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A podcast featuring panelists of engineers from Netflix, Twitch, & Atlassian talking over drinks about all things Front End development.
Sit down with author and podcaster Steven Johnson to hear from leading thinkers and creators from around the world. The TED Interview is a space for guests to further delve into their groundbreaking work, give us a peek into how they discover and explore fascinating ideas, and, in some cases, even defend their thinking. This season, we’re looking at the future of intelligence. Ponder how we can train ourselves to see into the future with Jane McGonigal, find the humanities in science with Ch ...
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Episode 165 - The art of estimates - how many drinks have we had?
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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:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryanJem Young - @JemYoungStacy London - @stacylondonerAugustus Yuan - @augburtoPicks:Ryan Burgess - What is ChatGPT doing… and why do…
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Episode 164 - Engineering levels - our glass level is full
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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 - @burgessdryanJem Young - @JemYoungStacy London - @stacylondonerAugustus Yuan - @augburtoPicks:Ryan Burgess - Levels.fyiRyan Burgess - BriteBrushJem Young - Insider guide to tech inte…
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.Panelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryanStacy London - @stacylondonerAugustus Yuan - @augburtoPicks:Ryan Burgess - You - Season 4Stacy London - EFF whitepaper “Defen…
This week on The TED Interview we’re excited to introduce TED’s newest podcast, Good Sport, hosted by veteran sports producer Jody Avirgan. What can sports teach us about life – and each other? Good Sport brings you invigorating stories from on and off the field to argue that sports are as powerful and compelling a lens as any to understand the wor…
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Episode 162 - Micro Frontends - Micro Brewing
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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 - @InfoxicadorPanelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryanJem Young - @JemYoungPicks:Ruben Casas - Building MicrofrontendsRuben Casas - Micro-frontend devRuben Casas - T…
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Episode 161 - Engineering with AI - Always Intoxicated
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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 industry and share our thoughts on where we think it will go.Panelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryanJem Young - @JemYoungStacy London - @stacylondonerAugu…
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Episode 160 - Efficient drinks - staying productive in 2023
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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 - @burgessdryanStacy London - @stacylondonerAugustus Yuan - @augburtoShirley Wu - @sxywuPicks:Ryan Burgess - Ken Block - Ultimate Urban Playground; San FranciscoRyan Burgess -…
Curious about 2023? Youngme, Mihir and Felix from the podcast After Hours are back with their celebrated predictions episode. Who will acquire Spotify? Will Twitter implode? What’s the trend in inflation and energy prices? Who will top the music charts? Space travel for all? Listen in as the hosts outguess each other what the new year will bring. A…
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Episode 159 - Drinks on stage - live at Jamstack 2022
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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 specialization in software engineering.Guests:Jason Lengstorf - @jlengstorfPanelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryanJem Young - @JemYoungMars Jullian - @marsjos…
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 - @burgessdryanJem Young - @JemYoungStacy London - @stacylondonerAugustus Yuan - @augburtoPicks:Ryan Burgess - White fudge covered OreosRyan Burgess - Drink Maste…
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 very casual and are often had over happy hour beverages. We hope you'll give us a listen and subscribe to catch our latest episodes.…
David Byrne views life through many lenses. He’s a musician, author, filmmaker, curator, conservationist, digital music theorist, bicycle advocate, visual artist... the list goes on. But through his many trajectories – from co-founding the acclaimed band Talking Heads to his later solo career, moving into theater and beyond, David is always trying …
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The hidden gifts of visual thinking with Temple Grandin
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When she was just 18, scientist, industrial designer, animal behaviorist, and autism activist Temple Grandin created one of her most well-known inventions: the hug machine. Inspired by the squeeze chute–a device that holds and soothes cattle before they’re handled–Temple designed a device for her and other hypersensitive people who want to experien…
Nearly every day for a year, American poet Ross Gay sat down and wrote about something that delighted him–from carrying a small tomato plant through an airport to playing a pickup basketball game.The result was his first nonfiction book, “The Book of Delights”, a collection of essays beloved by both critics and fans. These days, Ross is in pursuit …
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Randall Munroe answers your wildest questions
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How many soulmates do you think people have? What if you tried to funnel all the water from Niagara falls through a straw? Do you think it’s possible? if you sold the whole planet for scrap–what parts would be most valuable? You might think these absurd questions are unanswerable, or even pointless, but these are the kind of questions Randall Munro…
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A future without pandemics? with Mark Smolinski
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In 2011, when medical doctor and epidemiologist Mark Smolinski was working as a science advisor for the blockbuster film “Contagion,” the film ran a campaign that asked communities: “What are you gonna do to prepare for the next pandemic?” A decade later, as the president of Ending Pandemics–a social venture that aims to predict, detect, and preven…
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Episode 157 - Public sector tech - Public bar vs private club
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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 experience moving from the public sector to a corporate career.Guests:Jasmine RobinsonPanelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryanJem Young - @JemYoungStacy London - @s…
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Atul Gawande on why American healthcare desperately needs innovation
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy in the United States was 79. Today it’s 76. When compared to other countries like the UK and Japan, where life expectancy is above 80, it’s clear that the U.S. has a lot of work to do. Today on The TED Interview, surgeon, writer, and the Assistant Administrator for Global Health as USAID. Atul Gawande t…
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Linda Villarosa on the hidden toll of racism on health
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When Linda Villarosa was the health editor of Essence Magazine, she says she had a one-track mind. A former college athlete, Linda grew up, like many of us, thinking about health on an individual level. But after reporting on environmental justice, the AIDS crisis, and black mother and infant mortality rates, Linda has uncovered just how much cultu…
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Episode 156 - Sidebar interview with Brian Holt
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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 and career.Panelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryanBrian Holt - @holtbtEpisode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/sidebar-interview-with…
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Can AI make healthcare human again? with Eric Topol
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Eric Topol is a leading health expert whose writing and explainers about Covid-19 have helped people better understand the complexities of the global pandemic. As a doctor, author, and one of the most cited researchers in medicine, Eric has dedicated his time to thinking about the human genome and how digital tools like artificial intelligence can …
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Ed Yong on how animal senses reveal the world around us
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Like any animal, humans understand the world through our senses. But unlike other creatures, we can't detect magnetic fields with our bodies, or the flow of water from a fish swimming hundreds of feet in the distance. But Ed Yong wants us to really imagine what it would be like to perceive the world in these ways. In this episode, the Pulitzer winn…
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Episode 155 - Testing cocktails at a robot bar - Automated testing at scale
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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 RamachandranBenoit FontainePanelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryanPicks:Janaki Ramachandran - Hidden BrainJanaki Ramachandran - Junior Bake OffBenoit Fontaine - The SandmanBenoit Fontaine…
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Mark Cuban doesn’t believe in following your passions | ReThinking w/ Adam Grant
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Mark Cuban has gone from selling garbage bags door-to-door to selling internet companies for billions, acquiring an NBA team, and becoming a beloved “Shark” on Shark Tank. Mark reveals to Adam how he turns problems into opportunities in entrepreneurship, basketball, and investing. They discuss his latest venture–disrupting the healthcare industry w…
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Pete Souza, Reagan and Obama’s White House Photographer | Design Matters
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Pete Souza has taken some iconic photographs. A former Chief Official White House Photographer for both U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan AND Barack Obama, Pete’s career has taken him from teaching basic photography in Kansas to taking pictures for National Geographic, Life Magazine, and other dream outlets. In this episode, he talks about carrying out…
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Episode 154 - Sidebar interview with Mars Jullian
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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 and career.By Front End Happy Hour
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A brain implant that turns your thoughts into text | Tom Oxley | TED Tech
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"What if you could control digital devices using just the power of thought? That's the incredible promise behind the Stentrode -- an implantable brain-computer interface that collects and wirelessly transmits information directly from the brain, without the need for open surgery. Neurotech entrepreneur Tom Oxley describes the intricacies of this br…
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How do we fix the restaurant tipping system? with Saru Jayaraman
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How often do you go back and forth over how much to tip at the end of a meal? Depending on the state, in the U.S. that choice could be the difference between a livable income or financial mayhem for the workers who served and prepared your meal. But why do consumers have such power–and why are labor wages so tied to tips? Saru Jayaraman is a lawyer…
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Michael Schur on every moral question ever
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Michael Scott, Leslie Knope, Detective Jake Peralta–television producer and writer Michael Schur has created some of TV’s most beloved sitcom characters on shows like The Office, Parks and Recreation, and The Good Place. Still, his shows and his philosophy are not just about laughs. Today on The TED Interview, Michael Schur talks about the craft of…
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Aaron Bastani is thinking about automated luxury…communism?
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With such rampant inequality across the globe, it’s difficult to imagine that in the near future, society could be a place of abundance where everyone has education, healthcare, or housing. But for journalist Aaron Bastani, this improved state of affairs is not off limits; in fact, he believes that, with technology, a better world could be closer t…
Before labor unions fought for them, society didn’t have weekends as we know them. In the 13th century, the average male peasants in the UK only worked 135 days a year. In a post-pandemic and increasingly virtual world, what is the future of labor? Juliet Schor is an economist and sociologist whose research focuses on work and consumer society. In …
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DeepMind's Demis Hassabis on the future of AI
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Demis Hassabis is one of tech's most brilliant minds. A chess-playing child prodigy turned researcher and founder of headline-making AI company DeepMind, Demis is thinking through some of the most revolutionary—and in some cases controversial—uses of artificial intelligence. From the development of computer program AlphaGo, which beat out world c…
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Jennifer Egan on storytelling in a data-hooked world
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Jennifer Egan is a journalist and writer whose novel “A Visit from the Goon Squad” won both the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Using a unique format—including a whole chapter told through Powerpoint—Egan nimbly explores the mystery and complexity of human life in the digital age. Her newest book, “The Ca…
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 benefits.Guests:Shaundai Person - @shaundaiPanelists:Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryanJem Young - @JemYoungStacy London - @stacylondonerPicks:Shaundai Person - …
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Garry Kasparov on chess, technology and democracy
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Garry Kasparov is one of the greatest chess players of all time. He was one of the youngest world champions ever, and had a 20-year streak as the world’s top-rated player. But even though he is known as a champion, he is also particularly famous for losing—against Deep Blue. After the IBM computer beat Kasparov, the Azerbaijan native spent much of …
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein connects history to the stars
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The way Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, a theoretical physicist, sees it, Harriet Tubman is the Great American Astronomer. Using the North Star, with no formal training, Harriet Tubman led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom. Chanda is a night sky expert, too. She’s studying the intersections of astrophysics, particle physics, and cosmology, and she’s…
