Mark Dalgleish, the creator of CSS Modules, joins full stack developers Ken Wheeler and Jared Palmer on The Undefined to talk about to talk design systems vs. component libraries and the future of design tooling.

• CSS Modules
• Playroom
• Braid Design System
• Blueprint.js
• Material UI
• AWS Amplify Containers
• Changesets
• Little Big Snake
• Cyberpunk 2077

If you’re building a new product, G2i is a company that can help you find a developer who can build the first version. G2i is a hiring platform run by engineers that matches you with React, React Native, GraphQL, and mobile engineers who you can trust. Whether you are a new company building your first product or an established company that wants additional engineering help, G2i has the talent you need to accomplish your goals. Go to g2i.co to learn more about what G2i has to offer.

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Mark Dalgleish - Twitter, Github

Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website

The Undefined Podcast - Twitter, Website, YouTube, Store

Adam Wathan, the creator of Tailwind CSS, joins full stack developers Ken Wheeler and Jared Palmer on The Undefined to talk about his path to becoming a developer, the big problems traditional CSS frameworks, what it's like to bootstrap a company, and the future of Tailwind.

Adam Wathan - Twitter, Github, Website

Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website

• Tailwind CSS: Utility-focused CSS Framework
• Tailwind UI: Pre-built Components and Snippets for Tailwind CSS
• Alpine.js
• Laravel PHP Framework

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Evan You, the creator of Vue.js, and Rich Harris, Graphics Editor at The New York Times and creator of Svelte and Rollup, join hosts Ken Wheeler and Jared Palmer on The Undefined to talk about the future of frontend development.

Evan You - Twitter, Github, Website

Rich Harris - Twitter, Github

Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website

As a frontend developer, if you want to become fullstack, you'll find that the hardest part of backend development is working with a database.

Prisma is a next-generation ORM and database toolkit that makes working with databases easy and helps frontend developers become fullstack!

Visit the prisma-examples repo for lots of ready-to-run starter projects with various frameworks and libraries, like Express, Apollo, NestJS or hapi. If you're a Next.js developer, be sure to visit prisma.io/nextjs to learn more about how easy it is to integrate Prisma in your Next.js apps!

Prisma has a very active and welcoming community on Slack and on GitHub where you can find help for any questions about the Prisma ecosystem.

If you’re building a new product, G2i is a company that can help you find a developer who can build the first version. G2i is a hiring platform run by engineers that matches you with React, React Native, GraphQL, and mobile engineers who you can trust. Whether you are a new company building your first product or an established company that wants additional engineering help, G2i has the talent you need to accomplish your goals. Go to g2i.co to learn more about what G2i has to offer.

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Full stack developers Ken Wheeler and Jared Palmer talk about the future of the JAMStack, their experiences with serverless functions, debate Next.js vs. Gatsby, and so much more.

Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website

• Alen 75i Air Purifier (get the VOC filter). Also be sure to watch/listen to this talk: Why Air Quality Matters by @DHH
• Next.js Static Site Generation API

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Iheanyi Ekechukwu is a Software Engineer at GitHub on the Actions team and co-host of the Two Black Nerds podcast. Prior to GitHub, Iheanyi was a Software Engineer at Digital Ocean. He joins hosts Ken Wheeler and Jared Palmer on The Undefined to talk about his path to becoming a full stack developer, what it's like to work at GitHub, and how he ships awesome side projects.

Iheanyi Ekechukwu - Twitter, Github, Website

Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website

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Joel Hooks is the Co-Founder of egghead.io, an online community of badass web developers. Joel joins hosts Ken Wheeler and Jared Palmer on the Undefined to talk about what it takes to build a personal brand and level-up as a developer. The gang chats about their learning techniques, motivation, favorite resources, and what success really means to them.

Joel Hooks - Twitter, Github, Journal, egghead.io

Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website

JavaScript breaks sometimes. Even the code you write. You need to know when things start crashing in production.

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Dan Stein is a Principal Software / AI Developer for GLG Group. Prior to that, Dan was an award winning EDM DJ and producer known as "DJ Fresh" with over 2.5 million record sales, two number 1 singles, and two top 6 singles to his name. Dan joins hosts Ken Wheeler and Jared Palmer on the Undefined to tell his story--and how he transitioned from being an actual rockstar to rockstar full stack developer.

• Dan Stein - Twitter, Github, Website
• Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website

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Evan Bacon is a Software Engineer at Expo.io. Prior to that, Evan was a designer at Frog Design and Master Builder at LEGO. He joins hosts Jared Palmer and Ken Wheeler on the Undefined to talk about React Native, game development, and his unique origin story. The gang also discusses $900k developer salaries, moving to NYC, and White Claw.

• Evan Bacon - Twitter, Github
• Ken Wheeler – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Jared Palmer – Twitter, GitHub, Website

If you’re building a new product, G2i is a company that can help you find a developer who can build the first version. G2i is a hiring platform run by engineers that matches you with React, React Native, GraphQL, and mobile engineers who you can trust. Whether you are a new company building your first product or an established company that wants additional engineering help, G2i has the talent you need to accomplish your goals. Go to g2i.co to learn more about what G2i has to offer.