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Building something new Nov 16, 2023

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Amal & Nick are joined by Saron Yitbarek (developer, podcaster, community leader & serial entrepreneur) to catch up and discuss her latest project: Not A Designer

We discuss all the ins & outs of tech entrepreneurship & the challenges of building something new in today’s saturated market. Tune in for a behind-the-scenes look at how she does it & get a sneak peek on what’s possibly next! (Spoiler Alert: we brain stormed it here)

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Saron Yitbarek – Website, GitHub, X
Amal Hussein – GitHub, X
Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X

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Best of the fest! Volume 2 Nov 10, 2023

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JS Party listeners and panelists celebrate great moments from the last 100 episodes! You’ll hear from 14 of our favorite humans (and 1 horse) across 11 episodes. Here’s to our first 300 episodes and the next 300 as well. 🥂

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Horse JS – X
Eric Clemmons – GitHub, X
Jarvis Yang – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn
Justin Fagnani – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Josh Collinsworth – Website, GitHub, X
Brian Zelip – Website, GitHub, X
Rich Harris – GitHub, X
Erick Wendel – Website, GitHub, X
Alex Miller – Mastodon, X
Jonathan Creamer – Website, GitHub, X
Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Amal Hussein – GitHub, X
Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Christopher Hiller – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X

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Helping people enter, stay & thrive in tech Nov 03, 2023

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Valerie Phoenix from Tech By Choice joins Amal & Kball to tell them all about her non-profit that’s passionate about helping people interested in technology, no matter their experience level.

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Amal Hussein – GitHub, X
Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X

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Tech By Choice

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I wanna React Jam it with you Oct 26, 2023

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The 2nd ever React Jam is on and poppin’, so Jerod & Nick invited the previous winners to the pod to tell us all about the 10 day online game jam. Turns out React and video games are like peanut butter and jelly, after all!

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Jason McLeod – GitHub, X
Gustavo Vituri – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X

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React Jam
React Jam Summer 2023 winners
Chop Chop game
The Rune platform
[Inspiration: Pipe Dream game](https://classicreload.com/win3x-pipe-dream-1991.html_
The Phaser game framework
Their Brave MMO game

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Use Effect (not useEffect) Oct 19, 2023

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Prisma founder Johannes Schickling has been using the Effect library for the last couple years. Today he joins Jerod & Nick to tell us all about this very interesting tool for building robust apps in TypeScript.

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Johannes Schickling – GitHub, X
Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X

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Party on PartyKit Oct 12, 2023

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With a name like PartyKit, you know we just had to get its founder and CEO Sunil Pai on the show! PartyKit is an open source tool that simplifies creating collaborative, multiplayer applications. Join us to learn all about it and the journey of Sunil and his team!

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Amal Hussein – GitHub, X
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Reflecting on Bun's big launch Oct 05, 2023

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Fresh off Bun’s big 1.0 launch, Jarred Sumner goes one-on-one with Jerod to discuss the all-in-one JavaScript runtime that’s captured the interest of many. We get into it all: what problem he’s solving, how it’s so fast, why no Windows support, answering the critics, the (not real) beef between Bun and Node, how the VC-backed startup will sustain & more.

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Jarred Sumner – GitHub, X
Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

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Reports of Node's death are greatly exaggerated Sep 28, 2023

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Amal, KBall & Chris convene a “semi-emergency” pod to discuss the recent (deserved) hype over Bun and what it all means for Node’s community, maintainers & users.

They’re joined by Node Technical Steering Committee members Matteo Collina & James Snell who are here to dispel Bun antagonism rumors, discuss the pros & cons of each runtime, explain how Node continues to thrive & even announce a VERY big upcoming feature!

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Web dev security school Sep 21, 2023

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This week, we’re joined by Ron Perris, a Security Engineer at Reddit and software security enthusiast. Together, we dive into best practices and common pitfalls, covering topics from dangerous URLs to JSON injection attacks. Tune in for an educational conversation, and don’t forget to bring your notebooks!

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Amal Hussein – GitHub, X
Christopher Hiller – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X

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Type War (what is it good for?) Sep 14, 2023

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Love it or hate it, TypeScript is here to stay for the foreseeable future. But, what happens when widely adopted packages go completely Type free or remove TypeScript in favor of JS with type annotations? Join us to unpack these recent events with Rich Harris, creator of Svelte, as he walks us through the nuanced decision his team made for the Svelte project, and ofc, lots of laughs along the way.

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