For our very first episode of the Front End Happy Hour podcast, we have our panelists (Augustus Yuan, Derrick Showers, Jem Young, Ryan Anklam and Ryan Burgess) discuss their opinions on the Medium article posted in early January, titled "The Sad State of Web Development", written by Drew Hamlett. The panel shares their thoughts on front end tools and how they view the current state of web development.\n\nItems mentioned in the episode:\nGulp, Grunt, Broccoli JS, npm, Babel, Sass, PostCSS, React, Ember, Angular\n\nPanelists:\nAugustus Yuan - @augburto\nDerrick Showers - @derrickshowers\nJem Young - @JemYoung\nRyan Anklam - @bittersweetryan\nRyan Burgess - @burgessdryan\n\nPicks:\nRyan Burgess - Viking & Lumberjack Series\nRyan Burgess - O\u2019Reilly Fluent Conference\nRyan Anklam - frinkiac.com\nRyan Anklam - Red Rising Trilogy\nJem Young - Syntax Con\nJem Young - Planet Money\nJem Young - MacBook Selfie Stick\nDerrick Showers - Let\u2019s Encrypt\nDerrick Showers - Product Hunt\nAugustus Yuan - Github Scientist