Erik Hanchett

In this engaging discussion, Erik Hanchett, a specialist in Fullstack TypeScript development, sheds light on the critical importance of type safety in web development. He addresses the struggles developers face with mismatched data types and introduces tools like TRPC and Orville. The conversation also navigates the integration of AWS Amplify with TypeScript, detailing its capabilities for backend development and data management. Erik contrasts GraphQL with REST APIs, emphasizing efficiency and security in data handling.

Erik Hanchett from Amazon AWS discusses the complexities of back-end development, benefits of using AWS Amplify for integrated functionalities, local testing setup, language choices, and Vue component library. They also touch on authentication in AWS Amplify, testing and development environment setup, code deployment in Gitflow workflow, atomic classes in tailwind, and travel experiences. The podcast concludes with a discussion on aviation incident investigation and blame avoidance.

Erik Hanchett, Engineer at Amazon Web Services, discusses transitioning between projects, the rise of developer advocates, measuring the ROI of advocacy efforts, and the value of learning multiple programming languages. They also explore Elixir and Erlang for real-time distributed systems, Superbase as an alternative to Firebase, Phoenix Live View, and their experiences at the Vue conference in Toronto in 2019.