The Undefined Podcast

Evan You, the creator of Vue.js, and Rich Harris, Graphics Editor at The New York Times and creator of Svelte and Rollup, join hosts Ken Wheeler and Jared Palmer on The Undefined to talk about the future of frontend development.

Featuring

Evan You - Twitter, Github, Website

Rich Harris - Twitter, Github

Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website

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Nader Dabit is a Developer Advocate at AWS and Founder of React Native Training. He joins hosts Jared Palmer and Ken Wheeler on The Undefined to talk about React Europe, React hooks, the future of work, consulting, and more.

Featuring

• Nader Dabit - Twitter, Github, Website, Consultancy
• Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website, Agency

Links

• React Europe
• AWS Amplify
• React Native Training
• Le Centre Pompidou
• The Fondation Louis Vuitton
• "The Slaves" by Michaelangelo
• Les Philosophes
• Supreme
• Where the Heaux at? T-Shirt
• HTML Canvas Images - W3Schools
• Mimic class properties with useEventCallback
• useSubscription hook PR
• urql GraphQL client
• Startup Nation by Dan Senor, Saul Singer
• Coders are the new Rock Stars - Dan Stein aka @DJFreshUK

Picks

• Drizly
• Gerhard Richter
• The Clermont Lounge

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Jordan Scales is a Software Engineer at Stripe and notorious Twitter memelord. He joins us on The Undefined to talk about dank memes, his origin story, and Stripe's React component library and frontend developer experience.

Featuring

• Jordan Scales - Twitter, Github, Website
• Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Links

• @fat (creator of Twitter Bootstrap)
• 3Blue1Brown YouTube
• Video: "This one time at Bandcamp" from American Pie (1999)
• Animate Plus by Benjamin De Cock (Twitter, Github)
• Aphrodite
• BEM (i.e. "Block Element Modifier" CSS naming convention)
• PostCSS is a tool for transforming CSS with JavaScript
• Palantir Blueprint
• Segment Evergreen
• A Life in Parts by Bryan Cranston
• Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin
• Yoshi's Crafted World for Switch
• Dog Blood (Skrillex & Boys Noize) - Turn Off The Lights
• Billie Eilish

Picks

• Rome toolchain (Twitter Thread, Undefined Episode 1 with Seb)
• Casamigos
• Miller Lite
• Malika Favre
• Patagonia Vests! (Article, React Amsterdam Video)
• Keystone Light Keystalope

Ali Spittel is a Software Engineer and Developer Advocate at Dev.to. Prior to her new gig, she was a Lead Instructor of Web Development at General Assembly. She joins us on The Undefined to talk about her new role, the reality of coding bootcamps, and the ups and downs of remote work.

Featuring

• Ali Spittel - Twitter, Github, Website
• Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Links

• Dev.to - Website, GitHub, Twitter
• MDX Deck: MDX-based presentation decks
• Spectacle: ReactJS based Presentation Library
• ImpressJS presentation framework
• Spectacle Code Slide
• General Assembly
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Revolution Conf
• FlyWheel
• SoulCycle
• Texas Blind Salamander (it's a troglobite)
• Cornell bit from The Office
• Hamilton College
• Ken's most popular tweet
• Napster

Picks

• Ken's Fly Shotgun
• Casamigos Blanco Tequila
• React Loops by Lee Byron
• 90s Hits on Spotify

Dan Stein is a Principal Software / AI Developer for GLG Group. Prior to that, Dan was an award winning EDM DJ and producer known as "DJ Fresh" with over 2.5 million record sales, two number 1 singles, and two top 6 singles to his name. Dan joins hosts Ken Wheeler and Jared Palmer on the Undefined to tell his story--and how he transitioned from being an actual rockstar to rockstar full stack developer.

Featuring

• Dan Stein - Twitter, Github, Website
• Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website

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ICYMI: The Undefined Shop

We launched an online store! Checkout https://shop.undefined.fm for the dankest swag and accessories.