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19: Supporting Open Source with Michael Jackson

React Podcast

English - September 04, 2018 05:40 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 72 ratings
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Previous Episode: 18: Prepack and the Future of JavaScript Performance with Nikolai Tillmann
Next Episode: 20: Foster Vibrant and Inclusive Communities with Devon Lindsey

Chantastic talks with Michael about his journey into open source and how he's building a business to sustain open source development. They discuss frontend libraries (then and now), the link between business and open source, the genesis of unpkg.com (a CDN for NPM), and the future of modules in the browser.


Featuring

Michael Jackson — Twitter, Github, Website
Michael Chan — Twitter, Github, Website

Notes & Links

Shadowbox.js — Michael's first open source project
React Router
UNPKG — A CDN for NPM
[UNPKG: The CDN for everything on npm] — Michael's 2017 React Rally talk on web modules
Can I use modules — Browser support for script type="module"
Babel on Open Collective — Support JavaScript innovation by donating

Twitter Mentions