In this episode, Ben interviews Feross Aboukhadijeh about Wormhole. Wormhole is a file sending tool that lets you quickly share files with end-to-end encryption and a link that automatically expires. So you can keep what you share private and make sure your stuff doesn't stay online forever. Links https://twitter.com/feross (https://twitter.com/feross) https://feross.org (https://feross.org) https://wormhole.app (https://wormhole.app) https://medium.com/s/silicon-satire/i-peeked-into-my-node-mod...
Jun 15, 2021•29 min
Are you up to speed on all of this new CSS stuff? Chris Coyier and Kaelan compare notes on CSS and frontend development (they also discuss MDN plus). Links https://chriscoyier.net (https://chriscoyier.net) https://twitter.com/chriscoyier (https://twitter.com/chriscoyier) https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Houdini (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Houdini) https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Masonry_Layout (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Grid_Layou...
Jun 08, 2021•41 min
In this episode, we talk to Eve Porcello about her experience teaching web development and Moon Highway, a training and curriculum development company she runs with her husband, Alex Banks. Links https://twitter.com/eveporcello (https://twitter.com/eveporcello) https://moonhighway.com (https://moonhighway.com) https://www.linkedin.com/learning (https://www.linkedin.com/learning) https://graphqlworkshop.com (https://graphqlworkshop.com) https://www.howtographql.com (https://www.howtographql.com) ...
Jun 01, 2021•41 min
Johan Eliasson joins us to talk about Nhost, an open-source, Backend-as-a-service with a GraphQL API. How does Nhost compare to Firebase and Supabase? Learn more in this episode. Links https://nhost.io (https://nhost.io) https://twitter.com/nhostio (https://twitter.com/nhostio) https://podrocket.logrocket.com/firebase (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/firebase) https://podrocket.logrocket.com/9 (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/9) https://hasura.io (https://hasura.io) Careers at Nhost (https://www...
May 28, 2021•23 min
In this episode, Brian interviews Laurie Barth, Senior Software Engineer at Netflix, about what it means to be a middle-end developer, job titles, and Web Dev Twitter. Links https://twitter.com/laurieontech (https://twitter.com/laurieontech) https://laurieontech.com (https://laurieontech.com) https://egghead.io/q/resources-by-laurie-barth (https://egghead.io/q/resources-by-laurie-barth) https://jobs.netflix.com/culture (https://jobs.netflix.com/culture) https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod/status/13...
May 25, 2021•40 min
We sit down with Anthony Campolo to talk about the history, common misconceptions, and increased popularity of GraphQL. Links https://twitter.com/ajcwebdev (https://twitter.com/ajcwebdev) https://dev.to/ajcwebdev (https://dev.to/ajcwebdev) https://github.com/ajcwebdev (https://github.com/ajcwebdev) https://stepzen.com (https://stepzen.com) https://redwoodjs.com (https://redwoodjs.com) https://fsjam.org (https://fsjam.org) https://podrocket.logrocket.com/redwoodjs (https://podrocket.logrocket.com...
May 18, 2021•40 min
Facebook Open Source now has over 600 publicly available projects in its portfolio including some well-known projects like React, React Native, PyTorch, Docusaurus, GraphQL, Jest, and more. Listen to this episode of PodRocket to hear Dmitry Vinnick, a Developer Advocate at Facebook Open Source, talk about what it means to be open source at Facebook, how to manage such a large portfolio, and what it has been like to engage with a community remotely. Links https://twitter.com/DmitryVinnik (https:/...
May 11, 2021•32 min
What is modern Redux? What is it with the obsession of declaring Redux dead? In this episode, Ben and Brian interview Mark Erikson to talk about all things Redux. Links https://twitter.com/acemarke (https://twitter.com/acemarke) https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com (https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com) https://redux.js.org (https://redux.js.org) https://redux-toolkit.js.org (https://redux-toolkit.js.org) https://immerjs.github.io/immer (https://immerjs.github.io/immer) https://react-redux.js.org/api/...
May 04, 2021•46 min
Ben interviews Madeleine Reese, Founder and CEO of Allma. Allma is building next-generation alerting, incident response, and service cataloging natively in Slack. Their focus is on helping the entire organization to resolve incidents faster and be able to communicate more effectively during an incident. Links https://allma.io (https://allma.io/) https://twitter.com/madsgo (https://twitter.com/madsgo) https://allma.io/bsb (https://allma.io/bsb) https://allma.io/incidentally (https://allma.io/inci...
Apr 30, 2021•31 min
In this episode, Ben and Kate talk to David East, Developer Relations Engineer at Firebase. They talk about the three tiers of the Firebase product -- Build, Release & Monitor, and Engage. They also get into design vs. development and what that means for web developers in 2021. Links https://firebase.google.com/ (https://firebase.google.com/) https://twitter.com/Firebase (https://twitter.com/Firebase) https://twitter.com/_davideast (https://twitter.com/_davideast) https://davidea.st/ (https:...
Apr 27, 2021•28 min
Ben interviews Martin Šošić about Wasp, an open-source, declarative DSL for devs that he built with his twin brother, Matija. Learn more about how Wasp works and why it has been getting attention on Product Hunt and Hacker News. Links https://wasp-lang.dev/ (https://wasp-lang.dev/) https://twitter.com/wasplang (https://twitter.com/wasplang) https://discord.gg/rzdnErX (https://discord.gg/rzdnErX) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26091956 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26091956) https:/...
Apr 20, 2021•20 min
Brian interviews Adewale Abati, also known as Ace, a frontend engineer and developer advocate at Flutterwave (https://flutterwave.com/us/). Ace is known for sharing his developer experiences through social media, technical writing, public speaking, and his YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPDBP981aAzZj11jYRta8mw). He also maintains Made in Nigeria (https://www.madeinnigeria.dev/) -- a curation of awesome open source tools and projects built by Nigerian developers. Links https://...
Apr 13, 2021•30 min
Ben interviews Jason Bosco, cofounder of Typesense, an open source search engine that’s optimized for both performance and ease of use. They talk about how Typesense compares to Algolia and Elasticsearch, how to get started using Typesense, and how you can get involved. Links https://typesense.org/ (https://typesense.org/) https://github.com/typesense (https://github.com/typesense) https://twitter.com/jasonbosco (https://twitter.com/jasonbosco) https://twitter.com/Typesense (https://twitter.com/...
Apr 06, 2021•22 min
Should all frontend developers know CSS and HTML like the back of their hand? What about React, Angular, Vue, and webpack? Where does the list end? In this episode, Kaelan and Brian talk about the nature of frontend and what that means for the future of the profession. Links https://css-tricks.com/the-great-divide/ (https://css-tricks.com/the-great-divide/) https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/front-of-the-front-end-and-back-of-the-front-end-web-development/ (https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/front-of-...
Mar 30, 2021•28 min
In this Founder Friday episode, Ben interviews David Thor, founder and CEO of Architect (http://architect.io/), the world’s first DevOps-as-a-Service platform. They talk about the DevOps landscape, how Architect improves developer productivity, and how it helps teams adopt best practices. Links https://www.architect.io (https://www.architect.io/) https://twitter.com/davidcthor (https://twitter.com/davidcthor) https://www.hashicorp.com (https://www.hashicorp.com/) https://www.heroku.com (https://...
Mar 26, 2021•37 min
Ben interviews Charlie Cheever, CEO and cofounder of Expo. They talk about the difficulties of building a cross-platform app and what Expo is doing to make that easier for developers. They also get into the state of React Native and more. Links https://expo.io (https://expo.io) https://twitter.com/ccheever (https://twitter.com/ccheever) https://expo.io/eas (https://expo.io/eas) https://expo.io/tools (https://expo.io/tools) https://expo.io/client (https://expo.io/client) https://medium.com/airbnb...
Mar 23, 2021•39 min
Ben interviews Cristian Bote, creator of goober (a less than 1KB CSS-in-JS solution). Cristian is also a member of the Preact core team. Unsurprisingly, they talk about Preact, goober, and WMR (a tiny all-in-one development tool for modern web apps). Links https://twitter.com/cristianbote_ (https://twitter.com/cristianbote_) https://cristianbote.com (https://cristianbote.com) https://github.com/cristianbote/goober (https://github.com/cristianbote/goober) https://goober.js.org (https://goober.js....
Mar 16, 2021•20 min
Ben and Brian talk to Shawn Wang, better known as Swyx, about infinite building, his experience as a Reddit moderator, blogging platforms, scaling developer relations, and more. Links https://twitter.com/swyx (https://twitter.com/swyx) https://www.swyx.io (https://www.swyx.io) https://www.swyx.io/clubhouse-hate (https://www.swyx.io/clubhouse-hate) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,Fastand_Slow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow) https://www.reddit.com/r/reactjs (https://...
Mar 09, 2021•37 min
Ben and Kate talk to Caleb Porzio about Alpine.js and what to expect in 2021. They also get into some of Caleb’s other creations like Laravel Livewire and makevscodeawesome.com (http://makevscodeawesome.com/). Links https://calebporzio.com (https://calebporzio.com) https://twitter.com/calebporzio (https://twitter.com/calebporzio) https://github.com/alpinejs/alpine (https://github.com/alpinejs/alpine) https://twitter.com/Alpine_JS (https://twitter.com/Alpine_JS) https://twitter.com/youyuxi/status...
Mar 02, 2021•32 min
In the second installment of our Founder Friday series, Ben talks with Screenplay cofounders, Tomas Reimers and Greg Foster. They discuss the technical details behind Screenplay, what it’s like trying to get funding during a pandemic, and the Screenplay roadmap. Links https://screenplay.dev (https://screenplay.dev) https://screenplay.dev/docs/quick-start (https://screenplay.dev/docs/quick-start) https://twitter.com/gregmfoster (https://twitter.com/gregmfoster) https://twitter.com/tomasreimers (h...
Feb 26, 2021•25 min
Ben and Kate talk to David Luecke, creator of Feathers, a framework for real-time applications and REST APIs. They talk about where Feathers fits in the fullstack framework space, pros and cons of building a modular framework, and what it has been like to maintain a project that needs to keep up with React. Links https://feathersjs.com/ (https://feathersjs.com/) https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers (https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers) https://github.com/daffl (https://github.com/daffl) htt...
Feb 23, 2021•32 min
Today, Ben and Kate interview David Price, a core member of RedwoodJS and developer-in-residence at Preston-Werner Ventures. They talk about what it means to be fullstack JAMstack, how RedwoodJS gives you your time back, and what it takes to create a highly collaborative open-source community. Links https://redwoodjs.com/ (https://redwoodjs.com/) https://twitter.com/mojombo (https://twitter.com/mojombo) https://twitter.com/appfactory (https://twitter.com/appfactory) https://www.prisma.io/docs/ (...
Feb 16, 2021•43 min
Today Ben and Kate talk with Paul Copplestone, CEO and cofounder of Supabase, the open source firebase alternative. They discuss how Supabase works, whats in store for 2021, why open source matters, and the role HackerNews played in Supabase’s launch. Links https://supabase.io (https://supabase.io) https://github.com/supabase (https://github.com/supabase/supabase) https://twitter.com/kiwicopple (https://twitter.com/kiwicopple) https://postgrest.org (https://postgrest.org) https://news.ycombinato...
Feb 09, 2021•31 min
Today Ben and Kate sit down with Nikolas Burk, Prisma’s Head of Developer Success. They talk about how Prisma helps developers build better web apps, how it works with TypeScript, the Prisma roadmap, and, of course, building an open-source community. Links https://www.prisma.io/ (https://www.prisma.io/) https://www.prisma.io/docs/guides (https://www.prisma.io/docs/guides) https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/overview/prisma-in-your-stack/is-prisma-an-orm (https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/overv...
Feb 02, 2021•37 min
This is our first-ever Founder Friday episode where we feature founders of startups and devtool projects. Today, Ben talks with Chris Mather, founder of Elements, a new fullstack JavaScript framework. Ben talks to Chris about how he created Elements, his journey from CTO to founder, the process of getting funding for the project, and how you can get started with Elements today. Links https://elements.dev/ (https://elements.dev/) https://github.com/elementscode/application (https://github.com/ele...
Jan 29, 2021•31 min
In this episode, Brian and Ben talk with Cassidy Williams about being “tech famous,” web developer comedy as a genre, and what it’s like to create content specifically for web developers. We also get into developer experience for a little bit, touching on both the future and importance of niche communities. Links https://cassidoo.co/ (https://cassidoo.co/) https://twitter.com/cassidoo (https://twitter.com/cassidoo) https://github.com/cassidoo (https://github.com/cassidoo) https://www.patreon.com...
Jan 26, 2021•31 min
Today, we have Jessica Chan from Coder Coder: a collection of resources that help aspiring web developers learn to code. Brian talks with Jessica about creating content for web developers, using YouTube and Instagram as platforms, building a brand, and we even launch into a few marketing rants. Links https://coder-coder.com (https://coder-coder.com) https://coder-coder.com/responsive/ (https://coder-coder.com/responsive/) https://www.youtube.com/thecodercoder (https://www.youtube.com/thecodercod...
Jan 19, 2021•25 min
Ben and Brian talk to Brandon Bayer, creator of Blitz.js. We take a deep dive into everything Blitz has to offer. More specifically, we address how Blitz compares with other fullstack frameworks and how Blitz balances being opinionated with being flexible for each aspect of the toolchain. We also talk about community building and beyond. Links https://github.com/blitz-js/blitz/wiki (https://github.com/blitz-js/blitz/wiki) https://blitzjs.slack.com/ (https://blitzjs.slack.com/) https://blitzjs.co...
Jan 12, 2021•24 min
Brian sits down with Kaelan, one of LogRocket's frontend engineers, to talk about things that are coming in 2021. We also reflect on the most significant trends and updates to browsers, web standards, and programming languages throughout the course of 2020. Links https://reactjs.org/blog/2020/12/21/data-fetching-with-react-server-components.html (https://reactjs.org/blog/2020/12/21/data-fetching-with-react-server-components.html) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25497065 (https://news.ycombi...
Jan 12, 2021•34 min
Today, our co-founder Ben Edelstein sits down with the CEO and founder of Chromatic, Zoltan Olah. Ben and Zoltan discuss frontend testing, the philosophy of component-driven development, Storybook, and more. Links https://www.chromatic.com/ (https://www.chromatic.com/) https://storybook.js.org/ (https://storybook.js.org/) https://twitter.com/zqzoltan (https://twitter.com/zqzoltan) https://blog.logrocket.com/react-storybook/ (https://blog.logrocket.com/react-storybook/) https://blog.logrocket.com...
Jan 12, 2021•27 min
