Zackary Jackson joins Kent to discuss his upcoming talk at Epic Web Conf, Epic Federation: Scaling Web Infrastructure. As an expert in large-scale web architecture, Zack has helped build critical tools like Module Federation and RSPack, both of which power ByteDance’s global infrastructure.

In this conversation, Kent and Zack cover:

The challenges of managing thousands of developers and repos across multiple teams.
Why ByteDance chose to build its own bundler in Rust instead of adopting an existing solution.
The impact of slow build times on product velocity and how tooling improvements significantly reduce development friction.
The role of Module Federation in solving organizational scale problems, allowing teams to ship independently.
How AI-powered tools are shaping the next generation of developer workflows.

Zack also shares his thoughts on why meeting open-source maintainers and industry leaders in person can unlock collaboration opportunities that aren’t as easily accessible online.

Watch this episode.

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Host: Kent C. Dodds

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