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PodRocket covers everything you need to know about frontend web development on a weekly basis. Join our hosts as they interview experienced developers about all the libraries, frameworks, and tech industry issues they deal with every day.
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Jan 18, 2024 • 33min
Turborepo and Turbopack with Anthony Shew
In today's episode, Anthony Shew, Turbo DX at Vercel, joins us to discuss Turborepo 1.11, Turbopack in 2024, and more.
Links
https://www.shew.dev
https://twitter.com/anthonysheww
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwfYq8O-1QtU1TlWsJVGRBg?reload=9
https://www.threads.net/@anthonyshew
https://discord.com/invite/JMHERJGRkH
https://github.com/anthonyshew
Case studies for performance impact on business:
https://wpostats.com
https://web.dev/case-studies
Research for the impact of loading speed on conversion rate:
https://www.bidnamic.com/en-us/resources/how-website-speed-affects-your-conversion-rates
User experience hierarchy (performance on top):
https://web.dev/articles/web-performance-made-easy
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What does LogRocket do?
LogRocket combines frontend monitoring, product analytics, and session replay to help software teams deliver the ideal product experience. Try LogRocket for free today.Special Guest: Anthony Shew.

Jan 17, 2024 • 38min
Deno in 2024 with Bert Belder
Bert Belder, Co-founder and CTO of Deno, joins the pod to talk about the state of Deno going into 2024 and what to expect going forward.
Links
https://twitter.com/piscisaureus
https://github.com/piscisaureus
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bertbelder
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/bert-belder
We want to hear from you!
How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend?
Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Emily, at emily.kochanekketner@logrocket.com, or tweet at us at PodRocketPod.
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What does LogRocket do?
LogRocket combines frontend monitoring, product analytics, and session replay to help software teams deliver the ideal product experience. Try LogRocket for free today.Special Guest: Bert Belder.

Jan 11, 2024 • 14min
Million.js and the virtual DOM with Aiden Bai
Aiden Bai, creator of Million.js, explains what a virtual DOM is and how it makes React apps faster. They discuss common misconceptions about the virtual DOM and compare performance characteristics with Venneljius framework. They introduce MillionJs as a tool to optimize React components and highlight its benefits. Block DOM is introduced as a mechanism to optimize DOM diffing process. They also discuss the process of switching to Million.js from React's Virtual DOM.

Jan 10, 2024 • 39min
Website performance budgeting with Medhat Dawoud
Medhat Dawoud, Senior Software Engineer at Miro and Google Dev Expert, discusses website performance budgeting. Topics include the importance of performance budgeting, measuring website performance through synthetic and real user monitoring, the impact of performance on user behavior and business metrics, effective tools for performance budgeting, and emerging trends in web development like INP and LOOAF.

Jan 4, 2024 • 37min
Eddie Jaoude on GitHub Stars and MDX documentation
Eddie Jaoude, GitHub star and founder of EddieHub, discusses the value of collaboration in open source, the importance of treating documentation as code, the benefits of using MDX for documentation, and the future of documentation with chatbots.

Jan 3, 2024 • 35min
Webpack to Turbopack with Tobias Koppers
We talked with Webpack and Turbopack creator, Tobias Koppers, about the history of Webpack, the evolution of Turbopack, and more!
Links
https://twitter.com/wsokra
https://github.com/sokra
https://medium.com/@sokra
https://webpack.js.org
https://turbo.build/pack
We want to hear from you!
How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend?
Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Emily, at emily.kochanekketner@logrocket.com, or tweet at us at PodRocketPod.
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What does LogRocket do?
LogRocket combines frontend monitoring, product analytics, and session replay to help software teams deliver the ideal product experience. Try LogRocket for free today.Special Guest: Tobias Koppers.

Dec 29, 2023 • 12min
The best of PodRocket in 2023
In this episode, Tim Neutkens discusses the release of Next.js 13.4, Chris Ferdinandi explores the transitional web and the future of JavaScript frameworks, and Kent C. Dodds talks about the importance of type safety in fully typed web applications.

Dec 27, 2023 • 41min
The React Core team talks React Forget and the future (Repeat)
The React Core team talks about the React Optimizing Compiler. They discuss the design decisions and approach to building it. They also cover React Server Components, Offscreen Rendering, and more!

Dec 26, 2023 • 27min
Should you use React in 2023? with Tru Narla (Repeat)
Tru Narla, software engineer at Discord and Twitch partner, talks about whether developers should use React in 2023. Topics include decision-making factors, experiences with React, exploring different frameworks, observations on Solid JavaScript, pros and cons of TypeScript in React development, and the future of React.

Dec 23, 2023 • 30min
ICYMI: The Epic Stack with Kent C. Dodds
Kent C. Dodds talks about his project, the Epic Stack, a stack curated by Kent aimed at giving devs the tools they need without overwhelming them with too many options. They discuss the guiding principles behind their tech choices, advantages of using ReMix as a web framework, and the key features of ReMix. They also touch on the future plans for the Epic Stack including encouraging contributions and providing educational content.


