

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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Jan 7, 2022 • 58min
Alex Johansson - tRPC, Zart
This week's episode features Alex Johansson creator of tRPC. tRPC enables you to create end to end typesafe APIs with ease with no code generation!https://katt.dev/https://web.archive.org/web/20061112194431/http://www.ociusservers.com/https://github.com/trpc/trpchttps://blitzjs.com/https://github.com/KATT/zartTooltipsAndrewhttps://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-4-5/ (Awaited type, depend on lib, top level await, new type import syntax)https://next-auth.js.orgJustinhttps://github.com/tldraw/tldrawhttps://github.com/cocoss-org/co-shareAlexhttps://www.prisma.io

Dec 17, 2021 • 53min
Simon Hofmann - Nut.js
This weeks guest is Simon Hoffman an engineer with passion to Automate All the Things™.Simon is pioneering the way in a new desktop automation library called Nut.js, which works on all OSes and has intuitive thoughtful API. https://nutjs.dev/TooltipsAndrewhttps://beta.reactjs.orghttps://playwright.devJustinhttps://github.com/marcomontalbano/figma-exporthttps://antfu.me/posts/reimagine-atomic-csshttps://github.com/antfu/unocssSimonhttps://github.com/tnobody/lerna-audithttps://sli.dev

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Dec 3, 2021 • 1h 8min
Michael Jackson - react-router, Remix, unpkg
Joining us this week is Michael Jackson, creator of unpkg, a CDN for all things NPM, as well as co-creator of react router, and co-founder of react training.He has now created, alongside his long time cohort Ryan Florence, Remix a a full stack react framework built on modern web standards.https://remix.run/https://reactrouter.com/https://unpkg.com/https://remix.run/docs/en/v1/guides/philosophyTooltipsAndrewhttps://spline.designhttps://github.com/snowpackjs/astro/tree/main/examplesJustinhttps://github.com/Valerioageno/ssr-rshttps://github.com/plopjs/plopMichaelhttps://fly.io

Nov 19, 2021 • 52min
Dr. Chris Weichel - GitPod
This week's guest is Dr. Chris Weichel, CTO of GitPod. GitPod is an all-in-one online development environment with a complete version of VSCode in the browser.We also spend some time talking about Chris' Human-Computer interaction research.https://www.gitpod.io/https://www.gitpod.io/blog/openvscode-server-launchhttps://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server/https://open-vsx.org/https://github.com/features/codespaceshttps://csweichel.de/papers/2015-spata.pdfhttps://csweichel.de/papers/2015-reform.pdfhttp://scihi.org/mark-weiser-ubiquituous-computing/https://simonhearne.com/2020/network-faster-than-cache/TooltipsAndrewhttps://www.npmjs.com/package/webpack-bundle-analyzerhttp://webpack.github.io/analyse/#Justinhttps://github.com/prisma-labs/konnhttps://github.com/Owez/argiChrisJumpcutHarvester

Nov 5, 2021 • 1h 16min
Pedro Duarte - Modulz, Radix, Stitches
This week's guest is Pedro Duarte, a developer experience engineer working at Modulz helping maintain the open source libraries (Radix and Stitches) that power the product.https://www.modulz.app/https://stitches.dev/https://www.radix-ui.com/TooltipsAndrewhttps://twitter.com/orta/status/1432044027474583552/photo/1Justinhttps://github.com/BuilderIO/partytownhttps://github.com/meilisearch/MeiliSearchhttps://github.com/eps1lon/screen-reader-testing-libraryPedrohttps://www.raycast.com/https://www.are.na/

Oct 22, 2021 • 57min
Kilian Valkhof - Polypane, Electron, Superposition
Join as as we chat with Kilian Valkhof, an indie developer with a passion for building developer focused tooling. On this episode we discuss his product Polypane, a browser built for web developers. https://polypane.app/https://www.electronjs.org/https://github.com/browserslist/browserslisthttps://superposition.design/https://cssstats.com/TooltipsAndrewhttps://www.webpagetest.orghttps://www.openpalette.ioJustinhttps://seed-rs.org/https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauriKilianhttps://meetfranz.com/https://getferdi.com/https://www.npmjs.com/package/colord

Oct 8, 2021 • 47min
Rich Harris - Svelte, Rollup
Join as we talk with Rich Harris, creator of Rollup, Svelte, degit and more. Rich works at the New York Time developing engaging data visualizations and building the tools of tomorrow.https://twitter.com/Rich_Harrishttps://github.com/rollup/rolluphttps://github.com/sveltejs/sveltehttps://github.com/sveltejs/kitTooltipsAndrewhttps://www.npmjs.com/package/react-json-reconcilerhttps://popper.js.orgJustinhttps://github.com/jaredpalmer/mutikhttps://github.com/napi-rs/napi-rs/pull/696Richhttps://workflowy.com/Pasta maker

Sep 24, 2021 • 57min
Fred K. Schott - Snowpack, Astro
Blast off into the future of webdev with Fred K. Schott, creator of snowpack, skypack, and Astro.PolymerSnowpackSkypackAstroIslands ArchitectureMarko.js11tyTooltipsAndrewCosmic Rays cause bugshttps://render.comJustinhttps://github.com/msokalski/asciiidhttps://learn.adafruit.com/cnc-milling-keycapsFredhttps://shikijs.github.io/https://shikijs.github.io/twoslash/

Sep 10, 2021 • 56min
Shawn Wang - Temporal
Join us as we chat with Shawn Wang who's Head of Developer Experience at Temporal and a staunch advocate of learning in public.https://temporal.io/https://vuejs.nychttps://aws.amazon.com/amplify/https://www.netlify.com/https://sidekiq.org/https://bazel.build/https://www.swyx.io/learn-in-public/TooltipsAndrewhttps://www.prisma.ioesbuildJustinhttps://github.com/unjs/unpluginhttps://khalilstemmler.com/articles/client-side-architecture/introduction/Shawnhttps://akiflow.com/https://supabase.io

Aug 27, 2021 • 47min
Evan You - Vue, Vite
Join us as we talk to Evan You, creator of Vue.js, Vite, VitePress, and a host of other tools.https://vuejs.org/https://vitejs.dev/https://vitepress.vuejs.org/https://www.meteor.com/https://v3.vuejs.org/api/composition-api.htmlhttps://github.com/vuejs/rfcs/pull/78https://vueuse.org/https://vue-loader.vuejs.org/https://astro.build/TooltipsAndrewhttps://linear.apphttps://www.npmjs.com/package/yarn-deduplicateJustinhttps://imba.io/https://jlongster.com/future-sql-webEvanhttps://vitepress.vuejs.org/https://volta.net/