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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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Feb 2, 2021 • 37min
Prisma with Nikolas Burk
Today Ben and Kate sit down with Nikolas Burk, Prisma’s Head of Developer Success. They talk about how Prisma helps developers build better web apps, how it works with TypeScript, the Prisma roadmap, and, of course, building an open-source community.
Links
https://www.prisma.io/
https://www.prisma.io/docs/guides
https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/overview/prisma-in-your-stack/is-prisma-an-orm
https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/more/comparisons/prisma-and-typeorm
https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/components/prisma-client
https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/components/prisma-migrate
https://github.com/prisma/prisma
https://github.com/prisma/prisma/discussions
https://twitter.com/prisma
https://www.prisma.io/community
https://reactjs.org/blog/2020/12/21/data-fetching-with-react-server-components.html
https://amplication.com/
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@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.Special Guest: Nikolas Burk.

Jan 29, 2021 • 31min
Founder Friday: Chris Mather of Elements
This is our first-ever Founder Friday episode where we feature founders of startups and devtool projects. Today, Ben talks with Chris Mather, founder of Elements, a new fullstack JavaScript framework. Ben talks to Chris about how he created Elements, his journey from CTO to founder, the process of getting funding for the project, and how you can get started with Elements today.
Links
https://elements.dev/
https://github.com/elementscode/application
https://elements.dev/install
https://elements.dev/learn
https://github.com/elementscode
https://people.elements.dev
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@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.Special Guest: Chris Mather.

Jan 26, 2021 • 31min
Niche jokes and niche communities with Cassidy Williams
In this episode, Brian and Ben talk with Cassidy Williams about being “tech famous,” web developer comedy as a genre, and what it’s like to create content specifically for web developers. We also get into developer experience for a little bit, touching on both the future and importance of niche communities.
Links
https://cassidoo.co/
https://twitter.com/cassidoo
https://github.com/cassidoo
https://www.patreon.com/cassidoo
https://www.tiktok.com/@cassidoo
https://www.netlify.com/
https://www.netlify.com/blog/2021/01/06/developer-experience-at-netlify/
https://www.timirahjames.com/
https://dev.to/dabit3
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@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.Special Guest: Cassidy Williams.

Jan 19, 2021 • 25min
Creating content for web developers with Jessica Chan
Today, we have Jessica Chan from Coder Coder: a collection of resources that help aspiring web developers learn to code. Brian talks with Jessica about creating content for web developers, using YouTube and Instagram as platforms, building a brand, and we even launch into a few marketing rants.
Links
https://coder-coder.com
https://coder-coder.com/responsive/
https://www.youtube.com/thecodercoder
https://twitter.com/thecodercoder
https://www.instagram.com/thecodercoder/
https://blog.logrocket.com/author/jessica-coder/
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@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.Special Guest: Jessica Chan.

Jan 12, 2021 • 27min
Component-driven development with Zoltan Olah
Today, our co-founder Ben Edelstein sits down with the CEO and founder of Chromatic, Zoltan Olah. Ben and Zoltan discuss frontend testing, the philosophy of component-driven development, Storybook, and more.
Links
https://www.chromatic.com/
https://storybook.js.org/
https://twitter.com/zqzoltan
https://blog.logrocket.com/react-storybook/
https://blog.logrocket.com/top-storybook-addons-to-take-your-code-to-the-next-level/
https://blog.logrocket.com/whats-new-in-storybook-6/
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@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. Special Guest: Zoltan Olah.

Jan 12, 2021 • 24min
Blitz.js with Brandon Bayer
Ben and Brian talk to Brandon Bayer, creator of Blitz.js. We take a deep dive into everything Blitz has to offer. More specifically, we address how Blitz compares with other fullstack frameworks and how Blitz balances being opinionated with being flexible for each aspect of the toolchain. We also talk about community building and beyond.
Links
https://github.com/blitz-js/blitz/wiki
https://blitzjs.slack.com/
https://blitzjs.com/docs/contributing
https://blitzjs.com/
https://twitter.com/flybayer
https://twitter.com/blitz_js
https://blog.logrocket.com/introduction-to-blitz-js/
https://blog.logrocket.com/building-a-fullstack-react-application-with-blitz-js/
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@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. Special Guest: Brandon Bayer.

Jan 12, 2021 • 34min
Rocket Surgery: Year in review
Brian sits down with Kaelan, one of LogRocket's frontend engineers, to talk about things that are coming in 2021. We also reflect on the most significant trends and updates to browsers, web standards, and programming languages throughout the course of 2020.
Links
https://reactjs.org/blog/2020/12/21/data-fetching-with-react-server-components.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25497065
https://addyosmani.com/blog/react-server-components
https://reactjs.org/docs/concurrent-mode-suspense.html
https://webpack.js.org/blog/2020-10-10-webpack-5-release/
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/1
https://babeljs.io/docs/en
https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/release-notes/overview.html
https://deno.land/posts/v1
https://blog.logrocket.com/deno-1-0-what-you-need-to-know/
https://composition-api.vuejs.org/
https://v3.vuejs.org/guide/teleport.html
https://nextjs.org/blog/next-10
https://blog.logrocket.com/deep-dive-into-rome-linting-compiling-and-bundling/
https://rome.tools/
Contact us
https://podrocket.logrocket.com/contact-us
@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. Special Guest: Kaelan Cooter .

Nov 11, 2020 • 55min
Snowpack and webpack
In this episode, Ben interviews Fred Schott, founder of Pika and creator of Snowpack. Brian sits down with one of LogRocket's frontend engineers to discuss Webpack 5.
You can learn more about Snowpack here https://www.snowpack.dev/
You can also check out Webpack 5 here https://webpack.js.org/blog/2020-10-10-webpack-5-release/
To learn more about LogRocket visit https://logrocket.com/signup/Special Guest: Fred Schott.


