Whiskey Web and Whatnot Exploring Open-Source and SolidJS with Ryan Carniato
Ryan Carniato, Creator of SolidJS and Principal Engineer at Netlify, has always had a love for music and tech. He set his punk rock dreams aside and settled down to become a full-time engineer.
Ryan started programming at the age of 11 and got his first job at eBay where he contributed to their top open-source project, Marko. After building his network and experience in open source, he landed a job with Netlify living many developers’ dreams of getting paid to work on open-source projects.
In this episode, Ryan talks to Chuck and Robbie about working on open-source projects, his experiences at eBay and Netlify, and his thoughts on TypeScript and inferred types versus explicit types.
Key Takeaways
- [00:31] - Introduction to Ryan Carniato.
- [02:18] - A whiskey review - Barrel Whiskey Infinity Barrel Project.
- [10:54] - Ryan comments on tech hot takes from Twitter.
- [15:21] - How Ryan started programming at 11 years old.
- [19:50] - Ryan's journey into working on open-source projects.
- [45:48] - Ryan talks about music, hiking, and video games.
Quotes
[13:04] - “When you think of Typescript, you think of something concrete, like something you can build on, and dependable. In Javascript, it's more like an art. Kinda like painting.” ~ Ryan Carniato
[19:14] - “I think at a young age where you can find those things that you are empowered to just do whatever you feel like, it's super powerful.” ~ Ryan Carniato
[29:14] - “Our biggest bottleneck is the network and the devices that are in the users' hands.” ~ Ryan Carniato
Links
- Ryan Carniato Twitter
- Mr. Solid
- SoildJS
- eBay
- Netlify
- Barrel Whiskey Infinity Barrel Project
- Motley Crue
- Tailwind CSS
- The Primeagen
- SEGA Genesis
- Nintendo
- Geek Squad
- Jurassic Park
- Vue JS
- Knockout JS
- Backbone JS
- Marko JS
- The Madness
- The Clash
- High Fidelity
- Angular
- Ember JS
- React
- Svelte
- Astro
- Next JS
- jQuery
- Jason Miller
- JSX
- Mesa Boogie
- Chrono Triggers
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Twitch
- The Witcher 3
- Gwent
- Skyrim
- FIFA 23
- Nintendo Switch
- Mario Kart
- Discord
- Github
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