5 Years of Bacon: Every single thing I've learned since JSConf 2010
summary
Built a Raspberry Pi + DHT22 sensor system that sends temp and humidity from a curing fridge to Heroku using Node.js and triggers texts when out of range, and documents bacon curing steps (pork belly + curing salt + smoke) and sausage rules (55°F and ~80% RH for friendly bacteria). Ran a Kickstarter pizza book (28K goal hit in six days, ~$37K pledged), managed ~40 people during growth to 110 staff and ~1M weekly receivers, launched a 120-person woods tech weekend, and admits burnout around September 2013.
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chapters (24)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:12JSConf 2010 to five years
- 2:56Bacon as fermentation gateway
- 5:46Raspberry Pi curing chamber
- 7:13Pickles to sourdough journey
- 9:42Craft, fermentation, simple ingredients
- 10:48Pizza as communal passion
- 11:54From cooking to JS frameworks
- 13:40Open-source project challenges
- 15:51Paperless Post growth to 1M users
- 16:56Team management lessons
- 18:01Clarity over transparency
- 19:24Incremental progress beats burnout
- 20:26Software is about people
- 21:30Emotional intelligence impact
- 24:01Burnout, parenting, work-life
- 27:14Family over work move
- 29:21Historic house personal history
- 31:50Parenting and emotional presence
- 33:56Podcast to stay connected
- 34:59Pizza book collaboration
- 36:04Catskills Conf creativity
- 37:47Work, passion, financial freedom
- 39:12Final thoughts: Learning and focus
