Hot Takes, TanStack, and Open Source with Tanner Linsley

Tanner Linsley, Co-Founder and VP of UI/UX at Nozzle is known for creating some of the most popular open-source libraries in the tech space. These libraries keep the wheels turning by making things easier for him and many other developers in their day-to-day jobs.
Tanner has built libraries, such as React Query and React Table, that are now part of TanStack, his branded collection of tools. TanStack's other products include a router currently in beta, TanStack Query Table, TanStack Virtual, and TanStack Ranger. Tanner explains that he started building these tools while working on his SEO analytical platform, Nozzle, where they were created to solve the challenges he faced while developing the platform. It hasn’t been easy managing the expectations of users and maintaining open-source projects without major funding, but Tanner has made an impact in the community nonetheless.

In this episode, Tanner talks to Robbie and Chuck about his take on trending tech topics, his popular open-source libraries in TanStack, and his future framework plans.

Key Takeaways

• [00:24] - Introduction to Tanner Linsley.
• [01:33] - A whiskey review: MONDAY Zero Alcohol Whiskey.
• [11:55] - Tech hot takes.
• [29:14] - What is TanStack?
• [35:17] - What is a framework?
• [45:08] - Tanner’s non-tech hobbies.

Quotes

[19:47] - “The ultimate UI that existed before so many other UI’s is Excel.” ~ Tanner Linsley

[24:22] - “Anytime you do anything outside of React, with state management, it’s all going to come back to use-sync-external-store.” ~ Tanner Linsley

[34:55] - “I have really big eyes for Solid right now. Even though almost everything I do is still in React. I stare at the greener grass every day, every day, for Solid.” ~ Tanner Linsley

Links

• Tanner Linsley Twitter
• Tanner Linsley LinkedIn
• TanStack
• MONDAY Zero Alcohol Whiskey
• MONDAY Whiskey Sour Kit
• Saturday Night Live
• Ana de Armas
• Diet Coca Cola
• Tailwind CSS
• Ryan Carniato
• React
• Solid JS
• Preact JS
• Vue
• Next.js
• Nozzle
• Astro JS
• Vite
• Vercel
• Remix
• Shopify
• Netlify
• Dominik Dorfmeister
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Reactathon
• React Summit
• React Rally
• Spotify
• Kent C. Dodds
• Tyler McGinnis
• Ryan Florence
• Svelte

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.