devtools.fm: Developer Tools, Open Source, Software Development Contributor
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A podcast about developer tools and the people who make them. Join us as we embark on a journey to explore modern developer tooling and interview the people who make it possible.
We love talking to the creators front-end frameworks (React, Solid, Svelte, Vue, Angular, etc), JavaScript and TypeScript runtimes (Node, Deno, Bun), Languages (Unison, Elixor, Rust, Zig), web tech (WASM, Web Containers, WebGPU, WebGL), database providers (Turso, Planetscale, Supabase, EdgeDB), and platforms (SST, AWS, Vercel, Netlify, Fly.io).
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Live: Epic Web Conf w/Scott Hanselman, Una Kravets, Michael Chan
This is our first live recording (with other people) ever!
Kent C Dodds welcomes us to his Epic Web Conf to interview some of the speakers.
We go into the dynamic landscape of developer tools and community engagement, reflecting on the evolution of DevRel roles with insights from industry experts. We also explore the profound influence of AI on creativity, discussing the ethical implications and the fusion of technology with artistic expression. -
Maggie Appleton - Visual Storytelling in Tech, Designing for AI, and the Future of Coding
This week we have Maggie Appleton, a designer and developer who is working on a new research tool called Elicit. Maggie is a masterful visual storyteller and has been creating images that are both beautiful and informative for years. She is also a proponent of Digital Gardening, a new way of building a personal website that is both beautiful and informative. We talk about how we should be building AI into our apps, and how we can use the power of local first development to make our apps more accessible to everyone.
https://twitter.com/Mappletons
https://maggieappleton.com/
https://elicit.com/
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Tooltips
Andrew
https://github.com/stanford-oval/storm
https://next-view-transitions.vercel.app/
Justin
https://github.com/atomicojs/atomico
https://superstate.io/
Maggie
Super Whisper - https://superwhisper.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjZofJX0v4M -
Johannes Schickling - Prisma, Effect and the rise of Local First Development
This week we have Johannes Schickling, the founder and former CEO of Prisma. We talk about what he's been up to in the last few years and what he envisions for the future of software development. He is a contributor to the Effect library which is a new way to write asynchronous code in TypeScript. We also talk about the rise of local first development, how it's changing the way we build software, and how he's using it to build his new app Overtone.
https://twitter.com/schickling?lang=en
http://effect.website
https://overtone.pro/
https://www.localfirst.fm/
https://www.prisma.io/
https://riffle.systems/
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Tooltips
Andrew
https://github.com/rossjrw/pr-preview-action
https://typedoc.org/
https://github.com/PetoiCamp/OpenCat
Justin
https://unstorage.unjs.io/
https://github.com/OnedocLabs/react-print-pdf
Johannes
Nix - https://nixos.org
Attest - https://github.com/arktypeio/arktype/tree/2.0/ark/attest#cli + https://ui.perfetto.dev/ -
Mitchell Hashimoto - Founder of HashiCorp, Author of Terraform, and Thoughts of Open Source Monetization
This week we have Mitchell Hashimoto, the founder of HashiCorp. We talk about where it all started and how the company and it's tools have impacted the industry. We also talk about the challenges of being a founder and the importance of thinking about open source monetization early on. We also talk about his experience as a pilot and his technical philanthropy in the terminal emulator space.
https://twitter.com/mitchellh
https://mitchellh.com/
https://github.com/mitchellh
Origin story of HashiCorp (https://youtu.be/Y7c_twmDxQ4)
Selected writing
My Approach to Building Large Technical Projects (https://mitchellh.com/writing/building-large-technical-projects)
Contributing to Complex Projects (https://mitchellh.com/writing/contributing-to-complex-projects)
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Adam Wathan - Tailwind CSS v4, The Evolution and Technical Journey
This week we talk to Adam Wathan, the creator of Tailwind CSS. We go into all the changes for Tailwind CSS v4, discussing how they use Rust and Lightning CSS. Adam also shares about how they've been monetizing the tool and building out Tailwind Labs. We also address some of the heated feedback from the Twitter.
https://adamwathan.me/
https://github.com/adamwathan
https://twitter.com/adamwathan
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Dan Abramov - Bluesky, Core React Team, RSC, Strict Dom, and the more!
This week we have Dan Abramov, a core team member of React. We talk about his latest work on Bluesky, a decentralized social network. We also go into many react topics, including the history of server components, the new React compiler, and the future of React.
https://twitter.com/dan_abramov2
https://danabra.mov/
https://overreacted.io/
https://bsky.app/
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