Ben Edelstein

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.

Redux is alive and well with Mark Erikson

May 4th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  45 mins 58 secs

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

What is modern Redux? What is it with the obsession of declaring Redux dead? In this episode, Ben and Brian interview Mark Erikson to talk about all things Redux.

Founder Friday: Madeleine Reese of Allma

April 30th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  30 mins 56 secs

business, frontend development, incident management, software engineering, startup, tech, web development

Ben interviews Madeleine Reese, Founder and CEO of Allma. Allma is building next-generation alerting, incident response, and service cataloging natively in Slack. Their focus is on helping the entire organization to resolve incidents faster and be able to communicate more effectively during an incident. Learn more about Allma in this episode.

Firebase, development, and design in 2021 with David East

April 27th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  28 mins 4 secs

design, developer relations, firebase, frontend development, frontend web development, software engineering, tech, technology, web development

In this episode, Ben and Kate talk to David East, Developer Relations Engineer at Firebase. They talk about the three tiers of the Firebase product -- Build, Release & Monitor, and Engage. They also get into design vs. development and what that means for web developers in 2021.

What you need to know about Wasp with Martin Šošić

April 20th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  20 mins

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

Ben interviews Martin Šošić about Wasp, an open-source, declarative DSL for devs. Learn more about how Wasp works and why it has been getting attention on Product Hunt and Hacker News.

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.

Founder Friday: David Thor of Architect.io

March 26th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  37 mins 13 secs

business, developer operations, devops, software engineering, tech, web development

In this Founder Friday episode, Ben interviews David Thor, founder and CEO of Architect, the world’s first DevOps-as-a-Service platform. They talk about the DevOps landscape, how Architect improves developer productivity, and how it helps teams adopt best practices.

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.