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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.
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Rust’s and React’s unlikely friendship with Sara Vieira

Live today, Sara Vieira, developer at axo.dev, joined the pod to talk about how Rust and React can work harmoniously by using Tauri. Links https://iamsaravieira.com https://github.com/SaraVieira https://twitter.com/nikkitaftw We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Emily, at emily.kochanekketner@logrocket.com (mailto:emily.kochanekketner@logrocket.com), or...

Dec 19, 202324 min

Astro 4 with Elian Van Cutsem

With the recent release of Astro 4, we talked to Elian Van Cutsem, Community Engineer at Astro, about all the new features of the release. Links https://www.elian.codes https://twitter.com/eliancodes https://github.com/eliancodes https://m.webtoo.ls/@eliancodes https://www.linkedin.com/in/elianvancutsem We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Emily, at emi...

Dec 18, 202327 min

Building on Vercel's stack, opt-in design, and CSS nesting

In this week’s roundup episode, we cover why React Miami’s creator chose to build her conference infrastructure on Vercel’s stack, what opt-in design is, and the evolution of CSS testing. Links Apple Building React Miami on Vercel's stack with Michelle Bakels: https://apple.co/3RtLhhH Opt-in design and React frameworks with Ben Holmes: https://bit.ly/4872gfj CSS nesting with Adam Argyle: https://apple.co/3R6mkHG Spotify Building React Miami on Vercel's stack with Michelle Bakels: https://spoti.f...

Dec 15, 202311 min

Using WebAssembly for high-performance apps with Ramón Huidobro

In this episode, we welcome on Ramón Huidobro, DevRel, speaker, and co-founder of the Bad Website Club, to talk about WebAssembly in-depth and how integrating it into apps can provide high performance. Links https://twitter.com/holasoymilk https://ramonh.dev/ https://github.com/hola-soy-milk https://www.youtube.com/@holasoymilk https://hacks.mozilla.org/category/code-cartoons/a-cartoon-intro-to-webassembly/ We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter...

Dec 14, 202336 min

React Native AI and indie hacking with Nader Dabit

Learn about the newest mobile framework, React Native AI, from creator Nader Dabit, and why he’s focusing on indie hacking. Links https://nader.codes https://nader.arweave.dev https://www.linkedin.com/in/naderdabit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7mca3O0DmdSG2Cr80sOD7g https://twitter.com/dabit3 https://github.com/dabit3 https://dev.to/dabit3 We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sendi...

Dec 13, 202331 min

Building infinitely scalable applications with Alec Chernicki

Alec Chernicki, Web Architect at Disney+ and Hulu, comes on to talk about how developers can use monorepos to effectively scale applications to an enterprise level. Links https://twitter.com/alecchernicki https://www.linkedin.com/in/alecortega https://www.chernicki.com https://github.com/alec-chernicki We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Emily, at emil...

Dec 12, 202324 min

ICYMI: The state of JS frameworks with Chris Ferdinandi

In this repeat episode picked by host Paul Mikulskis, Chris Ferdinandi joins us on PodRocket to talk about JavaScript frameworks, the transitional web, and why more is not always better. Links https://gomakethings.com/podrocket https://twitter.com/chrisferdinandi https://vanillajsacademy.com https://www.youtube.com/@gomakethings 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 w...

Dec 09, 202328 min

CSS nesting with Adam Argyle

With the recent announcement that most major browsers support CSS nesting, Adam Argyle, Google Chrome DevRel and part of the CSS Working Group, returns to give a deep dive on the long-awaited feature. Links https://twitter.com/argyleink https://nerdy.dev https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamargyle https://github.com/argyleink https://glitch.com/@argyleink https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGr3ZMcV5jke40_Wrv3fNA https://thecsspodcast.libsyn.com We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you se...

Dec 08, 202348 min

Opt-in design and React frameworks with Ben Holmes

Ben Holmes, core maintainer at Astro, is back to talk about the new era of React frameworks: opt-in design. Links https://wtw.dev https://bholmes.dev https://www.linkedin.com/in/bholmesdev https://twitter.com/BHolmesDev https://www.tiktok.com/@bholmesdev https://www.youtube.com/@bholmesdev We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Emily, at emily.kochanekket...

Dec 07, 202335 min

Building React Miami on Vercel's stack with Michelle Bakels

Learn how to build an agile conference website using the Vercel stack with React Miami Creator and Co-Organizer, Michelle Bakels. Links https://twitter.com/MichelleBakels https://www.michellebakels.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-bakels-2052687a https://github.com/michellebakels We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Emily, at emily.kochanekketne...

Dec 06, 202325 min

Vite 5 with Bjorn Lu

Bjorn Lu, Vite core team member, joins us to talk about all the new features, deprecations, and more in the recent release of Vite 5. Links https://bjornlu.com https://twitter.com/bluwyoo https://github.com/bluwy https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjornlu https://m.webtoo.ls/@bluwy We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Emily, at emily.kochanekketner@logrocket.c...

Dec 05, 202324 min

Next.js 14 with Tim Neutkens

Tim Neutkens, Co-Author and Engineering Manager at Next.js, returns to talk about all the new features in Next.js 14. Links https://twitter.com/timneutkens https://timn.tech https://github.com/timneutkens https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-neutkens-5a6733168 We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Emily, at emily.kochanekketner@logrocket.com (mailto:emily.koc...

Dec 04, 202339 min

Rendering dilemma, Pinia, and not using Next.js

In this week’s roundup episode, we cover how different frameworks handle reactivity, the differences between Vuex and Pinia, and the TL;DR of why Kent C. Dodds won’t use Next.js. Links Apple The rendering dilemma with Atila Fassina: https://bit.ly/43rBbAN Mastering Pinia with Eduardo San Martin Morote: https://apple.co/3Gax3Mg Why I won’t use Next.js with Kent C. Dodds: https://bit.ly/3SDZMjY Google The rendering dilemma with Atila Fassina: https://bit.ly/3pMSYEJ Mastering Pinia with Eduardo San...

Dec 01, 202310 min

Deno and Fresh with Luca Casonato

Luca Casonato, creator of Fresh and Software Engineer at Deno, returns to talk about the current state of Deno, Fresh, and more! Links https://twitter.com/lcasdev https://lcas.dev https://github.com/lucacasonato https://mastodon.social/@lcasdev https://www.linkedin.com/in/luca-casonato-15946b156 We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Emily, at emily.kocha...

Nov 30, 202329 min

Builder.io, Visual Copilot, and Partytown with Misko Hevery

Miško Hevery, CTO of Builder.io and creator of Angular, returns to talk about Builder.io’s new AI tool, Visual Copilot, Partytown, and more in the Builder.io ecosystem. Links https://twitter.com/mhevery https://www.linkedin.com/in/misko-hevery-3883b1 https://github.com/mhevery https://www.builder.io We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Emily, at emily.k...

Nov 28, 202339 min

useWat with David Khourshid

David Khourshid, founder of Stately, talks about the “weird stuff” in React and how developers can better utilize the framework and understand its quirks. Links https://twitter.com/DavidKPiano https://github.com/davidkpiano https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkpiano https://codepen.io/davidkpiano We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Emily, at emily.kochane...

Nov 27, 202347 min

ICYMI: Vercel Edge Functions, Next.js, and AI apps with Hassan El Mghari

In this repeat episode picked by host Paul Mikulskis, Hassan El Mghari, Senior Developer Advocate at Vercel, joins us today to talk about some of his projects and how he has been using Vercel Edge Functions and Next.js to build them. Links https://github.com/Nutlope https://twitter.com/nutlope https://www.elmghari.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/nutlope We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know...

Nov 25, 202321 min

Fully typed web apps with Kent C. Dodds (Repeat)

In this repeat episode, Kent C. Dodds has a blog post for everything, and in today’s episode he returns to PodRocket to talk about his blog post, “Fully Typed Web Apps.” Links https://www.epicweb.dev https://kentcdodds.com https://twitter.com/kentcdodds https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentcdodds https://github.com/kentcdodds We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our produ...

Nov 24, 202331 min

Migrating 50,000 lines of code to RSCs with Darius Cepulis

It’s a daunting task to migrate 50,000 lines of code, specifically when migrating to React Server Components. But Darius Cepulis, Senior Dev Community Engineer at Mux, did exactly that and lived to tell the tale. Links https://twitter.com/darius_cepulis https://darius.place/ https://github.com/decepulis https://www.linkedin.com/in/decepulis/ https://www.mux.com/team/darius-cepulis We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommen...

Nov 22, 202324 min

Mastering Pinia with Eduardo San Martin Morote

We welcome on Eduardo San Martin Morote, creator of Pinia and Vue.js core team member, to talk about Pinia, his new course about mastering Pinia, and more! Links https://twitter.com/posva https://esm.dev https://github.com/posva https://m.webtoo.ls/@posva https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUOmDgABNrxjhWTa_e2pQ https://masteringpinia.com We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an ema...

Nov 21, 202329 min

The rendering dilemma with Atila Fassina

In a sea of frameworks, what provides the best way to handle reactivity? Atila Fassina, DevRel Engineer at Crab Nebula and Google Dev Expert, returns to answer this question, talk about why Signals and Solid.js are good options, and more. Links https://atila.io https://github.com/atilafassina https://www.youtube.com/c/atilaio We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our ...

Nov 20, 202342 min

ICYMI: Svelte 4 with Geoff Rich

In this repeat episode picked by host Noel Minchow, Geoff Rich and Mike Karan talk about the stable release of Svelte 4 and the next generation of Svelte. Links https://svelte.dev https://svelte.dev/blog/svelte-4 https://twitter.com/htmleverything https://twitter.com/geoffrich_ We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Emily, at emily.kochanekketner@logrocke...

Nov 19, 202332 min

Choosing React, Storybook, and native SSR

In this week’s roundup episode, learn why Chance Strickland still chooses to use React, why Amy Dutton uses Storybook for design-driven development, and how to use Reason and OCaml to natively render React apps. Links Apple Why I still choose React with Chance Strickland: https://apple.co/46Tf2Of Remix, Svelte, and robots with James Quick and Amy Dutton: https://apple.co/474SxWW Reason's native React SSR with David Sancho: https://apple.co/40krVhQ Spotify Why I still choose React with Chance Str...

Nov 17, 202312 min

Optimizing third-party loading in Next.js with Houssein Djirdeh

One of the biggest performance issues in an app stems from using third-party libraries, so Houssein Djirdeh, Senior Software Engineer at Google, talks about how the Chrome Aurora team is developing a package to efficiently load third-party libraries into Next.js apps. Links https://twitter.com/hdjirdeh https://houssein.me https://www.linkedin.com/in/housseindjirdeh https://github.com/housseindjirdeh https://developer.chrome.com/authors/housseindjirdeh We want to hear from you! How did you find u...

Nov 16, 202327 min

Angular 17 with Minko Gechev

With the latest release and rebrand of Angular 17, Minko Gechev, Angular Engineering Product and DevRel Lead, returns to talk about why Angular rebranded, the new features, and more. Links https://twitter.com/mgechev https://github.com/mgechev https://blog.mgechev.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgechev https://bsky.app/profile/mgeche https://mstdn.social/@mgechev We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? ...

Nov 15, 202329 min

Why I won’t use Next.js with Kent C. Dodds

Kent C. Dodds returns to explain why he won’t use Next.js, offering insight into what he sees as the issues with using Next, why he uses Remix, and more. Links https://kentcdodds.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentcdodds https://github.com/kentcdodds https://twitter.com/kentcdodds We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Emily, at emily.kochanekketner@logr...

Nov 14, 202339 min

TanStack Query v5 with Dominik Dorfmeister

TanStack Query v5 is finally available and we sit down with Dominik Dorfmeister, TanStack Query maintainer, to talk about what TanStack Query is, what new updates have come with the new version, and more! Links https://tkdodo.eu/blog https://www.dorfmeister.cc https://twitter.com/TkDodo https://github.com/TkDodo https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominik-dorfmeister-8a71051b9 We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a fri...

Nov 13, 202329 min

Next.js 13.4 with Tim Neutkens (Repeat)

In this repeat episode, Tim Neutkens is the Next.js lead at Vercel. Tim joins us to talk about the Next.js App Router and some other new features from the latest release. Links https://twitter.com/timneutkens https://twitter.com/nextjs https://nextjs.org https://twitter.com/devagrawal09/status/1636971320138162176 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 th...

Nov 10, 202339 min

Advocate for your engineering teams with Amanda Martin

In our second episode where Tejas sits down and chats with his friends, we interview Amanda Martin, Developer Advocate at Wix, who talks about how she supports the various engineering teams, being an advocate for open source, and why where you are now in your developer journey is ok. Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandamartin-dev https://github.com/amandamartin-dev https://twitter.com/hey_amandam https://dev.to/amandamartindev We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on ...

Nov 09, 202322 min

Astro and MDX for digital gardening with Kathleen McMahon

Learn about how you can easily maintain your websites through digital gardening with the help of Astro and MDX with Kathleen McMahon, engineer, designer, and speaker. Links https://twitter.com/resource11 https://www.kathleenmcmahon.dev/ https://github.com/resource11 https://front-end.social/@resource11 https://www.linkedin.com/in/resource11/ We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Let us know by sending ...

Nov 08, 202324 min
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