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In the second installment of our Founder Friday series, Ben talks with Screenplay cofounders, Tomas Reimers and Greg Foster. They discuss the technical details behind Screenplay, what it’s like trying to get funding during a pandemic, and the Screenplay roadmap. Links https://screenplay.dev (https://screenplay.dev) https://screenplay.dev/docs/quick-start (https://screenplay.dev/docs/quick-start) https://twitter.com/gregmfoster (https://twitter.com/gregmfoster)...

Ben and Kate talk to David Luecke, creator of Feathers, a framework for real-time applications and REST APIs. They talk about where Feathers fits in the fullstack framework space, pros and cons of building a modular framework, and what it has been like to maintain a project that needs to keep up with React. Links https://feathersjs.com/ (https://feathersjs.com/) https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers (https://github.com/feathersjs/feathers) https://github.com/daffl (https://github.com/daffl)...

Today, Ben and Kate interview David Price, a core member of RedwoodJS and developer-in-residence at Preston-Werner Ventures. They talk about what it means to be fullstack JAMstack, how RedwoodJS gives you your time back, and what it takes to create a highly collaborative open-source community. Links https://redwoodjs.com/ (https://redwoodjs.com/) https://twitter.com/mojombo (https://twitter.com/mojombo) https://twitter.com/appfactory (https://twitter.com/appfactory)...

Today Ben and Kate talk with Paul Copplestone, CEO and cofounder of Supabase, the open source firebase alternative. They discuss how Supabase works, whats in store for 2021, why open source matters, and the role HackerNews played in Supabase’s launch. Links https://supabase.io (https://supabase.io) https://github.com/supabase (https://github.com/supabase/supabase) https://twitter.com/kiwicopple (https://twitter.com/kiwicopple) https://postgrest.org (https://postgrest.org)...

Today Ben and Kate sit down with Nikolas Burk, Prisma’s Head of Developer Success. They talk about how Prisma helps developers build better web apps, how it works with TypeScript, the Prisma roadmap, and, of course, building an open-source community. Links https://www.prisma.io/ (https://www.prisma.io/) https://www.prisma.io/docs/guides (https://www.prisma.io/docs/guides) https://www.prisma.io/docs/concepts/overview/prisma-in-your-stack/is-prisma-an-orm...

This is our first-ever Founder Friday episode where we feature founders of startups and devtool projects. Today, Ben talks with Chris Mather, founder of Elements, a new fullstack JavaScript framework. Ben talks to Chris about how he created Elements, his journey from CTO to founder, the process of getting funding for the project, and how you can get started with Elements today. Links https://elements.dev/ (https://elements.dev/) https://github.com/elementscode/application...

In this episode, Brian and Ben talk with Cassidy Williams about being “tech famous,” web developer comedy as a genre, and what it’s like to create content specifically for web developers. We also get into developer experience for a little bit, touching on both the future and importance of niche communities. Links https://cassidoo.co/ (https://cassidoo.co/) https://twitter.com/cassidoo (https://twitter.com/cassidoo) https://github.com/cassidoo (https://github.com/cassidoo)...

Today, we have Jessica Chan from Coder Coder: a collection of resources that help aspiring web developers learn to code. Brian talks with Jessica about creating content for web developers, using YouTube and Instagram as platforms, building a brand, and we even launch into a few marketing rants. Links https://coder-coder.com (https://coder-coder.com) https://coder-coder.com/responsive/ (https://coder-coder.com/responsive/) https://www.youtube.com/thecodercoder...

Today, our co-founder Ben Edelstein sits down with the CEO and founder of Chromatic, Zoltan Olah. Ben and Zoltan discuss frontend testing, the philosophy of component-driven development, Storybook, and more. Links https://www.chromatic.com/ (https://www.chromatic.com/) https://storybook.js.org/ (https://storybook.js.org/) https://twitter.com/zqzoltan (https://twitter.com/zqzoltan) https://blog.logrocket.com/react-storybook/ (https://blog.logrocket.com/react-storybook/)...

Brian sits down with Kaelan, one of LogRocket's frontend engineers, to talk about things that are coming in 2021. We also reflect on the most significant trends and updates to browsers, web standards, and programming languages throughout the course of 2020. Links https://reactjs.org/blog/2020/12/21/data-fetching-with-react-server-components.html (https://reactjs.org/blog/2020/12/21/data-fetching-with-react-server-components.html) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25497065...

Ben and Brian talk to Brandon Bayer, creator of Blitz.js. We take a deep dive into everything Blitz has to offer. More specifically, we address how Blitz compares with other fullstack frameworks and how Blitz balances being opinionated with being flexible for each aspect of the toolchain. We also talk about community building and beyond. Links https://github.com/blitz-js/blitz/wiki (https://github.com/blitz-js/blitz/wiki) https://blitzjs.slack.com/ (https://blitzjs.slack.com/)...

In this episode, Ben interviews Fred Schott, founder of Pika and creator of Snowpack. Brian sits down with one of LogRocket's frontend engineers to discuss Webpack 5. You can learn more about Snowpack here https://www.snowpack.dev/ You can also check out Webpack 5 here https://webpack.js.org/blog/2020-10-10-webpack-5-release/ To learn more about LogRocket visit https://logrocket.com/signup/ Special Guest: Fred Schott.