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  1. pnpm 11 deep dive with lead maintainer Zoltan Kochan

    3D AGO

    pnpm 11 deep dive with lead maintainer Zoltan Kochan

    pnpm lead maintainer Zoltan Kochan joins PodRocket to unpack pnpm 11's biggest shifts: a new minimum release age default that blocks npm registry packages under 24 hours old, a cleaner allow builds config replacing scattered post-install script settings, and the experimental global virtual store that slashes install times with Git worktrees. Zoltan also shares why a Rust rewrite of pnpm's engine is now underway, and how AI-assisted development made it possible far sooner than expected. Links Website: https://www.kochan.io/ Github: https://github.com/zkochan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zkochan X: https://x.com/zoltankochan Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@zkochan Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kochan.io Resources pnpm release blog post: https://pnpm.io/blog/releases/11.0 We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Fill out our listener survey! https://t.co/oKVAEXipxu Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Elizabeth, at elizabeth.becz@logrocket.com, or tweet at us at PodRocketPod. Check out our newsletter! https://blog.logrocket.com/the-replay-newsletter/ 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 provides AI-first session replay and analytics that surfaces the UX and technical issues impacting user experiences. Start understanding where your users are struggling by trying it for free at LogRocket.com. Try LogRocket for free today. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:00 The 24-Hour Minimum Release Age Default 03:30 Community Pushback and the Polling Shift 05:00 Trusted Policy and OIDC Provenance Checking 07:00 Performance Trade-offs of Full Metadata Fetching 08:00 The New Allow Builds Configuration 10:30 Global Installs and the Virtual Store Explained 13:00 Which Packages Break with the New Layout 14:30 Global Virtual Store for Local Dev and Worktrees 16:30 TypeScript Go and the Golden Age of Development 17:30 AI Agents Influencing pnpm's Design Decisions 19:00 The Rust Rewrite — and Why Now 20:00 Dropping Node 18 and the Standalone Executable 22:00 Installing Node.js via pnpm and the New GitHub Action 24:00 Moving Config from npmrc to pnpm-workspace.yaml 26:00 Upgrade Smoothness and Common Migration Pain Points 28:30 pnpm v12 Roadmap — Frozen Installs in Rust 31:00 Contributing to pnpm and the Open Source PR Tsunami 33:00 Wrap-up

    28 min
  2. AI still sucks at frontend with Adam Argyle

    MAY 7

    AI still sucks at frontend with Adam Argyle

    Google Chrome engineer Adam Argyle breaks down why AI is bad at frontend development and CSS in particular. From LLM training data problems to the fact that LLMs can't see, the issues run deep. But it's not all doom! Adam shares a game-changing technique for getting creative AI generated UI by asking for low probability outputs, introduces tools like Impeccable and V0 for AI assisted CSS editing, and dives into agentic loop engineering with auto research, an overnight AI workflow he uses to ship improvements while he sleeps. Links Website: https://nerdy.dev/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBGr3ZMcV5jke40_Wrv3fNA Twitter: twitter.com/argyleink Github: github.com/argyleink Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamargyle Resources Why AI sucks at frontend: https://nerdy.dev/why-ai-sucks-at-front-end We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Fill out our listener survey! https://t.co/oKVAEXipxu Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Elizabeth, at elizabeth.becz@logrocket.com, or tweet at us at PodRocketPod. Check out our newsletter! https://blog.logrocket.com/the-replay-newsletter/ 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 provides AI-first session replay and analytics that surfaces the UX and technical issues impacting user experiences. Start understanding where your users are struggling by trying it for free at LogRocket.com. Try LogRocket for free today. ChaptersSpecial Guests: Adam Argyle and Jack Herrington.

    55 min
  3. Next.js works everywhere now, Jimmy Lai tells us how.

    APR 30

    Next.js works everywhere now, Jimmy Lai tells us how.

    Jimmy Lai, manager of the Next.js team at Vercel, joins the podcast to explain the adapters API, why it exists, how it fixes Next.js self-hosting pain across platforms like Cloudflare, AWS Amplify, and Netlify, and what it unlocks for partial pre-rendering. He also shares where the team is headed: server components, feature flags at request time, and building the best agentic developer experience for a world where agents write most of the code. Links Website: https://jimmyl.ai/ X: https://x.com/feedthejim Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/feedthej.im Resources Adapters API: https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/adapters We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Fill out our listener survey! https://t.co/oKVAEXipxu Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Elizabeth, at elizabeth.becz@logrocket.com, or tweet at us at PodRocketPod. Check out our newsletter! https://blog.logrocket.com/the-replay-newsletter/ 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 provides AI-first session replay and analytics that surfaces the UX and technical issues impacting user experiences. Start understanding where your users are struggling by trying it for free at LogRocket.com. Try LogRocket for free today. Chapters

    33 min
  4. Cloudflare's Next.js rewrite, AI security chaos, and developer brain fry

    APR 23

    Cloudflare's Next.js rewrite, AI security chaos, and developer brain fry

    The panel digs into the Cloudflare vs Vercel turf war over Next.js, breaking down what it really means that one engineer vibe coded a full framework rewrite in a week for $1,100 using Claude Code. Then things get spicy: from the Lovable data breach to an early Anthropic model escaping its sandbox, the crew debates whether the wave of AI security incidents is systemic, and what the build vs buy collapse means for developers rolling their own tools in the AI agent era. Resources One Engineer, One AI, One Week: Cloudflare Just Rebuilt Next.js: https://bytesizedbets.com/p/one-engineer-one-ai-one-week-cloudflare Cloudflare's vibe-coded Next.js replacement starts a turf war: https://cybernews.com/security/hackers-find-critical-flaws-in-cloudflares-nextjs-alternative/ How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week: https://blog.cloudflare.com/vinext/ JavaScript survey reveals gripes against Next.js: https://www.devclass.com/development/2026/02/10/javascript-survey-reveals-gripes-against-date-handling-webpack-and-nextjs-and-that-typescript-has-won/4090262 Claude Code's source code appears to have leaked — here's what we know: https://venturebeat.com/technology/claude-codes-source-code-appears-to-have-leaked-heres-what-we-know Anthropic accidentally exposes Claude Code source code: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/anthropic_claude_code_source_code/ Claude Mythos Preview (Anthropic Red Team blog): https://red.anthropic.com/2026/mythos-preview/ Claude Mythos Preview — BBC coverage: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crk1py1jgzko We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Fill out our listener survey! https://t.co/oKVAEXipxu Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Elizabeth, at elizabeth.becz@logrocket.com, or tweet at us at PodRocketPod. Check out our newsletter! https://blog.logrocket.com/the-replay-newsletter/ 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 provides AI-first session replay and analytics that surfaces the UX and technical issues impacting user experiences. Start understanding where your users are struggling by trying it for free at LogRocket.com. Try LogRocket for free today. Chapters 00:00 Introduction & Panelist Welcome 02:00 Cloudflare Rewrote Next.js for $1,100 — Does It Matter? 06:30 Vercel Lock-In, Open Next & the Adapter Debate 09:00 AI Security Incidents — Lovable, Anthropic Source Code Leak & More 12:30 Is the Security Crisis Systemic or a People Problem? 16:00 Rolling Your Own Stack With AI Is a Terrible Idea 18:30 Mythos, Zero-Day Bugs & Anthropic's Security Credibility 22:00 Is Anthropic's "Safety First" Framing Just Marketing? 26:00 Fleet Management, Agent Burnout & Brain Fry 28:30 Hot Take — Noel: Software Is Getting Worse and AI Is to Blame 32:30 Hot Take — Paul: The Second Internet & Claude Code's Future 36:30 Hot Take — Jack: The Highlander Reboot Is Going to Slap 37:30 Hot Take — Paige: Think Before You Grant OAuth Permissions 40:00 Wrapping Up Special Guest: Jack Herrington.

    41 min
  5. Void makes Cloudflare deployment invisible with Alexander Lichter

    APR 16

    Void makes Cloudflare deployment invisible with Alexander Lichter

    Alexander Lichter, DevRel at VoidZero, walks us through Void, a Vite-native deployment platform where your code is your infrastructure. From automatic provisioning of databases and KV storage to Rolldown's massive build speed improvements in Vite 6, Alex explains how Vite Plus handles local tooling while Void handles deployment, and how MCP support lets AI coding agents like Claude scaffold and deploy apps end-to-end with minimal human input. Links Website: https://www.lichter.io X: https://x.com/TheAlexLichter Mastodon: https://hachyderm.io/@manniL Github: https://github.com/manniL YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAlexLichter Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/TheAlexLichter LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderlichter Resources Void: https://void.cloud We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Fill out our listener survey! https://t.co/oKVAEXipxu Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Elizabeth, at elizabeth.becz@logrocket.com, or tweet at us at PodRocketPod. Check out our newsletter! https://blog.logrocket.com/the-replay-newsletter/ 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 provides AI-first session replay and analytics that surfaces the UX and technical issues impacting user experiences. Start understanding where your users are struggling by trying it for free at LogRocket.com. Try LogRocket for free today. ChaptersSpecial Guest: Alexander Lichter.

    24 min

  6. APR 9

    Is Sass dead yet? Miriam Suzanne has thoughts.

    Miriam Suzanne joins the podcast to unpack the surprisingly deep world of CSS value resolution, the browser program running beneath every website. She explains how cascade and inheritance work together, why CSS custom properties introduce invalid at computed value time errors, and how CSS functions and mixins change the game. Plus: is Sass actually dead, or does it still solve real problems that the browser can't touch? Links Website: https://www.miriamsuzanne.com Mastodon: https://front-end.social/@mia Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/miriam.codes Github: https://github.com/mirisuzanne Codepen: https://codepen.io/miriamsuzanne Resources Is Sass Dead Yet? CSS Mixins and Functions - Miriam Suzanne - CSS Day 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIvqkkfmPYE When Variables Cascade with MIRIAM SUZANNE - SmashingConf New York 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-vopd4wMvI We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Fill out our listener survey! https://t.co/oKVAEXipxu Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Elizabeth, at elizabeth.becz@logrocket.com, or tweet at us at PodRocketPod. Check out our newsletter! https://blog.logrocket.com/the-replay-newsletter/ 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 provides AI-first session replay and analytics that surfaces the UX and technical issues impacting user experiences. Start understanding where your users are struggling by trying it for free at LogRocket.com. Try LogRocket for free today. ChaptersSpecial Guest: Mia Suzanne.

    43 min
  7. The browser APIs you're shipping libraries to replace with Kilian Valkhof

    APR 2

    The browser APIs you're shipping libraries to replace with Kilian Valkhof

    Most developers reach for date-fns or Moment.js without realizing the browser already ships a powerful string formatting library called the JavaScript Intl API. Killian Valkhof, creator of Polypane, walks through how locale-aware date formatting, currency formatting, the Segmenter API, and the Collator API can replace heavy npm dependencies, with support for over 7,000 locales baked right into every evergreen browser since 2017. Links Resources INTL: The best browser API you’re not using | Kilian Valkhof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhzJ1UFlRjw We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Fill out our listener survey! https://t.co/oKVAEXipxu Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Elizabeth, at elizabeth.becz@logrocket.com, or tweet at us at PodRocketPod. Check out our newsletter! https://blog.logrocket.com/the-replay-newsletter/ 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 provides AI-first session replay and analytics that surfaces the UX and technical issues impacting user experiences. Start understanding where your users are struggling by trying it for free at LogRocket.com. Try LogRocket for free today. Chapters 00:00 Introduction — Browser APIs & the Intl API 01:00 Why Developers Overlook Internationalization 02:30 What the Intl API Actually Is (It's a Formatting Library) 04:00 7,000 Locales Built Into Every Browser 06:00 What Intl Does NOT Do — It's String Output Only 07:00 date-fns, Moment.js, Luxon, and Numeral.js Compared 09:00 Why the Segmented Rollout Slowed Adoption 11:00 Currency Formatting and Locale Trust Signals 13:00 The Worst Under-Used API in the Browser 16:00 How Browser Specs Have Evolved Since HTML5 18:30 Dialogue, Popover, Anchor Positioning — New Primitives 23:00 The Top Layer and Z-Index Problems Solved 25:00 WebGPU, WASM, and Native API Trends 27:30 The Easiest Way to Start Using Intl Today 31:00 Collator, Segmenter, and List Format APIs 32:00 Wrap-Up and Where to Find Killian's Full Talk Special Guest: Kilian Valkhof.

    38 min
  8. Amazon's AI outage, the engineer retention crisis, autonomous agents and the future of senior engineers

    MAR 26

    Amazon's AI outage, the engineer retention crisis, autonomous agents and the future of senior engineers

    The Amazon AI coding outage reignited a debate the industry can't ignore: is this an AI failure or a process failure, and does that distinction even matter anymore? Paige, Jack, Paul, and Noel dig into vibe coding culture, the engineer retention crisis, and the rise of harness engineering as a discipline in this month's panel. They also tackle autonomous agents running while you sleep, zero-touch engineering, what a senior engineer even means now, and whether open source can survive the agentic era. Resources Beyond the Hype: Why Vibe Coding Leaders Are Facing a Retention Crisis: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/03/09/beyond-the-hype-why-vibe-coding-leaders-are-facing-a-retention-crisis/ Atlassian layoffs as part of AI push: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/12/atlassian-layoffs-software-technology-ai-push-mike-cannon-brookes-asx I'm Building Agents That Run While I Sleep: https://www.claudecodecamp.com/p/i-m-building-agents-that-run-while-i-sleep We want to hear from you! How did you find us? Did you see us on Twitter? In a newsletter? Or maybe we were recommended by a friend? Fill out our listener survey! https://t.co/oKVAEXipxu Let us know by sending an email to our producer, Elizabeth, at elizabeth.becz@logrocket.com, or tweet at us at PodRocketPod. Check out our newsletter! https://blog.logrocket.com/the-replay-newsletter/ 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 provides AI-first session replay and analytics that surfaces the UX and technical issues impacting user experiences. Start understanding where your users are struggling by trying it for free at LogRocket.com. Try LogRocket for free today. Chapters 00:00 Introduction & Panel Welcome 01:30 Amazon's AI Outage - Process Failure or AI Failure? 05:00 Harness Engineering and the Real Lesson from Stripe 08:30 The Retention Crisis - Are Good Engineers Leaving Tech? 11:30 The Satisfaction Problem - AI Stole the Mountain Climb 14:00 Code Review Is the New Bottleneck 16:00 Stripe vs Amazon - Two Different Philosophies on AI at Scale 18:00 Would You Restart Your Career in a World of Code Review? 21:00 Domain Experts as the New Engineers 24:00 Is Artisanal Code a Real Future? 28:30 Content in the AI Era - Who's It Even For? 30:30 Agents Running While You Sleep - The Verification Problem 33:00 Zero-Touch Engineering and How Paul's Team Does It 36:00 Auto-Research, LLMs Judging LLMs, and Brain Rot Scripts 40:00 Are We Actually Shipping Faster? 41:00 What Does "Senior Engineer" Mean Now? 47:00 Hot Takes - Open Source, USB-C, Defense Contracts, and Taste 53:00 Wrap-Up Special Guest: Jack Herrington.

    53 min
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    LogRocket
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
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