

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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Mar 16, 2021 • 20min
goober with Cristian Bote
Ben interviews Cristian Bote, creator of goober (a less than 1KB CSS-in-JS solution). Cristian is also a member of the Preact core team. Unsurprisingly, they talk about Preact, goober, and WMR (a tiny all-in-one development tool for modern web apps).
Links
https://twitter.com/cristianbote_
https://cristianbote.com
https://github.com/cristianbote/goober
https://goober.js.org
https://goober.rocks
https://styled-components.com
https://emotion.sh/docs/introduction
https://github.com/preactjs/preact
https://preactjs.com
https://twitter.com/preactjs
https://github.com/preactjs/wmr
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@LogRocket
brian@logrocket.com
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: Cristian Bote.

Mar 9, 2021 • 37min
Shawn Swyx Wang: swyxtape vol. 1
Ben and Brian talk to Shawn Wang, better known as Swyx, about infinite building, his experience as a Reddit moderator, blogging platforms, scaling developer relations, and more.
Links
https://twitter.com/swyx
https://www.swyx.io
https://www.swyx.io/clubhouse-hate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow
https://www.reddit.com/r/reactjs
https://testautomationu.applitools.com
https://explorers.netlify.com
https://odyssey.apollographql.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/lucidchart
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCELSb-IYi_d5rYFOxWeOz5g
https://medium.com/@david.gilbertson
https://www.swyx.io/js-third-age
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@LogRocket
brian@logrocket.com
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: Shawn Swyx Wang.

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Mar 2, 2021 • 32min
Alpine.js with Caleb Porzio
Ben and Kate talk to Caleb Porzio about Alpine.js and what to expect in 2021. They also get into some of Caleb’s other creations like Laravel Livewire and makevscodeawesome.com.
Links
https://calebporzio.com
https://twitter.com/calebporzio
https://github.com/alpinejs/alpine
https://twitter.com/Alpine_JS
https://twitter.com/youyuxi/status/1262075462651609088
https://github.com/livewire/livewire
https://makevscodeawesome.com
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@LogRocket
brian@logrocket.com
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: Caleb Porzio.

Feb 26, 2021 • 25min
Founder Friday: Tomas Reimers and Greg Foster of Screenplay
In the second installment of our Founder Friday series, Ben talks with Screenplay cofounders, Tomas Reimers and Greg Foster. They discuss the technical details behind Screenplay, what it’s like trying to get funding during a pandemic, and the Screenplay roadmap.
Links
https://screenplay.dev
https://screenplay.dev/docs/quick-start
https://twitter.com/gregmfoster
https://twitter.com/tomasreimers
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@LogRocket
brian@logrocket.com
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: Greg Foster and Tomas Reimers.

Feb 23, 2021 • 32min
Feathers with David Luecke
Ben and Kate talk to David Luecke, creator of Feathers, a framework for real-time applications and REST APIs. They talk about where Feathers fits in the fullstack framework space, pros and cons of building a modular framework, and what it has been like to maintain a project that needs to keep up with React.
Links
https://feathersjs.com/
https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers
https://github.com/daffl
https://twitter.com/feathersjs
https://github.com/feathersjs-ecosystem
https://github.com/humaans/figbird
https://docs.feathersjs.com/guides
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@LogRocket
brian@logrocket.com
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: David Luecke.

Feb 16, 2021 • 43min
RedwoodJS with David Price
Today, Ben and Kate interview David Price, a core member of RedwoodJS and developer-in-residence at Preston-Werner Ventures. They talk about what it means to be fullstack JAMstack, how RedwoodJS gives you your time back, and what it takes to create a highly collaborative open-source community.
Links
https://redwoodjs.com/
https://twitter.com/mojombo
https://twitter.com/appfactory
https://www.prisma.io/docs/
https://redwoodjs.com/tutorial2
https://community.redwoodjs.com/
https://discord.gg/redwoodjs
https://redwoodjs.com/docs/contributing
https://redwoodjs.com/roadmap
https://thedavidprice.com/
https://redwoodjs.com/stickers
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@LogRocket
brian@logrocket.com
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: David Price .

Feb 9, 2021 • 31min
Supabase with Paul Copplestone
Today Ben and Kate talk with Paul Copplestone, CEO and cofounder of Supabase, the open source firebase alternative. They discuss how Supabase works, whats in store for 2021, why open source matters, and the role HackerNews played in Supabase’s launch.
Links
https://supabase.io
https://github.com/supabase
https://twitter.com/kiwicopple
https://postgrest.org
https://news.ycombinator.com
https://twitter.com/supabase_io
https://twitter.com/rauchg
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@LogRocket
brian@logrocket.com
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: Paul Copplestone.

Feb 2, 2021 • 37min
Prisma with Nikolas Burk
Today Ben and Kate sit down with Nikolas Burk, Prisma’s Head of Developer Success. They talk about how Prisma helps developers build better web apps, how it works with TypeScript, the Prisma roadmap, and, of course, building an open-source community.
Links
https://www.prisma.io/
https://www.prisma.io/docs/guides
https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/overview/prisma-in-your-stack/is-prisma-an-orm
https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/more/comparisons/prisma-and-typeorm
https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/components/prisma-client
https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/components/prisma-migrate
https://github.com/prisma/prisma
https://github.com/prisma/prisma/discussions
https://twitter.com/prisma
https://www.prisma.io/community
https://reactjs.org/blog/2020/12/21/data-fetching-with-react-server-components.html
https://amplication.com/
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@LogRocket
brian@logrocket.com
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: Nikolas Burk.

Jan 29, 2021 • 31min
Founder Friday: Chris Mather of Elements
This is our first-ever Founder Friday episode where we feature founders of startups and devtool projects. Today, Ben talks with Chris Mather, founder of Elements, a new fullstack JavaScript framework. Ben talks to Chris about how he created Elements, his journey from CTO to founder, the process of getting funding for the project, and how you can get started with Elements today.
Links
https://elements.dev/
https://github.com/elementscode/application
https://elements.dev/install
https://elements.dev/learn
https://github.com/elementscode
https://people.elements.dev
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@LogRocket
brian@logrocket.com
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 Mather.

Jan 26, 2021 • 31min
Niche jokes and niche communities with Cassidy Williams
In this episode, Brian and Ben talk with Cassidy Williams about being “tech famous,” web developer comedy as a genre, and what it’s like to create content specifically for web developers. We also get into developer experience for a little bit, touching on both the future and importance of niche communities.
Links
https://cassidoo.co/
https://twitter.com/cassidoo
https://github.com/cassidoo
https://www.patreon.com/cassidoo
https://www.tiktok.com/@cassidoo
https://www.netlify.com/
https://www.netlify.com/blog/2021/01/06/developer-experience-at-netlify/
https://www.timirahjames.com/
https://dev.to/dabit3
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@LogRocket
brian@logrocket.com
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: Cassidy Williams.