Phil Plückthun | #02 | First Job | Startup Phase | Early React | Early Styled Components | React Evolution | Basic React | Community Pendulum Swings | Getting Into GraphQL

A Future Founder Promise podcast clip from the "Stellate Office Hour" interview with Phil Plückthun, Staff Software Engineer at Stellate. Phil Plückthun is a veteran open source developer who created the GraphQL client urql, and he was also hire #01 at Stellate. Phil has been working with the React community since its early days. You may also know him from some other highly popular open source projects like styled-components, where he already started working with our CEO and podcast host Max Stoiber. Phil was also involved with react-ssr-prepass, and react-live. It is noteworthy that the aforementioned GraphQL client urql is now the third most popular choice in the community for GraphQL clients. Hear Phil's perspective on: First Job Startup Phase Early React Early Styled Components React Evolution Basic React Community Pendulum Swings Getting Into GraphQL and much more… We are currently doing a couple of team interviews to tell you more about the fine people who work with us at Stellate. We wanna document their stories, and share their perspectives with you. If you got interested in working with us as well, please take a look at our hiring page.