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PodRocket covers everything you need to know about frontend web development on a weekly basis. Join our hosts as they interview experienced developers about all the libraries, frameworks, and tech industry issues they deal with every day.
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Sep 27, 2023 • 35min
Rebuilding in Rust with Eve Porcello
Learn about why major frameworks are rebuilding in Rust and how you can get started working with the language with Eve Porcello, co-founder of Moon Highway.
Links
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eveporcello
https://twitter.com/eveporcello
https://www.moonhighway.com
https://codepen.io/miriamsuzanne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHSE5t5CzU8
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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.Special Guest: Eve Porcello.

Sep 26, 2023 • 43min
Designing for complex UIs with Vitaly Friedman
We talk to UI expert and Smashing Magazine founder and Editor-in-Chief, Vitaly Friedman, about how to tackle complex web environments to make UIs usable and seamless.
Links
https://twitter.com/vitalyf
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vitalyfriedman
https://smart-interface-design-patterns.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hlQqMigGZg
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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 or you can email producer Kate Trahan at kate@logrocket.com
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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.Special Guest: Vitaly Friedman.

Sep 25, 2023 • 32min
Building marketable apps with Eleftheria Batsou
Learn how to create a UX and UI that is not only marketable, but also usable with Eleftheria Batsou, Community Manager at Crab Nebula.
Links
https://twitter.com/BatsouElef
https://github.com/eleftheriabatsou
https://www.youtube.com/c/eleftheriabatsou
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleftheriabatsou
https://limey.io/batsouelef
https://blog.eleftheriabatsou.com
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 or you can email producer Kate Trahan at kate@logrocket.com
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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.Special Guest: Eleftheria Batsou.

Sep 22, 2023 • 12min
PHP, web components, and reusable components
Guests Aaron Francis, Nolan Lawson, and Cory House discuss why PHP doesn't suck anymore, the use cases of web components, and the trade-offs of reusable component design in web development.

Sep 21, 2023 • 41min
HTMX with Carson Gross
HTMX has become increasingly popular in the web dev community, so we sat down with creator Carson Gross to talk about what HTMX is, why developers should use it, and what’s on the horizon for the tool.
Links
https://bigsky.software/cv
https://www.linkedin.com/in/1cg
https://github.com/bigskysoftware
https://twitter.com/htmx_org
https://htmx.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA5Fcgs_viU&ab_channel=Theo-t3%E2%80%A4gg
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 or you can email producer Kate Trahan at kate@logrocket.com
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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.Special Guest: Carson Gross.

Sep 20, 2023 • 32min
Weird CSS with Stephanie Eckles
Stephanie Eckles, software engineer at Microsoft and author of Modern CSS, talks about the 'weird' aspects of CSS, including stacking context, calculated values, and potential bugs with double transform layer. She also shares valuable resources for learning CSS.

Sep 19, 2023 • 35min
React concurrency with Ivan Akulov
Ivan Akulov, a web performance engineer and consultant, discusses React concurrency in React 18. Topics include time slicing, optimization of hydration, drawbacks of React concurrency, setting suspense boundaries, and their social media account and website for React and performance-related content.

Sep 16, 2023 • 30min
ICYMI: Zero-dependency CLIs with Node.js with Ian Sutherland
In this repeat episode picked by PodRocket host Paul Mikulskis, Ian Sutherland, Node.js core contributor and Architect and Developer Experience Lead at Neo Financial, joins the pod to talk about zero-dependency CLIs, why they’re fun to build, and what they can teach us about developing other applications.
Links
https://twitter.com/iansu
https://github.com/iansu
https://iansutherland.ca
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 or you can email producer Kate Trahan at kate@logrocket.com
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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.Special Guest: Ian Sutherland.

Sep 15, 2023 • 33min
PHP doesn't suck (anymore) with Aaron Francis
PHP used to suck, but Aaron Francis, content creator and developer at PlanetScale, is on a mission to change the narrative. We talk about why PHP doesn’t suck anymore and the features that have improved it.
Links
https://twitter.com/aarondfrancis
https://www.youtube.com/@aarondfrancis
https://aaronfrancis.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarondfrancis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRV3pBuPxEQ&ab_channel=AaronFrancis
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 or you can email producer Kate Trahan at kate@logrocket.com
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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.Special Guest: Aaron Francis.

Sep 14, 2023 • 27min
What web components are good at with Nolan Lawson
Web components can be divisive, but Nolan Lawson, Web Developer at Salesforce, talks about why and when developers should use web components.
Links
https://github.com/nolanlawson
https://toot.cafe/@nolan
https://nolanlawson.com/2023/08/23/use-web-components-for-what-theyre-good-at
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 or you can email producer Kate Trahan at kate@logrocket.com
Follow us. Get free stickers.
Follow us on Apple Podcasts, fill out this form, 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.Special Guest: Nolan Lawson.


