Developer Communities, Career Growth, and Front-End Hot Takes with Madison Kanna
Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat
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Madison Kanna joins Robbie and Chuck to discuss her journey as a developer and the creation of CodebookClub, an online community for developers. They dive into hot takes on Tailwind, TypeScript, and the challenges of keeping up with the fast-paced world of web development. They also discuss the importance of mastering foundational skills, developer burnout, and the evolving role of AI tools.
In this episode:
(00:00) - Intro
(02:22) - Whiskey: Smoke Wagon Straight Bourbon Whiskey
(13:56) - Hot Takes
(17:42) - Inferred vs explicit types
(20:14) - Tailwind vs CSS
(23:39) - Git rebase vs Git merge
(27:42) - Copilot vs Claude
(34:18) - Coding journey and early inspirations
(39:43) - CodeBookClub
(41:38) - The complexity of front-end development
(48:12) - Developer job titles
(52:43) - Whatnot
(58:30) - The great Pickleball debate
(01:04:20) - Madison’s plans for React Miami
)Links
CodeBookClub: https://x.com/codebookclub)
H&C Distilling: https://www.nevadadistilling.com)
Taylor Swift: https://www.taylorswift.com)
High West Distillery: https://highwest.com)
Jack Daniels: https://www.jackdaniels.com)
Marker’s Mark: https://makersmark.com)
Buffalo Trace: https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com)
Next Conf: https://nextjs.org/conf)
Seinfeld: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinfeld)
Foo Fighters: https://foofighters.com)
Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com)
TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org)
ChatGPT: https://openai.com/chatgpt)
Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com)
Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot)
Claude: https://claude.ai)
Next.js: https://nextjs.org)
Hypermedia Systems: https://www.amazon.com/Hypermedia-Systems-Carson-Gross/dp/B0C9S88QV6)
LeetCode: https://leetcode.com)
Ember: https://emberjs.com)
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink)
Billy Ray Cyrus: https://www.billyraycyrus.com)
Nicolas Cage: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000115)
Con Air: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118880)
Face/Off: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119094)
Ken Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler)
All Things Open: https://2024.allthingsopen.org)
Clueless: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112697)
React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com)
@thedxr: https://x.com/thdxr)
)Connect with Madison
Website: https://madisonkanna.com)
X / Twitter: https://x.com/madisonkanna)
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MadisonKanna)
)Connect with Chuck and Robbie
Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner)
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd)
)Subscribe and stay in touch
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