Elm Town 65 – Let's roll with it
We review Jeroen Engels' journey with Elm from ESLint to elm-review. Jeroen even gives tips on how to introduce rules to a team.
Episode 65 of the Elm Town podcast, hosted by Jeroen Engels, Jared M. Smith, titled "Elm Town 65 – Let's roll with it" was published on September 19, 2023 and runs 93 minutes.
September 19, 2023 ·93m · Elm Town
Summary
We review Jeroen Engels' journey with Elm from ESLint to elm-review. Jeroen even gives tips on how to introduce rules to a team.
Episode Description
We review Jeroen Engels' journey with Elm from ESLint to elm-review. Jeroen even gives tips on how to introduce rules to a team.
Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: [email protected].
Music by Jesse Moore.
Recording date: 2023.08.01
Guest
Show notes
[00:00:21] Sponsored by Logistically
[00:00:58] Introducing Jeroen Engels
- elm-review
- Elm Radio
- Elm Town 61 – Turning the pages with Dillon Kearns
- elm-syntax
- jfmengels/elm-review-common
- jfmengels/elm-review-documentation
- jfmengels/elm-review-simplify
- jfmengels/elm-review-unused
[00:02:37] It all started with a book
[00:06:09] Getting a job as a backend developer
[00:11:33] Senior: Figuring out what you're passionate about
[00:15:24] Using ESLint to solve challenges with JavaScript
[00:20:25] The refreshing experience of discovering Elm
[00:26:13] A greenfield Elm project
[00:33:04] Starting elm-review
[00:42:06] elm-review v2
- "Implementing multi-file analysis for linters" on Jeroen Engels' blog
[00:43:33] Middle names
[00:44:40] Humor, coding, & podcasting
[00:50:19] Challenges with building elm-review
- Elm Radio 84 – Writing Great Docs
- "Pushing unused exports detection one step further" on Jeroen Engels' blog
- "A tale of failing to design rule boundaries - Data-last functions" on Jeroen Engels' blog 🎉
[01:00:47] Disable comments
- "Why You Don't Trust Your Linter" by Jeroen Engels at GOTO Copenhagen 2022
- elm-format
[01:07:19] Stopping the bleed
- "Stop the bleed" on Jeroen Engels' blog
[01:10:46] Jared's failure when introducing NoUnused rules
- "Elm Town 60 – Productivity and the culture of moving a little bit slower" with Wolfgang Schuster
[01:13:56] Jeroen's tips on introducing rules
- "Elm Radio 88 – Avoiding Unused Code" on Jeroen Engels' blog
[01:23:24] When to run elm-review
[01:29:30] Picks
Jeroen's Picks
Jared's Pick
- Software Unscripted hosted by Richard Feldman
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