Object references considered helpful

Topics include:

• 0:00 – Unique keys for lists in React and Ember


• 8:40 – Why Handlebars feels safe


• 9:34 – Solving a stale state React hooks bug, and how Ember avoids this via object references


• 24:29 – ESPN's website and self-imposed technical constraints


• 28:10 – React in Codesandbox


• 36:53 – Tradeoffs between "magic" in a framework vs. learning how to wire things up yourself - especially in a fast-moving ecosystem like JavaScript


• 50:35 – Hooks vs. components, and clarity in boundaries


• 53:29 – Pairing with Tuple experience

Listener questions:

• 55:43 – How can you limit FastBoot from turning user-specific bugs into bugs that take down your entire production app? (@davewasmer)


• 1:10:47 – What's the future of web components? (selbyk)

Sponsors:

• TrueCoach, check out their engineering culture and hiring pages

Links:

• Sam's tweet on list keys in React


• Codesandbox


• StaticKit.com


• Tuple, an app for remote pairing


• Stencil.js


• APIs are about policy