Rolldown and VoidZero's vision for the future of JavaScript tooling with Alexander Lichter

In this episode of PodRocket, Paige Niederinghaus and Noel Minschau interview Alexander Lichter, DevRel at Void Zero, about Rolldown, a tool designed to improve Vite's bundling speed using Rust. Alexander discusses how Rolldown integrates the best features from bundlers like Rollup, ESBuild, and Webpack, aiming to unify the JavaScript toolchain and enhance developer experience. The conversation covers Rolldown's compatibility with existing Rollup plugins, low-level optimizations for performance, and the broader vision of Void Zero, including projects like Oxlint and OXC, which address linting and other aspects of JavaScript development. The goal is to streamline the development process, reduce configuration complexity, and provide a more unified and efficient toolchain for JavaScript developers.