S08E05 Modern Web Podcast - Browser Extensions with Simeon Vincent

In this episode, Rob Ocel sits down with Simeon Vincent, a Developer Advocate on the Chrome Extensions Team. They discuss Simeon's unique journey into tech and developer advocacy, the special challenges of doing developer relations for a platform as large as Chrome, the future of browser extensions in Chrome with the new, upcoming Manifest V3, what existing extension authors need to know about the upcoming changes, and the special promise and fun of building your own browser extensions!

Guest:

Simeon Vincent (@DotProto) - Developer Advocate, Chrome Extensions Team 

Host:
Rob Ocel (@robocell) - Architect, This Dot

Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kybyYwu9Mpw
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv3/intro/mv3-migration/
https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-extensions 

This episode is sponsored by KendoReact & This Dot Labs. 

S08E04 Modern Web Podcast - Jamstack is Web 3.0 with Guillermo Rauch

In this episode, our hosts, Jesse Tomchak (@jtomchak) and Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) interview Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg) about the power of javascript, building on top of existing primitives, components, JamStack, + so much more!

Guest:

Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg) - CEO, Vercel

Host:

Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs 

Jesse Tomchak (@jtomchak) - Senior Software Engineer, This Dot Labs

This episode is sponsored by This Dot Labs. 

S08E03 Modern Web Podcast - Black Tech Pros Talk Work Life, Conflicts, & Experiences

This week, we have guest host, Morgan Worrell, leading a conversation with fellow devs Dillion Megida and Adesoji David, along with tech sales rep for This Dot Labs, Darron Smith. They talk about their work-life preferences, both as This Dot Labs employees and in previous roles, plus share some about the experiences they've had as black technologists in the US and in Nigeria.

Host:

Morgan Worrell (@morganistic_) - Senior Software Engineer, This Dot Labs

Guests:

Dillion Megida (@iamdillion) - Software Engineer, This Dot Labs

Adesoji David (@temitopedavid_) - Software Engineer, This Dot Labs

Darron Smith (@Darron_ThisDot) - Sales Representative, This Dot Labs

This episode is sponsored by This Dot Labs. 

S08E02 Modern Web Podcast - What is the Future of Tech Conferences? With John Allsop

In this podcast episode, we sit down with conference organizer, John Allsopp (@johnallsopp), about taking conferences online and the new way of doing these events. How can conference organizers think about how to reshape their events, and how do conference attendees benefit from it?

Guest:

John Allsopp (@johnallsopp) - Author, Developer, & Co-founder of Web Directions Conferences

Host:

Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs 

This episode is sponsored by Dexecure & This Dot Labs. 

S08E01 Modern Web Podcast - Meet RedwoodJS: The Full Stack React Framework with David Price

In this episode, our hosts, Jesse Tomchak (@jtomchak) and Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) interview David Price (@thedavidprice) on the new full stack react framework, RedwoodJS! Listen in on why you should learn “yet another framework” and how Redwood is trying to make developer lives easier with the tech stack you already know.

Guest:

David Price (@thedavidprice) - Core team, RedwoodJS

Host:

Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs 

Jesse Tomchak (@jtomchak) - Senior Software Engineer, This Dot Labs

This episode is sponsored by KendoReact & This Dot Labs. 

S07E20 Modern Web Podcast - Building State Machines using XState with David Khourshid

In this podcast episode, Rob Ocel (@robocell) chats with David Khourshid (@DavidKPiano), software engineer at Microsoft and creator of XState!

Topics discussed:

• What are state machines and why was XState created?
• Is XState a replacement for Redux or any other state management libraries?
• How to get started with state machines
• When to adopt libraries such as XState
• What are the advanced features of state charts and how do you learn about them

Guest:

David Khourshid (@DavidKPiano) - Software Engineer, Microsoft & Creator of XState

Hosts:

Rob Ocel (@robocell) - Architect, This Dot Labs

This episode is sponsored by Syncfusion & This Dot Labs.

S07E19 Modern Web Podcast - Google’s Project Fugu, Web Performance, & User Experience with Alex Russell

In this podcast episode, Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) sits down with Alex Russell (@slightlylate) from Google to discuss web performance, user experience, & his work at project fugu! We also talk about core web vitals, lighthouse, the chrome user experience report, APIS, webpagetest, & more.

Guest:

Alex Russell (@slightlylate) - Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google

Hosts:

Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs

This episode is sponsored by This Dot Labs.

S07E18 Modern Web Podcast - Full Stack JavaScript is here! Blitz.js with Brandon Bayer, Creator of Blitz

With Blitz gaining 6000 stars on Github, over 150 contributors, and nearly 1000 slack members in less than 1 year, the excitement for Blitz.js rings true within the JavaScript community! In this episode, Wes Copeland and Tracy Lee interview Brandon Bayer about what Blitz.js is, and why to start considering using this full stack javascript framework for your projects. Topics covered are forms, testing, styling, and using Blitz with other technologies.

Guest:

Brandon Bayer (@flybayer) - Creator of Blitz.js

Hosts:

Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs

Wes Copeland (@wescopeland_) - Senior Software Engineer, This Dot Labs

S07E17 Modern Web Podcast - Getting LIT (HTML & Element) with Justin Fagnani: What You Should Prepare for 2021

S07E16 Modern Web Podcast - Core Web Vitals, Mobile Dev, Performance & PWAs with Max Firtman

In this podcast, Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) and Ben Lesh (@benlesh) sit down with Maximiliano Firtman (@firt) and discuss how performance in development is becoming required for development on the web and mobile, and the implications for not making sure performance is a part of your product strategy. They talk about what’s next after Lighthouse in a developer’s web performance journey, other tools such as Microsoft's webhint, and the new core web vitals that Google has recently published. Plus, they explore the importance (or lack thereof these days) of PWAs and how that is changing on mobile platforms.

Guest:

Maximiliano Firtman (@firt) - Freelance Mobile+Web developer | Author, Speaker, & Trainer 

Hosts:

Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs

Ben Lesh (@benlesh) - Software Engineer at Citadel & Author of RxJS

This episode is sponsored by This Dot Labs.