Ben Edelstein

MUI with Olivier Tassinari

January 26th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  31 mins 43 secs

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

MUI (formerly Material-UI) provides a robust, customizable, and accessible library of foundational and advanced components. The creator of MUI, Olivier Tassinari joins us to talk about MUI, UI design, React components, MUI's open-source library, and design tools.

Clerk.dev with Colin Sidoti

January 25th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  31 mins 58 secs

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

The authentication strategy of the past isn't optimized for the new world of development. Colin Sidoti and his team at Clerk are building authentication for the modern web.

Founder Friday: Chris Burns of Everfund

January 14th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  39 mins 24 secs

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

Chris Burns is one of the hosts of the FSJam podcast and also the Cofounder and CEO of Everfund, a plug-and-play donation solution making donations easier. He joins us today to tell us about Everfund, what technologies he used to create it, and lessons learned in the process of starting his own company.

Anvil with Meredydd Luff

January 7th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  43 mins 24 secs

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

Anvil is a way to build full-stack web apps with nothing but Python. It's easy enough for beginners, but powerful enough for pros. Meredydd Luff joins us to talk about creating web apps with Python, accessibility, the future of Anvil, and more.

Alpine.js with Caleb Porzio (Repeat)

December 31st, 2021  |  Season 1  |  30 mins 38 secs

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

Originally published on March 2nd, 2021

We are taking some time off from production. We will be back with new episodes on January 4th.

We talk to Caleb Porzio about Alpine.js and what to expect in 2021. We also get into some of Caleb’s other creations like Laravel Livewire and makevscodeawesome.com.

Component-driven development with Zoltan Olah (Repeat)

December 28th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  26 mins 2 secs

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

Originally published on January 12th, 2021

We are taking some time off from production. We will be back with new episodes on January 4th.

Ben Edelstein sits down with the CEO and Founder of Chromatic, Zoltan Olah. Ben and Zoltan discuss frontend testing, the philosophy of component-driven development, Storybook, and more.

Cloudflare with Jon Kuperman

December 21st, 2021  |  Season 1  |  42 mins 30 secs

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

Jon Kuperman, Developer Advocate at Cloudflare, takes us through Cloudflare's product portfolio, including the DNS provider, DDoS protection, Cloudflare workers, video streaming, and more.

Migrating to Next.js with Cory Etzkorn

December 10th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  43 mins 40 secs

frontend development, frontend web development, js, nextjs, notion, software engineering, tech, technology, vercel, web development

Have you been thinking about migrating to Next.js? Cory Etzkorn joins us to talk about how his team migrated the Notion marketing site to Next.js. He covers why they wanted to migrate, why Next.js was the best solution for them, and the results of the migration.

Blitz.js with Brandon Bayer (Repeat)

November 26th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  22 mins 16 secs

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

Originally published on January 12, 2021 -- Ben and Brian talk to Brandon Bayer, creator of Blitz.js. We take a deep dive into everything Blitz has to offer. More specifically, we address how Blitz compares with other fullstack frameworks and how Blitz balances being opinionated with being flexible for each aspect of the toolchain. We also talk about community building and beyond.

Expo with Charlie Cheever (Repeat)

November 23rd, 2021  |  Season 1  |  37 mins 56 secs

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

Originally published March 23, 2021. 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.

Progressive web apps with Aaron Gustafson

November 2nd, 2021  |  Season 1  |  48 mins 28 secs

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

We talk to Aaron Gustafson, author, speaker, Principal Program Manager on the Microsoft Edge team, and long-time web standards advocate, about progressive web apps. Listen now.

Founder Friday: Matan Mishan of Livecycle

October 29th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  22 mins 41 secs

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

Livecycle is a real-time collaboration platform between coders and other stakeholders with a mission to eliminate the friction in the feedback loop. We talk to one of the founders of Livecycle, Matan Mishan to learn more.

Elder.js with Nick Reese

October 19th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  27 mins 27 secs

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

After trying multiple static site generators, Nick Reese taught himself JavaScript and built his own known as Elder.js. We talk about how Elder.js works, how it helps with SEO, and some other projects Nick is working on.

XState with David Khourshid

October 15th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  21 mins 24 secs

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

XState is a framework-agnostic library for creating and using state machines and statecharts. Learn more by listening to our interview with David Khourshid, creator of XState.

Svelte with Rich Harris

October 5th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  40 mins 51 secs

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

We interview Rich Harris about Svelte's position in the landscape of frameworks, how other popular frameworks are becoming more Svelte-like, how Svelte handles state, how SvelteKit works, and more!

Tailwind CSS and Inertia.js with Jonathan Reinink

October 1st, 2021  |  Season 1  |  48 mins 58 secs

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

Jonathan Reinink joins us to get us up to speed on Tailwind CSS, Tailwind UI, and Inertia.js.