Connecting the right ideas with the right people, with Christopher Chedeau, creator of Excalidraw, co-creator of React Native

The Sourcegraph Podcast

Episode | Podcast

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:00:00 -0700

<p>On the eve of the pandemic, Christopher Chedeau was procrastinating performance reviews at Facebook and decided to hack together a simple drawing app. That weekend project became Excalidraw, an open-source virtual whiteboard so popular that its users have basically demanded a startup form around it so that they can bring it to work. In this episode of the Sourcegraph Podcast, Christopher tells the backstory of Excalidraw&apos;s meteoric rise, as well as his story of joining Facebook and coming to America, and tales from the early days of React and how React Native was born.</p><p>Show notes &amp; transcript: https://about.sourcegraph.com/podcast/christopher-chedeau/<br /><br />Sourcegraph: about.sourcegraph.com</p>