CoFounder of AgileVentures, a charity that helps groups of volunteers gather

Team Collaboration with Jacob Stoebel

Mar 14th, 2019 44m 10s

Jacob joins the panelists to talk about team collaboration based on his RubyConf 2017 talk, Code Reviews: Honesty, Kindness, Inspiration: Pick Three.Jacob Stoebel is a software developer living in Berea, KY. He spends his days writing web appl

What’s in a UI platform?

Jan 24th, 2019 24m 59s

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? Our goal is to get people thinking on the platfor

117: The Frontside Podcast 2019 Reboot Preview

Dec 27th, 2018 2m 39s

We're rebooting The Frontside podcast with a focus on JavaScript platforms. We'll zero-in on what it takes to build, maintain and grow web applications using popular JavaScript frameworks and tools. Join us for deep architectural conversations,

116: Styled Components and Functional CSS with Kris Van Houten

Dec 20th, 2018 32m 59s

Special Guest:Kris Van Houten: @krivaten | krivaten.comIn 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

115: Testing Issues and BigTest Solutions

Nov 29th, 2018 50m 7s

In this internal episode, Charles and Wil talk about testing issues and BigTest solutions. Pieces of the testing story are discussed, such as the start and launchapplication, component setup and teardown, interacting with the application and c

114: The Business Case for Experimentation with Elm with Dillon Kearns

Nov 8th, 2018 50m 53s

Guest:Dillon Kearns: @dillontkearns | GitHub | Incremental ElmIn 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 wa

113: There and Back Again: A Quest For Simplicity with Philip Poots

Oct 25th, 2018 45m 6s

Guest:Philip Poots: GitHub | ClubCollectPrevious Episode: 056: Ember vs. Elm: The Showdown with Philip PootsIn this episode, Philip Poots joins the show again to talk about the beauty of simplicity, the simplicity and similarities between El

112: Language Formation with Amanda Hickman and Amberley Romo

Oct 11th, 2018 57m 12s

Guests:Amanda Hickman: @amandabee | GitHubAmberley Romo: @amberleyjohanna | GitHub | BlogIn 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 need

111: Accessibility in Single Page Applications

Sep 20th, 2018 53m 36s

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 frameworks that can do this for you.Resources:#S

110: Mentorship 3.0 with Saron Yitbarek

Sep 7th, 2018 41m 7s

Guest:Saron Yitbarek: @saronyitbarek | bloggytoons | CodeNewbie | @CodeNewbiesIn this episode, Charles and Sam talk to Saron Yitbarek about her idea of mentorship, ideas for distributed learning for businesses to promote individual and comp

109: What Do You Need in a JavaScript Framework?

Aug 23rd, 2018 57m 26s

Guests:Brandon Hays: @tehviking | BlogChris Freeman: @15lettermaxIn 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