Kevin Yank shares the challenges Culture Amp faced when scaling Elm & React with a Design System team in the middle, and how an acquisition tipped the ultimate decision to move Elm from “adopt” to “contain” at the company.
Oh yeah, and there’s a new host, Jared M. Smith...stay tuned for more episodes!
Thanks to our sponsor, Logistically. Email: elmtown@logisticallyinc.com.
Music by Jesse Moore.
Recording date: 2023.04.06 (07 on Kevin’s side of the world.)
Guest00:01:03 Some of Kevin’s contributions to Elm
00:01:45 History of Elm at Culture Amp
00:04:49 "Why didn’t you just…"
00:05:54 The exciting challenge: styling Elm
00:10:50 Sharing a design system
00:13:48 Design System team challenges
00:16:30 Acquiring a large React codebase
00:17:24 Upgrading to Elm 0.19
00:19:24 Momentum before the acquisition
00:24:12 Communicating the decision to “contain” Elm
00:32:43 An alternative reality with Elm for Culture Amp
00:42:26 How Elm changed the way that the teams at Culture Amp work
00:44:34 Elm as a secret weapon for recruitment
00:48:00 “Why didn’t you just use web components?”
00:49:25 Kevin's blog post
00:55:56 Success, or how never adopting Elm at Culture Amp would be worse
00:59:34 Take responsibility for user experiences
01:00:23 Reminiscing on past episodes
01:06:15 Elm Radio rocks!
01:08:10 Thanks
Elm Town 58 – Unblocking users with quality software
Elm Town 57 – Brilliant ways to use Elm
Elm Town 56 – Why don’t you do it in Elm?
Elm Town 55 – From algorithms & animation to building a decentralized finance app
Elm Town 53 – Something to do on the side while watching TV
Elm Town 52 – It's not like I have a stoplight on my desk
Elm Town 51 – You went down the well? That’s the cheat way!
Elm Town 50 – My favorite thing is when they don't even notice
Elm Town 49 – Sixteen 3D Spinners Should Be Enough For Most People
Elm Town 48 – Making Little Games Like Presents
Elm Town 47 - A Cool, Easy Way To Start Learning Haskell
Elm Town 46 - You Get All Of The Chapters
Elm Town 45 - It Started Off As A Morning Book
Elm Town 44 - More Of A Statement Than A Question
Elm Town 43 - It Just Goes On and On
Elm Town 42 – It's Just Darth Vader
Elm Town 41 – Confetti and Waterfalls
Elm Town 40 – A Game Boy Emulator in Elm
Elm Town 39 - I Used Elm And It Cost Me My Job
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