Runtime Rundown - JavaScript and Web Development

Everyday Coaching with Aaron Bieber

In this special guest episode, we bring on the definitive best Bieber in the world. Aaron Bieber is a both seasoned technologist and excellent career coach. We talk about the art of listening, how we can apply coaching principles to every work life, and more. Also, Aaron does some live coaching magic and makes Evan break out in a cold sweat. If you want more of Aaron, or to book him as a coach (Evan did!) check him out here:Book coaching with AaronRead Aaron's blogListen to Aaron's podcast

Changing Our Minds On Software Development

In this episode we cover "Software development topics I've changed my mind on after 10 years in the industry" by Chris Kiehl. This is a fun one where we riff on things we still believe to be true, things we've changed our mind on, and opinions we've picked up over the years.

Building Complex Software

In this episode we cover "How To Write Complex Software" by Grant Slatton. If you've ever struggled wondering how to approach a big problem, this one's for you. We go over a mental framework of "top to bottom" engineering, how to maximize parallel efforts, and more. This is a spiritual successor to our "Speedrunning Projects" episode where we covered a much looser approach. Try them both out and get back to us!

The One About Performance Reviews

We're back! After almost 3 months of paternity leave, Runtime Rundown is kicking off our 4th season with everyone's favorite topic - performance reviews. We're just getting back in the saddle, so this is a free-form episode without an article. We cover the pros and cons of peer reviews, tech incentive structures and more.

Should We Rewrite Our JavaScript Tooling?

In this episode we cover "Why I'm skeptical of rewriting javascript tools in faster languages" by Nolan Lawson. This is an interesting intersection between tech problems and people problems. There's been a recent wave of venerable JS-based tools being re-written in Rust, Go, Zig, etc. They come out "faster", but are we better or worse off for it?