Friday, 22 March, 2019 UTC


Summary

We discuss the news (built-in modules, OpenJSFoundation, Lambda School stipends), chat about the internet of JS things, and finish up with one of our favorite segments: shout outs!
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Featuring
  • Jerod Santo – Twitter, GitHub, Website
  • Suz Hinton – Twitter, GitHub, Website
  • Nick Nisi – Twitter, GitHub, Website
  • Christopher Hiller – Twitter, GitHub, Website
Notes and Links

News Roundup

  • Philip Walton KV storage and built-in modules
  • TC39’s proposal for a JavaScript standard library.
  • The OpenJSFoundation is official
  • This was first discussed on JS Party #48
  • Lambda School is giving $18k in stipends to select students
  • Co-founder Austen Allfred’s tweet with the options diagram
  • Austen will be interviewed on Founders Talk soon

The internet of JS things

  • Suz is working on making her plants chirp
  • Speaking of, check out Chirp
  • For more of the backstory listen to this episode from OSCON
  • She uses KiCad to design her PCBS
  • Here’s the YouTube channel which was the most helpful when learning KiCad
  • Nick built a Raspberry Pi powered photoboot for a wedding

Shouts outs!

  • Suz is stoked about GitHub Actions and has a blog post upcoming
  • Listen to GitHub Actions is the next big thing while you wait for beta access
  • Nick gives a shout to GitHub’s Suggested Changes feature
  • Chris would like to thank Jory Burson for all the awesome she’s doing
  • Jerod shouts out Turbolinks, Tmuxinator, and tree