MJS 072: Orta Therox

Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Orta Therox This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Orta Therox. Orta is a native engineer that believes that the right way to build systems is to understand as many systems as possible. He works predominately on iOS programming at a company called Artsy, where they make it easy to buy and sell art on the internet. He first got into programming because he loved playing video games as a child, loved creating his own video games, and worked his way up from there. They talk about his work at Artsy, how he used open source to learn himself how program, how he got into Ruby and then React and React Native, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: JavaScript Jabber Episode 305Orta introArtsyiOS programmingHates lack of documentationCocoaPodsTrouble with building native appsHis move to React and React NativeUsed to run iOS team at ArtsyHow did you get into programming?Played video games as a kidTaught himself with booksUsing open source to learnOpen source by default ideaLoves giving back through blogging and open sourceHow did you get into Ruby?MacRubyBoundaries are very obvious in React NativeHow did you get into React and React Native?Native developers building stuff in JavaScriptCulture conflictsHow they dealt with dependencies in their appsAnd much, much more! Links: JavaScript Jabber Episode 305ArtsyCocoaPodsReactReact [email protected]’s GitHubArtsy Engineering Sponsors: Loot CrateFreshBooks Picks Charles South PacificGet a Coder Job courseFramework Summit Orta Prettier