December 2, 2020
In this podcast episode, Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) interviews Principal Engineer at Stitchfix, Stacy Devino (@doesitpew), about being a principal engineer. We cover topics around what it takes to be a principal engineer, how to facilitate your learning within an organization, what a good culture in an engineering team looks like, the considerations one might take to look at to rewrite code or build something from scratch, and the skills needed to be successful at this level of your career.
Guest:
Stacy Devino (@doesitpew) - Principal Engineer at Stitchfix
Host:
Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs
This episode is sponsored by This Dot Labs.
November 25, 2020
In this podcast Tracy Lee (@ladyleet), Hunter Miller (@hmillerdev), and Ben Lesh (@benlesh) interview Jason Miller (@_developit), creator and core team member of Preact about Preact - its conception, where it's at today, who's using it, and what's coming up for the library. We also ask Jason about how being on the Google Chrome team has impacted the direction of Preact, and about his current project at Google, ModernJS.
Guests:
Jason Miller (@_developit) - Creator & Core Team Member, Preact | DevRel, Google
Hosts:
Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs
Ben Lesh (@benlesh) - Software Engineer at Citadel & Author of RxJS
Hunter Miller (@hmillerdev) - Software Engineer, This Dot Labs
This episode is sponsored by This Dot Labs.
November 11, 2020
In this podcast episode, Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) and Ben Lesh (@benlesh) speak with Sam Saccone (@samccone), a software engineer at Google, about how to prepare for a tech interview.
Topics discussed:
- How to approach interviewers
- What questions to prepare for
- What questions you should be asking the interviewer
- What algorithm questions are asked
- What questions are NOT asked
Guests:
Sam Saccone (@samccone) - Software Engineer, Google
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.
November 5, 2020
In this podcast episode, Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) and Ben Lesh (@benlesh) sit down with special guests, Zouhir Chahoud, Stephanie Stimac, and Craig Dunn from Microsoft about new CSS & media query APIs!
Topics discussed:
- What is the new CSS & JS primitives
- What does this mea for developers and designers?
- How can you start experimenting right now?
- docs.microsoft.com/dual-screen for more info on designing and developing for these devices
Guests:
Zouhir Chahoud - Program Manager, Edge
Stephanie Stimac - Program Manager, Edge
Craig Dunn - Principle Software Engineer, Microsoft
Hosts:
Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs
Ben Lesh (@benlesh) - Software Engineer at Citadel & Author of RxJS
This episode is sponsored by KendoReact & This Dot Labs.
October 28, 2020
In this podcast, Luis Aviles (@luixaviles) and Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) interview Ben Lesh (@benlesh), author of RxJS on the most recent updates for RxJS 7 beta and it's targeted release date. We discuss how he made RxJS 7 smaller and where you can find the refactored code. We talk about what's next for RxJS 8, how they're using TypeScript in strict mode, what things to keep in mind while you're working with the reactive programming approach, and what deprecations to start looking out for so you can begin future proofing your code today well before the release.
Hosts:
Luis Aviles (@luixaviles) - Software Engineer, This Dot Labs
Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - CEO, This Dot Labs
Guest:
Ben Lesh (@benlesh) - Software Engineer at Citadel & Author of RxJS
This episode is sponsored by This Dot Labs.
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October 22, 2020
In this podcast episode, Rob and Jake talk to Sara Vieira, author of Opinionated React, developer at Code Sandbox, and organizer of QueerJS and the Women of React Conference. Together, they discuss Sara's book, "Opinionated React," and how it provides value to teams looking for a more prescriptive approach to building React applications or simply looking for clear and persuasive analysis of alternative approaches to selecting third party React libraries. They also discuss the process of writing a book and share advice for aspiring writers, talk about how to build inclusive communities at scale, and also speak about the importance of mental health in the tech world (especially in the age of COVID).
Hosts:
Rob Ocel - @robocell - Architect, This Dot Labs
Jake Dohm - @JakeDohm - Developer, Good Work
Guest:
Sara Vieira - @NikkitaFTW - Author of "Opinionated React," developer at Code Sandbox, and organizer of QueerJS and the Women of React Conference
This episode is sponsored by KendoReact & This Dot Labs.
October 14, 2020
In this podcast episode, our hosts, Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) and Rob Ocel (@robocell), sit down with Christina Yu (@christinayu123) to talk about transitioning from mid to senior level engineers.
Guest:
Christina Yu (@christinayu123) - Software Engineer, Citadel
This episode is sponsored by KendoReact & This Dot Labs.
September 30, 2020
In this episode, we sit down with special guests, Christian Alfoni (@christianalfoni) of CodeSandbox and Pedro Duarte (@peduarte) of Modulz to discuss CSS-in-JS and the future of web design. Christian and Pedro collaborated to make Stitches, a CSS-in-JS library which boasts a near-zero runtime allowing for super performant styling with tooling for variants, utilities, and theming. Stitches’ performance paved the way for Modulz own component system which powers the design tool they’re building. Join our hosts, Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) and Hunter Miller (@hmillerdev) as they dive in to this new territory.
Guests:
Christian Alfoni (@christianalfoni) of CodeSandbox
Pedro Duarte (@peduarte) of Modulz
This episode is sponsored by Syncfusion & This Dot Labs.
September 16, 2020
In this podcast episode, Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) and Ben Lesh (@benlesh) sit down with Aaron Frost and talk about Scully.io!
Guest: Aaron Frost (@aaronfrost) - CEO, Founder, Architect of HeroDevs and ng-conf organizer
This episode is sponsored by KendoReact & This Dot Labs.
August 26, 2020
In this podcast, our hosts, Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) & Ben Lesh (@BenLesh), interview Tessa Mero, Developer Advocate at Cloudinary about developer relations. We talk about what a day to day in a devrel job looks like, misconceptions about devrel, metrics you are judged on. We also discuss work life balance, traveling at conferences, and how to handle lockdown!
Guest:
Tessa Mero - Developer Advocate at Cloudinary (@TessaMero)
This episode is sponsored by KendoReact, & This Dot Labs.
