JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web Development

Saron Yitbarek, a developer, podcaster, and community leader, discusses her latest venture, Not A Designer. She shares insights on navigating the entrepreneurial landscape, emphasizing the importance of community and aligning user needs with products. The conversation explores the challenges of content creation amidst social media shifts and the role of AI in enhancing productivity. Saron also reflects on her personal journey in tech entrepreneurship and her commitment to supporting underrepresented voices, leaving listeners excited about future projects.

The podcast celebrates 300 episodes, reflects on the future of React, discusses TV show preferences, introduces socket.dev for handling open source dependency risks, and covers topics like DMX's songs and funding legal bills. They also emphasize breaking down complex problems, the presence of Amel on the show, presenting valuable information in an engaging way, and express gratitude to listeners.

Valerie Phoenix, Founder of Tech By Choice, joins the podcast to talk about her non-profit that helps people interested in technology. Topics discussed include breaking barriers in the tech industry, diverse career paths, navigating career progression, breaking into the tech industry, and the importance of helping others in tech.

The previous winners of the React Jam are invited to talk about the 10 day online game jam. They discuss their experiences participating in game jams, challenges faced in developing games, and the use of various game frameworks and platforms.

Johannes Schickling, founder of Prisma, discusses the Effect library for building robust apps in TypeScript. Topics include observability, composable software development, and integrating effects with state management in React.

With a name like PartyKit, you know we just had to get its founder and CEO Sunil Pai on the show! PartyKit is an open source tool that simplifies creating collaborative, multiplayer applications. Join us to learn all about it and the journey of Sunil and his team! Join the discussionChangelog++ members get a bonus 4 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today!Sponsors:Appwrite – Build Fast. Scale Big. All in One Place. Appwrite is a backend platform for developing Web, Mobile, and Flutter applications. Built with the open source community and optimized for developer experience in the coding languages you love. Featuring:Sunil Pai – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XAmal Hussein – GitHub, XKevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XChristopher Hiller – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, XShow Notes: PartyKit PartyKit source code PartyKit pre-seed funding internal announcement PartyKit Tech Crunch pre-seed funding announcement TLDraw - a collaborative digital whiteboard TLDraw source code CRDTs - Conflict-free replicated data Yjs - A CRDT framework with a powerful abstraction of shared data Vite conf PartyKit at Vite Conf Cloudflare Durable Objects Cloudflare CDN XState - is a state management and orchestration solution for JavaScript and TypeScript apps Stately - a visualization platform for XState machines Drifting in Space Live Blocks Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Jarred Sumner discusses the all-in-one JavaScript runtime Bun's big 1.0 launch, including its problem-solving capabilities, speed, lack of Windows support, addressing criticism, and sustaining as a VC-backed startup

Node Technical Steering Committee members Matteo Collina and James Snell join the podcast to dispel Bun antagonism rumors, discuss the pros and cons of each runtime, explain how Node continues to thrive, and even announce a very big upcoming feature. They also discuss topics such as improving Node's URL parser performance, comparing production readiness and scalability of BUN and Node, frustration with complexity and the introduction of the Apprite platform, running tests and addressing hype around JavaScript libraries, contributing and financial backing of Node.js, the I/O JS split, and marketing strategies of Bun.

Ron Perris, a Security Engineer at Reddit, discusses best practices and common pitfalls in web development security. Topics include dangerous URLs, JSON injection attacks, React security, simplifying backend development with Appwrite, and the role of security engineers and teams in organizations.

Rich Harris, creator of Svelte, discusses the decision to remove TypeScript support from the Svelte project and use JS doc annotations instead. They explore the benefits of this approach and touch on the advantages of idiomatic JavaScript. The podcast also delves into the issue of tribalism in programming languages and the negative aspects of Twitter. DHH's critique of TypeScript and the Turbo JavaScript library are also discussed. The hosts mention an upcoming episode on JavaScript security with Ron Paris.