PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocket - podcast cover

PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocket

PodRocket covers everything you need to know about frontend web development on a weekly basis. Join LogRocket cofounder Ben Edelstein, the LogRocket engineering team, and more, as they interview experienced developers about all the libraries, frameworks, and tech industry issues they deal with every day.
Last refreshed:
Follow this podcast in the Metacast mobile app to refresh it and see new episodes.
Download Metacast podcast app
Podcasts are better in Metacast mobile app
Don't just listen to podcasts. Learn from them with transcripts, summaries, and chapters for every episode. Skim, search, and bookmark insights. Learn more

Episodes

Remix, Svelte, and robots with James Quick and Amy Dutton

James Quick is a developer, speaker, and teacher. Amy Dutton is the Director of Design at Zeal, together they host the Compressed.fm podcast, a weekly podcast about web design and development. Today they join us to talk about what they are excited about in development in 2023. Links https://twitter.com/jamesqquick https://twitter.com/selfteachme https://www.youtube.com/c/selfteachme https://www.youtube.com/c/jamesqquick https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesqquick https://www.jamesqquick.com https://...

Feb 10, 202334 min

Flightcontrol in 2023 with Brandon Bayer

Brandon Bayer returns to PodRocket to talk about the state of Flightcontrol in 2023. Flightcontrol gives you the power of AWS and the promise of PaaS. Listen now. Links https://twitter.com/flybayer https://www.flightcontrol.dev https://twitter.com/flightcontrolhq https://github.com/blitz-js/blitz https://blitzjs.com/stickers https://podrocket.logrocket.com/3 https://podrocket.logrocket.com/flightcontrol Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love a...

Feb 08, 202330 min

Cypress component testing with Jess Sachs

Jess Sachs, maintainer of Faker.js and Vue team member, comes onto the show to talk about how component testing works in Cypress, how to get started, and the benefits of working in Cypress. Links https://twitter.com/_jessicasachs https://jess.sh https://www.linkedin.com/in/jess-sh https://github.com/JessicaSachs https://www.cypress.io https://docs.cypress.io/guides/component-testing/overview https://viteconf.org/2022/replay/cypress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE1xae5E4NU https://www.youtube....

Feb 07, 202328 min

Handling breaking changes in GraphQL with Kadi Kraman

Kadi Kraman, Head of Mobile Development at Formidable Labs, comes on to talk about her recent conference talk from GraphQL Galaxy, “Handling breaking changes in GraphQL.“ Links https://twitter.com/kadikraman https://github.com/kadikraman https://www.linkedin.com/in/kadi-kraman https://the-guild.dev/graphql/inspector Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to hear more about? Who do you want to see on...

Feb 03, 202327 min

Effective microservice communication and conversation patterns with Jimmy Bogard

Jimmy Bogard, Creator of AutoMapper and MediatR, joins us to talk about his recent talk at the DevTernity conference, “Effective microservice communication and conversation patterns.” Links https://twitter.com/jbogard https://jimmybogard.com https://github.com/jbogard https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd-Kkce6KA23xB_EJuxSw8cmFD62BsMFR https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmybogard/ https://stackoverflow.com/users/58508/jimmy-bogard Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We w...

Feb 01, 202332 min

Astro 2.0 with Ben Holmes

Astro 2.0 is here! Ben Holmes joins us to tell us everything you need to know about the latest version. Listen now. Links https://astro.build https://docs.astro.build https://twitter.com/astrodotbuild https://bholmes.dev https://wtw.dev https://twitter.com/BHolmesDev https://github.com/bholmesdev https://www.linkedin.com/in/bholmesdev https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfFNverFDMdWDQGBBC7Zw Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about t...

Jan 31, 202338 min

Stencil.js with Mike Hartington

Stencil is a library for building reusable, scalable Design Systems. Director of Developer Relations at Ionic, Mike Hartington, joins us today to talk about Stencil and web components. Links https://stenciljs.com https://twitter.com/mhartington https://github.com/mhartington https://mhartington.io https://mastodon.social/@mhartington https://www.linkedin.com/in/mhartington Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What...

Jan 27, 202327 min

Svelte and modern frontends with Scott Spence

Scott Spence is the Svelte Society London Meetup organizer and a Developer Relations Engineer at Storyblok. Scott joins us to talk about building with SvelteKit, advice for teams who want to get started with Svelte, and more! Links https://twitter.com/spences10 https://scottspence.com https://mas.to/@spences10 https://github.com/spences10 https://svelte.dev/blog/svelte-3-rethinking-reactivity https://twitter.com/dummdidumm_ https://www.youtube.com/scottspenceplease https://www.twitch.tv/spences1...

Jan 26, 202324 min

Can HTTP be faster than the MySQL protocol? With Matt Robenolt

Matt Robenolt is a part of the infrastructure team at PlanetScale. Matt joins us today to talk about his blog post titled Faster MySQL with HTTP/3. Links https://twitter.com/mattrobenolt https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattrobenolt https://mattrobenolt.com https://github.com/mattrobenolt https://planetscale.com/blog/faster-mysql-with-http3 https://www.mysql.com https://planetscale.com Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podca...

Jan 25, 202330 min

Remix in 2023 with Michael Jackson

In this episode, Michael Jackson joins us to talk about Remix joining Shopify! We cover topics like Hydrogen (the Shopify stack for headless commerce), the future of Remix, and more! Links https://remix.run https://github.com/remix-run https://twitter.com/remixrun https://twitter.com/mjackson https://discord.com/invite/xwx7mMzVkA https://www.youtube.com/remixrun https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjijackson https://podrocket.logrocket.com/remix-run Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear fr...

Jan 24, 202331 min

The state of CSS in 2023 with Adam Argyle

CSS all-star Adam Argyle, Chrome CSS and UI Developer Relations at Google and part of the CSS Working Group, joins us to review how CSS changed in 2022 and what we should expect in 2023. Links https://twitter.com/argyleink https://nerdy.dev https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGr3ZMcV5jke40_Wrv3fNA https://css-tricks.com/2022-roundup-of-web-research https://2022.stateofcss.com/en-US/ https://twitter.com/leaverou/status/806936438797307904 Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you...

Jan 20, 202335 min

Vercel and Platforms Starter Kit with Steven Tey

DevRel at Vercel, Steven Tey, joins us to talk about Platforms Starter Kit, a new template for site builders. We talk about Vercel, multi-tenant platforms, and low-code tools. Links https://twitter.com/steventey https://oneword.domains https://dub.sh https://podrocket.logrocket.com/next-13 https://demo.vercel.pub/platforms-starter-kit https://vercel.com/templates https://nextjs.org/conf https://precedent.dev https://vercel.com/docs/concepts/edge-network/edge-config Tell us what you think of PodR...

Jan 18, 202336 min

Zod with Matt Pocock

We welcome back TypeScript’s “it” guy, Matt Pocock, onto the podcast to talk about Zod, how it aids in working with TypeScript, and how to use it. Links https://totaltypescript.com https://www.mattpocock.com https://twitter.com/mattpocockuk https://github.com/mattpocock https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCswG6FSbgZjbWtdf_hMLaow Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to hear more about? Who do you want...

Jan 17, 202329 min

The Launch Pad with Tru Narla, Trash Dev, and Paige Niedringhaus

2023 has just begun but we have a lot to get through already with our second episode of The Launch Pad. Tru Narla, Trash Dev, and Paige Niedringhaus join us to talk about the state of frontend going into 2023, the release of the long-anticipated SvelteKit 1.0, and how JavaScript is in its golden age. Links https://www.paigeniedringhaus.com https://twitter.com/pniedri https://twitter.com/trunarla https://www.mewtru.com https://www.youtube.com/c/mewtru https://www.tiktok.com/@mewtru https://www.tw...

Jan 13, 202341 min

Micro-frontends with React Router 6 with Ruben Casas

What are micro-frontends and why are more companies using them? Staff Engineer at Postman, Ruben Casas, joins us to talk about decoupling the monolith with micro-frontends and more. Links https://twitter.com/Infoxicador https://www.infoxicator.com https://www.youtube.com/c/RubenCasas https://github.com/infoxicator Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to hear more about? Who do you want to see on t...

Jan 11, 202341 min

Functional programming with Elm with Lindsay Wardell

Lindsay Wardell, engineer at NoRedInk, comes on to talk about her recent Vite Conf talk, “Functional programming in Vite with Elm,” to tell us what functional programming is and why it’s beneficial. Links https://elmprogramming.com https://twitter.com/elm_programming https://www.manning.com/books/elm-in-action https://elm-lang.org/community/slack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyJZzq0v7Z4 https://twitter.com/lindsaykwardell Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want t...

Jan 10, 202324 min

SolidStart with Ryan Carniato

Ryan Carniato comes back on PodRocket to talk about SolidStart, the Solid app framework. We talk about the Solid ecosystem, server-side rendering in JavaScript, and how Vite was a game changer for Ryan. Listen now. Links https://start.solidjs.com https://www.solidjs.com https://discord.com/invite/solidjs https://twitter.com/solid_js https://twitter.com/RyanCarniato https://dev.to/ryansolid https://podrocket.logrocket.com/solidjs https://podrocket.logrocket.com/island-architecture https://podrock...

Jan 06, 202344 min

Deep diving on concurrent React with Matheus Albuquerque

Matheus Albuquerque, Senior Frontend Engineer at Medallia, comes onto the show to talk about his recent React Advanced conference talk, “Deep diving on concurrent React.” Links https://twitter.com/ythecombinator https://www.ythecombinator.space https://github.com/ythecombinator https://dev.to/ythecombinator https://speakerdeck.com/ythecombinator https://www.linkedin.com/in/ythecombinator https://engineering.fb.com https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want ...

Jan 04, 202338 min

Understanding React's Fiber architecture with Tejas Kumar

Tejas Kumar returns to PodRocket to go into the internals of React: React’s Fiber architecture. Links https://twitter.com/tejaskumar_ https://www.youtube.com/@tejask https://tej.as https://github.com/tejasq Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to hear more about? Who do you want to see on the show? Our producers want to know, and if you talk with us, we’ll send you a $25 gift card! If you’re inter...

Jan 03, 202325 min

Improve how you architect web apps with Addy Osmani and Lydia Hallie (Repeat)

Originally published on August 3rd, 2022. We are taking some time off from production. We will be back with new episodes on January 3rd, 2023. Patterns.dev is a free book on design patterns and component patterns for building powerful web apps with vanilla JavaScript and React. Join authors, Addy Osmani and Lydia Hallie as they discuss patterns, tips, and tricks for improving how you architect apps. Links https://www.patterns.dev https://twitter.com/lydiahallie https://twitter.com/addyosmani Tel...

Dec 30, 202240 min

Styling the intrinsic web with Mia Suzanne (Repeat)

Originally published on August 16th, 2022. We are taking some time off from production. We will be back with new episodes on January 3rd, 2023. We talk to Mia Suzanne about her recent talk, “Styling the intrinsic web,” which details how responsive design has evolved over the past decade and how intrinsic design can still be compatible with responsive design. Links https://www.oddbird.net https://alistapart.com/article/dao https://twitter.com/TerribleMia Tell us what you think of PodRocket We wan...

Dec 28, 202251 min

Bun with Jarred Sumner (Repeat)

Originally published on August 5th, 2022. We are taking some time off from production. We will be back with new episodes on January 3rd, 2023. Bun has been one of the most talked about JavaScript runtimes since its release, and we got to talk to Jarred Sumner, the creator of Bun, about why it’s so fast, how it’s competing with Node, and more. Links https://github.com/uptrace/bun/blob/master/README.md https://twitter.com/jarredsumner https://bun.sh Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to h...

Dec 27, 202228 min

Married to HTTP/3 with Robin Marx (Repeat)

Originally published on July 28th, 2022. We are taking some time off from production. We will be back with new episodes on January 3rd, 2023. In this episode, we talk to Robin Marx, solutions architect at Akamai, about HTTP/3, the third version of the HTTP protocol, how it can be used, and how it’s developed over the past decade. Links https://twitter.com/programmingart QUIC and HTTP talks (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3tsOU35YefabIEzJa_cq6vjkojNr0UZh) Tell us what you think of PodRoc...

Dec 23, 202236 min

Rocket Surgery: 2022 in review with Kaelan Cooter and Noel Minchow

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… to serve hot takes on 2022. Join PodRocket hosts Noel and Kaelan as they discuss the ups and downs of web development in 2022, what they hated, what they loved, and how they think the industry will change in 2023. Links https://2021.stateofjs.com/en-US/libraries/front-end-frameworks/ https://tsh.io/state-of-frontend/ Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to...

Dec 21, 20221 hr 5 min

Vue's road to Vite with Haoqun Jiang

Haoqun Jiang, a Vue.js and Vite core team member, joins us to talk about how the Vue core team decided to move from Vue CLI to Vite and what that process entailed. Links https://twitter.com/haoqunjiang https://vitejs.dev https://vuejs.org https://github.com/vitejs/vite https://nuxt.com Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to hear more about? Who do you want to see on the show? Our producers want t...

Dec 20, 202223 min

Building a design system in Next.js with Tailwind with Tru Narla

Software Engineer at Discord and Twitch partner, Tru Narla, joins us today to talk about design systems, using Tailwind to create a positive user experience, and more. Links https://twitter.com/trunarla https://www.twitch.tv/mewtru https://www.tiktok.com/@mewtru https://www.mewtru.com https://tailwindcss.com https://adamwathan.me/going-full-time-on-tailwind-css https://stitches.dev https://www.npmjs.com/package/class-variance-authority https://www.npmjs.com/package/clsx Tell us what you think of...

Dec 16, 202221 min

A complete rewrite of ESLint with Nicholas Zakas

Web development has changed a lot since the release of ESLint in 2013. Nicholas Zakas, the creator of ESLint, joins us to talk about the complete rewrite of ESLint, goals for the rewrite, and how the rewrite will leverage Rust. Links https://eslint.org https://twitter.com/geteslint https://twitter.com/humanwhocodes https://twitter.com/slicknet https://humanwhocodes.com Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do ...

Dec 15, 202225 min

Deno with Ryan Dahl

We sit down with Ryan Dahl, creator of Deno and Node.js, to talk about his experience in web development, why he created Node.js, and why he sees Deno as the next step for JavaScript runtimes. Links https://twitter.com/deno_land https://deno.com/deploy https://deno.land Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to hear more about? Who do you want to see on the show? Our producers want to know, and if y...

Dec 14, 202231 min

Engineering at Mailchimp with CTO, Eric Muntz

CTO of Mailchimp, Eric Muntz, joins us to talk about how he started as a software engineer at Mailchimp almost thirteen years ago, the engineering team's mission statement, a few “ghost” stories, and more. Links https://twitter.com/muntzen https://www.heyericmuntz.com https://twitter.com/Mailchimp https://mailchimp.com https://mailchimp.com/developer/blog https://mailchimp.com/developer/tools Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate abo...

Dec 13, 202236 min

What makes pnpm performant with Zoltan Kochan

We sit down with Zoltan Kochan, creator of pnpm, an efficient and fast package manager, to talk about his Vite Conf talk, “What makes pnpm performant.” Links https://twitter.com/ZoltanKochan https://www.kochan.io/ https://github.com/zkochan https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm https://pnpm.io Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to hear more about? Who do you want to see on the show? Our producers want to...

Dec 09, 202231 min
For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android