

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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Jun 30, 2021 • 32min
Vue with Ben Hong
Ben Hong shares how he got involved with Vue starting back in 2017(when everyone was talking about React).
Learn about Ben Hong's experience with Vue, his thoughts on the framework wars, and more about Vue 3.
Links
https://twitter.com/bencodezen
https://www.bencodezen.io
https://twitter.com/bencodezen/status/1220768789463293952
https://v3.vuejs.org
https://vuetifyjs.com/en
https://v3.vuejs.org/guide/introduction.html
https://v3.vuejs.org/guide/composition-api-introduction.html
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@PodRocketpod
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: Ben Hong and Kaelan Cooter .

Jun 29, 2021 • 40min
Rome and Rome Tools, Inc. with Sebastian McKenzie and Jamie Kyle
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 getting funding as an open-source tool.
Links
https://twitter.com/sebmck
https://twitter.com/buildsghost
https://twitter.com/rometools
https://rome.tools
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27039026
https://rome.tools/blog/announcing-rome-tools-inc
https://babeljs.io
https://github.com/rome/tools
Discord.gg/rome
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@PodRocketpod
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: Jamie Kyle, Kaelan Cooter , and Sebastian McKenzie.

Jun 25, 2021 • 30min
Founder Friday: Fred Schott of Astro
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.
Links
https://twitter.com/FredKSchott
http://fredkschott.com
https://astro.build
https://www.snowpack.dev
https://www.skypack.dev
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/1
https://twitter.com/slightlylate
https://twitter.com/_developit
https://jasonformat.com/islands-architecture
https://www.11ty.dev
https://astro.build/blog/introducing-astro
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27440553
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
https://twitter.com/zachleat/status/1405883585836601350
https://vitejs.dev
https://astro.build/chat
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@PodRocketpod
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: Fred Schott.

Jun 22, 2021 • 33min
Gatsby with Kyle Mathews
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).
Links
https://www.gatsbyjs.com
https://twitter.com/kylemathews
https://www.gatsbyjs.com/products/cloud
https://www.gatsbyjs.com/products/concierge
https://blog.logrocket.com/whats-new-in-gatsby-3-0
https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/reference/functions
https://www.gatsbyjs.com/careers
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@PodRocketpod
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: Kyle Mathews.

Jun 15, 2021 • 29min
How to use Wormhole for simple, private file sharing with Feross Aboukhadijeh
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.
Links
https://twitter.com/feross
https://feross.org
https://wormhole.app
https://medium.com/s/silicon-satire/i-peeked-into-my-node-modules-directory-and-you-wont-believe-what-happened-next
https://www.npmjs.com/package/wormhole-crypto
https://socket.dev
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@PodRocketpod
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: Feross Aboukhadijeh.

Jun 8, 2021 • 41min
Rocket Surgery: Kaelan and Chris Coyier compare notes
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).
Links
https://chriscoyier.net
https://twitter.com/chriscoyier
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Houdini
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Masonry_Layout
https://styled-system.com
https://blog.stackblitz.com/posts/introducing-webcontainers
https://stackblitz.com
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27302702
https://shoptalkshow.com
https://codepen.io/features/pro
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@PodRocketpod
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: Chris Coyier and Kaelan Cooter .

Jun 1, 2021 • 41min
Continuing education with Eve Porcello
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.
Links
https://twitter.com/eveporcello
https://moonhighway.com
https://www.linkedin.com/learning
https://graphqlworkshop.com
https://www.howtographql.com
https://odyssey.apollographql.com
https://graphql.org
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@PodRocketpod
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: Eve Porcello.

May 28, 2021 • 23min
Founder Friday: Johan Eliasson of Nhost
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.
Links
https://nhost.io
https://twitter.com/nhostio
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/firebase
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/9
https://hasura.io
Careers at Nhost
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@PodRocket
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: Johan Eliasson.

May 25, 2021 • 40min
The middle-end and subtweeting with Laurie Barth
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.
Links
https://twitter.com/laurieontech
https://laurieontech.com
https://egghead.io/q/resources-by-laurie-barth
https://jobs.netflix.com/culture
https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod/status/1392536541550071810
https://twitter.com/laurieontech/status/1392179737863331846
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@PodRocketpod
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: Laurie Barth.

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May 18, 2021 • 40min
GraphQL 101 with Anthony Campolo
We sit down with Anthony Campolo to talk about the history, common misconceptions, and increased popularity of GraphQL.
Links
https://twitter.com/ajcwebdev
https://dev.to/ajcwebdev
https://github.com/ajcwebdev
https://stepzen.com
https://redwoodjs.com
https://fsjam.org
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/redwoodjs
https://graphql.org
https://relay.dev
https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/how-to/querying-data/running-queries-with-graphiql
https://rickandmortyapi.com/graphql
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/8
https://www.prisma.io
https://the-guild.dev
https://github.com/contrawork/graphql-helix
https://github.com/maticzav/graphql-shield
https://www.graphql-mesh.com
https://www.graphqlweekly.com
https://twitter.com/UriGoldshtein
https://twitter.com/sgrove
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@PodRocketpod
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 Campolo.