Podcast recording: Development tools in the expert’s eye with Chris Heilmann

Yesterday I was a guest on the JavaScript Master Podcast by Dariusz Kalbarczyk and we talked a bit more than an hour about my job as a Developer Tools PM, what annoys me the most about the toolintg situation and how the community can help. You can listen to the podcast on anchor.fm or Spotify .

The questions we covered were:

• Please introduce yourself and tell us what you do?
• The robots are coming and we need to make a great example for them. What do you mean by this text? How can we set a good example for them?
• What computer did you start programming on?
• What was your first computer program, were you proud of?
• What has changed since you started programming in your perception of the world of technology?
• Does software rule the world?
• How many books have you written? What is the most exciting and what is the most difficult about writing a new book?
• You work as anPrincipal Program Manager for Browser Tools at Microsoft. What is your working day like?
• Why did you choose to take on developer tools as a new experience after being in DevRel for so long? By the way, what does being a DevRel mean to you?
• What are the main problems you see with Developer Tools at the moment?
• What are problems you face as a Developer Tools creator?
• What can the community do to help you?
• What are some things you are proud of having achieved in this role and how did you do it?
• How big is your team? How is it structured?
• What is going on in the development stack for the web that puzzle you?
• You’ve been doing JavaScript for ages. Do you see patterns that keep coming up in the JavaScript community?
• What is a term that people keep using that annoys you when it comes to coding and technology?
• What is a finding you had in Developer Tools that might surprise people?
• How do you measure the success of Developer Tools?
• What is a feature you are really excited about that people should play with?
• What do you think is needed to get us to become more effective as a community?
• How can people learn more about what you do?
• What do you think about TypeScript? Is there a chance that TS will completely replace JS in the coming years?
• Do you remember the first edition of the JS Poland conference five years ago?
• You will be performing at JS Poland soon, what have you prepared for the participants this time?

Non technical part:

• What kind of person is Chris? How do you see yourself?
• Do you have some hints for us regarding self-organization?
• Do you have any favorite hobbies?
• What about your work/live balance? Do you have some hints for us?
• Thank you for providing a lot of valuable information during this recording. Finally, can you recommend any interesting podcast or book to our audience?