Episode 206: A Little Diddy About A Griddy With Tanner Linsley
Tanner Linsley talks about writing open source software at TanStack, including TanStack Table, and answers our questions about data grid functionality, why reach for a grid, and why should developers consider headless?
Recording date: 09/29/2022
John Papa [@John_Papa](https://twitter.com/john_papa)
Ward Bell [@WardBell](https://twitter.com/WardBell)
Dan Wahlin [@DanWahlin](https://twitter.com/danwahlin)
Craig Shoemaker [@craigshoemaker](https://twitter.com/craigshoemaker)
Tanner Linsley [@TannerLinsley](https://twitter.com/tannerlinsley)
## Brought to you by
* AG Grid
## Resources:
* [TanStack](https://tanstack.com/)
* [TanStack Table on github](https://github.com/TanStack/table)
* [Tanner Linsley’s conference presentation 5 Years of Building React Table at React Summit 2022](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4IWJcafX8c)
* [Ag-Grid](https://www.ag-grid.com/)
* [Nozzle](https://www.nozzle.ai/ )
* [Memoization in Javascript and React](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/memoization-in-javascript-and-react )
## Timejumps
* **[01:18](#t=01:18)** Guest introduction
* **[02:59](#t=02:59)** What functionality does a data grid give you?
* **[08:13](#t=08:13)** Sponsor: Ag Grid
* **[09:17](#t=09:17)** What are people using grids for?
* **[16:22](#t=16:22)** How do you differ from Ag Grid?
* **[29:02](#t=29:02)** How do you decide which grid to use?
* **[34:54](#t=34:54)** Do you work with other libraries besides React?
* **[36:27](#t=36:27)** Virtualization
* **[39:42](#t=39:42)** Sponsor: IdeaBlade
* **[40:34](#t=40:34)** Why would you want to use headless?
* **[42:52](#t=42:52)** Final thoughts
Podcast editing on this episode done by [Chris Enns of Lemon Productions](https://lemonproductions.ca/).