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Michael Chan

React Podcast

Michael Jackson, Michael Chan, and Ken Wheeler talk Smooth Criminal, BBQ tweets, what inspires his open source work, and what he's working on as the Director of Open Source at Formidable Labs.

Michael and Michael talk with Ken about the good, bad, and ugly of open source. Ken shares the pain and frustration he's felt as an open source developer and what keeps him coming back for more as the Director of Open Source at Formidable Labs. They talk GraphQL, Reason, React, and the best tweet Ken ever tweeted...

**Featuring**

 - Ken Wheeler — [Twitter](https://twitter.com/ken_wheeler/), [Github](https://github.com/kenwheeler), [Website](http://kenwheeler.github.io)
 - Michael Jackson — [Twitter](https://twitter.com/mjackson), [Github](https://github.com/mjackson), [Website](https://mjackson.me/)
 - Michael Chan — [Twitter](https://twitter.com/chantastic), [Github](https://github.com/chantastic), [Website](https://chantastic.org/)

**Notes & Links**

- [Formidable Labs: Open Source](https://formidable.com/open-source/)
- [URQL](https://github.com/FormidableLabs/urql) — Universal React Query Library
- [Building the Walmart iOS Pharmacy with React Native](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC6tR4Udrzw) — Ken's first talk at React Conf 2016
- [Using React for Anything but Website](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VC7o6wZ_a8) — Ken's 2017 React Conf talk
- [Ken's Best Tweet](https://twitter.com/ken_wheeler/status/1021075011287900160)
- [ReasonML](https://reasonml.github.io)
- [reason-react](https://github.com/reasonml/reason-react)

Michael Chan

@chantastic

React Podcast · August 14, 2018

16: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Open Source with Ken Wheeler