About this episode
A documentary about React, produced by Honeypot.io, was released on February 10th, and Carl Vitullo spoke with two of the people instrumental in making it happen: Ida Bechtle, staff filmmaker from Honeypot; and Christopher Chedeau, whose contributions to the React and JS ecosystem are nearly innumerable — React, React Native, Prettier, Docusaurus, Excalidraw, and more.We talked about the documentary itself, how it got made, and some other behind-the-scenes info — an unofficial “DVD commentary” for the documentary.Ida on being a 1-person production team [00:01:06]Christopher Chedeau as a driving force [00:01:50]Why Honeypot makes these documentaries [00:04:15]Getting trapped in a park while filming [00:05:49]Jordan Walke's participation [00:07:04]About the focus on the early days of React [00:08:44]Deciding where to focus your attention [00:10:24]Going in a submarine and ignoring your manager [00:14:10]Making Prettier pretty through data [00:15:15]Ida's documentary process [00:16:58]Christopher's involvement in the early days of Reactiflux [00:21:20]Christopher's largest human-centered accomplishment [00:26:15]
(00:00) - Main recording
(01:06) - Ida on being a 1-person production team
(01:50) - Christopher Chedeau as a driving force
(04:15) - Why Honeypot makes these documentaries
(05:49) - Getting trapped in a park while filming
(07:04) - Jordan Walke's participation
(08:44) - About the focus on the early days of React
(10:24) - Deciding where to focus your attention
(14:10) - Going in a submarine and ignoring your manager
(15:15) - Making Prettier pretty through data
(16:58) - Ida's documentary process
(21:20) - Christopher's involvement in the early days of Reactiflux
(26:15) - Christopher's largest human-centered accomplishment
