PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocket

spACE jam

April 13th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  29 mins 45 secs

developer experience, devrel, frontend development, frontend engineering, software engineering, web development

Brian interviews Adewale Abati, also known as Ace, a frontend engineer and developer advocate at Flutterwave. Ace is known for sharing his developer experiences through social media, technical writing, public speaking, and his YouTube channel. He also maintains Made in Nigeria -- a curation of awesome open source tools and projects built by Nigerian developers.

Typesense with Jason Bosco

April 6th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  22 mins 17 secs

frontend development, frontend web development, software engineering, tech, technology, web development

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.

Rocket Surgery: Different flavors of frontend

March 30th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  28 mins 25 secs

frontend development, frontend web development, software engineering, tech, technology, web development

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.

Expo with Charlie Cheever

March 23rd, 2021  |  Season 1  |  38 mins 58 secs

expo, frontend development, mobile development, react native, software engineering, tech, technology, web development

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.

goober with Cristian Bote

March 16th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  20 mins 24 secs

css-in-js, engineering, frontend development, javascript, software engineering, tech, web development

Shawn Swyx Wang: swyxtape vol. 1

March 9th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  37 mins 19 secs

developer experience, developer relations, devrel, frontend development, software engineering, tech, web development

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.

Alpine.js with Caleb Porzio

March 2nd, 2021  |  Season 1  |  31 mins 47 secs

alpinejs, frontend development, javascript, javascript frameworks, software engineering, tech, web development

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.

Founder Friday: Tomas Reimers and Greg Foster of Screenplay

February 26th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  25 mins 1 sec

business, founder, founders, frontend development, mobile development, react native, software engineering, startup, tech

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.

Feathers with David Luecke

February 23rd, 2021  |  Season 1  |  31 mins 51 secs

computer programming, frontend development, frontend web development, open source, software engineering, tech, technology, web development

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. Spoiler alert: it’s hard.

RedwoodJS with David Price

February 16th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  42 mins 50 secs

frontend development, javascript, javascript frameworks, open source, software engineering, tech, web development

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.