

devtools.fm: Developer Tools, Open Source, Software Development
Andrew Lisowski, Justin Bennett
A podcast about developer tools and the people who make them. Join us as we embark on a journey to explore modern developer tooling and interview the people who make it possible.
We love talking to the creators front-end frameworks (React, Solid, Svelte, Vue, Angular, etc), JavaScript and TypeScript runtimes (Node, Deno, Bun), Languages (Unison, Elixor, Rust, Zig), web tech (WASM, Web Containers, WebGPU, WebGL), database providers (Turso, Planetscale, Supabase, EdgeDB), and platforms (SST, AWS, Vercel, Netlify, Fly.io).
We love talking to the creators front-end frameworks (React, Solid, Svelte, Vue, Angular, etc), JavaScript and TypeScript runtimes (Node, Deno, Bun), Languages (Unison, Elixor, Rust, Zig), web tech (WASM, Web Containers, WebGPU, WebGL), database providers (Turso, Planetscale, Supabase, EdgeDB), and platforms (SST, AWS, Vercel, Netlify, Fly.io).
Episodes
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Sep 30, 2022 • 39min
Faris Masad - repl.it
This week we're joined by Faris Masad, a founding engineer at repl.it. We explore how repl.it is breaking down the barriers to coding by provide in browser coding environments. We also discuss the importance of building a community around your product and how creative repl.it's own users have been.Join our patreon for the full episode.Shop MerchTwitter GitHub repl.ithttps://www.inkandswitch.com/peritext/https://github.com/replit/evalbotTooltipsWant to hear use talk about our tooltips? Join our patreon!Andrewhttps://github.com/binwiederhier/replbothttps://pothos-graphql.devJustin[Book] Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman (share the fantastic summary from Matt Swain.[Podcast] https://www.hackingyouradhd.com/Farishttps://astexplorer.net/https://github.com/graphp/graphviz

Sep 16, 2022 • 34min
Paul Butler - Drifting in Space, JamSocket
This week we're joined by Paul Butler, the founder of Drifting in Space. At his company they're exploring new ways to build web apps through Session Lived Application. They're building an open source tool to enabled this architecture called Spawner. On top of that they're building JamSocket, a tool that makes it easy to build these types of apps.This week we're joined by Paul Butler, the founder of Drifting in Space. At his company they're exploring new ways to build web apps through Session Lived Application. They're building an open source tool to enabled this architecture called Spawner. On top of that they're building JamSocket, a tool that makes it easy to build these types of apps.Join our patreon for the full episode.Twitter GitHub CompanyJamSocket spawner aperTooltipsWant to hear use talk about our tooltips? Join our patreon!AndrewRaycastJustinreact-zormpipedreamPaulNATSTrunk

Sep 2, 2022 • 41min
Thomas Paul Mann - Raycast
Join us this week with Thomas Paul Mann, one of the founders of Raycast, a new command palette for Mac. We talk about the history of Raycast, how it came to be, and what the future holds for the app. The app is powered by a powerful plugin system that use a custom react renderer. If you haven't checked it out yet, you should definitely give it a try!Join our patreon for the full episode.Thomas' Twitter GitHub raycastTwitter raycastTooltipsAndrewhttps://pnpm.io/https://motion.devJustinhttps://github.com/esamattis/react-zormhttps://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedreamThomasMy tooltips: I recently re-discovered newsletters for me. Here are three that I read every week:Console Newsletter - The best tools for developersPointer - A Reading Club For Software DevelopersRefind - Get smarter every dayFor tools, I rely heavily on Raycast. Few of my most used extensions:Visual Studio Recent ProjectsGIF SearchGoogle Translate

Aug 19, 2022 • 1h 8min
Jarred Sumner - Bun
This week our guest is Jarred Sumner, creator of bun a new JavaScript runtime focused on speed. Bun has already had an influence on the Javscript development, and is now released to the public. Join us as we dive deep on one of the most interesting new things happening in JavaScript.https://www.patreon.com/devtoolsfmTwitter GitHub Website bunTooltipsAndrewhttps://fork.devhttps://github.com/player-ui/playerJustinhttps://blog.jgc.org/2022/07/guest-wifi-using-qr-code.htmlhttps://github.com/secure-77/PerliteJarredhttps://github.com/apvarun/awesome-bun

Aug 5, 2022 • 1h 4min
Nick Beattie - Rainbow Wallet
This week we chat with Nick Beattie, lead engineer of RainbowKit. We talk about web3, the changing face of the internet, and the Rainbow company.Twitter WebsiteTooltipsAndrewhttps://github.com/kuprel/min-dallehttps://twitter.com/shuding_/status/1475916082875666441JustinHaptic smart knob projectAutomatic CNC tool head changerNickFoundry is a blazing fast, portable and modular toolkit for Ethereum application development written in Rust.Monome Norns Shield is a DIY circuit which extends a normal Raspberry Pi, turning it into a norns.

Jul 22, 2022 • 1h 5min
Josh Goldberg - Learning TypeScript Book, typescript-eslint
This week we're joined by another great contributor to the TypeScript community.Josh Goldberg is the author of O'Reilly's Learning TypeScript and a core contributor to the typescript-eslint.https://twitter.com/JoshuaKGoldberghttps://www.learningtypescript.comhttps://github.com/typescript-eslint/typescript-eslinthttps://github.com/JoshuaKGoldberg/TypeStathttps://www.learningtypescript.com/articles/extreme-explorations-of-typescripts-type-systemhttps://ts-error-translator.vercel.app/TooltipsAndrewhttps://www.npmjs.com/package/jscodeshifthttps://react-cmdk.comJustinhttps://interval.com/https://github.com/coddingtonbear/obsidian-local-rest-apiJoshhttps://github.com/mattpocock/ts-error-translator (https://ts-error-translator.vercel.app) by @mattpocock. Great explainer for TypeScript errors.Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price, Ph.D. Helping me feel better about my work ethics & avoid burnout.

Jul 8, 2022 • 54min
Jake Cooper - Railway
This week we go down the stack all the way to the infrastructure! We're joined by Jake Cooper, CEO of Railway, a company innovating in automatic infrastructure deployment. Just push your code and railway figures out how to create an environment!https://railway.apphttps://twitter.com/JustJakehttps://twitter.com/Railwayhttps://justjake.substack.comTooltipsAndrewhttps://docs.plasmo.comhttps://lion-web.netlify.appJustinhttps://github.com/actualbudget/actualhttps://watchy.sqfmi.com/Jakehttps://tamagui.dev/https://tailscale.com/https://github.com/graphql-nexus/nexushttps://trpc.io/

Jun 24, 2022 • 1h 12min
Tyler Krupicka - Stripe TypeScript Migration
This week we're joined by Tyler Krupicka, an engineer on Stripe's devleper productivity team. He talks to use about their experience migrating millions of lines of Flow to TypeScript.Blog postOSS conversion toolStripe engineering blogTooltipsAndrewhttps://virtuoso.devhttps://github.com/ecklf/tailwindcss-radixJustinhttps://riffle.systems/essays/prelude/https://github.com/maraisr/merosTylerhttps://www.npmjs.com/package/eslint-bankruptcyhttps://github.com/dsherret/ts-morph

Jun 10, 2022 • 1h 11min
Daniel Stockman - Lerna
This week we're joined by Daniel Stockman the former maintainer of Lerna.In this episode we talk about he became the sole maintainer of the project, how he dealt with burnout, and thet future of Lerna.https://lerna.js.orgAndrewhttps://github.com/shuding/tilghttps://github.com/ericclemmons/click-to-componentJustinhttps://github.com/thepassle/astro-service-workerhttps://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedriveDanielhttps://github.com/sharkdp/bathttps://github.com/sharkdp/fd

May 27, 2022 • 1h 18min
Colin McDonnell - Zod, tRPC, EdgeDB
This week we're joined by Colin McDonnel, the head of devrel at EdgeDB a relational database with an object-oriented data model and a powerful queru language.Colin is also the creator of useful TypeScript libraries such as Zod and tRPC.https://trpc.io/https://www.edgedb.com/https://github.com/colinhacks/zodTooltipsAndrewRFC: useEvent reactjs/rfcs#220Justinhttps://github.com/wycats/starbeamColinhttps://www.amazon.com/Saddle-Chair/s?k=Saddle+Chairhttps://www.npmjs.com/package/ts-node -T flaghttps://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-4-7-beta/ ESM support