MJS 071: Kye Hohenberger

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Kye Hohenberger This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Kye Hohenberger. Kye is a senior front-end engineer at Gremlin, where they do chaos as a service and break your stuff on purpose so that you can fix it and it hopefully won’t happen again. He also created the Emotion library, which is a CSS-in-JS library. He first got into programming because his Grandpa was always working on computers and Kye was curious about how they worked. They talk about how he got into JavaScript, what he's built in JavaScript that he’s proud of, what he’s working on now, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JavaScript Jabber Episode 286Kye introWorks at Gremlin as a front-end engineerHow did you first get into programming?Always had a burning curiosity for computersWorked on HTML firstWorked with flash in High SchoolTried to major in Computer Science and dropped out of itJob in ITWordpress maintenanceHooked on wanting to learn morePython with DjangoWhat was it that caught your attention?How did you get into JavaScript?Job at cPanelWhat led you to build something like Emotion?Didn’t like having to use the Sass compilerWhat problem were you trying to solve?Have you worked on anything else in JavaScript that you’re proud of?What are you working on now?APIs from Java to NodeWrote Qordoba apps for 2 yearsWhat made you switch from Angular to React?Learning WebPackAnd much, much more! Links: JavaScript Jabber Episode 286EmotionWordpressPythonDjangoJavaScriptcPanelSassNodeAngularReactWebPack@tkh44Kye’s GitHubKye’s Medium Sponsors: Loot CrateFreshBooks Picks Charles Home Depot Tool RentalsFramework SummitPodcast Movement Kye The Console LogBrian Holt on Frontend MastersEmotion Team