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PodRocket

LogRocket
React
Javascript
Web Development
Typescript
Next.js
Node.js
CSS
React Server Components
Vercel
Astro
Cloudflare
Deno
Webassembly
Frontend Development
User Experience
Vite
Rust
Tanstack
Open Source
React 19

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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Sacha Greif, creator of the State of Web Dev AI survey, joins the podcast to walk through what over 7,000 web developers actually reported about their AI tool usage, code quality concerns, and growing worries about AI financial costs. Only 29% of dev... more

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Mikayla Maki, software engineer at Zed, digs into what makes this Rust-built code editor tick... from GPUI, their GPU-accelerated UI framework with a Tailwind-inspired API, to CRDTs powering real-time live collaboration without merge conflicts. She t... more

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This month's panel digs into the SpaceX Cursor acquisition rumor and what a $60 billion valuation means for AI coding tools. They debate Bun's million-line Rust rewrite generated entirely by AI, the tradeoffs of agentic coding at scale, and a sophist... more

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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 setti... more

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Recent Guests

Mikayla Maki
Software engineer at Zed who led the UI redesign and works on GPUI
Zed
Episode: Zed 1.0... GPUI, Rust, and the future of native apps with Mikayla Maki
Zoltan Kochan
Lead maintainer of PNPM
PNPM
Episode: pnpm 11 deep dive with lead maintainer Zoltan Kochan
Kilian Valkhof
Founder at Polypane
Polypane
Episode: The browser APIs you're shipping libraries to replace with Kilian Valkhof
Gil Fink
CEO of Spark Sys
Spark Sys
Episode: Making sense of web rendering patterns with Gil Fink
Rich Harris
Creator of Svelte and software engineer at Bercel
Bercel
Episode: Rich Harris on fine grained reactivity and async first frameworks
Daniel Thompson-Yvetot
An expert in Tauri's architecture and development.
Tauri
Episode: What's new with Tauri | Daniel Thompson-Yvetot
Mark Techson
Angular Developer Advocate providing insights on Angular V21 features
Google
Episode: Angular v21, from signals to testing with Mark Techson
David Mytton
Founder and CEO of Arcjet
Arcjet
Episode: React got hacked with David Mytton
Eytan Seidman
VP of Product at Shopify
Shopify
Episode: Shopify Winter โ€™26 Edition: building faster with the Dev MCP server with Eytan Seidman

Hosts

Noel Minchow
Host of PodRocket (panel host)
Paige Niedringhaus
Host of PodRocket and lead software engineer at Allspice

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 188 ratings
  • Best Frontend Tech Podcast

    Iโ€™ve listened to a number of podcasts on frontend tooling and this is by far my favorite. Great hosts, great guests, awesome interviews and insights.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    nathan_mac
    Canada3 years ago
  • Thank you for quality interviews

    Glad that I found a podcast that actually talks to experts.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    peter1035k
    South Korea4 years ago
  • They - indeed - really appreciate their listeners ๐Ÿ˜

    As a long-time listener of the series (since the very first episode!), I of course heard the call to liken the series in recent episodes.

    Since I actually really like listening to the podcasts, I was happy to do so.

    Great stickers were promised as a reward.

    As a listener from Europe, I never expected to actually get any... who sends anything halfway around the globe for such a little thing.

    Until today, when a letter landed in my mailbox!

    A handwritten envelope and with the promised awesome sti... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Elektropool
    Germany4 years ago
  • ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€

    Have a question about anything โ€œfrontend web development?โ€

    The PodRocket team has got you covered. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

    Whether youโ€™re well established as a developer, or just getting started in your career, this is a must-listen podcast for you! The LogRocket team does an incredible job of facilitating and sharing engaging conversations with industry leaders whoโ€™ve actually experienced success themselves and every. single. episode. is jam-packed with helpful takeaways. Highly recommend listening and subscribi... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ASobering
    United States4 years ago
  • ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜

    Podchaser
    5
    danishjaved575spicy
    4 years ago

Listeners Say

Key themes from listener reviews, highlighting what works and what could be improved about the show.

Strong culture of respect for developer communities.
Reliable host and sharp guests with actionable takeaways.
Engaging discussions that translate complex topics into practical guidance.
Consistently high-quality interviews with industry-leading engineers.
Great depth on frontend tooling and open-source projects.

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How this podcast ranks in the Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube charts.

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#115
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#136
Indonesia/Technology
Apple Podcasts
#168
Colombia/Technology
Apple Podcasts
#196
Ukraine/Technology
Apple Podcasts
#231
Philippines/Technology
Apple Podcasts
#247
Israel/Technology

Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Zed 1.0... GPUI, Rust, and the future of native apps with Mikayla Maki
Q: What would you say is the single biggest takeaway from GPUI so far?
Rust provides the strongest foundation for safety and performance across the stack, guiding memory management and enabling high-integrity, fast rendering and cooperative features, which makes the overall platform feel cohesive and reliable.
Zed 1.0... GPUI, Rust, and the future of native apps with Mikayla Maki
Q: What is the elevator pitch for Zed and GPUI?
Zed is a fast, lightweight code editor that embeds a GPU-accelerated UI framework (GPUI) and aims to bring core features into the editor itself, reducing reliance on extensions and enabling tight integration with live collaboration and a Rust-based performance backbone.
pnpm 11 deep dive with lead maintainer Zoltan Kochan
Q: What is the biggest shift introduced in PNPM 11 and why was it implemented by default?
The biggest shift is the default minimum release age of one day, which prevents new versions released within the last 24 hours from being immediately used. This was implemented to mitigate security incidents and version-supply-chain risks, based on data from polls and observed npm package attacks, while still allowing users to opt out if they want to relax the rule.
TanStack, TanStack Start, and whatโ€™s coming next with Tanner Linsley [Repeat]
Q: What is the core idea behind TanStack, and how did it evolve?
TanStack started with data-table and data-structure problems (like TanStack Table) and evolved into a wider collection of headless, cross-framework libraries. The goal was to capture learning from React Table and React Query experiences, then apply those lessons across a suite of tools that work well together in a modular, isomorphic way.
Yes, and... programming still matters in the age of AI, with Carson Gross
Q: What kind of background justified you writing this article and sharing your thoughts publicly?
Carson explains he wanted to present a rational, non-expert perspective on AI's impact, acknowledging the rapid advancements while offering a reference point for others to think about the long-term implications.

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Frequently Asked Questions About PodRocket

What is PodRocket about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Front-end focused conversations spotlight practical tooling, frameworks, and open-source ecosystems, with frequent deep-dives into modern JavaScript libraries, deployment patterns, and AI-assisted workflows. Episodes balance technical expositions (TanStack, Prisma Next, PNPM 11), architecture trade-offs (rendering patterns, deployment platforms, browser APIs), and industry shifts (AI in coding, open-source governance, security incidents). A notable strength is featuring prominent maintainers and engineers who share concrete roadmaps, design decisions, and migration guidance, making it valuable for developers, engineering managers, and tech leaders evaluating tooling or sponsorship opportunities.

Series stands out for high-signal guests, ac... more

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1. Mikayla Maki
2. Zoltan Kochan
3. Kilian Valkhof
4. Gil Fink
5. Rich Harris
6. Daniel Thompson-Yvetot
7. Mark Techson
8. David Mytton

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