PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocket

Tejas interviews Amanda Martin, Developer Advocate at Wix, who talks about supporting engineering teams, advocating for open source, and embracing your developer journey. They also discuss the approachability of Wix as a low code tool, the role of developer advocacy in engaging the community, and the challenges of gathering feedback from Discord users.

Kathleen McMahon, engineer, designer, and speaker, discusses digital gardening. She explains the distinction from traditional blogging, the use of Astro and MDX for easy editing and publishing, and the advantages of migrating from Gatsby to Astro for a simplified development experience. The benefits of content collections and dynamic rendering in Astro are also explored.

Amy Dutton, lead maintainer at Redwood.js and web development educator, talks about design-driven development, the value of collaboration, and the benefits it brings, such as easy iteration and customer feedback. They discuss Storybook's role in enabling design-driven development by documenting design iterations and components, showcasing interactive testing capabilities, and the new component Story format. They also mention the evolution of Storybook, including living documentation, TypeScript integration, unit testing, and visual regression testing.

React's future, metaframeworks, and Tauri are discussed in this podcast. Theo Browne shares insights on the challenges of adopting the new React model. The difficulties of convincing teams to use server components and React's influence are also explored. Additionally, Tauri 2.0 is compared to Electron and Capacitor, highlighting its flexibility in databases and performance.

David Sancho, Software Engineer at ahrefs, discusses Reason, a language for native React server-side rendering. He explores the relationship between Reason, Ocamo, and the generated code, the options for returning content to the browser, and the benefits of using Reason and functional programming.

Chance Strickland, a Senior Software Engineer and educator, shares why he still chooses React. They discuss React's unique mental model, its advantages over other frameworks, and the potential of extending it to the backend. The challenges of React hooks and state management approaches are also explored. Factors to consider when choosing React are highlighted, along with alternative options like Solid and Svelte.

Dov Alperin from Fly.io joins us to talk about their platform that allows you to run full-stack apps and databases globally with no-ops required. Topics include running apps close to users, the benefits of using Fly.io as a hosting platform, automating Postgres on Fly.io, running databases on Fly, and the growth of the platform.

The podcast features JavaScript experts Josh Goldberg, Colby Fayock, Paige Neidringhaus, and Noel Minchow. They tackle topics like performance, TypeScript, and the JavaScript ecosystem. They discuss choosing between classes and functional programming, enforcing new linter rules on older projects, recommended debugging methods and tools, the possibility of JavaScript having built-in types, and an examination of NPM as a package manager for JavaScript.

Tomek Sułkowski, founding engineer of StackBlitz, talks about the latest updates in StackBlitz, including CodeFlow, environment variables, and the integration with Figma for faster app development. They also discuss the limitations of StackBlitz and the addition of notable people to the team. The podcast covers the new features and updates announced in the 2023 Stack Blitz announcement, including Stack for teams and Stack for enterprise.

Daniel Thompson-Yvetot, software developer, talks about Tauri 2.0, CrabNebula, and more! They compare Tauri and Electron for native app development, discuss features and updates in Tauri 1.5, and delve into the development and evolution of the Tauri framework. They also explore the formation of Crab Nebula and its roadmap.