

PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocket
LogRocket
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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Dec 20, 2023 • 36min
Local-first apps with ElectricSQL with James Arthur
James Arthur, Co-Founder and CEO of ElectricSQL, discusses local-first development and how ElectricSQL enables building local-first apps on Postgres. Topics include benefits of local-first development, challenges of multi-user concurrency, type-safe data access client, real-time sync with a database schema, applications of ElectricSQL, and next milestones and challenges.

Dec 19, 2023 • 24min
Rust’s and React’s unlikely friendship with Sara Vieira
Live today, Sara Vieira, developer at axo.dev, joined the pod to talk about how Rust and React can work harmoniously by using Tauri.
Links
https://iamsaravieira.com
https://github.com/SaraVieira
https://twitter.com/nikkitaftw
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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: Sara Vieira.

Dec 18, 2023 • 27min
Astro 4 with Elian Van Cutsem
With the recent release of Astro 4, we talked to Elian Van Cutsem, Community Engineer at Astro, about all the new features of the release.
Links
https://www.elian.codes
https://twitter.com/eliancodes
https://github.com/eliancodes
https://m.webtoo.ls/@eliancodes
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elianvancutsem
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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: Elian Van Cutsem.

Dec 15, 2023 • 11min
Building on Vercel's stack, opt-in design, and CSS nesting
In this week’s roundup episode, we cover why React Miami’s creator chose to build her conference infrastructure on Vercel’s stack, what opt-in design is, and the evolution of CSS testing.
Links
Apple
Building React Miami on Vercel's stack with Michelle Bakels: https://apple.co/3RtLhhH
Opt-in design and React frameworks with Ben Holmes: https://bit.ly/4872gfj
CSS nesting with Adam Argyle: https://apple.co/3R6mkHG
Spotify
Building React Miami on Vercel's stack with Michelle Bakels: https://spoti.fi/46GUyHz
Opt-in design and React frameworks with Ben Holmes: https://spoti.fi/41c01VI
CSS nesting with Adam Argyle: https://spoti.fi/4abD49i
Google
Building React Miami on Vercel's stack with Michelle Bakels: https://bit.ly/416k48d
Opt-in design and React frameworks with Ben Holmes: https://bit.ly/3RymB82
CSS nesting with Adam Argyle: https://bit.ly/3GFYEVL
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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 Guests: Adam Argyle, Ben Holmes, and Michelle Bakels.

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Dec 14, 2023 • 36min
Using WebAssembly for high-performance apps with Ramón Huidobro
DevRel Ramón Huidobro, co-founder of the Bad Website Club, talks about the advantages and potential impact of WebAssembly in high-performance web apps. They discuss its benefits in terms of performance, scalability, and extensibility, as well as its potential impact on tooling and paradigms in web development. They also explore running WebAssembly in development setups and containers, and delve into its potential for neural networking, machine learning, IoT applications, and code accessibility.

Dec 13, 2023 • 31min
React Native AI and indie hacking with Nader Dabit
Learn about the newest mobile framework, React Native AI, from creator Nader Dabit, and why he’s focusing on indie hacking.
Links
https://nader.codes
https://nader.arweave.dev
https://www.linkedin.com/in/naderdabit
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7mca3O0DmdSG2Cr80sOD7g
https://twitter.com/dabit3
https://github.com/dabit3
https://dev.to/dabit3
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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: Nader Dabit.

Dec 12, 2023 • 24min
Building infinitely scalable applications with Alec Chernicki
Alec Chernicki, Web Architect at Disney+ and Hulu, discusses how developers can use monorepos to scale applications. Topics include scaling teams, benefits of a mono repo, applying React's principles, package boundaries, and monorepo tooling.

Dec 9, 2023 • 28min
ICYMI: The state of JS frameworks with Chris Ferdinandi
In this repeat episode picked by host Paul Mikulskis, Chris Ferdinandi joins us on PodRocket to talk about JavaScript frameworks, the transitional web, and why more is not always better.
Links
https://gomakethings.com/podrocket
https://twitter.com/chrisferdinandi
https://vanillajsacademy.com
https://www.youtube.com/@gomakethings
Tell us what you think of PodRocket
We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to hear more about? Who do you want to see on the show? Our producers want to know, and if you talk with us, we’ll send you a $25 gift card!
If you’re interested, schedule a call with us or you can email producer Kate Trahan at kate@logrocket.com
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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: Chris Ferdinandi.

Dec 8, 2023 • 48min
CSS nesting with Adam Argyle
With the recent announcement that most major browsers support CSS nesting, Adam Argyle, Google Chrome DevRel and part of the CSS Working Group, returns to give a deep dive on the long-awaited feature.
Links
https://twitter.com/argyleink
https://nerdy.dev
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamargyle
https://github.com/argyleink
https://glitch.com/@argyleink
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGr3ZMcV5jke40_Wrv3fNA
https://thecsspodcast.libsyn.com
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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: Adam Argyle.

Dec 7, 2023 • 35min
Opt-in design and React frameworks with Ben Holmes
Ben Holmes, core maintainer at Astro, is back to talk about the new era of React frameworks: opt-in design.
Links
https://wtw.dev
https://bholmes.dev
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bholmesdev
https://twitter.com/BHolmesDev
https://www.tiktok.com/@bholmesdev
https://www.youtube.com/@bholmesdev
We want to hear from you!
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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: Ben Holmes.