Shows
The Frontside Podcast109: What Do You Need in a JavaScript Framework?Guests:
Brandon Hays: @tehviking | Blog
Chris Freeman: @15lettermax
In this episode, former Fronsiders, Brandon Hays and Chris Freeman join Charles and Taras to talk about the difference between a framework and a library, whether or not React + Redux a framework in itself, red flags to signal that you’re actually building a framework, attributes of a good framework, how can you tell if you created a bad framework, and how you can make a bad framework better.
Resources:
Test Sizes by Simon Stewart
This show was produced by Mandy Moore, aka @therubyrep of De...
2018-08-2357 min
The Frontside Podcast100: 100th Episode Celebration with Brandon HaysFrontside alum and original podcast host, Brandon Hays, makes a special guest appearance to talk with Charles about the evolution of The Frontside as a company: where it's been, where it's going, and more hopes, dreams, and goals for the future!
Transcript
CHARLES: Hello everybody. Welcome to The Frontside Podcast Episode 100. Here we are. Episode 100. My name is Charles Lowell. I’m a developer here at The Frontside and I think it’s safe to say, your official podcast host. With me to celebrate the 100th episode, he was also here a few episodes ago but...
2018-05-0155 min
The Frontside Podcast048: Farewell, BrandonWe say goodbye to our friend and co-host of The Frontside Podcast, Brandon Hays.
Brandon Hays:
@tehviking | blog
Transcript:
BRANDON: Hello, everybody and welcome to Frontside Podcast Episode 48. It is a podcast, as you can tell from the intro music, about woodworking and dads and dads working with wood.
CHARLES: And power washing wood.
BRANDON: Yes and power washing, sanding decks. Today, we'll be talking about the difference between mortise and tenon joints and dovetail joints and when it's worth going through the extra effort for that dovetail...
2016-12-0145 min
The Frontside Podcast044: Women in Tech and SheNomads with LaToya AllenIn this episode, LaToya Allen, developer at Big Cartel and founder of SheNomads talks about apprenticeship and mentoring, finding community while working remotely, how companies can be more inclusive for hiring women and people of diverse backgrounds in technology, and avoiding burnout and maintaining balance.
LaToya Allen:
@HashtagLaToya | latoya@shenomads.com
Links:
CodeNewbie Ep. 34: Newbie Story: LaToya Allen
The SheNomads Podcast
Garage Cowork (Polanco)
Dear Tech Companies: Focus on Diversity, Not Foosball
The SheNomads Job Board
Women in Tech Wellness: Chicago
Resources:
Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby by Sandi Metz
Exercism...
2016-10-2040 min
The Frontside Podcast043: Growing Communities and Businesses with Leah SilberIn this episode, Leah Silber, CEO of Tilde, Inc. and Ember.js core team member talks about what she's learned building communities, organizing events, and running a business. We talk about how people can move from "observer" to "participant" and grow their own healthy communities and companies.
Links:
Leah Silber: EmberConf 2016: The Morning-After Post-Mortem
Event Driven: How to Run Memorable Tech Conferences
Transcript:
CHARLES: Hello everybody and welcome to the Frontside Podcast, Episode 43. I am Charles Lowell. I'm here with Brandon Hays, and a very, very special guest. Brandon, do you want to...
2016-10-0449 min
The Frontside Podcast042: Apprenticeship in Real Life with Taras Mankovski and Lennex ZinyandoIn this episode we cover how to handle apprenticeship, share with listeners how they can start participating in mentoring and apprenticeship in their companies and communities, and help people to understand the impact apprenticeship and mentoring can have on everybody involved.
Links:
open-source-ember-apps: A list of open source Ember apps
Transcript:
CHARLES: Hello everybody and welcome to the Frontside Podcast, Episode 42. I am Charles Lowell and with me is Brandon Hays, as well as some other really, really, really, really special guests, which I'm really excited to have on the show...
2016-09-2239 min
The Frontside Podcast041: The Technical Skills of a Senior DevRecently, there was a flurry of activity around one of Brandon's posts about defining the term "senior developer". But he left the purely technical aspects of the role for later discussion, which left a lot of lingering questions.
In this episode, Charles and Brandon dive into the technical side of identifying, hiring, and growing senior developers, and explain The Frontside's somewhat unconventional standards.
Links:
The Conjoined Triangles of Senior-Level Development
Don't use animal names as an insult
Transcript:
CHARLES: Hello everybody and welcome to the Frontside Podcast, Episode 41. I am your...
2016-09-0930 min
The Frontside Podcast017: Hiring Junior Developers: The Ukelele MethodThis week, Charles shares an experience he had at a group Ukulele lesson with his son, and applies the lessons he learned there towards hiring and creating roles to utilize junior level talent in software development.
Show Links:
Brandon Hays - Open Allocation
Ruby On Rails Podcast: Trek Glowacki - Learning Ember
Apprenticeship Patterns
2015-01-2824 min
The Frontside Podcast014: Literally everything we learned in 2014We're back! Today on the Frontside, we're going to be talking about what we've learned about software consulting over the past year.
The subjects we're discussing include:
Choosing the right partner for your business
How to start and run a software consultancy
How to craft a healthy work culture
Some of the tradeoffs we made, which ones worked out, and which ones just plain sucked
The pros and cons of fixed-bid pricing
Why you should focus on being great at one thing
How to avoid fear-based decision making
And of course, so much more. Tune...
2014-12-0839 min
The Frontside Podcast008: The Brandon Hays Advice DispensaryThis week, Brandon and Charles discuss how to become indispensable to your business, why writing less code is better in the long run, and more.
Wonder Boys
The Pragmatic Programmer
2014-07-2331 min