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Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Wix (sponsor): https://tej.as/wix - SquiggleConf (partner): https://squiggleconf.com/ - JS Heroes: https://jsheroes.io/ - Alex on X: https://x.com/alexnmoldovan - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary: In this discussion, we talk to Alex Moldovan, a software engineer at CodeSandbox and event planner who co-founded JS Heroes—a no...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Wix (sponsor): https://tej.as/wix - G2i: https://g2i.co - Developer Health OS: https://www.g2i.co/developer-health - Michelle on X: https://x.com/michellebakels - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary In this episode, Michelle Bakels from G2i discusses the importance of developer health and wellbeing. She explains G2i's Develope...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Wix (sponsor): https://tej.as/wix - SquiggleConf (partner): https://2024.squiggleconf.com/ - G2i: https://www.g2i.co/ - Gabe on X: https://x.com/gabe_g2i - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ - Book: "Traction" by Gino Wickman https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Gino-Wickman/dp/1936661837 - "Move Fast and Fix Things" book: https://www.amazon.d...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Wix (sponsor): https://tej.as/wix - Josh Goldberg: https://x.com/joshuakgoldberg - Learning TypeScript: https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/-/9781098110321/ - SquiggleConf: https://2024.squiggleconf.com/ Summary Joshua K Goldberg is a full-time independent open source maintainer in the TypeScript ecosystem. He shares his journey i...

Links - Codecrafters (Sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Wix (Sponsor): https://tej.as/wix - OpenPipe: https://openpipe.ai - Kyle on X: https://x.com/corbtt - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary Kyle Corbitt, founder and CEO of OpenPipe, shares the origin story of the company and his background in computer science and entrepreneurship. He discusses the evolution of machine learning...

Links - Wix Studio (sponsor): https://tej.as/wix - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Shruti Balasa's Website: https://shrutibalasa.com/ - Tailwind Weekly: https://tailwindweekly.com/ - Shruti on X: https://x.com/shrutibalasa - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary Shruti Balasa, a Tailwind CSS expert, shares her journey of discovering and specializing in Tailwind CSS. S...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Nx: https://nx.dev/ - Jeff on X: https://twitter.com/jeffbcross - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary Jeff B. Cross, co-founder of NX, discusses the origins of NX and its evolution as a tool for monorepos. He explains the benefits of using NX, such as code mod running, large-scale migrations, and CI optimizations. Jeff also cl...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Jatin on X: https://x.com/JatinRamanathan - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary Jatin Ramanathan, a software engineer at Google, discusses the Wiz framework and its use in Google products like search, photos, and payments. Wiz is a resumable web framework that focuses on loading minimal JavaScript and uses the concept of signa...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Polypane: https://polypane.app/ - Kilian on X: https://x.com/kilianvalkhof - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary Kilian Valkhof created Polypane, a web browser designed to enhance developer productivity. Built on Chromium with Electron, it offers features like local server sharing, live DOM view, and social media preview tools...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Fair Source License: https://fair.io/ - Sentry: https://sentry.io/ - Sentry on X: https://x.com/getsentry - Chad on X: https://x.com/chadwhitacre_ - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary Chad Whitacre, Head of Open Source at Sentry, discusses his involvement in open source and the commitment of Sentry to open source. He shares h...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Sentry: https://sentry.io/ - Sentry on X: https://x.com/getsentry - David on X: https://x.com/zeeg - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary David Cramer, the founder of Sentry, discusses the origins and growth of the company. Sentry started as an open-source project that Cramer built to solve his own problems as a software engine...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Santosh on X: https://x.com/SantoshYadavDev - Santosh' story: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/my-journey-into-tech-from-slums-of-mumbai-to-my-own-apartment/ - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary In this episode, we deep dive into Angular and its related frameworks, along with the power of open source to change one's life—mov...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - SST: https://sst.dev - Jay on X: https://x.com/jayair - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary Jay V, co-founder of the serverless framework SST, discusses the origins and purpose of SST. SST is an open-source framework for building applications on AWS and other cloud providers. It aims to make it easy to get started with buildin...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - TBD: https://www.tbd.website/ - Rizèl on X: https://x.com/blackgirlbytes - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary Rizèl Scarlett, a developer advocate at TBD, discusses her experiences with GitHub Copilot, open source, and Web5. She shares how she enjoys engaging with skeptics and helping them understand new technologies. Rizèl a...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Turso: https://turso.tech - The Save File Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGUwjXxvasIczMiiZ5joRlTA-PFydJZbb - Glauber on X: https://x.com/glcst - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary Glauber Costa, CEO of Turso Database, shares his journey from coding for the Linux kernel to co-founding Turso. He started contrib...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - OpenSauced blog post: https://opensauced.pizza/blog/how-we-saved-thousands-of-dollars-deploying-low-cost-open-source-ai-technologies - John on X: https://x.com/johncodezzz - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary John McBride discusses his experience deploying open-source AI technologies at scale with Kubernetes. He shares insigh...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - OpenSauced: https://opensauced.pizza - OpenSauced Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCNjj19iDa4 - The Secret Sauce Podcast: https://podcast.opensauced.pizza/episodes - Brian on X: https://x.com/bdougieyo - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary In this episode, Brian Douglas (BDougie), the founder of OpenSauced discusses the...

Links - CodeCrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Solid Final Form post: https://erikras.com/blog/solid-final-form-poc - Erik on X: https://x.com/erikras - Erik on GitHub: https://github.com/erikras - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary In this conversation, Erik Rasmussen discusses his experiences with open source and public speaking, as well as the development and differenc...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Xata: https://xata.io - Tupu: https://tupu.io - Monica on X: https://x.com/monicasarbu - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary Monica Sarbu, the founder and CEO of Xata, shares the story of founding Xata. She discusses the challenges of being a woman founder in a male-dominated industry and the importance of open source in her c...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Rachel's book "The Tech Career Survival Guide": https://nearestnabors.substack.com/ - Rachel on X: https://x.com/rachelnabors Summary Rachel Nabors (they/them), a developer relations expert with an incredible track record discusses their career journey and the challenges of pricing and valuing their work in the developer relations indus...

Links - Sponsors and Partners - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - THAT Conference: https://www.thatconference.com/ - Stately: https://stately.ai - Guest Content - Flightcontrol: https://www.flightcontrol.dev - Blitz.js: https://blitzjs.com/ - Brandon on X: https://x.com/flybayer - Book Recommendations and Resources - Full type-safety for Next.js routes: https://www.flightcontro...

Links - Codecrafters (Sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Outreachy: https://outreachy.org - Recurse Center: https://recurse.com - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary Anjana discusses her journey into tech, including her background in computational linguistics and her experience in various roles within the tech industry. She highlights the importance of following one's passion and fi...

Links Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters THAT Conference: https://www.thatconference.com/ Clark on X: https://x.com/theclarksell THAT Conference on X: https://x.com/thatconference Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary Clark Sell discusses the origins and purpose of THAT Conference, a multi-day conference for software engineers and their families. He emphasizes the importan...

Links - Codecrafters (Sponsor): https://codecrafters.io - Liveblocks: https://liveblocks.io - Steven on X: https://x.com/stevenfabre - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary Steven Fabre, the co-founder of Liveblocks, shares his journey from a design-focused background to starting his own company. He discusses the importance of combining design and engineering skills and the challenges of b...

Links - Codecrafters (sponsor): https://tej.as/codecrafters - Stately: https://stately.ai - XState on GitHub: https://github.com/statelyai/xstate - David on X: https://x.com/davidkpiano - Tejas on X: https://x.com/tejaskumar_ Summary In this conversation, David Khourshid (CEO, Stately.ai) discusses XState, a state management library that uses state machines and the actor model to solve complex sta...