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Modern Web — 177 episodes

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How Balon.aI Uses Model Consensus to Improve AI Accuracy

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Improving AI Assisted Development with Minko Gechev

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Databases at Extreme Scale (PlanetScale CEO Sam Lambert)

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How Varlock Fixes .env Vulnerabilities and Secures Your Secrets

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The One Mindset That Will 10x Your Dev Career (and Keep You Ahead of AI)

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The Cloud Built AI. Can It Survive What AI Needs Next?

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How NPM Auto-Updates & Post-Install Scripts Could Hijack Your Org

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Cracking Tech Interviews When AI Changes the Rules

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Every AI Cloud-Native Expert Starts with Kubernetes | API Gateways vs Service Mesh Explained

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I’m Sorry, But Your CSS Is Terrible

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Software Developers Spill the Beans on Conversational AI

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The Biggest Mistakes Devs Make in Accessibility & SEO

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Sentry Has New AI Tools for Monitoring and Developer Workflows

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How Elasticsearch Improves Search Relevance, Log Parsing, Production Systems, + More!

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What is AI Agentic Experience and Why Provide a Great AX for Users?

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Why Prompt Engineering Skills Matter More than Your AI Model with Melkey Dev

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What is Agent Experience (AX)? + Scalable AI Agent Orchestration

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The State of Authentication: The Future is BUNDLED!

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How MCP is Changing AI App Building

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Building AI Agents That Build AI Agents: Inside Chai.new

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Building a TikTok-Style App with React Native & Expo: Interview w Skylight Social CTO, Reed Harmeyer

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What’s New About Heroku in 2025? AI Platform as a Service + What are MCPs?

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Building Roo Code: Agentic Coding, Boomerang Tasks, and Community

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Battle of The AI Agents: RooCode, Claude, & Cursor

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Why Unkey Ditched TypeScript and Serverless for GO!

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What Makes TanStack Form Different from Other Form State Managers?

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Battle of the Agentic AI Platforms: v0 vs Bolt vs Replit

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Junior Devs Shouldn’t Use AI + Is the AI Discussion Repetitive?

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Why React Remix is Great for Server Side Engineering

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Why Choose Appwrite Over Firebase or Supabase?

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The Evolution of Prisma in 2025 with Søren Bramer Schmidt, CEO and Founder of Prisma

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How Code Reviews Shape Strong Engineering Leaders: Pairing vs. Mobbing

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Is DevRel Really Worth It for Most Organizations?

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AI is Making Serverless and Cloud Development TOO EASY

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Fluid Compute: Vercel’s Next Step in the Evolution of Serverless?

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Decentralized Social Media: The Future of the Online Tech Community or a Reactive Fad?

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The Future of Open Source: Funding, Sustainability, and the Open Source Pledge

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Backend Abstractions, Serverless Patterns, and Why It’s Okay to Start Learning with Frameworks

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Software Engineers: You Can Become a Content Creator (with Bytes of Bree)

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Web Development Getting Boring? Exploring Innovation, Front-End Trends & Full-Stack Challenges

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“Security as Code” with Arcjet for Modern Applications

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Why SQLite is Perfect for the Web

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DOUBLE your speed with Single Flight Mutations and Solid.js with Ryan Carniato

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Next.js and Makeswift for Dynamic Web Experiences with James Q. Quick

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The Problem with Open Source and How to Fix It with Max Howell, Founder of Tea Protocol

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The Ethical Dilemma of Unethical UX Design with Bermon Painter

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Leverage Multiple Database Models in One Platform with SurrealDB ft. Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

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Transforming Data with MongoDB: Jesse Hall on Document and Vector Databases

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Reducing Fatigue for On-Call SWEs with AI, Mentorship, & More with Dr. Sally Wabha

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How Nuxt Studio is Redefining Developer and User Experience with Baptiste Leproux & Ferdinand Coumauith

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Vaadin for Java on the Frontend with Lawrence Lockhart

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Learning Paths for Next.JS Developers with Ankita Kulkarni

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Fly.io for Easier Cloud Deployment with Annie Sexton

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Angular Signals for Simpler State Management and DOM Performance with Braydon Coyer

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Java’s AI Evolution: Semantic Caching JVM, and GenAI Architectures with Theresa Mamarella & Brian Sam-Bodden

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Unit Testing, TypeScript, and AI: Enhancing Code Quality and Productivity in 2024

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How to Create a Memorable Conference Experience with Vincent Mayers

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Building Scalable AI Applications: Insights from AWS's Michael Liendo

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The Journey To Making A New Framework: TanStack Start with Tanner Linsley

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Why is It so HARD to Break Into Tech with Jason Torres

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Balancing Innovation with Compliance and Privacy Concerns in Healthcare with John Crighton, CTO Lightning Step

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The Evolution of AI Tooling & Ethical AI Practices with Shivay Lamba

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Why TypeScript is the Most Important Tool in Open-Source with Nick Taylor

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The Evolution of CSS: From Early Days to Flexbox & Grid with Kevin Powell

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How AI is Evolving: Code Completion, Legacy code, LLMs with CS Dojo’s YK Sugi

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Docker: The Secret Weapon for Cloud Efficiency with Kyle Tryon

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How to Take Extreme Ownership Over Your Engineering Efforts with Nate Emerson

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How to Invest in New Software Engineering Talent with Shashi Lo

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Challenges of Growing into a Software Leadership Role with Gant Laborde

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Color Theory For Software Engineers + Color Accessibility & Performance with Sarah Shook

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"Do What Matters with Who Matters While It Matters" Mark Techson on Leadership

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Acing the Interview for Software Engineers with Anthony D. Mays

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Kent C. Dodds on Why he Traded Angular for React, Launching EpicWeb.dev, + What’s Next for EpicReact.dev

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Browser Native APIs with Rachel Nabors

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Don’t Make It Difficult to Engage with Your Brand: DevRel with Jonan Scheffler

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Tim Neutkens, Co-Author of Next.js on the State of Next

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Agentic AI: What Does AI Agency Mean Our Future? Safety and Security with Tejas Kumar

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What’s Great About TypeScript ESLint v8 + The “Trough of Disillusionment” in Adoption with Josh Goldberg

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These JavaScript Tools Make Collaboration and Deployment Easier with Jack Herrington

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Observables: Coming to a Browser Near You with Dominic Farolino (Google Chrome)

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Integrating AI models into Dev Platforms (Low-Code, Accessibility, and APIs) with Amanda Martin from Wix

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React Version Transitions, Library Updates, and Why Standards Bodies are so Complex with JLarky

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How Svelte and RSCs are Changing Web Development with Rich Harris

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“Pretty Reasonable” Takes on RSC, Next.js, Type Enforcement, + More with Colby Fayock

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Are you an AI Engineer? What is RAG? AI Implemented with Tracy Lee and Rob Ocel

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What’s New with Astro in 2024 with Matthew Phillips, CTO of Astro

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Local-First Application Development is Back? with Dev Agrawal

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6 Steps to AI Adoption: Benefits of SLMs vs LLMs

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How to Go from Software Engineer to AI Engineer with Shawn Wang

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6 Steps to AI Adoption: Building with AI APIs

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The Future of JavaScript Package Handling and Open Source with Darcy Clarke

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Why Every Developer Should Try Elm + Are We Abandoning JavaScript? with Lindsay Wardell

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6 Steps to AI Adoption: Prompt Engineering for Workflow Optimization with Jerome Hardaway

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NextJS 14 Server Actions and Why Building CRUD Apps is Good For You with Dave Gray

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How Deno & JSR are Changing JavaScript Development with Kevin Whinnery

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Making and Using GPTs to Improving Developer Workflows with Jerome Hardaway & Tracy Lee

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The Democratization of AI with Carter Rabasa

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Dismantling Your AI Bias with Jerome Hardaway and Tracy Lee

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Are Performance Issues Really Next.js’s Fault? What Vercel Should Actually Be Building

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Will HTMX Take Away Front End Developer Jobs? with Jack Herrington

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AI (Probably) Won’t Ruin Your Engineering Career

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A Solid(JS) Developer Experience with Atila Fassina, SolidJS DX Team

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New Web APIs, CSS, Tailwind, and RSC with Chance Strickland, Ben Lesh, Adam Rackis, and Tracy Lee

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Can Vercel Fix React? A Conversation with Tracy Lee, Ben Lesh & Adam Rackis

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It's Impossible for this Code to Fail - with Loren Sands-Ramshaw

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ChatGPT Can't Solve These Problems! with Chris Gardner

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Astro: Do You Even Need JavaScript? with James Quick

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Does Replay Fix All ​​Debugging Issues? - Jason Laster, Co-Founder at Replay.io

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Remix vs Next.js: Who Will Win the Framework War? + Is React Over? with Ben Lesh & Adam Rackis

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All About TresJS: Vue.js, Open Source, and 3D Magic with Alvaro Saburido

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Unlock the Power of DivOps Engineering with Ben Ilegbodu and Jonathan Creamer

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The Evolving Ecosystem of Open Source with Daniel Roe, Nuxt Team Lead

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What is a Product Manager? with Andrea Griffiths of GitHub

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Why Does Publishing React JavaScript Packages Have to be so Hard? with Mark Erikson, Redux Maintainer

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Exploring Million.js: A Revolutionary Virtual DOM Replacement with Aiden Bai, Creator of Million.js

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ReactJS vs. Solid with Dax Raad, Founder of Bumi

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Angular’s Renaissance: The Community-Powered Framework with Mark Thompson and Alyssa Nicoll

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The React Ecosystem Shake-Up: Who’s to Blame? with Adam Rackis, Senior Web Engineer at Spotify

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What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI-Powered Development- Moving Beyond the Obvious with Jerome Hardaway

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Frameworks vs. Fundamentals: Striking the Right Balance ft The Whiskey Web and Whatnot Podcast

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Design System Engineering at Scale with Kathleen McMahon

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Exploring Svelte, Open Source, and Discord Bots with Willow (GHOST)

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Why All Developers Should Attend Conferences with Kayla Sween, Organizer of MagnoliaJS

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Navigating Tech Career Transitions with Insights from Netflix Engineering Managers Jem Young & Ryan Burgess

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Unbelievable Transformation: How CodePen Revolutionized Web Development with Co-Founder Chris Coyier

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The Secrets of Software Reliability: A Proactive Approach for Seamless User Experiences with Maggie Johnson-Pint

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The Ultimate TypeScript ESLint Hacks with Josh Goldberg

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Unleashing Hot Takes with Tailwind CSS and Exploring the Web Components Revolution

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From Rocks to Code: An Extraordinary Journey to Developer Advocacy with Michelle Mannering

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Unlocking Success with Scott Tolinski: From Side Project to Full-Time YouTube Career

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Software Testing Strategies and Real User Engagement with Andrew Knight

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Exploring Svelte 4 with Kevin Åberg Kultalahti: Performance, Compatibility, & Web Component Support

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What’s All the Hype Around Signals? ft. Ben Lesh & Ryan Carniato

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Automated Testing with Playwright ft. Debbie O’Brien

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What is an Engineering Manager Anyway? with Rick Conrades

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The Day-to-Day of Developer Advocacy with Sam Julien

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State Machines for your Mind with Jenny Truong

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Maintaining a Successful Open-source Project with Dominik Dorfmeister

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Building the TanStack with Tanner Linsley

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Being Yourself, For Fun And Profit ft. Trecia Kat

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Understanding Svelte and Ramping Up from React ft. Scott Spence

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Native Apps with Embedded Web Technologies ft. Alyssa Nicoll

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Deep Learning about React Native and AI with Gant Laborde

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Making Your Websites ”Qwik” with Shai Reznik

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Component Testing with Cypress ft. Jordan Powell

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Building a Design System with Paige Kelley

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Authorization on the Web with Cerbos ft. Alex Olivier

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Developing an API is Like Building Legos with Ray Gesualdo

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React: Past, Present, & Future with Cory House

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Talking Vue Composition Functions with Jess Sachs

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When the World Ends, We Need Documentation with Jeremy Meiss

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GraphQL, Microservices, Bridging the Programming Language Gap, and Client App Consumption with Roy Derks

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Building Functional Web Apps with Enhance ft. Simon MacDonald

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The Future of DevRel and Databases with Tejas Kumar

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Career Transitioners, Learning Git, and Representation in Tech with Jessie Auguste

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Hot Takes on Frameworks: React, Solid, Qwik, Svelte, Astro, Fresh, Marko, & More!

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Thinking About TypeScript for New Users with Josh Goldberg

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Accessibility in Testing with Adrián Bolonio

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Evolution of the React Paradigm and Modern React Development with Jay Phelps

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Introduction to Remix with Kent C. Dodds

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S09E12 Modern Web Podcast- Introduction to SolidJS with Ryan Carniato

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S09E11 Modern Web Podcast- Women Who Code with Alaina Percival

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S09E10 Modern Web Podcast- State of Node.js with James Snell

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S09E09 Modern Web Podcast-How to Start Coding & Find Your First Job with Alex Booker

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S09E08 Modern Web Podcast- ”If You Can JavaScript, You Can Backend” with Swizec Teller

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S09E07 Modern Web Podcast- State of Vue.js with Evan You, Creator of Vue.js

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S09E06 Modern Web Podcast- Managing a Developer Team with Jem Young from Netflix

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S09E05 Modern Web Podcast - The State of Angular with Mark Thompson

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S09E04 Modern Web Podcast - The Future of Automotive App Development with Naoki Ogishi

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S09E03 Modern Web Podcast - Software Development in the Cloud with Mike Nikles & Geoffrey Huntley

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S09E02 Modern Web Podcast - Modernizing React Apps with Paige Niedringhaus & Mark Erikson

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S09E01 Modern Web Podcast - Partytown with Adam Bradley

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S08E020 Modern Web Podcast - The Future of the Terminal & Fig with Brendan Falk

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S08E019 Modern Web Podcast - The Future of Blockchain & How To Get Involved Today With Nader Dabit

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S08E018 Modern Web Podcast - Staying Curious with Michael Chan

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S08E017 Modern Web Podcast - Blockchain curious? It‘s easy & JS Developers should start learning!

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S08E016 Modern Web Podcast - Quasar with Luke Diebold