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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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Oct 19, 2022 • 27min
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.
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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: Joyce Lin.

Oct 18, 2022 • 51min
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
Dan Abromov’s response
Should we finally stop using web components?
Theo (Ping.gg CEO) talks about his frustrations
Brian Vaughn makes his opinion known
Matthew Phillips chimes in with a blog post
2019 blog post from Rich Harris about not using web components
Should we stop using Prettier?
Anthony Fu details why he doesn’t use Prettier
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
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/
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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 Guests: Alex Trost, Cassidy Williams, and Michael Chan.

Oct 14, 2022 • 34min
Open sourcing Postgres WASM with Mark Burggraf
Supabase teamed up with Snaplet to build (and open source) postgres-wasm, a PostgreSQL server that runs inside a browser. Mark Burggraf join us to talk about how it all works.
Links
https://twitter.com/burggraf2
https://github.com/burggraf
https://dev.to/burggraf
https://supabase.com/blog/postgres-wasm
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: Mark Burggraf.

Oct 13, 2022 • 41min
Elastic with Philipp Krenn
Developer Advocate, Philipp Krenn, joins us to talk about all things Elastic including Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack.
Links
https://twitter.com/xeraa
https://twitter.com/elastic
https://demo.elastic.co
https://xeraa.net
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: Philip Krenn.

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Oct 12, 2022 • 50min
Atomic design and the future of design systems with Brad Frost
Brad Frost, joins us to talk about frontend design, the importance of design systems, and more.
Links
https://twitter.com/brad_frost
https://bradfrost.com
https://atomicdesign.bradfrost.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: Brad Frost.

Oct 11, 2022 • 30min
Zero-dependency CLIs with Node.js with Ian Sutherland
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.

Oct 7, 2022 • 40min
The Developer Productivity Manifesto with Nnamdi Iregbulem
We welcome Nnamdi Iregbulem, Partner at Lightspeed, self-taught programmer, investor, and more, to talk about his latest conference talk, “The Developer Productivity Manifesto,” in his venture to help developers understand both the technical and economic impact of their own productivity.
Links
https://whoisnnamdi.com
https://twitter.com/whoisnnamdi
https://lsvp.com/team/nnamdi-iregbulem/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nnamdiiregbulem/
https://www.forbes.com/profile/nnamdi-iregbulem/?sh=4812993b6190
https://github.com/whoisnnamdi/
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: Nnamdi Iregbulem.

Oct 5, 2022 • 36min
Reimagining Web Development in Your Browser with Adewale Abati
Adewale “Ace” Abati, Senior Developer Advocate for CodeSandbox, comes back to PodRocket to talk about how CodeSandbox has evolved and how developers can pivot their own web development to browser-based IDEs.
Links
https://codesandbox.io
https://twitter.com/ace_kyd
https://twitter.com/codesandbox
https://www.youtube.com/c/CodeSandbox
https://www.youtube.com/acekyd
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: Adewale Abati.

Oct 4, 2022 • 30min
Component testing with Playwright with Debbie O'Brien
Debbie O’Brien, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft and advocate for Playwright, comes to talk about how Playwright provides end-to-end testing, component testing, and more!
Links
https://twitter.com/debs_obrien
http://youtube.com/c/DebbieOBrien
https://debbie.codes/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbie-o-brien-1a199975/
https://github.com/debs-obrien
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: Debbie O'Brien.

Sep 30, 2022 • 37min
Live streaming and learning in public with Salma Alam-Naylor (aka whitep4nth3r)
Salma Alam-Naylor, also known as whitep4nth3r, is a live streamer, writer, and Staff Developer Experience Engineer at Netlify. Salma joins us to talk about Twitch, creating content, learning, writing, and more!
Links
https://www.twitch.tv/whitep4nth3r
https://whitep4nth3r.com
https://twitter.com/whitep4nth3r
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: Salma Alam-Naylor.


