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The state of coding bootcamps with Monarch Wadia
In this episode, Brian and Kate talk to Monarch Wadia, cofounder of Mintbean. They talk about challenges bootcamp grads face, what the future of coding bootcamps look like, the process of hiring developers, and more. Links https://twitter.com/monarchwadia (https://twitter.com/monarchwadia) https://mintbean.io (https://mintbean.io) https://twitter.com/be_haki/status/1407971610636738564 (https://twitter.com/be_haki/status/1407971610636738564) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/monarchwadia_motivation-coding-bootcamps-activity (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/monarchwadia_motivation-coding-bootcamps-activity-6813969952932958208-kQ71) https://podrocket.logrocket.com/graphql (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/graphql) https://eon.mintbean.io (https://eon.mintbean.io) https://eon.mintbean.io/get-updates (https://eon.mintbean.io/get-updates) Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) @PodRocketpod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod) 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: Monarch Wadia.
Vue with Ben Hong
Ben Hong shares how he got involved with Vue starting back in 2017(when everyone was talking about React). Learn about Ben Hong's experience with Vue, his thoughts on the framework wars, and more about Vue 3. Links https://twitter.com/bencodezen (https://twitter.com/bencodezen) https://www.bencodezen.io (https://www.bencodezen.io) https://twitter.com/bencodezen/status/1220768789463293952 (https://twitter.com/bencodezen/status/1220768789463293952) https://v3.vuejs.org (https://v3.vuejs.org) https://vuetifyjs.com/en (https://vuetifyjs.com/en) https://v3.vuejs.org/guide/introduction.html (https://v3.vuejs.org/guide/introduction.html) https://v3.vuejs.org/guide/composition-api-introduction.html (https://v3.vuejs.org/guide/composition-api-introduction.html) Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) @PodRocketpod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod) 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: Ben Hong and Kaelan Cooter .
Rome and Rome Tools, Inc. with Sebastian McKenzie and Jamie Kyle
It's pretty common to see a fair amount of skepticism when open-source projects raise venture money and Rome was certainly not immune from the skepticism. In this episode, Ben and Kaelan talk to Sebastian McKenzie and Jamie Kyle about Rome Tools, Inc., the roadmap for Rome, and the experience getting funding as an open-source tool. Links https://twitter.com/sebmck (https://twitter.com/sebmck) https://twitter.com/buildsghost (https://twitter.com/buildsghost) https://twitter.com/rometools (https://twitter.com/rometools) https://rome.tools (https://rome.tools) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27039026 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27039026) https://rome.tools/blog/announcing-rome-tools-inc (https://rome.tools/blog/announcing-rome-tools-inc) https://babeljs.io (https://babeljs.io) https://github.com/rome/tools (https://github.com/rome/tools) Discord.gg/rome (https://discord.com/invite/rome) Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) @PodRocketpod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod) 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: Jamie Kyle, Kaelan Cooter , and Sebastian McKenzie.
Founder Friday: Fred Schott of Astro
Why is it still difficult to build a website that's fast? Fred Schott returns to PodRocket to talk about Astro, a new kind of static site builder that delivers lightning-fast performance with a modern developer experience. Learn more in this episode. Links https://twitter.com/FredKSchott (https://twitter.com/FredKSchott) http://fredkschott.com (http://fredkschott.com) https://astro.build (https://astro.build) https://www.snowpack.dev (https://www.snowpack.dev) https://www.skypack.dev (https://www.skypack.dev) https://podrocket.logrocket.com/1 (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/1) https://twitter.com/slightlylate (https://twitter.com/slightlylate) https://twitter.com/_developit (https://twitter.com/_developit) https://jasonformat.com/islands-architecture (https://jasonformat.com/islands-architecture) https://www.11ty.dev (https://www.11ty.dev) https://astro.build/blog/introducing-astro (https://astro.build/blog/introducing-astro) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27440553 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27440553) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863) https://twitter.com/zachleat/status/1405883585836601350 (https://twitter.com/zachleat/status/1405883585836601350) https://vitejs.dev (https://vitejs.dev) https://astro.build/chat (https://astro.build/chat) Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) @PodRocketpod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod) 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: Fred Schott.
Gatsby with Kyle Mathews
In this episode, Ben interviews Kyle Mathews, Founder and CTO of Gatsby. They cover v3, Functions, Gatsby Cloud, and Gatsby's goals for the future (including faster builds). Links https://www.gatsbyjs.com (https://www.gatsbyjs.com) https://twitter.com/kylemathews (https://twitter.com/kylemathews) https://www.gatsbyjs.com/products/cloud (https://www.gatsbyjs.com/products/cloud) https://www.gatsbyjs.com/products/concierge (https://www.gatsbyjs.com/products/concierge) https://blog.logrocket.com/whats-new-in-gatsby-3-0 (https://blog.logrocket.com/whats-new-in-gatsby-3-0) https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/reference/functions (https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/reference/functions) https://www.gatsbyjs.com/careers (https://www.gatsbyjs.com/careers) Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) @PodRocketpod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod) 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: Kyle Mathews.
How to use Wormhole for simple, private file sharing with Feross Aboukhadijeh
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Rocket Surgery: Kaelan and Chris Coyier compare notes
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Continuing education with Eve Porcello
In this episode, we talk to Eve Porcello about her experience teaching web development and Moon Highway, a training and curriculum development company she runs with her husband, Alex Banks. Links https://twitter.com/eveporcello (https://twitter.com/eveporcello) https://moonhighway.com (https://moonhighway.com) https://www.linkedin.com/learning (https://www.linkedin.com/learning) https://graphqlworkshop.com (https://graphqlworkshop.com) https://www.howtographql.com (https://www.howtographql.com) https://odyssey.apollographql.com (https://odyssey.apollographql.com) https://graphql.org (https://graphql.org) Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) @PodRocketpod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod) 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 (https://logrocket.com/signup/?pdr) today. Special Guest: Eve Porcello.
Founder Friday: Johan Eliasson of Nhost
Johan Eliasson joins us to talk about Nhost, an open-source, Backend-as-a-service with a GraphQL API. How does Nhost compare to Firebase and Supabase? Learn more in this episode. Links https://nhost.io (https://nhost.io) https://twitter.com/nhostio (https://twitter.com/nhostio) https://podrocket.logrocket.com/firebase (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/firebase) https://podrocket.logrocket.com/9 (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/9) https://hasura.io (https://hasura.io) Careers at Nhost (https://www.notion.so/Careers-at-Nhost-62f630a2c9fa400a95b24b5fffcd303b) Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) @PodRocket (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod) 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: Johan Eliasson.
The middle-end and subtweeting with Laurie Barth
In this episode, Brian interviews Laurie Barth, Senior Software Engineer at Netflix, about what it means to be a middle-end developer, job titles, and Web Dev Twitter. Links https://twitter.com/laurieontech (https://twitter.com/laurieontech) https://laurieontech.com (https://laurieontech.com) https://egghead.io/q/resources-by-laurie-barth (https://egghead.io/q/resources-by-laurie-barth) https://jobs.netflix.com/culture (https://jobs.netflix.com/culture) https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod/status/1392536541550071810 (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod/status/1392536541550071810) https://twitter.com/laurieontech/status/1392179737863331846 (https://twitter.com/laurieontech/status/1392179737863331846) Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) @PodRocketpod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod) 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: Laurie Barth.
GraphQL 101 with Anthony Campolo
We sit down with Anthony Campolo to talk about the history, common misconceptions, and increased popularity of GraphQL. Links https://twitter.com/ajcwebdev (https://twitter.com/ajcwebdev) https://dev.to/ajcwebdev (https://dev.to/ajcwebdev) https://github.com/ajcwebdev (https://github.com/ajcwebdev) https://stepzen.com (https://stepzen.com) https://redwoodjs.com (https://redwoodjs.com) https://fsjam.org (https://fsjam.org) https://podrocket.logrocket.com/redwoodjs (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/redwoodjs) https://graphql.org (https://graphql.org) https://relay.dev (https://relay.dev) https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/how-to/querying-data/running-queries-with-graphiql (https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/how-to/querying-data/running-queries-with-graphiql) https://rickandmortyapi.com/graphql (https://rickandmortyapi.com/graphql) https://podrocket.logrocket.com/8 (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/8) https://www.prisma.io (https://www.prisma.io) https://the-guild.dev (https://the-guild.dev) https://github.com/contrawork/graphql-helix (https://github.com/contrawork/graphql-helix) https://github.com/maticzav/graphql-shield (https://github.com/maticzav/graphql-shield) https://www.graphql-mesh.com (https://www.graphql-mesh.com) https://www.graphqlweekly.com (https://www.graphqlweekly.com) https://twitter.com/UriGoldshtein (https://twitter.com/UriGoldshtein) https://twitter.com/sgrove (https://twitter.com/sgrove) Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) @PodRocketpod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod) 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: Anthony Campolo.
Open source at Facebook with Dmitry Vinnik
Facebook Open Source now has over 600 publicly available projects in its portfolio including some well-known projects like React, React Native, PyTorch, Docusaurus, GraphQL, Jest, and more. Listen to this episode of PodRocket to hear Dmitry Vinnick, a Developer Advocate at Facebook Open Source, talk about what it means to be open source at Facebook, how to manage such a large portfolio, and what it has been like to engage with a community remotely. Links https://twitter.com/DmitryVinnik (https://twitter.com/DmitryVinnik) https://dvinnik.dev (https://dvinnik.dev) https://opensource.facebook.com (https://opensource.facebook.com) https://github.com/dmitryvinn (https://github.com/dmitryvinn) https://developers.facebook.com/blog/open_source (https://developers.facebook.com/blog/open_source) https://opensource.facebook.com/projects (https://opensource.facebook.com/projects) https://pytorch.org (https://pytorch.org) https://twitter.com/ajcwebdev (https://twitter.com/ajcwebdev) https://fsjam.org/episodes/episode-26-multilingual-documentation-with-claire-froelich (https://fsjam.org/episodes/episode-26-multilingual-documentation-with-claire-froelich) https://jestjs.io (https://jestjs.io) https://docusaurus.io (https://docusaurus.io) https://twitter.com/joelmarcey (https://twitter.com/joelmarcey) https://mlh.io (https://mlh.io) https://opensource.facebook.com/code-of-conduct (https://opensource.facebook.com/code-of-conduct) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzIwronG0sE7cCot-0yCbnuR6sAe7PIYX (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzIwronG0sE7cCot-0yCbnuR6sAe7PIYX) https://graphql.org/foundation (https://graphql.org/foundation) https://prestodb.io (https://prestodb.io) https://www.edx.org (https://www.edx.org) https://opensource.guide (https://opensource.guide) https://thediffpodcast.com (https://thediffpodcast.com) Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) @PodRocketpod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod) 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: Dmitry Vinnik.
Redux is alive and well with Mark Erikson
What is modern Redux? What is it with the obsession of declaring Redux dead? In this episode, Ben and Brian interview Mark Erikson to talk about all things Redux. Links https://twitter.com/acemarke (https://twitter.com/acemarke) https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com (https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com) https://redux.js.org (https://redux.js.org) https://redux-toolkit.js.org (https://redux-toolkit.js.org) https://immerjs.github.io/immer (https://immerjs.github.io/immer) https://react-redux.js.org/api/hooks (https://react-redux.js.org/api/hooks) https://react-redux.js.org/api/connect (https://react-redux.js.org/api/connect) https://rtk-query-docs.netlify.app (https://rtk-query-docs.netlify.app) https://react-community-tools-practices-cheatsheet.netlify.app (https://react-community-tools-practices-cheatsheet.netlify.app) https://overreacted.io/a-complete-guide-to-useeffect (https://overreacted.io/a-complete-guide-to-useeffect) https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2020/05/blogged-answers-a-mostly-complete-guide-to-react-rendering-behavior (https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2020/05/blogged-answers-a-mostly-complete-guide-to-react-rendering-behavior) https://esbuild.github.io (https://esbuild.github.io) https://www.learnwithjason.dev/lets-learn-esbuild (https://www.learnwithjason.dev/lets-learn-esbuild) https://twitter.com/phry (https://twitter.com/phry) https://twitter.com/de_stroy (https://twitter.com/de_stroy) https://twitter.com/threepointone (https://twitter.com/threepointone) https://twitter.com/sarah_edo (https://twitter.com/sarah_edo) Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) @PodRocketpod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod) 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: Mark Erikson.
Founder Friday: Madeleine Reese of Allma
Ben interviews Madeleine Reese, Founder and CEO of Allma. Allma is building next-generation alerting, incident response, and service cataloging natively in Slack. Their focus is on helping the entire organization to resolve incidents faster and be able to communicate more effectively during an incident. Links https://allma.io (https://allma.io/) https://twitter.com/madsgo (https://twitter.com/madsgo) https://allma.io/bsb (https://allma.io/bsb) https://allma.io/incidentally (https://allma.io/incidentally) https://www.atlassian.com/software/opsgenie (https://www.atlassian.com/software/opsgenie) https://www.pagerduty.com (https://www.pagerduty.com) https://graphcms.com (https://graphcms.com) https://angel.co/company/allma-1 (https://angel.co/company/allma-1) Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) @PodRocketpod (https://twitter.com/PodRocketpod) 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: Madeleine Reese.
Firebase, development, and design in 2021 with David East
In this episode, Ben and Kate talk to David East, Developer Relations Engineer at Firebase. They talk about the three tiers of the Firebase product -- Build, Release & Monitor, and Engage. They also get into design vs. development and what that means for web developers in 2021. Links https://firebase.google.com/ (https://firebase.google.com/) https://twitter.com/Firebase (https://twitter.com/Firebase) https://twitter.com/_davideast (https://twitter.com/_davideast) https://davidea.st/ (https://davidea.st/) https://www.sketch.com/ (https://www.sketch.com/) https://www.framer.com/motion/ (https://www.framer.com/motion/) https://tailwindcss.com/ (https://tailwindcss.com/) https://www.figma.com/ (https://www.figma.com/) https://podrocket.logrocket.com/different-flavors-of-frontend (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/different-flavors-of-frontend) https://css-tricks.com/the-great-divide (https://css-tricks.com/the-great-divide/) Contact us https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us (https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us) @LogRocket (https://twitter.com/LogRocket) brian@logrocket.com 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: David East.