PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocket

About the show

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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Episodes

  • Bun vs. Node, CSS containers, and complex UIs

    October 6th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  12 mins 47 secs
    bun, css, ui

    In this week’s roundup, hear snippets of our discussions about how Bun is creating runtime competition, what CSS containers actually are, and how to deal with complex UIs.

  • Software 3.0 and the AI engineer with Swyx

    October 4th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  38 mins 40 secs

    Shawn “Swyx” Wang, host of the Latent Space podcast, returns to the show to talk about what Software 3.0 will bring and the rise of the AI engineer.

  • Is atomic design dead? with Brad Frost

    October 3rd, 2023  |  Season 3  |  42 mins 30 secs
    atomic design

    Learn about the past, present, and future of design systems with Brad Frost, design system consultant, and about the design methodology he calls “atomic design.”

  • State of CSS, Bun 1.0, and v0

    September 29th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  38 mins 23 secs
    bun, css, vercel

    Back with our monthly panel episode, we discuss the State of CSS 2023 results, the Bun 1.0 release, if Vercel’s v0 is all hype, and more with panelists Cassidy Williams, Chris Bautista, Paul Mikulskis, and Noel Minchow.

  • CSS containers with Miriam Suzanne

    September 28th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  29 mins 28 secs
    css

    Learn all about CSS containers and their capabilities with CSS superstar, Miriam Suzanne, co-creator of OddBird and Sass core member.

  • Rebuilding in Rust with Eve Porcello

    September 27th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  35 mins 5 secs
    rust

    Learn about why major frameworks are rebuilding in Rust and how you can get started working with the language with Eve Porcello, co-founder of Moon Highway.

  • Designing for complex UIs with Vitaly Friedman

    September 26th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  43 mins 17 secs
    ui

    We talk to UI expert and Smashing Magazine founder and Editor-in-Chief, Vitaly Friedman, about how to tackle complex web environments to make UIs usable and seamless.

  • Building marketable apps with Eleftheria Batsou

    September 25th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  31 mins 47 secs
    ui, ux

    Learn how to create a UX and UI that is not only marketable, but also usable with Eleftheria Batsou, Community Manager at Crab Nebula.

  • PHP, web components, and reusable components

    September 22nd, 2023  |  Season 3  |  12 mins 15 secs
    php, reusable components, web components

    In this week’s roundup, we talk about why PHP doesn’t suck, when to use web components, and the trade-offs of using reusable components.

  • HTMX with Carson Gross

    September 21st, 2023  |  Season 3  |  40 mins 48 secs
    htmx

    HTMX has become increasingly popular in the web dev community, so we sat down with creator Carson Gross to talk about what HTMX is, why developers should use it, and what’s on the horizon for the tool.

  • Weird CSS with Stephanie Eckles

    September 20th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  32 mins 12 secs
    css

    CSS can be weird and tricky, but Stephanie Eckles, software engineer at Microsoft and author of Modern CSS, returns to talk about how to work with the quirky parts of CSS.

  • React concurrency with Ivan Akulov

    September 19th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  35 mins 22 secs
    react

    Learn about the intricacies of React concurrency and performance features, specifically in React 18, with Ivan Akulov, web performance engineer and consultant at PerfPerfPerf.

  • ICYMI: Zero-dependency CLIs with Node.js with Ian Sutherland

    September 16th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  30 mins 10 secs
    clis

    Ian Sutherland, Node.js core contributor and Architect and Developer Experience Lead at Neo Financial, joins the pod to talk about zero-dependency CLIs, why they’re fun to build, and what they can teach us about developing other applications.

  • PHP doesn't suck (anymore) with Aaron Francis

    September 15th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  32 mins 59 secs
    php

    PHP used to suck, but Aaron Francis, content creator and developer at PlanetScale, is on a mission to change the narrative. We talk about why PHP doesn’t suck anymore and the features that have improved it.

  • What web components are good at with Nolan Lawson

    September 14th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  27 mins 3 secs
    web components

    Web components can be divisive, but Nolan Lawson, Web Developer at Salesforce, talks about why and when developers should use web components.

  • AI solutions need good UX with Chris Heilmann

    September 13th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  34 mins 50 secs
    ai

    With AI on the rise, Chris Heilmann, Director of DevRel at WeAreDevelopers, comes on to talk about how AI has impacted how developers work and how it can improve with good UX in the future.