Chucho Castañeda
Senior Frontend Software Engineer at Cognizant Netcentric
Appears in 36 Episodes
Ep. #36: How to keep up to date with FE?
Why is it important to be on the loop for the latest and greatest FE technologies out there? The latest JavaScript framework? What's possible with the latest CSS? Perf...
Ep. #35: Patterns, anti-patterns and dark patterns
We explain the differences, share examples and give you plenty resources to get you started. Chucho can't stress enough that you should read these at least once!patter...
Ep. #34: Development conferences. Worth it?
We talk about web development conferences, going in-person or attending online. Are they worth it? What's the benefit? Couldn't you just watch a recording?What's the m...
Ep. #33: How to write quality and maintainable code?
We chat what is code quality, what are code smells, tips and tricks to make your code readable and maintainable.What are your tips?Code quality metrics: https://www.se...
Ep. #32: Knowledge Sharing in your Team
We discuss different ways to do knowledge sharing in your team or company. The challenges we've faced and what has worked for us.Find out about our Netcentric Academy ...
Ep. #31: How we started 2 frontend podcasts
Did you know we have both this and a different internal FE podcast? The internal podcast started first and gave us the idea to start one on YouTube. Tune in to know ho...
Ep. #30: Accessibility Month
What is Accessibility? What's your experience with Web Accessibility? What does it mean a website is accessible? Keyboard navigation? Labels? These and more in today's...
Ep. #29: Should you use Web Components?
What's your take on Web Components? What are the best use cases? Should you use them for regular AEM projects? What's the best thing about Web Components?Check out a p...
Ep. #28: Chucho loves Single Page Apps
SPA? MPA? Are these still relevant in 2024? When would you use an SPA vs a regular MPA? Have you heard about the new View Transitions API?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda ...
Ep. #27: What is a FE Lead?
FE Manager, FE Lead... there are many names for what we think might be the same thing. We discuss what a FE Lead is accountable for. What to expect from a FE Lead? Typ...
Ep. #26: How much UX should a FE developer know?
We discuss UI, UX, design and the role of the frontend developer. Reading recommendationsLinkshttps://www.nngroup.com/articles/https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usabili...
Ep. #25: Open sourcing our FE Build
Today we're joined by Dragan Filipovic, Senior Front-end Software Engineer at Cognizant Netcentric. We talk how he spearheaded the initiative to open source our FE Bui...
Ep. #24: Content management, decisions or options?
When creating web components for content editors, do you give them all the options? or take decisions that will work best for development and maintenance?We discuss he...
Ep. #23: Impostor Syndrome in Frontend
What is the Impostor Syndrome? How to fight it? Why is it more common than we think in Frontend development? We discuss this and offer some tips that have worked for u...
Ep. #22: AI tools in our every day work
We talk about GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, phind, and Bard. We share how we use it for coding. How about you?Follow us:- Chucho Castañeda https://twitter.com/honupo- Ricar...
Ep. #21: How to find time for career development?
How can you find time for your career development? ⏱️ Here’s our take on it: In the latest episode of the hit Frontend Coffee Break podcast, we discuss the strategie...
Ep. #20: Is Mobile First still a thing in 2023?
Is the mobile-first mindset still relevant in the world of development? 🧐 Here’s the deal:Today we discuss the best practices and approaches for developing websites an...
Ep. #19: Should you be constantly challenged?
What benefits frontend developers the most: working on long-term projects, or switching every six months? 🤝We discuss the FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) on new technologi...
Ep. #18: Core Web Vitals in 2023
Looking for a better way to optimize and improve your project’s web performance? 🚀 We’ve got you covered:Today Chucho and Ricard are joined by Ines Akrap, Senior Web P...
Ep. #17: How to work with images on the web in 2023
Are you a web developer or designer passionate about creating visually stunning, high-performance websites? 🤩We review the optimal ways how to upload images in 2023.Fo...
Ep. #16: Reacting to Rich Harris' video on frameworks and the web
Today we react! It's not necessary but it would give you more context if you watched first Rich Harris' video before listening to the episode. If not, that's ok too, w...
Ep. #15: Is progressive enhancement worth it?
There is one question on the minds of web developers and tech enthusiasts everywhere: How 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 relevant is progressive enhancement and graceful degradation in 2023?In...
Ep. #14: FE Web Performance: the good stuff
We talk about what we look for on a website when it comes to web performance. What are the basic things we first check? What tools do we use?FE developers even if not ...
Ep. #13: Should you document your code?
Time to get real: Should you 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 document your code?We’re breaking it down in the latest episode of the Frontend Coffee Break podcast. Our resident experts, Jesús a...
Ep. #12: JavaScript debugging process
Take a moment to consider your current JavaScript debugging process. Thankfully, we're dropping some hot tips to make things run smoothly.In the latest episode of the ...
Ep. #11: What is a skill map and why you should have one
How do you know what to learn next? What's the required skills to move to the next level of your career? Do the skills in job offers reflect what you do on your day to...
Ep. #10: Unit Testing, love it or hate it?
Ricard loves unit testing! Chucho will challenge it, is it worth it? A waste of time? Who's going to win today's fight? Do you write unit tests in your projects?Follow...
Ep. #9: Remote Interviews
We've been interviewing for a very long time, now that we only do remote interviews we share our tips, do's, best stories and some horrors too.Share with us what was y...
Ep. #8: We love side projects
We love to build side projects, to learn something new, have fun, or just solve a problem.Today we discuss what these are and some tips, as well as ideas.Question for ...
Ep. #7: Public speaking, knowledge sharing and why you should try it!
We give you our take on why we think knowledge sharing is important and some of the ways we do it at Cognizant Netcentric.What's your experience with public speaking?F...