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The Edge is cool, but what about the data? With Obinna Ekwuno
We talk to Developer Advocate Obinna Ekwuno about his most recent talk, “The Edge is cool, but what about the data?” from this year’s Jamstack Conf. Links https://twitter.com/Obinnaspeaks https://linktree.obinnaspeaks.dev https://www.obinnaspeaks.dev Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to hear more about? Who do you want to see on the show? Our producers want to know, and if you talk with us, we’ll send you a $25 gift card! If you’re interested, schedule a call with us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) or you can email producer Kate Trahan at kate@logrocket.com (mailto:kate@logrocket.com) Follow us. Get free stickers. Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this form (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/get-podrocket-stickers), and we’ll send you free PodRocket stickers! 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. (https://logrocket.com/signup/?pdr) Special Guest: Obinna Ekwuno.
Retool engineering with Snir Kodesh
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Tauri with Daniel Thompson-Yvetot
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Azure security with Sarah Young
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Gatsby 5 with Khaled Garbaya
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How Vite makes Nuxt possible with Daniel Roe
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The starter kit for design systems with Jonas Ulrich and Daniel Ley
kickstartDS is a low-code framework and comprehensive component library that enables development teams to create consistent and brand-compliant web frontends. Jonas Ulrich and Daniel Ley join us to talk about kickstartDS, the starter kit for Design Systems. Links https://www.kickstartds.com https://discord.com/invite/mwKzD5gejY https://twitter.com/kickstartDS https://github.com/kickstartDS https://mobile.twitter.com/tsnmp https://twitter.com/DLey_de Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to hear more about? Who do you want to see on the show? Our producers want to know, and if you talk with us, we’ll send you a $25 gift card! If you’re interested, schedule a call with us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) or you can email producer Kate Trahan at kate@logrocket.com (mailto:kate@logrocket.com) Follow us. Get free stickers. Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this form (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/get-podrocket-stickers), and we’ll send you free PodRocket stickers! 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. (https://logrocket.com/signup/?pdr) Special Guests: Daniel Ley and Jonas Ulrich.
Reverse engineering a private API with Joyce Lin
We sit down with Joyce Lin, Head of Developer Relations at Postman, to talk APIs, how to reverse engineer a private API, and why web developers should have this tool in their toolbox. Links https://twitter.com/PetuniaGray https://twitter.com/getpostman https://www.tiktok.com/@joycejetson https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCTbz_VyO5sXO9U1pmuxcHg https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyce-lin/ https://github.com/loopDelicious https://apithedocs.org/london-2018/joyce-lin#:~:text=Joyce%20Lin%20is%20a%20Developer,%2C%20cats%2C%20and%20second%20lunches. Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to hear more about? Who do you want to see on the show? Our producers want to know, and if you talk with us, we’ll send you a $25 gift card! If you’re interested, schedule a call with us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) or you can email producer Kate Trahan at kate@logrocket.com (mailto:kate@logrocket.com) Follow us. Get free stickers. Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this form (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/get-podrocket-stickers), and we’ll send you free PodRocket stickers! 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. (https://logrocket.com/signup/?pdr) Special Guest: Joyce Lin.
The Launch Pad with Cassidy Williams, Michael Chan, and Alex Trost
In our first-ever panel episode, PodRocket Producer Emily brings together Cassidy Williams, Michael Chan, and Alex Trost to talk about breaking up with React, web components, and the pros and cons of using Prettier. Plus, hot takes that will make you ask, is this a web development podcast? Links Is it time to break up with React? * React I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down (https://marmelab.com/blog/2022/09/20/react-i-love-you.html) * Dan Abromov’s response (https://twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/1572590212647391235) Should we finally stop using web components? * Theo (Ping.gg CEO) talks about his frustrations (https://twitter.com/t3dotgg/status/1576815005042737152) * Brian Vaughn makes his opinion known (https://twitter.com/brian_d_vaughn/status/1576000911721529345) * Matthew Phillips chimes in with a blog post (https://twitter.com/matthewcp/status/1576647455839752192) * 2019 blog post from Rich Harris about not using web components (https://dev.to/richharris/why-i-don-t-use-web-components-2cia) Should we stop using Prettier? * Anthony Fu details why he doesn’t use Prettier (https://twitter.com/antfu7/status/1576164644338958338) Cassidy Williams https://cassidoo.co/ https://twitter.com/cassidoo https://cassidoo.co/newsletter/ https://github.com/cassidoo https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassidoo/ Michael Chan https://chan.dev/ https://www.youtube.com/c/chantastic https://github.com/chantastic discord.gg/lunchdev (https://discord.com/invite/lunchdev) Alex Trost https://twitter.com/trostcodes https://frontend.horse/ https://discord.com/invite/MVymXFPtBE https://www.twitch.tv/trostcodes https://twitter.com/frontendhorse https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexTrosts https://www.linkedin.com/in/trostcodes/ https://trost.codes/ Tell us what you think of PodRocket We want to hear from you! We want to know what you love and hate about the podcast. What do you want to hear more about? Who do you want to see on the show? Our producers want to know, and if you talk with us, we’ll send you a $25 gift card! If you’re interested, schedule a call with us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) or you can email producer Kate Trahan at kate@logrocket.com (mailto:kate@logrocket.com) Follow us. Get free stickers. Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this form (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/get-podrocket-stickers), and we’ll send you free PodRocket stickers! 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. (https://logrocket.com/signup/?pdr) Special Guests: Alex Trost, Cassidy Williams, and Chantastic.