The Victories And Utter Failures Of Choosing Open Source Software on Web Rush #202

John, Ward, and Craig share their thoughts on the ways they choose open source software for projects, how to pick software to use, what to do when you've picked the wrong one, and when to write your own code instead of using someone else's.

Direct link to episode.

const podcast = { 
  episode: 202,
  title: 'The Victories And Utter Failures Of Choosing Open Source Software',
  topics: [ 
    'oss', 'failures', 'decisions'
  ],
  guest: ''
  hosts: [
    'Ward Bell', 'Craig Shoemaker', 'John Papa'
  ]
};

Recording date: August 25, 2022

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Brought to you by

• AG Grid

• IdeaBlade

Resources:

• Npm
• Jshint
• Morgan js
• Bunyan js
• Pino js
• AG Grid
• Leftpad
• Sugar.js
• Pair programming
• Hal replacing a light bulb (malcolm in the middle)
• Yak shaving defined
• Yak Shaving: A Short Lesson on Staying Focused

Timejumps

• 00:53 How we choose open souce projects
• 06:42 Using loggers as an example
• 07:23 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 08:29 Testing for if a library is current
• 10:53 When do you decide to go look elsewhere?
• 18:42 How do you fix your mistakes?
• 31:17 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 32:23 When you're stuck in a ditch
• 35:48 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.