Ben Edelstein

SolidJS with Ryan Carniato

September 3rd, 2021  |  Season 1  |  37 mins 52 secs

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

Ryan Carniato tells us all about SolidJS, a declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces.

Founder Friday: Ustin Zarubin of Batch

August 27th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  28 mins 56 secs

business, software engineering, startup, tech, web development

It's Founder Friday on PodRocket where we highlight founders of startups in the dev tools space. In this episode, we talk with Ustin Zarubin, CEO and cofounder of Batch, a platform of SaaS tooling for event driven systems.

Writing audio apps in JavaScript with Nick Thompson

August 20th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  33 mins 38 secs

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

NOTE: In this episode, Nick takes us through a demo of Elementary. You can check out the video for this recording on our YouTube channel.

We interview Nick Thompson, creator of Elementary Audio, a JavaScript runtime based on Node.js for writing native audio applications, as well as a library and framework for composing audio signal processes.

RxJS with Ben Lesh

August 17th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  40 mins 15 secs

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

In this episode, we sit down with Ben Lesh, RxJS Project Lead. We wanted to know more about observables, use cases, and common pitfalls when using RxJS. Learn more in this episode.

Envelop, GraphQL, and The Guild with Uri Goldshtein

August 10th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  48 mins 55 secs

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

In this episode, we talk to the founder of The Guild, Uri Goldshtein. We discuss Envelop (a new GraphQL plugin system) as well as other projects The Guild is working on.

Expo: Part 2 with Brent Vatne

August 6th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  34 mins 22 secs

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

Ben interviews Brent Vatne, Engineering Manager at Expo, to talk about Expo SDK 42, React Native, and we also have a special announcement about LogRocket!

Rust with Luca Palmieri

July 30th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  28 mins 10 secs

backend development, rust, software engineering, tech, web development

In the episode, Ben and Kaelan interview Luca Palmieri, author of Zero To Production In Rust. They talk about the Rust ecosystem, Rust frameworks, and telemetry for Rust APIs.

vanilla-extract with Mark Dalgleish

July 27th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  30 mins 58 secs

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

In this episode, Ben interviews Mark Dalgleish about CSS Modules and vanilla-extract, which is basically “CSS Modules-in-TypeScript” but with scoped CSS variables. Listen to this episode to learn more about vanilla-extract and how to use it in your next project.

Remotion with Jonny Burger

July 20th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  24 mins 47 secs

frontend development, frontend web development, javascript, react, reactjs, software engineering, tech, technology, web development

Remotion gives you the tools for video creation, but the rules of React stay the same. Ben interviews Jonny Burger, creator of Remotion, to talk about how developers can create videos programmatically using React.

Cypress with Gleb Bahmutov

July 9th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  27 mins 48 secs

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

In this episode, Ben interviews Gleb Bahmutov, Senior Director of Engineering at Mercari and former Distinguished Engineer at Cypress. Gleb joins us to talk about testing, Cypress, and how companies can successfully introduce end-to-end tests into their workflows.

Rome and Rome Tools, Inc. with Sebastian McKenzie and Jamie Kyle

June 29th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  39 mins 30 secs

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

It's pretty common to see a fair amount of skepticism when open-source projects raise venture money and Rome was certainly not immune from the skepticism.

In this episode, Ben and Kaelan talk to Sebastian McKenzie and Jamie Kyle about Rome Tools, Inc., the roadmap for Rome, and the experience of getting funding as an open-source tool.

Founder Friday: Fred Schott of Astro

June 25th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  29 mins 53 secs

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

Why is it still difficult to build a website that's fast? Fred Schott returns to PodRocket to talk about Astro, a new kind of static site builder that delivers lightning-fast performance with a modern developer experience. Learn more in this episode.

Gatsby with Kyle Mathews

June 22nd, 2021  |  Season 1  |  32 mins 30 secs

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

In this episode, Ben interviews Kyle Mathews, Founder and CTO of Gatsby. They cover v3, Functions, Gatsby Cloud, and Gatsby's goals for the future (including faster builds).

How to use Wormhole for simple, private file sharing with Feross Aboukhadijeh

June 15th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  29 mins

encryption, software engineering, tech, technology, web development

In this episode, Ben interviews Feross Aboukhadijeh about Wormhole. Wormhole is a file sending tool that lets you quickly share files with end-to-end encryption and a link that automatically expires. So you can keep what you share private and make sure your stuff doesn't stay online forever.

Founder Friday: Johan Eliasson of Nhost

May 28th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  22 mins 50 secs

computer programming, database, open source, software engineering, startup, tech, technology, web development

Johan Eliasson joins us to talk about Nhost, an open-source, Backend-as-a-service with a GraphQL API. How does Nhost compare to Firebase and Supabase? Learn more in this episode.

GraphQL 101 with Anthony Campolo

May 18th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  40 mins 27 secs

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

We sit down with Anthony Campolo to talk about the history, common misconceptions, and increased popularity of GraphQL.