Kate Trahan

Open source at Facebook with Dmitry Vinnik

May 11th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  32 mins 8 secs

developer advocate, developer relations, open source, open source technology, software engineering, tech, technology, web development

Facebook Open Source now has over 600 publicly available projects in its portfolio including some well-known projects like React, React Native, PyTorch, Docusaurus, GraphQL, Jest, and more.

Listen to this episode of PodRocket to hear Dmitry Vinnick, a Developer Advocate at Facebook Open Source, talk about what it means to be open source at Facebook, how to manage such a large portfolio, and what it's like to engage with a community remotely.

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.

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.

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.

Supabase with Paul Copplestone

February 9th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  31 mins 13 secs

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

Today Ben and Kate talk with Paul Copplestone, CEO and cofounder of Supabase, the open source firebase alternative. They discuss how Supabase works, whats in store for 2021, why open source matters, and the role HackerNews played in Supabase’s launch.

Prisma with Nikolas Burk

February 2nd, 2021  |  Season 1  |  37 mins 23 secs

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

Today Ben and Kate sit down with Nikolas Burk, Prisma’s Head of Developer Success. They talk about how Prisma helps developers build better web apps, how it works with TypeScript, the Prisma roadmap, and, of course, building an open-source community.