Shows
Tanzu TalkWhat’s is Backstage? How are people using backstage to improve developer productivityCoté talks with Charles Lowell and Taras Mankovski about the Backstage work they've been doing with clients. First, they talk about what Backstage is in the first place. Obviously, it's an internal developer portal...thing...but what does that mean beyond, like, a wiki? Check out The Frontside, and also, Taras' talk at BackstageCon.
Watch the video of this recording if you prefer that kind of thing.
2022-11-1152 min
Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, NeatAlternatives to Relay, the GraphQL Stack, and Adulthood with Charles Lowell and Taras MankovskiJust because something is widely used doesn't always mean it's your best solution. Frontside Founder Charles Lowell and CEO Taras Mankovski, stumbled into an alt GraphQL stack simply because the nature of a product didn't mesh with Apollo. After happening upon two up-and-coming technologies, GraphQL modules and Envelope, a solution was born, as was a newfound flexibility with GraphQL stacks.
In this episode, Charles and Taras talk with Chuck and Robbie about their accidental developer discovery, the drawbacks of UI libraries, what a Relay alternative looks like, what in the world Pact is, and why adulthood is...2022-03-1759 min
The Frontside PodcastFrontend/Backend Team Collaboration with Sam JosephSam joins the panelists to talk about frontend and backend team collaboration.
Resources:
Worse is better
The Tao of Microservices by Richard Rodger
Sam Joseph is a CoFounder of AgileVentures, a charity that helps groups of volunteers gather online to develop open source solutions for other charities all around the world. Sam’s been mucking about with computers since the early 80s and followed the traditional education system through to a PhD in Neural Nets. Next he went all industry, researching mobile agents at Toshiba in Japan, going freelance and then swung back to academia to...2019-03-2949 min
The Frontside PodcastTeam Collaboration with Jacob StoebelJacob joins the panelists to talk about team collaboration based on his RubyConf 2017 talk, Code Reviews: Honesty, Kindness, Inspiration: Pick Three.
Jacob Stoebel is a software developer living in Berea, KY. He spends his days writing web applications in Ruby, JavaScript, and Python, working with data, and leveling up as a software engineer. He works and studies at Berea College. You can find out more about Jacob at jstoebel.com.
Please join us in these conversations! If you or someone you know would be a perfect guest, please get in touch with us at contact...2019-03-1444 min
My JavaScript StoryMJS 097: Charles LowellSponsors
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Clubhouse
CacheFly
Host: Charles Max Wood
Special Guest: Charles Lowell
Episode Summary
In this episode of My Ruby Story, Charles hosts Charles Lowell, founder and developer at The Frontside Software based in Austin, TX.
Listen to Charles on the podcast JavaScript Jabber on this episode.
Links
JavaScript Jabber 337: Microstates.js – Composable State Primitives for JavaScript with Charles Lowell & Taras Mankovski
Charles Lowell’s...2019-03-0600 min
My JavaScript StoryMJS 097: Charles LowellSponsors Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small planClubhouseCacheFly Host: Charles Max Wood Special Guest: Charles Lowell Episode Summary In this episode of My Ruby Story, Charles hosts Charles Lowell, founder and developer at The Frontside Software based in Austin, TX. Listen to Charles on the podcast JavaScript Jabber on this episode. Links JavaScript Jabber 337: Microstates.js – Composable State Primitives for JavaScript with Charles Lowell & Taras Mankovski Charles Lowell’s TwitterCharles Lowell’s GitHubCharles Lowell’s Frontside Biohttps://devchat.tv/my-javascript-story/https://www.facebook.com/DevChattv Picks Charles Lowell: Yousician App Charles Max Wood: Parade of Homes - St. Georg2019-03-0656 min
All JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tvMJS 097: Charles LowellSponsors
Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan
Clubhouse
CacheFly
Host: Charles Max Wood
Special Guest: Charles Lowell
Episode Summary
In this episode of My Ruby Story, Charles hosts Charles Lowell, founder and developer at The Frontside Software based in Austin, TX.
Listen to Charles on the podcast JavaScript Jabber on this episode.
Links
JavaScript Jabber 337: Microstates.js – Composable State Primitives for JavaScript with Charles Lowell & Taras Mankovski
Charles Lowell’s...2019-03-0656 min
All JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tvMJS 097: Charles LowellSponsors
Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan
Clubhouse
CacheFly
Host: Charles Max Wood
Special Guest: Charles Lowell
Episode Summary
In this episode of My Ruby Story, Charles hosts Charles Lowell, founder and developer at The Frontside Software based in Austin, TX.
Listen to Charles on the podcast JavaScript Jabber on this episode.
Links
JavaScript Jabber 337: Microstates.js – Composable State Primitives for JavaScript with Charles Lowell & Taras Mankovski
Charles Lowell’s...2019-03-0656 min
JavaScript JabberJSJ 337: Microstates.js – Composable State Primitives for JavaScript with Charles Lowell & Taras MankovskiPanel: Aimee KnightCharles Max WoodJoe EamesAJ O’NeilChris Ferdinandi Special Guests: Charles Lowell (New Mexico) & Taras Mankovski (Toronto)In this episode, the panel talks with two special guests Charles and Taras. Charles Lowell is a principle engineer at Frontside, and he loves to code. Taras works with Charles and joined Frontside, because of Charles’ love for coding. There are great personalities at Frontside, which are quite diverse. Check out this episode to hear about microstates, microstates with react, Redux, and much more!Show Topics:1:20 – Chuck: Let’s talk about microstates – what is that?1:32 – Guest: My mind is focused on the how and not th...2018-10-301h 18All JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tvJSJ 337: Microstates.js – Composable State Primitives for JavaScript with Charles Lowell & Taras MankovskiPanel:
Aimee Knight
Charles Max Wood
Joe Eames
AJ O’Neil
Chris Ferdinandi
Special Guests: Charles Lowell (New Mexico) & Taras Mankovski (Toronto)
In this episode, the panel talks with two special guests Charles and Taras. Charles Lowell is a principle engineer at Frontside, and he loves to code. Taras works with Charles and joined Frontside, because of Charles’ love for coding. There are great personalities at Frontside, which are quite diverse. Check out this episode to hear about microstates, microstates with react, Redux, and much more!
Show Topics:
2018-10-301h 18All JavaScript Podcasts by Devchat.tvJSJ 337: Microstates.js – Composable State Primitives for JavaScript with Charles Lowell & Taras MankovskiPanel:
Aimee Knight
Charles Max Wood
Joe Eames
AJ O’Neil
Chris Ferdinandi
Special Guests: Charles Lowell (New Mexico) & Taras Mankovski (Toronto)
In this episode, the panel talks with two special guests Charles and Taras. Charles Lowell is a principle engineer at Frontside, and he loves to code. Taras works with Charles and joined Frontside, because of Charles’ love for coding. There are great personalities at Frontside, which are quite diverse. Check out this episode to hear about microstates, microstates with react, Redux, and much more!
Show Topics:
2018-10-301h 18
The Frontside Podcast113: There and Back Again: A Quest For Simplicity with Philip PootsGuest:
Philip Poots: GitHub | ClubCollect
Previous Episode: 056: Ember vs. Elm: The Showdown with Philip Poots
In this episode, Philip Poots joins the show again to talk about the beauty of simplicity, the simplicity and similarities between Elm and Ruby programming languages, whether Elixir is a distant cousin of the two, the complexity of Ember and JavaScript ecosystems (Ember helps, but is fighting a losing battle), static vs. dynamic, the ease of Rails (productivity), and the promise of Ember (productivity, convention).
The panel also talks about the definition of "quality", making code...2018-10-2545 min
React Round UpRRU 028: “Microstates.js – Composable State Primitive” with Taras Mankovski & Charles LowellPanel: Charles (Chuck) Max WoodLucas Reis Special Guests: Charles Lowell & Taras Mankovski In this episode, the panel talks with two special guests Charles and Taras. Charles Lowell is a principle engineer at Frontside, and he loves to code. Taras works with Charles and joined Frontside, because of Charles’ love for coding. There are great personalities at Frontside, which are quite diverse. Check out this episode to hear about microstates, microstates with react, OM, Redux, and much more! Show Topics: 2:32 – Chuck: Why do we need it (microstates) and why do we need another state library? 2:42 – Charles answers Chuck’s question. Charles goes to...2018-09-1146 min
The Frontside Podcast106: MicrostatesIn part I of The Frontside's microstates series, Charles Lowell, Taras Mankovski, and David Keathley talk about state management that’s easy and fun and transactionality.
This show was produced by Mandy Moore, aka @therubyrep of DevReps, LLC.
Upcoming Conference Talks:
Toronto.js - July 30th (Taras)
Manhattan.js - August 8th (Taras)
ReactJS Austin August 6th (Charles)
Transcript:
CHARLES: Hello, everybody and welcome to The Frontside Podcast, Episode 106. My name is Charles Lowell, a developer here at Frontside and I'm going to be hosting today's episode and we're going to be...2018-07-2055 min
The Frontside Podcast103: React Components with Michael JacksonIn this episode, Michael Jackson of React Training and Rob DeLuca and Taras Mankovski of The Frontside talk about what is a component, and what a component is specifically in the context of React.
They also discuss when it stops being a component and becomes something larger, how it has changed the way we develop UI, and thoughts on container and presentational components being synonyms for controller and view.
References
The Tweet that started it all
Wil Wilsman: Does my application work in real life?
Do you have opinions on this show? Want...2018-06-1548 min
The Frontside Podcast101: Fullstack / Backend / Frontend: What’s the Difference?In this episode of The Frontside Podcast, panelists Charles Lowell, Rob DeLuca, and Sam Keathley, discuss how much the distinction between frontend, backend, and fullstack developers matter in both personal and professional senses.
The differences in mindset between these categories are also discussed, for example, how does a fullstack developer solve a problem vs how a backend or frontend developer? And also, how clear (or fuzzy) is the line that separates them? What are the skills a frontend or backend developer needs to consider themselves fully fullstack? And finally, is there any sort of tribal separation between...2018-05-2443 min
The Frontside Podcast099: Funcadelic with Taras MankovskiTaras Mankovski: tarasm
In this episode, Taras and Charles talk about a project that they work on together: Funcadelic - a Functional Programming and Category Theory for Everyday JavaScript Development.
Funcadelic takes the simple idea that a single function can operate on many different data structures (typeclass oriented programming) and brings it to JavaScript. Yes, there are a lot of FP libraries out there, but this one is geared towards unlocking the magical powers of functional programming while always maintaining a tangible and accessible experience for JavaScript developers. Because if you're a JavaScript developer today...2018-04-1243 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