Exploring Open-Source and SolidJS with Ryan Carniato
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Ryan Carniato, Creator of SolidJS and Principal Engineer at Netlify, has always had a love for music and tech. He set his punk rock dreams aside and settled down to become a full-time engineer.

Ryan started programming at the age of 11 and got his first job at eBay where he contributed to their top open-source project, Marko. After building his network and experience in open source, he landed a job with Netlify living many developers’ dreams of getting paid to work on open-source projects.

In this episode, Ryan talks to Chuck and Robbie about working on open-source projects, his experiences at eBay and Netlify, and his thoughts on TypeScript and inferred types versus explicit types.

Key Takeaways

• [00:31] - Introduction to Ryan Carniato.

• [02:18] - A whiskey review - Barrel Whiskey Infinity Barrel Project.

• [10:54] - Ryan comments on tech hot takes from Twitter.

• [15:21] - How Ryan started programming at 11 years old.

• [19:50] - Ryan's journey into working on open-source projects.

• [45:48] - Ryan talks about music, hiking, and video games.

Quotes

[13:04] - “When you think of Typescript, you think of something concrete, like something you can build on, and dependable. In Javascript, it's more like an art. Kinda like painting.” ~ Ryan Carniato)

[19:14] - “I think at a young age where you can find those things that you are empowered to just do whatever you feel like, it's super powerful.” ~ Ryan Carniato)

[29:14] - “Our biggest bottleneck is the network and the devices that are in the users' hands.” ~ Ryan Carniato)

Links

• Ryan Carniato Twitter)

• Mr. Solid)

• SoildJS)

• eBay)

• Netlify)

• Barrel Whiskey Infinity Barrel Project)

• Twitter)

• Motley Crue)

• Tailwind CSS)

• The Primeagen)

• SEGA Genesis )

• Nintendo)

• Geek Squad)

• Jurassic Park)

• Vue JS)

• Knockout JS)

• Backbone JS)

• Marko JS)

• The Madness)

• The Clash)

• High Fidelity)

• Angular)

• Ember JS)

• React)

• Svelte)

• Astro)

• Next JS)

• jQuery)

• Jason Miller)

• JSX)

• Mesa Boogie)

• Chrono Triggers)

• Dungeons & Dragons)

• Twitch)

• The Witcher 3)

• Gwent)

• Skyrim)

• FIFA 23)

• Nintendo Switch)

• Mario Kart)

• Discord)

• Github)

Connect with our hosts

• Robbie Wagner)

• Chuck Carpenter)

• Ship Shape)

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