

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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May 9, 2023 • 37min
Go in 2023 with Johnny Boursiquot
Johnny Boursiquot is back on PodRocket to update us on the state of Go in 2023.
Links
https://twitter.com/jboursiquot
https://www.jboursiquot.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jboursiquot
https://github.com/jboursiquot
https://medium.com/@jboursiquot
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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: Johnny Boursiquot.

May 5, 2023 • 13min
React Forget, PartyKit, and the future of web dev
Want to listen to the best episodes of the past two weeks? In this roundup, we hear snippets from recent episodes with the React Core Team, Sunil Pai, and Josh Comeau. You can listen to the full episodes in the links below.
Links
Apple
React Forget - https://apple.co/3HGtaA1
PartyKit - https://apple.co/44H7Zrx
Future of web dev - https://apple.co/42lrDHq
Spotify
React Forget - https://spoti.fi/44vRJcM
PartyKit - https://spoti.fi/3VvVwCw
Future of web dev - https://spoti.fi/3Vx4pfa
Others
React Forget - https://podrocket.logrocket.com/react-core
PartyKit - https://podrocket.logrocket.com/partykit
Future of web dev - https://podrocket.logrocket.com/react-and-frontend-development
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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 Guests: Joe Savona, Josh W. Comeau, Sathya Gunasekaran, and Sunil Pai.

May 4, 2023 • 31min
The WebContainer API with the StackBlitz team
Sylwia Vargas is a Developer Relations Lead at StackBlitz and Dominic Elm is a Founding Engineer and Team Lead at StackBlitz. They are joining us today to discuss WebContainers, the WebContainer API, what you can build with the API, and more!
Links
https://stackblitz.com
https://twitter.com/stackblitz
https://www.linkedin.com/company/stackblitz
https://github.com/stackblitz/core
https://discord.com/invite/stackblitz
https://twitter.com/SylwiaVargas
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sylwia-vargas
https://github.com/sylwiavargas
https://medium.com/@sylwiavargas
https://tech-writer.netlify.app
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-elm
https://github.com/d3lm
https://twitter.com/elmd_
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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 Guests: Dominic Elm and Sylwia Vargas.

May 3, 2023 • 33min
Engineering and innovation with CTO of SoundCloud, Matthew Drooker
On today's episode, we sit down with the CTO of SoundCloud and former CTO at CNN Digital, Matthew Drooker.
Matthew was at CNN Digital during a complete rewrite of the frontend. While at WarnerMedia, he did many things for March Madness. Matthew also focused on live video and VOD solutions for brands like HBO, TBS, TNT, and Turner Sports.
Links
https://twitter.com/matthew_cnn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-drooker
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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: Matthew Drooker.

May 2, 2023 • 41min
The React Core team talks React Forget and the future
Joe Savona and Sathya Gunasekaran join us to talk about the React Optimizing Compiler. We talk about design decisions and the approach to building it. We also cover what the React team has been working on including React Server Components, Offscreen Rendering, and more!
Links
https://twitter.com/_gsathya
https://github.com/gsathya
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sathyagunasekaran
https://twitter.com/en_JS
https://github.com/josephsavona
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-savona-9407314
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 Guests: Joe Savona and Sathya Gunasekaran.

Apr 28, 2023 • 44min
Node 20, React, and AI with Theo Browne, Michael Chan, and Eve Porcello
Theo Browne, Michael Chan, and Eve Porcello join us on PodRocket to talk about React in 2023, Next.js 13, Node 20, GitHub Copilot, AI, innovation, and so much more. Listen now!
Links
https://www.linkedin.com/in/t3gg
https://t3.gg
https://twitter.com/t3dotgg
https://www.youtube.com/c/theobrowne1017
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantastic
https://twitter.com/chantastic
https://chan.dev
https://www.youtube.com/c/chantastic
https://github.com/chantastic
https://twitter.com/eveporcello
https://www.moonhighway.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eveporcello
https://github.com/eveporcello
https://reactresources.com/people/eve-porcello
https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/6914
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 Guests: Eve Porcello, Michael Chan, and Theo Browne.

Apr 27, 2023 • 27min
State of the Node.js core with Colin Ihrig
With the latest release of Node 20, Colin Ihrig, member of the Node Core Technical and Steering Committees, comes to give us the state of the current Node.js core and what’s to come for Node.
Links
https://twitter.com/cjihrig
https://github.com/cjihrig
https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/6625
https://www.amazon.com/Pro-Node-js-Developers-Colin-Ihrig/dp/1430258608
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: Colin Ihrig.

Apr 26, 2023 • 30min
Building video games in React with Joe Hart
Ever wanted to know how to build a video game with React? Joe Hart, a web engineering consultant, teaches us how to build “Age of Empires 2” using React.
Links
https://twitter.com/JoeHart
https://www.joehart.co.uk/
https://www.joehart.fun/
https://social.lol/@joehart
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-hart-developer/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Q5oFp0U3eWWXMq7x1iAEQ
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: Joe Hart.

Apr 25, 2023 • 29min
Micro-frontends with Natalia Venditto
Natalia Venditto is a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft, she leads the JavaScript and Node.js end-to-end experience on Azure. Natalia joins us today to talk about micro-frontends and how they can help developers.
Links
https://microfrontend.dev
https://twitter.com/AnfibiaCreativa
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anfibiacreativa
https://github.com/anfibiacreativa
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: Natalia Venditto.

Apr 21, 2023 • 29min
React's re-rendering with Ankita Kulkarni
Ankita Kulkarni joins us today to talk about how to use useMemo to help performance, how to minimize component re-renderings, and other performance tips in React.
Links
https://www.developertoleader.com/
https://twitter.com/kulkarniankita9
https://www.youtube.com/@Kulkarniankita
https://kulkarniankita.com/goodies
https://kulkarniankita.com/podrocket
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: Ankita Kulkarni.