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AWS Amplify Guest Details Nader Dabit Senior Developer Advocate at Amazon Web Services Web and mobile developer specializing in cross-platform & cloud-enabled application development. Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/naderdabit/ https://twitter.com/dabit3 https://dev.to/dabit3/ Questions What is AWS Amplify? Do you see more people using AppSync vs. API Management? We have had a hard time differentiating DynamoDB Scan/Query from what actually gets filtered through AppSync, any perspectives on how to avoid common issues with this? Is there a way to debug using `amplify mock function` in VSCode with 4.18.0?? Do you recommend using Cloudfront to serve S3 images for your Amplify hosted site? Future I know the video plugin is coming along, are there any other cool features coming out for Amplify that people should know about? Purrfect Picks Nader https://www.amazon.com/Flash-Boys-Wall-Street-Revolt/dp/0393351599 https://www.amazon.com/Autobiography-Malcolm-Told-Alex-Haley/dp/0345350685 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv75sKQFFIenWHrprnrR9aA Alex Amplify Video Tutorial for VOD https://github.com/awslabs/unicornflix

Becoming a Tutorial Expert Guest Details Jeff Delaney Creator of https://fireship.io/ , https://angularfirebase.com/ , https://www.youtube.com/c/angularfirebase Jeff currently has 275k subscribers on YouTube and growing. He is also a Google Developer Expert in both Angular and Firebase. Links https://jeffdelaney.me/ https://www.kaggle.com/jeffd23 https://github.com/codediodeio https://twitter.com/Jeffdelaney23 Questions First talk to me about this Kaggle thing, what is it? Did you get started on tutorials because of https://codediode.io/ ? What made you start angular firebase, which eventually became fireship? Did you ever think you would be able to make a career out of making Tutorials? I have been a lifetime Pro Member on your channel and have never regretted it for a minute, it has helped push me as a dev expert and taught me countless things I didn’t know. What do you think it is that makes your tutorials so easy to digest? At this point what do you think you like doing more Creating code Creating vids I am trying to find out how to become a GDE in 2020, I know you have a whole video on what it took to find that path. https://youtu.be/IDZyZMYn3H0 What do you think is the biggest part of becoming a GDE: Tutorials Public Speaking Meetups Future Do you think Flutter will continue to grow as fast as it has? Do you think Angular 9 (Ivy) is a game changer? Random Thoughts I noticed that we are both PADI certified, we need to plan a trip! Purrfect Picks Alex Jeff’s 100 seconds of Code https://youtu.be/DC471a9qrU4 Jeff ML powered background removal app https://remove.bg

Cloudinary Guest Details Tessa Mero Developer Advocate at Cloudinary Get to know Tessa So you went to school in Washington correct? It seems like you have always been involved with helping people around technology whether teaching or evangelizing for an organization, what started that for you? You travel a lot, is it mostly for fun or the job? Cloudinary Questions How did you get started at Cloudinary? What is it like being a developer advocate for Cloudinary? How big is the staff that keeps the SDKs up to date? You recently took over the MDE (Media Developer Experts) program, was this a big shift for you? I feel like Cloudinary is very unique in the industry, do you know of any direct competitors? ImageKit... Random We met at Refactor.Tech and you took me to my first Korean BBQ, it seems like you have been ordering that stuff your whole life. So what is your favorite Korean BBQ dish? Purrfect Picks Tessa https://www.stackbit.com/ Alex https://www.sanity.io/plugins/sanity-plugin-asset-source-cloudinary`

Scully.io Guest Details Aaron Frost - Web Architect, ng-conf Oganizer, Google Dev Expert, Podcaster, and Ice-fisherman-extraordinaire. https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronfrost/ Who is Aaron Frost? Tell us a little bit about yourself? Do you really like Tacos as much as I have heard? I have to know what led you to start one of the largest Angular conferences ever? Scully.io https://github.com/scullyio/scully/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/scullyio/scully/blob/master/docs/getting-started.md So did Mulder come up with this name? Where you watching XFiles when trying to come up with a name? Will Angular 9 / Ivy be supported? Will it work with Angular Elements? Can I still have lazy Loaded Routes / Auth Guards? Will I run into weird “window” items like I have in Gatsby? Static Site Generator What is a SSG? How does it differ from a SSR? Why has it taken the Angular community so long to have a SSG? Will Scully.io be able to compete with Gatsby and Vuepress? Random Question Do Aliens Exist? Purrfect Picks Aaron https://www.lastpodcastontheleft.com/ Alex P. https://www.ng-conf.org/ https://www.stackbit.com/

NextJS Guest Details Guillermo Rauch - CEO ZEIT https://www.linkedin.com/in/guillermo-rauch-b834b917b/ Who is Guillermo Rauch? Tell us a little bit about yourself? What pushed you to leave your prior companies as CTO and take on the new role of CEO at Zeit? https://zeit.co/about/rauchg Do you still have time to code like you did back in the https://socket.io/, https://mongoosejs.com/ … days. Or has your daily switched over to more business focus and making great products? Zeit What is Zeit in a nutshell? How do you compare Zeit to something like Netlify or Firebase? Does Zeit run in the big three (AWS, Azure, GCloud)? NextJS Why did you start NextJS? What does NextJS allow you to do vs. create-react-app? You can create static pages on NextJS, so why would you use Gatsby instead? I have forced some of the static built lambdas to work on Google’s cloud functions, but why does it work so easily on Zeit? Rando Question NextJS has its own page outside of Zeit, why Doesn’t NextJS have a twitter handle?? What is one of the most creative ways you have seen NextJS be implemented? Purrfect Picks Guillermo https://rauchg.com/2020/2019-in-review “Impossible just takes longer” Discord - React Native App https://blog.discordapp.com/why-discord-is-sticking-with-react-native-ccc34be0d427 Alex P. https://zeit.co/blog/our-first-online-conference - amazing topics https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBnKlKpPeaglHkjwrD8wDtUDHUMPIYeim https://www.ng-conf.org/ we will have a podcast booth setup so come on by and talk with us!

Agile 101 Guest Details Alex Feldman - Agile Evangelist, Agile Coach https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderfeldman/ Agile Related Questions Tell us a little bit about yourself? Why Agile? What are the biggest hurdles you see in organizations implementing an agile methodology? What is the most effective way for an organization to start working in Agile What are some resources you can give to developers and program managers to further their support in Project Management? Greg Larman Rando Question You have a lot of letters on the end of your LinkedIn Profile, what in your mind is most beneficial to your success and future career path. Purrfect Picks Alex Feldman Agile Product Ownership in a Nutshell https://youtu.be/502ILHjX9EE Nick R. Ray Dalio - Principles for Success - Mini Series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9XGUpQZY38 https://images.app.goo.gl/n1t7RtvK3zAz2ujY6 Useful resources Agile Product Ownership in a Nutshell https://youtu.be/502ILHjX9EE

Sanity.io Guest Details Knut Melvaer Head of Developer Relations Sanity.io https://www.linkedin.com/in/knutmelvaer/detail/contact-info/ https://twitter.com/kmelve https://www.knutmelvaer.no/ Sanity Questions What is a Headless CMS? What is Sanity.io? How does Sanity fit into JAMStack? What is the idea behind Portable Text? What is GROQ all about? GROQ is a query language that lets you query, join, and transform JSON documents without having to create schemas, or resolvers How is it different than say Contentful? I know that Sanity is focused on content, but could you replace something like Firebase or DynamoDB with Sanity.io? Random How did you transition from studying religion to development advocate? Purrfect Picks Alex’s: https://www.sanity.io/blog/introducing-squizzy-our-totally-serverless-kahoot-clone-powered-by-sanity-io Knut’s http://sanity.io/create Take a vacation…it’s good to take a break and shut the laptop down. Nick’s

Guest Details Maya Shavin Senior Frontend Developer @cloudinary and core maintainer of @StorefrontUI. Founder & Organizer of @VueJSIsrael Meetups. Vietnamese but live in Israel. Speaker. Blogger. Bookworm and hardcore Sailormoon fan. https://www.github.com/mayashavin https://www.twitter.com/MayaShavin https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayashavin/ https://www.mayashavin.com/ https://medium.com/@mayashavin Tim Benniks Director of web development at Valtech Paris. Born in Amsterdam. Speaker. Writer. Organizing front-end meetups in paris. https://www.linkedin.com/in/timbenniks/ https://timbenniks.nl/ https://github.com/timbenniks https://twitter.com/timbenniks https://valtech.com/ Shodipo Ayomide Senior Developer Advocate 🥑 & Software Engineer • Media Developer Expert @cloudinary • Lead: @unstack_, @react_summit, @oscafrica, @naijahacks. https://linkedin.com/in/shodipo-ayomide https://twitter.com/developerayo https://github.com/developerayo https://shodipoayomide.com MDE Questions What is a Media Developer Expert (MDE)? https://cloudinary.com/blog/announcing_cloudinary_s_media_developer_experts_program How did you get started as an MDE (or select potential MDE - mainly for Maya :))? Producing content and tutorials take a long time, why are you passionate about it? What areas do you focus on the most concerning Cloudinary? Client-Side Server Side Mobile What are the inspiration and motivation for you to start contributing to the community despite your busy schedule? (like organizing a meetup, contributing to open source, etc) How do you get local community involvement? Random Can we put an overlay using Cloudinary to swap StreamYard for AJ?

Guest Details Nicholas Rouech Infotainment Software Program Manager at General Motors Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickrouech/ https://miblendcoffee.com/ PM Questions So you are a Project mana What is the difference between a Project  Manager and Program Manager? I noticed you have your PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification. https://www.pmi.org/certifications/types/project-management-pmp What made you decide to commit the time to get the certification? Can you tell me how hard that was to get? Where do you see Program Management in the next 3-5 years. Random Questions So you have a side hustle that I help you out on from time to time called mi (my) blend coffee. Can you tell me what got you into the coffee business?

This is the Origin story for purrfect.dev and its creators. We are still figuring out what we want purrfect.dev to become, but having fun learning about everyone in the web development community. You can also find the video version at https://link.ajonp.com/youtube