

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).
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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

May 13, 2022 • 1h 16min
Zack Jackson - Module Federation
This week we dive into a fascinating new concept in web development: Module Federation.Join us with Zack Jackson, the creator of module federation, to discuss where it started, how it works, and all the cool uses cases it unlocks.https://webpack.js.org/concepts/module-federation/TooltipsAndrewhttps://www.patterns.dev/https://reactjs.org/blog/2022/03/29/react-v18.htmlJustinhttps://github.com/facebook/lexicalhttps://blog.maximeheckel.com/posts/the-power-of-composition-with-css-variables/https://shop.vectorfinesse.com/Zackhttps://github.com/module-federation/module-federation-exampleshttps://app.privjs.com/buy/packageDetail?pkg=@module-federation/nextjs-mfhttps://app.privjs.com/buy/packageDetail?pkg=@module-federation/nextjs-ssr

Apr 29, 2022 • 1h 1min
Juri Strumpflohner - NX, Nrwl
Join us this week with Juri Strumpflohner, the head of DX and Europe Engineering at Nrwl.Nrwl maintains NX a next generation build system with first class monorepo support and powerful integrations.Join us as we dive deep into the feature set and learn all about how the make builds lightning fast.TooltipsAndrewVite Virtual ModulesSWCJustinhttps://github.com/yjs/yjshttps://github.com/jdoleary/WebsocketPieJuriNx Consolehttps://obsidian.md/LunarVim

Apr 15, 2022 • 1h 6min
Steve Sewell - Builder.io, partytown, Qwik, mitosis
This week we have an exciting episode that peers into the future of the web.Steve Sewell is the CEO of Builder.io, a company that aims to be the Photoshop of building websites. They've built some clever tools come together to render pages insanely fast. join use for this fascinating conversation.Builder.iomitosisqwikpartytownTooltipsAndrewhttps://peeky.devhttps://corset.devJustinhttps://www.lovehulten.com/https://blockprotocol.org/https://github.com/lirantal/lockfile-lintStevehttps://www.builder.io/c/performance-insights

Apr 1, 2022 • 44min
Retrospective - Year in Review
Join us this week on a special episode where we're the guests! We look back on where it all started, what we've learned since, and where we're going.DescriptOxidedevtools-ds

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Mar 18, 2022 • 58min
Brian LeRoux - arc.codes, begin.com
Join us this week as we talk to our guest Brian LeRoux about functional web apps. Brian is the creator of Architect (https://arc.codes), a framework for building serverless apps on aws. He's also the founder of Begin.com, a service build on top of Architect to easily ship serverless apps.https://begin.comhttps://arc.codesAndrewhttps://lyts.christiankaindl.comJustinhttps://build.typogram.co/p/the-taste-skill-gapBrianBreville Bambion Expresso Maker

Mar 4, 2022 • 53min
Anthony Fu - Vue, Vite, Vitest, UnoCSS
Join us this week with our guest Anthony Fu.Anthony is a voracious open source develop who maintains dozens of packages and works at Nuxt Labs.He is a core member of Vue and Vite and is the creator of Vitest and UnoCSS.https://twitter.com/antfu7https://github.com/windicss/windicsshttps://vitejs.dev/https://nuxtjs.org/https://vitest.dev/https://github.com/unocss/unocsshttps://sli.dev/https://antfu.me/posts/reimagine-atomic-cssTooltipsAndrewRadix PrimitivesasChild propcomposeEventHandlershttps://www.svgator.com/JustinFigma Tokens Plugintoken-transformerhttps://github.com/huxingyi/dust3dAnthonyhttps://github.com/unjs/unbuildhttps://pnpm.io/

Feb 18, 2022 • 55min
Zach Lloyd, Michelle Lim -- Warp.dev
This episode we're joined by Zach Lloyd and Michelle Lim of Warp.dev. Warp is a modern, rust-based terminal that aims to make developers more efficient by reemerging and enhancing the terminal's UI.If you'd like to try Warp you can download it here: https://app.warp.dev/download/r/1DVTFMAndrewhttps://github.com/nadeesha/ts-prunehttps://github.com/junegunn/fzfJustinhttps://github.com/bradtraversy/design-resources-for-developershttps://idratherbewriting.com/learnapidoc/ (Tom Johnson)Zachhttps://github.com/rust-lang/rustlingshttps://vt100.net/https://vt100.net/emu/dec_ansi_parserMichellehttps://retool.com/https://www.nutribullet.com

Feb 4, 2022 • 1h 19min
Steve Ruiz - tldraw
This episode we're joined by Steve Ruiz, creator of tldraw.Steve is known for his facinating threads on Twitter about his work making open source canvas graphics libaries.In this episode we talk about tldraw, a drawing app with a open source re-usable UI.https://www.tldraw.comTooltipsAndrewhttps://floating-ui.comhttps://codesandbox.io/post/sandpack-announcementJustinhttps://codehike.org/ by Rodrigo Pombohttps://ioun.it/ by Samuel TimbóStevehttps://github.com/steveruizok/telestratorhttps://getkap.cohttps://topnotch.app

Jan 21, 2022 • 57min
Yang Zhang - Plasmic
This weeks guest is Yang Zhang, co-founder of Plasmic. Plasmic aims to bridge the gap between designers and developers in all sort of interesting ways. Import you code directly into their approachable drag and drag editor or even run pages built in plasmic in your app!https://www.plasmic.appTooltipsAndrewhttps://mantine.devhttps://planetscale.com (https://github.com/vitessio/vitess)Justinhttps://blog.warp.dev/how-to-draw-styled-rectangles-using-the-gpu-and-metal/https://regexly.js.org/Yanghttps://developer.chrome.com/blog/renderingng/https://browser.engineering/https://github.com/pmndrs/suspend-react