This Month in React

A documentary about React, produced by Honeypot.io, was released on February 10th, and Carl Vitullo spoke with two of the people instrumental in making it happen: Ida Bechtle, staff filmmaker from Honeypot; and Christopher Chedeau, whose contributions to the React and JS ecosystem are nearly innumerable — React, React Native, Prettier, Docusaurus, Excalidraw, and more.
We talked about the documentary itself, how it got made, and some other behind-the-scenes info — an unofficial “DVD commentary” for the documentary.

Ida on being a 1-person production team [00:01:06]
Christopher Chedeau as a driving force [00:01:50]
Why Honeypot makes these documentaries [00:04:15]
Getting trapped in a park while filming [00:05:49]
Jordan Walke's participation [00:07:04]
About the focus on the early days of React [00:08:44]
Deciding where to focus your attention [00:10:24]
Going in a submarine and ignoring your manager [00:14:10]
Making Prettier pretty through data [00:15:15]
Ida's documentary process [00:16:58]
Christopher's involvement in the early days of Reactiflux [00:21:20]
Christopher's largest human-centered accomplishment [00:26:15]

Show Notes

A documentary about React, produced by Honeypot.io, was released on February 10th, and Carl Vitullo spoke with two of the people instrumental in making it happen: Ida Bechtle, staff filmmaker from Honeypot; and Christopher Chedeau, whose contributions to the React and JS ecosystem are nearly innumerable — React, React Native, Prettier, Docusaurus, Excalidraw, and more.
We talked about the documentary itself, how it got made, and some other behind-the-scenes info — an unofficial “DVD commentary” for the documentary.
  • Ida on being a 1-person production team [00:01:06]
  • Christopher Chedeau as a driving force [00:01:50]
  • Why Honeypot makes these documentaries [00:04:15]
  • Getting trapped in a park while filming [00:05:49]
  • Jordan Walke's participation [00:07:04]
  • About the focus on the early days of React [00:08:44]
  • Deciding where to focus your attention [00:10:24]
  • Going in a submarine and ignoring your manager [00:14:10]
  • Making Prettier pretty through data [00:15:15]
  • Ida's documentary process [00:16:58]
  • Christopher's involvement in the early days of Reactiflux [00:21:20]
  • Christopher's largest human-centered accomplishment [00:26:15]
  • (00:00) - Main recording
  • (01:06) - Ida on being a 1-person production team
  • (01:50) - Christopher Chedeau as a driving force
  • (04:15) - Why Honeypot makes these documentaries
  • (05:49) - Getting trapped in a park while filming
  • (07:04) - Jordan Walke's participation
  • (08:44) - About the focus on the early days of React
  • (10:24) - Deciding where to focus your attention
  • (14:10) - Going in a submarine and ignoring your manager
  • (15:15) - Making Prettier pretty through data
  • (16:58) - Ida's documentary process
  • (21:20) - Christopher's involvement in the early days of Reactiflux
  • (26:15) - Christopher's largest human-centered accomplishment
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Solopreneur just vibing, posts are probably bullshit. Community lead at Reactiflux, the largest chat community of React professionals.

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How busy professionals stay on top of the React ecosystem. We give you a 1 hour recap of the latest news and nuance in React's development and ecosystem, upcoming conferences, and open source releases. New episodes the first week of every month, with live recordings on the last Wednesday of every month in the Reactiflux stage.

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