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  <itunes:subtitle>Alexander Lichter joins the podcast to talk about Rolldown, a bundler built in Rust by Void Zero that aims to replace Rollup and ESBuild with faster builds and better enterprise scalability. He dives into the power of OXC and Oxlint, the push toward a unified JavaScript toolchain, and previews what to expect at ViteConf 2024.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Alexander Lichter joins the podcast to talk about Rolldown, a bundler built in Rust by Void Zero that aims to replace Rollup and ESBuild with faster builds and better enterprise scalability. He dives into the power of OXC and Oxlint, the push toward a unified JavaScript toolchain, and previews what to expect at ViteConf 2024.
Links
X: https://x.com/TheAlexLichter
Website: https://www.lichter.io
Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@manniL
GitHub: https://github.com/manniL
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAlexLichter
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/TheAlexLichter
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderlichter
Resources
Rolldown: How Vite Bundles at the Speed of Rust: https://squiggleconf.com/2025/sessions#rolldown-how-vite-bundles-at-the-speed-of-rust
Rolldown: https://rolldown.rs
Rolldown-vite migration: https://vite.dev/guide/rolldown  
Oxlint Type Aware linting (preview) announcement: https://oxc.rs/blog/2025-08-17-oxlint-type-aware.html 
ViteConf: https://viteconf.amsterda
Benchmarks: 
Minifier: https://github.com/privatenumber/minification-benchmarks  
Linter: https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-javascript-linter  
Parser: https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-javascript-parser-written-in-rust  
Transformer: https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-transformer/  
Bundler: https://github.com/rolldown/benchmarks
Chapters
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Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Elizabeth, at elizabet.becz@logrocket.com (mailto:elizabeth.becz@logrocket.com), or tweet at us at PodRocketPod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod).
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What does LogRocket do?
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    <![CDATA[<p>Alexander Lichter joins the podcast to talk about Rolldown, a bundler built in Rust by Void Zero that aims to replace Rollup and ESBuild with faster builds and better enterprise scalability. He dives into the power of OXC and Oxlint, the push toward a unified JavaScript toolchain, and previews what to expect at ViteConf 2024.</p>

<h3>Links</h3>

<p>X: <a href="https://x.com/TheAlexLichter" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/TheAlexLichter</a><br>
Website: <a href="https://www.lichter.io" rel="nofollow">https://www.lichter.io</a><br>
Mastodon: <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@manniL" rel="nofollow">https://hachyderm.io/@manniL</a><br>
GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/manniL" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/manniL</a><br>
YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheAlexLichter" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/@TheAlexLichter</a><br>
Twitch: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/TheAlexLichter" rel="nofollow">https://www.twitch.tv/TheAlexLichter</a><br>
LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderlichter" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderlichter</a></p>

<h3>Resources</h3>

<p>Rolldown: How Vite Bundles at the Speed of Rust: <a href="https://squiggleconf.com/2025/sessions#rolldown-how-vite-bundles-at-the-speed-of-rust" rel="nofollow">https://squiggleconf.com/2025/sessions#rolldown-how-vite-bundles-at-the-speed-of-rust</a></p>

<p>Rolldown: <a href="https://rolldown.rs" rel="nofollow">https://rolldown.rs</a><br>
Rolldown-vite migration: <a href="https://vite.dev/guide/rolldown" rel="nofollow">https://vite.dev/guide/rolldown</a><br><br>
Oxlint Type Aware linting (preview) announcement: <a href="https://oxc.rs/blog/2025-08-17-oxlint-type-aware.html" rel="nofollow">https://oxc.rs/blog/2025-08-17-oxlint-type-aware.html</a> <br>
ViteConf: <a href="https://viteconf.amsterda" rel="nofollow">https://viteconf.amsterda</a></p>

<p>Benchmarks: <br>
Minifier: <a href="https://github.com/privatenumber/minification-benchmarks" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/privatenumber/minification-benchmarks</a><br><br>
Linter: <a href="https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-javascript-linter" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-javascript-linter</a><br><br>
Parser: <a href="https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-javascript-parser-written-in-rust" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-javascript-parser-written-in-rust</a><br><br>
Transformer: <a href="https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-transformer/" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-transformer/</a><br><br>
Bundler: <a href="https://github.com/rolldown/benchmarks" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/rolldown/benchmarks</a></p>

<h3>Chapters</h3>

<h3>We want to hear from you!</h3>

<p>How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend?</p>

<p><strong>Fill out our <a href="https://t.co/oKVAEXipxu" rel="nofollow">listener survey</a>!</strong> <br>
Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Elizabeth, at <a href="mailto:elizabeth.becz@logrocket.com" rel="nofollow">elizabet.becz@logrocket.com</a>, or tweet at us at <a href="https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod" rel="nofollow">PodRocketPod</a>.</p>

<h3>Follow us. Get free stickers.</h3>

<p>Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this <a href="https://podrocket.logrocket.com/get-podrocket-stickers" rel="nofollow">form</a>, and we’ll send you free PodRocket stickers!</p>

<h3>What does LogRocket do?</h3>

<p>LogRocket provides AI-first session replay and analytics that surfaces the UX and technical issues impacting user experiences. Start understanding where your users are struggling by trying it for free at LogRocket.com. <a href="https://logrocket.com/signup/?pdr" rel="nofollow">Try LogRocket for free today.</a></p><p>Special Guest: Alexander Lichter.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Alexander Lichter joins the podcast to talk about Rolldown, a bundler built in Rust by Void Zero that aims to replace Rollup and ESBuild with faster builds and better enterprise scalability. He dives into the power of OXC and Oxlint, the push toward a unified JavaScript toolchain, and previews what to expect at ViteConf 2024.</p>

<h3>Links</h3>

<p>X: <a href="https://x.com/TheAlexLichter" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/TheAlexLichter</a><br>
Website: <a href="https://www.lichter.io" rel="nofollow">https://www.lichter.io</a><br>
Mastodon: <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@manniL" rel="nofollow">https://hachyderm.io/@manniL</a><br>
GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/manniL" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/manniL</a><br>
YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheAlexLichter" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/@TheAlexLichter</a><br>
Twitch: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/TheAlexLichter" rel="nofollow">https://www.twitch.tv/TheAlexLichter</a><br>
LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderlichter" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderlichter</a></p>

<h3>Resources</h3>

<p>Rolldown: How Vite Bundles at the Speed of Rust: <a href="https://squiggleconf.com/2025/sessions#rolldown-how-vite-bundles-at-the-speed-of-rust" rel="nofollow">https://squiggleconf.com/2025/sessions#rolldown-how-vite-bundles-at-the-speed-of-rust</a></p>

<p>Rolldown: <a href="https://rolldown.rs" rel="nofollow">https://rolldown.rs</a><br>
Rolldown-vite migration: <a href="https://vite.dev/guide/rolldown" rel="nofollow">https://vite.dev/guide/rolldown</a><br><br>
Oxlint Type Aware linting (preview) announcement: <a href="https://oxc.rs/blog/2025-08-17-oxlint-type-aware.html" rel="nofollow">https://oxc.rs/blog/2025-08-17-oxlint-type-aware.html</a> <br>
ViteConf: <a href="https://viteconf.amsterda" rel="nofollow">https://viteconf.amsterda</a></p>

<p>Benchmarks: <br>
Minifier: <a href="https://github.com/privatenumber/minification-benchmarks" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/privatenumber/minification-benchmarks</a><br><br>
Linter: <a href="https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-javascript-linter" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-javascript-linter</a><br><br>
Parser: <a href="https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-javascript-parser-written-in-rust" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-javascript-parser-written-in-rust</a><br><br>
Transformer: <a href="https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-transformer/" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/oxc-project/bench-transformer/</a><br><br>
Bundler: <a href="https://github.com/rolldown/benchmarks" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/rolldown/benchmarks</a></p>

<h3>Chapters</h3>

<h3>We want to hear from you!</h3>

<p>How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend?</p>

<p><strong>Fill out our <a href="https://t.co/oKVAEXipxu" rel="nofollow">listener survey</a>!</strong> <br>
Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Elizabeth, at <a href="mailto:elizabeth.becz@logrocket.com" rel="nofollow">elizabet.becz@logrocket.com</a>, or tweet at us at <a href="https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod" rel="nofollow">PodRocketPod</a>.</p>

<h3>Follow us. Get free stickers.</h3>

<p>Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this <a href="https://podrocket.logrocket.com/get-podrocket-stickers" rel="nofollow">form</a>, and we’ll send you free PodRocket stickers!</p>

<h3>What does LogRocket do?</h3>

<p>LogRocket provides AI-first session replay and analytics that surfaces the UX and technical issues impacting user experiences. Start understanding where your users are struggling by trying it for free at LogRocket.com. <a href="https://logrocket.com/signup/?pdr" rel="nofollow">Try LogRocket for free today.</a></p><p>Special Guest: Alexander Lichter.</p>]]>
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