PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocket

About the show

PodRocket covers everything you need to know about frontend web development on a weekly basis. Join LogRocket cofounder Ben Edelstein, the LogRocket engineering team, and more, as they interview experienced developers about all the libraries, frameworks, and tech industry issues they deal with every day.

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Episodes

  • Vanilla JavaScript with Chris Ferdinandi

    November 12th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  48 mins 21 secs
    frontend development, frontend web development, marketing, software engineering, tech, technology, web development

    We talk to Chris Ferdinandi about vanilla JavaScript, the modern web, newsletters, and more.

  • Qwik, Partytown, and builder.io with Misko Hevery

    November 9th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  47 mins 29 secs
    frontend development, frontend web development angular, software engineering, tech, technology, web development

    Misko Hevery, the creator of Angular, joins us to talk about his latest projects at builder.io including Qwik, the HTML first framework, and Partytown, a lazy-loaded 6kb library to help relocate resource-intensive scripts into a web worker, and off of the main thread. Learn more in this episode.

  • React Podcast with Chantastic

    November 5th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  48 mins 21 secs
    frontend development, frontend web development, software engineering, tech, technology, web development

    If you are a React developer, you're probably familiar with the React Podcast. Chantastic joins us today to talk about his experience working on the React Podcast for two and a half years, how he is now spending his time building the React Podcast Discord, and much 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.

  • Becoming a manager, career growth, and the evolution of content with Harry Wolff

    October 26th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  43 mins 11 secs
    frontend development, frontend web development, management, software engineering, tech, technology, web development, youtube

    We talk to Harry Wolff, writer, YouTuber, and Director of Engineering at MongoDB, about Rust content, clickbait, creating a YouTube channel, why engineering managers fail, and so much more.

  • RocketJam: A PodRocket/FSJam Mashup

    October 22nd, 2021  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 2 mins
    developer experience, devrel, frontend development, frontend engineering, software engineering, web development

    This is a PodRocket/FSJam Mashup. Members from both PodRocket and FSJam talk about some of their favorite episodes, how the podcasts got started, what it's like creating a podcast in the web dev space, what trends they have seen, and 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.

  • Creating content in the JavaScript universe with Ebenezer Don

    October 12th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  15 mins 22 secs
    developer advocacy, developer experience, devrel, frontend development, frontend engineering, software engineering, web development

    We talk to Ebenezer Don, Developer Advocate at JetBrains, about learning new frameworks and creating content. Listen now.

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    This Dot Media with Tracy Lee

    October 8th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  24 mins 56 secs
    devrel, frontend development, frontend engineering, software engineering, web development

    Tracy Lee is the CEO of This Dot Labs, a Google Developer Expert, a Microsoft MVP, and a member of the RxJS Core Team. She joins us to talk about hiring developers, building community, and some exciting things she has planned for the future.

  • 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!

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    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.

  • Fine dining with Wes and Scott

    September 28th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  43 mins 38 secs
    developer experience, devrel, frontend development, frontend engineering, software engineering, web development

    We talk to Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski about ad reads, food-themed content, and why we love Syntax.fm.

  • Founder Friday: Akash Khanolkar of Octane

    September 24th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  20 mins 1 sec
    business, frontend development, frontend web development, software engineering, startup, tech, technology, web development

    Octane enables software companies to offer usage-based billing and helps companies meter customer usage, price according to flexible plans, and bill customers through payment gateways. Learn more from Octane co-founder, Akash Khanolkar, in this month's Founder Friday episode.

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    Creating YouTube tutorials with Leigh Halliday

    September 21st, 2021  |  Season 1  |  35 mins 28 secs
    frontend development, frontend web development, software engineering, tech, technology, web development

    We interview Leigh Halliday, Senior Engineering Manager at Wrapbook, about his YouTube channel, creating tutorials, and his Next.js course.