Exploring Open-Source and SolidJS with Ryan Carniato

Ryan Carniato, Creator of SolidJS and Principal Engineer at Netlify, has always had a love for music and tech. He set his punk rock dreams aside and settled down to become a full-time engineer.

Ryan started programming at the age of 11 and got his first job at eBay where he contributed to their top open-source project, Marko. After building his network and experience in open source, he landed a job with Netlify living many developers’ dreams of getting paid to work on open-source projects.

In this episode, Ryan talks to Chuck and Robbie about working on open-source projects, his experiences at eBay and Netlify, and his thoughts on TypeScript and inferred types versus explicit types.

Key Takeaways

• [00:31] - Introduction to Ryan Carniato.
• [02:18] - A whiskey review - Barrel Whiskey Infinity Barrel Project.
• [10:54] - Ryan comments on tech hot takes from Twitter.
• [15:21] - How Ryan started programming at 11 years old.
• [19:50] - Ryan's journey into working on open-source projects.
• [45:48] - Ryan talks about music, hiking, and video games.

Quotes

[13:04] - “When you think of Typescript, you think of something concrete, like something you can build on, and dependable. In Javascript, it's more like an art. Kinda like painting.” ~ Ryan Carniato

[19:14] - “I think at a young age where you can find those things that you are empowered to just do whatever you feel like, it's super powerful.” ~ Ryan Carniato

[29:14] - “Our biggest bottleneck is the network and the devices that are in the users' hands.” ~ Ryan Carniato

Links

• Ryan Carniato Twitter
• Mr. Solid
• SoildJS
• eBay
• Netlify
• Barrel Whiskey Infinity Barrel Project
• Twitter
• Motley Crue
• Tailwind CSS
• The Primeagen
• SEGA Genesis
• Nintendo
• Geek Squad
• Jurassic Park
• Vue JS
• Knockout JS
• Backbone JS
• Marko JS
• The Madness
• The Clash
• High Fidelity
• Angular
• Ember JS
• React
• Svelte
• Astro
• Next JS
• jQuery
• Jason Miller
• JSX
• Mesa Boogie
• Chrono Triggers
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Twitch
• The Witcher 3
• Gwent
• Skyrim
• FIFA 23
• Nintendo Switch
• Mario Kart
• Discord
• Github

Connect with our hosts

• Robbie Wagner
• Chuck Carpenter
• Ship Shape

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Veteran web developers RobbieTheWagner and Charles William Carpenter III host this informal, whiskey-fueled fireside chat with your favorite web devs. They discuss all things web development including JavaScript, TypeScript, EmberJS, React, Astro, SolidJS, CSS, HTML, Web3, and more. They take a unique approach and focus on getting to know the human side of developers and their hobbies outside of work, all while sampling a new whiskey that they rate on their unique tentacle scale.