Andrew Lisowski, Justin Bennett · Technology

devtools.fm: Developer Tools, Open Source, Software Development

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).

Episodes

This podcast episode explores the challenges and rewards of contributing to the open-source project Node.js. It discusses the optimization of the URL parser in Node.js, the complexities of benchmarking, the impact of competing runtimes, and the challenges of funding and monetizing open-source development. The episode a...

Matteo Collina - Node.js, Fastify, Platformatic

27 Nov 2023

1h 10m

Braden Sidoti - Clerk

20 Nov 2023

1h 4m

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This podcast episode explores Clerk, a developer tool that simplifies authentication and session management. The discussion covers the challenges of authentication, the benefits of Clerk's session management approach, the complexities of designing and implementing authentication systems, the need for a unified approach...

Isaac Schlueter - npm, Tier

13 Nov 2023

1h 21m

James Perkins - Unkey

06 Nov 2023

1h 9m

Dax Raad - SST

29 Oct 2023

1h 30m

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This podcast episode explores challenges and solutions in the realm of cloud computing and infrastructure-as-code. The speakers dive into the complexities of using AWS and highlight the unique structure that inhibits quick innovation. They discuss the differences between SST and CDK as infrastructure-as-code tools, emp...