This interview was recorded at GOTO Copenhagen for GOTO Unscripted. #GOTOcon #GOTOunscripted #GOTOcph https://gotopia.tech

• Christian Heilmann - uthor of Several JS Books & Previously Worked at Yahoo, Mozilla & Microsoft @ChristianHeilmann
• Julian Wood - Developer Advocate at AWS @julian_wood

Developers often face challenges in setting up their development environments and experience a lot of time wasted on customization. In this episode of GOTO Unscripted, Julian Wood interviews Christian Heilmann, former principal program manager for developer tools at Microsoft. Christian emphasizes the need to break free from the traditional monolithic IDE and debugging tools by leveraging the power of web technology and standardizing extensions. By highlighting the importance of contextual tooling, where interfaces learn from user behavior and provide automated suggestions and simplified workflows, he aims to streamline the development process and make it more accessible, empowering developers to focus on writing code rather than navigating complex environments.

Read the full transcription of this interview here: https://gotopia.tech/articles/242/simplifying-dev-environments-with-the-right-tools