Behind the React Documentary

A documentary about React, produced by Honeypot.io, was released on February 10th, and Carl Vitullo spoke with two of the people instrumental in making it happen: Ida Bechtle, staff filmmaker from Honeypot; and Christopher Chedeau, whose contributions to the React and JS ecosystem are nearly innumerable — React, React Native, Prettier, Docusaurus, Excalidraw, and more. We talked about the documentary itself, how it got made, and some other behind-the-scenes info — an unofficial “DVD commentary” for the documentary. Ida on being a 1-person production team [00:01:06] Christopher Chedeau as a driving force [00:01:50] Why Honeypot makes these documentaries [00:04:15] Getting trapped in a park while filming [00:05:49] Jordan Walke's participation [00:07:04] About the focus on the early days of React [00:08:44] Deciding where to focus your attention [00:10:24] Going in a submarine and ignoring your manager [00:14:10] Making Prettier pretty through data [00:15:15] Ida's documentary process [00:16:58] Christopher's involvement in the early days of Reactiflux [00:21:20] Christopher's largest human-centered accomplishment [00:26:15]