Duck Tapes

This week is the introduction of Quick Quacks aka shorter episodes that I can put out while I'm busy with project work.  Today I go over and awesome state management library that makes using redux feel like you're not using redux:  Rematch!  Also I FINALLY reveal my favorite Nirvana song (I got tired of being harassed on Twitter).

Check out Rematch here: https://rematch.github.io/rematch/

Check out Nirvana's D-7...

Adem Bilican plops into the duck pond this week to share his experience coming from native development with Java and Objective-C to working in React Native.  Adem gives his advice (and encouragement!) regarding how to create your own native modules and exposing native functionality to the javascript thread.  Also, he tries to get me to understand blockchain and cryptocurrency (with varying success).

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This week, fan-favorite Gant Laborde comes around to discuss his work at Infinite Red using React Native and Native development, Progressive Web Apps and what they aim to solve, and organizing Chain React Conf in Portland.  We also get into our Cocoa pods gripes, how Fastlane is amazing after you go through the pains of it's setup, and how to effectively create a workplace playlist that makes everyone happy (not, it's not as s...

For our first ever BONUS episode, we're bringing you James Snell's recent talk from NodeJS OC.  James discusses his involvement with http/3 and QUIC and fields some questions from the audience.  It was a great talk about complex topics, presented in a way that was easily digestible and interesting.  Even John understood it (well, most of it)!

Follow James on Twitter: @jasnell

James is Head of Research at NearFor...

This week, we talk to Chris Coyier about the image format (language? file extension?) that confuses us all the most (or at least John): SVGs.  Chris gives us the skinny on what makes SVGs so great before we talk about how he cofounded his two most popular projects: CSS-Tricks and Codepen.io.  We also talk IE and how it "encourages" online CSS research, code schools and their various enrollment options, and before trying t...

This week, we get two guests for the price of one.  Asbjørn Thirslund and Andreas Gielov from Brackeys join us to talk about how they ended up running a Game Development YouTube channel with 800k+ subscribers.  We had a lot of fun this episode, and for the first time in Duck Tapes history the guest takes us to task on our duck knowledge; turns out our namesake from the animal kingdom may not be as cute and friendly as we ...

Bad news, duckheads.  The duck pond froze over this week, because your two favorite hosts were so busy with projects they forgot to turn the heat on.  Don't fret- we'll be back next week with a huge guest!  In the meantime, catch up on our back catalog, give John's new podcast a listen, and watch Tiffany's twitch channel if you are really fiending for some new duckiness.  See you next week!

John's other pod...

This week, Rachel Valentine swoops in to discuss her role as Head of People at Vincit California, where your two favorite hosts work!  Rachel gives a peek into the HR world as she discusses which resumes stand out from the rest, good and bad interviewing techniques, her background as a recruiter, and obvie Vanderpump Rules comes up.  We forgot to ask Rachel what music she listens to when she codes, since she doesn't code,...

Boy, do we have a Whopper© of an episode for you this week!  Software hacker (we make the distinction between hacker vs engineer in the episode) Jonny Burger aka the Burger King jumps head first into the duck pond after his 1,342nd consecutive run to discuss why he runs every single day (no exaggeration), hackathon strategy and mindset, and his multitude of apps and projects.  We also get to the bottom of the mystery haun...

This week, Laurence Bradford flies in from the East Coast for a dip in the cool, calm waters of the duck pond.  We talk about her inspiration for creating her online community at Learn To Code With Me, and discuss why she chose to leave her career in Economic Development in Bangkok to pursue the a life of coding, teaching, and more teaching in New York.  Check out learntocodewith.me, especially if you're nervous about tra...

This week, Ben Wurth plops into the pond to talk about his agency experience working with .NET, C#, F#, G#, and A♭.  Some of those are jokes but that's up to you to figure out.  We also discuss where web assembly is going, how context works, and the fact that, as per usual with our guests, he doesn't have a favorite band.

SNAKE WARNING:  An anaconda followed Ben into the pond and hissed during the entirety of his int...

Returning guest William Strong comes in hot in this episode, planning to discuss resources for self-learning before quickly getting sidetracked by his two favorite hosts.  Then we talk about when Will utilizes testing before getting into a Lord of the Rings vs Harry Potter vs Game of Throne debate, some book recommendations, and a little music talk.  Obviously we end up pondering the emotional damage device addiction can ...

This week, William Candillon pops in the duck pond to discuss React Native gestures and animations.  We talk about the differences between handling the two in vanilla React Native vs using the popular declarative libraries react-native-gesture-handler and react-native-reanimated.  Will convinces us to go back on our initial denouncing of Expo before discussing his popular YouTube series "Can It Be Done In React Native?"

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No guest this week!  Instead, we pick up where we left off in our last John & Tiffany Mix and answer the questions you, the fans, have been begging us to address.  We cover the new React DevTools update, because after all this is a tech podcast, before jumping into the meaty stuff like World of Warcraft, Bon Jovi, chips and salsa, and Rivers Cuomo.  It all ties together seamlessly.

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This week, Shawn "Swyx" Wang joins us in the Duck Pond to take a deep dive into his coding philosophy "Learning in Public."  We take some time to discuss his role at Netlify, how he got started in coding (after a full career in a different industry!), and of course Jack White comes up.

Follow Shawn on twitter: @swyx

Check out his recent React Hooks talk: https://youtu.be/KJP1E-Y-xyo

And his retrospective on his first year at N...