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Honest EcommerceBonus Episode: Growing Your Brand Beyond Technical Fixes with Sia KaramalegosSia Karamalegos is a freelance web developer and web performance engineer helping ecommerce brands turn faster load times into real revenue. As a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies and a former engineer on Shopify’s performance team, Sia brings a unique blend of hands-on experience and deep technical insight to the challenge of building faster, more performant online stores.With a passion for developer education and community building, Sia organizes the Eleventy Meetup, Durham Social Hack Night, and a new global web performance meetup, connecting engineers around the world to share real-world tactics and tools. She’s al...2025-04-0330 min
PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocketYou're Probably Doing Web Performance Wrong with Sia KaramalegosSia Karamalegos, performance engineer, web developer, and Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies & Web Performance, discusses the pitfalls of relying solely on Lighthouse scores, the importance of Real User Monitoring (RUM), and dive deep into metrics like Core Web Vitals and various other performance indicators, giving practical insights to enhance user experience on your website!
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https://conf.11ty.dev/2024/you-re-probably-doing-web-performance-wrong2025-02-0627 min
We Belong Here: Lessons from Unconventional Paths to Tech26. Sia Karamalegos: From Semiconductor Process Engineer to Tech Founder and CEOOn today’s episode of #WeBelongHere Lauren interviews Sia Karamalegos. Sia went from studying chemical engineering to being a semiconductor process engineer. She then went on to get her MBA at Harvard and worked in corporate strategy/consulting. She shares how quickly she burnt out from that role and wanted to get involved in public education reform in New Orleans. And only then, after tinkering and learning on the side, Sia won a Start-Up Weekend competition and a discounted coding boot camp tuition as a prize. That was when she decided to take her side hobby seriously and learn to...2020-05-0931 min
React Round UpRRU 025: 2 Years of React Native at Artsy with Orta TheroxPanel: Nader DabitSia KaramalegosLucas Reis Special Guests: Orta Therox In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk to Orta Therox about his 2 years of experience with React Native at Artsy. Orta has about 15 years of native Mac and iOS development experience and about 2 ½ years ago, his team decided to start writing their iOS app in React Native. They talk about the different popular blog posts about React Native, why his team decided to switch over to React Native, and the effects of team size on the success of the fit of React Native in each company’s app. They als...2018-08-211h 04React Round UpRRU 024: Webamp with Jordan EldredgePanel: Sia KaramalegosLucas Reis Special Guests: Jordan Eldredge In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk to Jordan Eldredge about his project Webamp. Jordan’s first introduction to programming had to do with music which led him to work both as a singer to now being an engineer. They talk about how common it is for programmers to have diverse backgrounds, especially in front-end developers, what Webamp and Winamp are, and what he originally wrote Webamp in. they also touch on his inspiration for creating this project, his journey in creating Webamp, and more! In particular, we dive pretty de...2018-08-1450 minReact Round UpRRU 023: High-Performance GraphQL on Postgres with Hasura Tanmai GopalPanel: Nader DabitSia Karamalegos Special Guests: Tanmai Gopal In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk to Tanmai Gopal. Tanmai is the founder at Hasura, where they have been building a GraphQL tooling that helps accelerate being able to use GraphQL for app developers. They talk about what Hasura is and what inspired him to build it, what Haskell does to Postgres, and query variables in GraphQL. They also touch on the importance of being aware of the database, how authorization works, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Tanmai introFounder of HasuraHas been building applications for...2018-08-0742 minReact Round UpRRU 022: RxJS and redux-observable with Tracy Lee, Jay Phelps, and Ben LeshPanel: Nader DabitSia Karamalegos Special Guests: Tracy Lee, Jay Phelps, and Ben Lesh In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk to Tracy Lee, Jay Phelps, and Ben Lesh about RxJS and redux-observable. Tracy, Jay, and Ben are the RxJS ThisDot Media group and where they do support contracts for RxJS, staff augmentation, developer relations, and put on events. They talk about what observables are and what they are trying to solve, the most common use cases for getting started with observables, and what Promises and Async/Await are. They also touch on what they like most about RxJS...2018-07-3158 minReact Round UpRRU 020: How to Get a Job (Especially for New Developers) with Charles Max WoodPanel: Charles Max WoodLucas ReisSia Karamalegos In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk about finding a job as a developer. Charles is getting ready to release a course on finding a job and he finds that he is always getting asked about how new developers can find a job. They talk about how they all found their first coder job, picking your target company, and understanding what you want in a job. They also touch on Charles’ upcoming course, the importance of showing initiative, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Sign up to chat with Ch...2018-07-171h 16React Round UpRRU 016: React, Redux, and JavaScript Architecture with James SinclairPanel: Charles Max WoodSia KaramalegosNader Dabit Special Guests: Jared Palmer In this episode of React Round Up, the panel discusses the article React, Redux, and JavaScript Architecture with the author James Sinclair. James is a web developer in Australia and he works at Squiz were he focuses on building a digital web place. They talk about his article and why he chose to write it, where he falls on the whole Redux debate, how to convince people to come to Redux, and much more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: James introReact, Redux, and JavaScript ArchitectureWhy were the people...2018-06-1954 min