PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocket

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.

Rocket Surgery: Kaelan and Chris Coyier compare notes

June 8th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  41 mins 5 secs

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

Are you up to speed on all of this new CSS stuff? Chris Coyier and Kaelan compare notes on CSS and frontend development (they also discuss MDN plus).

Continuing education with Eve Porcello

June 1st, 2021  |  Season 1  |  40 mins 50 secs

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

In this episode, we talk to Eve Porcello about her experience teaching web development and Moon Highway, a training and curriculum development company she runs with her husband, Alex Banks.

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.

The middle-end and subtweeting with Laurie Barth

May 25th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  39 mins 45 secs

software engineering, tech, web development

In this episode, Brian interviews Laurie Barth, Senior Software Engineer at Netflix, about what it means to be a middle-end developer, job titles, and Web Dev Twitter.

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.

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.

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.

spACE jam

April 13th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  29 mins 45 secs

developer experience, devrel, frontend development, frontend engineering, software engineering, web development

Brian interviews Adewale Abati, also known as Ace, a frontend engineer and developer advocate at Flutterwave. Ace is known for sharing his developer experiences through social media, technical writing, public speaking, and his YouTube channel. He also maintains Made in Nigeria -- a curation of awesome open source tools and projects built by Nigerian developers.

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.