Web Rush

Episode 33: Adopting New Tech with Natalie Qabazard

Episode Summary

Natalie Qabazard chat swith Ward and Dan about introducing people to Typescript, how it can help with refactoring, and what it's like to work at Slack.

Episode Notes

Recording date: 2019-04-18

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Natalie Qabazard @Natqab

Resources:

• Slack
• Taking PHP Seriously at Slack
• Salt Fat Acid Heat
• The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

Someone to follow

• Mike Peiffer Newsletter
• Stack Overflow 2019 Survey
• Anna Pickard

Timejumps

• 01:25 Guest introduction
• 05:40 Topic introduction
• 12:30 What's the second step when introducing people to new tech?
• 15:04 Did they have good unit tests before?
• 26:23 Are you compelled to fix bad code?
• 28:48 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 29:54 How can Typescript help with refactoring?
• 33:28 What do people use for an editor at Slack?
• 37:12 Are there specific APIs within Slack?
• 40:02 How easy is GraphQL to use?
• 44:08 Sponsor: DevIntersection
• 45:00 What drew you to working at Slack?
• 48:18 Someone to follow