Description

Summary

In this episode, the hosts meet with Christina Martinez, a developer experience engineer from Resend, who shares insights on her creative process and current projects. She shares her delight in building silly software and how she's using that to learn in her current role.

Takeaways

• Christina is the creative mind behind the Gen Z Babel plugin.
• She also developed the Swift commits tool.
• Taking existing tutorials and adding a creative twist can make them more fun.
• Continuous development is important at all parts of your career.

Links

• Christina Martinez: https://christinacodes.dev
• Silly Software Club: https://sillysoftware.club
• Resend: https://resend.com/
• Gen Z slang Babel plugin: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cxvwz76vBus/ | https://github.com/christina-de-martinez/babel-plugin-glowup-vibes
• Taylor Swift themed commit linting tool: https://youtube.com/shorts/eOS5Q2I9LHM?si=LC8JVUKTkLgwKtDF | https://github.com/christina-de-martinez/swift-commits
• CodeTV & Mux's Worst Video Player Competition: https://www.mux.com/blog/actual-worst-video-player
• React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/

Hosts

• Overcommitted: https://overcommitted.dev
• Bethany Janos: https://github.com/bethanyj28
• Brittany Ellich: https://brittanyellich.com
• Eggyhead: https://github.com/eggyhead