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Everyday HeroesThe 500 Club: Jordan Harband on Maintaining ALL THE THINGS (and Training Cats with Air Dusters)In this premiere episode of Everyday , we're coming in HOT with JavaScript royalty Jordan Harband - the absolute madlad who maintains 500+ open source projects while somehow finding time to serve on TC39 and train his cat to respect keyboard boundaries.Key Highlights (because we know you're skimming):That time Jordan accidentally landed a TC39 spec change that made Object.assign like 100x faster (NBD)The secret origin story of teaching Excel to teachers...in 8th gradeWhy being the company "sweeper" is actually the coolest job (if your company gets it)A passionate defense of gasp light...2025-01-2141 min
Mechanical Ink PodcastEthics, Inclusivity, and the Future of Open Source - Jordan HarbandOriginally aired in December 2023: In this episode of the Mechanical Ink podcast, host Schalk Neethling speaks with guest Jordan Harband in a deep dive into the open-source world. Jordan shares his journey from a garage startup to becoming a pivotal figure in the open-source community. He speaks passionately about the philosophy behind open source, emphasizing its role in fostering innovation through collaboration and building on existing work.A significant part of the conversation revolves around the inclusivity and accessibility aspects of open source. Jordan underscores the democratizing power of open source, discussing how it provides a platform...2024-10-061h 05
devtools.fm: Developer Tools, Open Source, Software DevelopmentJordan Harband - Npm Ecosystem, HeroDevsThis week we're joined by Jordan Harband, a pillar of the npm ecosystem. Jordan maintains a staggering amount of open source projects that are used by millions of developers. Jordan has some opinions that go against the mainstream when it comes to legacy support. Join us as we try to understand his perspective.
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Mechanical Ink PodcastEthics, Inclusivity, and the Future of Open Source - Jordan HarbandIn this episode of the Mechanical Ink podcast, host Schalk Neethling speaks with guest Jordan Harband in a deep dive into the world of open source. Jordan shares his journey from a garage startup to becoming a pivotal figure in the open source community. He speaks passionately about the philosophy behind open source, emphasizing its role in fostering innovation through collaboration and building on existing work.A significant part of the conversation revolves around the inclusivity and accessibility aspects of open source. Jordan underscores the democratizing power of open source, discussing how it provides a platform for...2023-12-201h 05
The Changelog: Software Development, Open SourceANTHOLOGY — The way of open source (Interview)This week we’re taking you to the hallway track of All Things Open 2023 in Raleigh, NC. Today’s episode features: Matthew Sanabria (former Engineer at HashiCorp working on Terraform Enterprise), Nithya Ruff (Chief Open Source Officer and Head of the Open Source Program Office at Amazon) & Jordan Harband (Open Source Maintainer-at-large with dependencies in most JavaScript apps out there.
There has been many changes this year in open source, and each of these perspectives lends insight into challenging and changing waters happening right now in open source.
Join the discussionChangelog++ members get...2023-10-271h 38Changelog InterviewsANTHOLOGY — The way of open sourceThis week we’re taking you to the hallway track of All Things Open 2023 in Raleigh, NC. Today’s episode features: Matthew Sanabria (former Engineer at HashiCorp working on Terraform Enterprise), Nithya Ruff (Chief Open Source Officer and Head of the Open Source Program Office at Amazon) & Jordan Harband (Open Source Maintainer-at-large with dependencies in most JavaScript apps out there.
There has been many changes this year in open source, and each of these perspectives lends insight into challenging and changing waters happening right now in open source.
Join the discussionChangelog++ members get...2023-10-271h 38Changelog Master FeedANTHOLOGY — The way of open source (Changelog Interviews #563)This week we’re taking you to the hallway track of All Things Open 2023 in Raleigh, NC. Today’s episode features: Matthew Sanabria (former Engineer at HashiCorp working on Terraform Enterprise), Nithya Ruff (Chief Open Source Officer and Head of the Open Source Program Office at Amazon) & Jordan Harband (Open Source Maintainer-at-large with dependencies in most JavaScript apps out there.
There has been many changes this year in open source, and each of these perspectives lends insight into challenging and changing waters happening right now in open source.
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The ReadME Podcast(De)coding conventionsProgramming languages are always in flux, and so is the way we use them. In this episode, we dive into the rise of TypeScript, with The ReadME Project’s Senior Editor Mike Melanson outlining its history and evolution. Hosts Neha Batra and Martin Woodward discuss the pros and cons of static typing, and Jordan Harband from TC39 shares his views on the benefits and limitations of TypeScript. We also hear from Aaron Gustafson on AI’s potential to enhance accessibility and highlights the projects that are leading the charge. And Kingsley Mkpandiok from the CHAOSS Project, responds to an #AskR...2023-07-1142 min
Software Engineering Radio - The Podcast for Professional Software DevelopersEpisode 541: Jordan Harband and Donald Fischer on Securing the Supply ChainOpen source developers Jordan Harband and Donald Fischer join host Robert Blumen for a conversation about securing the software supply chain, especially open source. They start by reviewing supply chain security concepts, particularly as related to open..2022-12-0851 minSoftware Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developersEpisode 541: Jordan Harband and Donald Fischer on Securing the Supply ChainOpen source developers Jordan Harband and Donald Fischer join host Robert Blumen for a conversation about securing the software supply chain, especially open source. They start by reviewing supply chain security concepts, particularly as related to open..2022-12-0851 min
SustainEpisode 77: Jordan Harband: Being a Sustainable Maintainer of Hundreds of ProjectsGuest
Jordan Harband
Panelists
Eric Berry | Justin Dorfman | Alyssa Wright | Richard Littauer
Show Notes
Hello and welcome to Sustain! We are all very excited to have as our guest today, Jordan Harband, referred to as “Mr. Perfect” by the panelists! He is a longtime open source enthusiast, maintainer, coder, works at Coinbase, a TC39 Delegate, and heavily involved with Node for years. Today, Jordan gives us his perspective of being a maintainer of repositories and code. We find out how he is so successful at being a maintainer of so m...2021-05-1441 min
JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web DevelopmentWhat's happening in TC39 landKBall MCs as Jordan tells us about exciting JavaScript updates that are on the way, Amal takes us all to school digging into the details, and Emma makes a surprise on-air proposal.
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The Web Platform PodcastEvolution of Modern JavaScript live @ OpenJS World 2020To say the way we use and write JavaScript has evolved since the launch of ES2015 is an understatement. Atomics, TypedArrays, globalThis, and function generators are just a few ways JavaScript has grown up to meet the needs of a growing web platform. But it's not just language that has evolved, it's our entire toolchain as we have come to rely on compiled JavaScript as the "new normal". Join for a very special episode of The Web Platform podcast as we discuss all this and more with our invited expert on all things ECMA - Jordan Harband at...2020-07-2100 min
tc39er.usInterview with Jordan Harband one of the TC39 editors.In this episode, we talk with Jordan Harband one of the editors at TC39 about:* His journey as a software engineer.* How did he get into TC39?* Roles and responsibilities of an editor, becoming an editor.* T39 stages in one-liners.* What's keeping him busy apart from tech.* What's your favorite proposal and why?--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hemanth-hm/support2020-02-2930 min