PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocket

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

544 episodes of PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocket since the first episode, which aired on November 11th, 2020.

  • React's re-rendering with Ankita Kulkarni

    April 21st, 2023  |  Season 3  |  28 mins 43 secs
    performance, re-rendering, react

    Ankita Kulkarni joins us today to talk about how to use useMemo to help performance, how to minimize component re-renderings, and other performance tips in React.

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    React and frontend development with Josh Comeau

    April 20th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  23 mins 32 secs
    ai, frontend development, react

    Will AI take our jobs? Is React still a good choice? Josh Comeau joins us to talk about React, the future of web development, and more.

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    AI code conversion with Thomas Lopes

    April 19th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  25 mins 8 secs
    ai, codeverter, web development

    With the rise of AI tools, we talk to Thomas Lopes, the creator of Codeverter, a code conversion tool hosted by Vercel, about how he sees AI will build and transform tools in web development.

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    PartyKit with Sunil Pai

    April 17th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  35 mins 58 secs
    partykit

    Sunil Pai was formerly on the React core team, he built a popular css-in-js library called glamor and built the Cloudflare Workers CLI. Sunil has worked at multiple companies like Yahoo, Visa, Flipkart, Oculus/Facebook/Meta, JP Morgan, and Cloudflare, he also co-created babel macros and has made a number of contributions to the JavaScript ecosystem. Sunil joins us today to talk about his experience as well as his latest project, PartyKit.

  • Migrating to NoSQL with Michael Lynn

    April 14th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  34 mins 35 secs
    migrating databases, mongodb, nosql

    On today’s episode, Michael Lynn joins us to talk about migrating databases, NoSQL, MongoDB, and more.

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    React Hooks broke my tests with Daniel Afonso

    April 12th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  31 mins 30 secs
    react, react hooks

    React Hooks can seem great, but when it comes time for testing, they can point out issues. Daniel Afonso, Dev Advocate at OLX, teaches us how to reconfigure how to test React applications to work better with React Hooks.

  • Refactoring large JavaScript codebases with Michele Riva

    April 11th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  26 mins 33 secs
    javascript codebases, orama search, refractoring

    We welcome back Michele Riva, co-founder and CTO of Orama Search, to discuss how developers can easily refactor large JavaScript codebases.

  • Node.js runtimes with Erick Wendel

    April 7th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  28 mins 44 secs
    bun, deno, javascript, node js

    With JavaScript runtimes like Deno and Bun becoming increasingly popular, Node.js core team member Erick Wendel comes on to talk about how he created his own Node.js runtime and why he did it.

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    Polypane with Kilian Valkhof

    April 5th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  33 mins 37 secs
    polypane

    Kilian Valkhof created a browser made for developers. We talk to Kilian about Polypane, developer experience, and more!

  • Writing (really) good tests with Markus Oberlehner

    April 4th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  27 mins 53 secs
    test driven development, test writing

    Markus Oberlehner, software architect, speaker, and open source contributor, comes onto the show to talk about how to better write tests with test-driven development.

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    Your UI/UX questions answered

    March 31st, 2023  |  Season 3  |  45 mins 41 secs
    ui, ux, web design

    You had questions about UI and UX design, and we answered. We go through your questions with our panel of experts, Adam Argyle, Stephanie Eckles, and Stacy Kvernmo.

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    Faster frontends with Remix with Chance Strickland

    March 29th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  29 mins 24 secs
    remix, shopify

    Chance Strickland, Senior Software Engineer at Shopify, returns to the pod to talk about how Remix helps developers create faster frontends from the backend.

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    Qwik with Yoav Ganbar

    March 28th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  32 mins 37 secs
    builder.io, qwik, react

    Yoav Ganbar is a DevRel at Builder.io and host of the FedBites podcast. Yoav joins us to talk about Builder.io, using React inside Qwik, and more.

  • The state of JS frameworks with Chris Ferdinandi

    March 24th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  27 mins 20 secs
    frameworks, javascript, transitional web

    Chris Ferdinandi joins us on PodRocket to talk about JavaScript frameworks, the transitional web, and why more is not always better.

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    Developer Experience with Nuxt with Anthony Fu

    March 22nd, 2023  |  Season 3  |  28 mins 29 secs
    dev tools, nuxt

    Nuxt, Vue, and Vite core team member Anthony Fu joins us to talk about the recent implementation of Nuxt’s dev tools and how they benefit developers.

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    TypeScript in Nuxt and Vue with Daniel Kelly

    March 21st, 2023  |  Season 3  |  22 mins 32 secs
    nuxt, typescript, vue

    Daniel Kelly, teacher and content creator at the Vue School, joins the show to talk about how TypeScript has evolved when working within Nuxt and Vue.