webpack (Interview)

Sean Larkin joined the show to talk about Webpack, how fast open sources moves, how fast Webpack is moving, the core team, the formation, joining JS Foundation, the problem it’s solving, the bleeding edge features, sustainability, Sean and team’s efforts to build the community, their work on Open Collective, and more.

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Featuring:

• Sean Larkin – GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Webpack homepage
• Webpack docs
• Webpack on Medium
• Webpack on GitHub
• Donate to Webpack on Open Collective
• “The first time you demo #webpack for a friend 😅” – @Changelog
• SurviveJS
• Read Sustaining Webpack for the Future — Part 1 and Part 2
• “Tobias Koppers (sokra, the creator of webpack) has made my life as a developer so much better. So I gave him 💰💰💰💰 – sokra.github.io” — @kentcdodds

Webpack team members mentioned by Sean.

• Tobias Koppers
• Juho Vepsäläinen
• Kees Kluskens
• Johannes Ewald
• Pavithra Kodmad

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