

Front End Happy Hour
Front End Happy Hour
A podcast featuring panelists of engineers from Netflix, Twitch, & Atlassian talking over drinks about all things software engineering.
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Apr 24, 2022 • 50min
Episode 148 - Sidebar interview with Stacy London
Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Stacy London, to learn more about her background and career.
Panelists:
Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan
Stacy London - @stacylondoner
Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/sidebar-interview-with-stacy-london

Apr 7, 2022 • 45min
Episode 147 - Debugging Asynchronous JavaScript - Awaiting My Drink
Have you found debugging asynchronous JavaScript to be hard? You’re not alone. In this episode, we are joined by Jenn Creighton from Netflix to talk with us about a talk she’ll be giving at Reactathon on debugging async JavaScript to help make it a bit easier.
Guests:
Jenn Creighton - @gurlcode
Panelists:
Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan
Jem Young - @JemYoung
Picks:
Jenn Creighton - Blue Star Ferns
Jenn Creighton - Yoga
Ryan Burgess - Dropout
Jem Young - Media Malpractice in the war in Ukraine
Jem Young - Drive to Survive S4
Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/debugging-asynchronous-javascript-awaiting-my-drink

Mar 20, 2022 • 55min
Episode 146 - Sidebar interview with Jem Young
Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Jem Young, to learn more about his background and career.
Panelists:
Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan
Jem Young - @JemYoung
Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/sidebar-interview-with-jem-young

Mar 6, 2022 • 53min
Episode 145 - Server Driven UI - Served from behind the bar
What is server-driven UI and what are the advantages to taking this approach? In this episode, we are joined by the Netflix engineer, Cole Turner to talk with us about the advantages and disadvantages of server-driven UI.
Guests:
Cole Turner - @coleturner
Panelists:
Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan
Jem Young - @JemYoung
Stacy London - @stacylondoner
Picks:
Cole Turner - Netflix Tudum
Cole Turner - Shaker and Spoon
Cole Turner - Advantage Aviation
Ryan Burgess - Pieces of Her
Ryan Burgess - Skate City Game
Jem Young - Rule of 72
Jem Young - Dark patterns in games
Stacy London - Working Title by Walton
Stacy London - Everything by Max Cooper
Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/server-driven-ui-served-from-behind-the-bar

Feb 20, 2022 • 40min
Episode 144 - Sidebar interview with Ryan Burgess
Our sidebar interview specials interview our panelists individually to learn more about their backgrounds and careers. In this episode, we interview Ryan Burgess, the creator of the Front End Happy Hour podcast.
Panelists:
Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan
Jem Young - @JemYoung
Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/sidebar-interview-with-ryan-burgess

Feb 6, 2022 • 48min
Episode 143 - TypeScript migration - Strict type of cocktails
Software Engineers deal with migrations at some point or another, and there are always a lot of lessons learned afterward. In this episode, we are joined by Sumana Mohan and Joe King from Netflix to talk about their recent migration to TypeScript on the Netflix website signup flow.
Guests:
Sumana Mohan - @sumana_mohan
Joe King
Panelists:
Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan
Jem Young - @JemYoung
Stacy London - @stacylondoner
Picks:
Sumana Mohan - The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Joe King - Arcane
Joe King - The Book of Boba Fett
Joe King - Tonal
Ryan Burgess - High Res Uber Rap Videos
Ryan Burgess - Tinder Swindler
Jem Young - Alaska Off-road warriors
Jem Young - It’s Always Sunny Podcast
Stacy London - Tristan Arp's mix on Dekmantel Podcast
Stacy London - Sky H1's mix for Resident Advisor
Episode transcript: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/episodes/typescript-migration-strict-type-of-cocktails

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Jan 23, 2022 • 1h 4min
Episode 142 - Job hunting in 2022 - Standing out in a crowded bar
Recruiting and interviewing isn’t a new topic, it’s one we’ve covered a few times, but this episode focuses on the changes that have happened with the landscape for jobs and interviewing during the pandemic. In this episode, we are joined by Taylor Desseyn, and Jono Grayson to talk with us about ways to stand out and navigate the job search in 2022.
Guests:
Taylor Desseyn - @tdesseyn
Jono Grayson
Panelists:
Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan
Jem Young - @JemYoung
Picks:
Taylor Desseyn - Group Chat Podcast
Taylor Desseyn - Kenu Stance Mini Tripod Stand
Jono Grayson - Ororo heated vest
Jono Grayson - Organic Gatorade
Ryan Burgess - 14 Peaks
Jem Young - A decade and a half of instability: The history of Google messaging apps
Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Bartesian cocktail maker

Jan 9, 2022 • 53min
Episode 141 - 2021 Hangover
Happy New Year! We are back with more episodes in 2022 and to start off the year, we want to reflect on changes that happened in 2021. In this episode, we cover technology changes, our lives, and our career changes that happened in 2021.
Panelists:
Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan
Jem Young - @JemYoung
Stacy London - @stacylondoner
Shirley Wu - @sxywu
Picks:
Ryan Burgess - Rolling Like Thunder
Ryan Burgess - School of Chocolate
Ryan Burgess - log4j memes
Jem Young - Black Sea
Jem Young - Star Trek chairs
Jem Young - Valley Silicon: Gucci Xbox
Stacy London - Sky H1's mix on the Dekmantel Podcast
Shirley Wu - Studio Drift Fragile Future
Shirley Wu - Danny Rozin
Shirley Wu - Shang-Chi

Nov 28, 2021 • 46min
Episode 140 - Crafting your cocktail mixture to learning
In this episode, we are joined by Loren Sands-Ramshaw to talk with us about education paths for software engineers. There are so many options out there and it's really hard to know what's the right path to take.
Guests:
Loren Sands-Ramshaw - @lorendsr
Panelists:
Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan
Jem Young - @JemYoung
Picks:
Loren Sands-Ramshaw - The GraphQL Guide
Loren Sands-Ramshaw - The 5 Personality Patterns (book on developmental psychology)
Ryan Burgess - Dopesick
Ryan Burgess - UGG® Mammoth Tipped Throw Blanket
Jem Young - Anker USB-C hub
Jem Young - Narcos Season 3

Oct 31, 2021 • 39min
Episode 139 - Preparing ingredients - Interview prep
There’s no way around, at some point, you will likely be interviewing. Why not be prepared? In this episode, we share our thoughts and experiences interviewing and how we approach preparing for an upcoming interview for a new role.
Panelists:
Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan
Stacy London - @stacylondoner
Augustus Yuan - @augburto
Picks:
Ryan Burgess - You Season 3
Ryan Burgess - Netlify
Stacy London - Ayekouma by Falle Nioke, Ghost Culture
Stacy London - Rotating In Unison by HAAi
Augustus Yuan - FE Technical Interview Prep
Augustus Yuan - Dune: Scene breakdown of the Gom Jabbar by director Denis Villeneuv