FSJam Podcast

Peter Pistorius is the co-creator of RedwoodJS and founder of Snaplet, a tool for copying your production database while protecting private information.

In this episode we discuss managing personally identifiable information, simplifying local database testing, and developing in cloud environments.

Peter Pistorius

• Twitter
• GitHub

Snaplet

• Home Page
• Twitter
• GitHub
• Documentation
• Jobs

Links

• Clone your Supabase production data to a development environment

Orta Therox is a (former) Compiler Engineer at Microsoft and core team member of TypeScript, a syntactical superset of JavaScript that adds optional static typing.

In this episode we discuss compiler engineering, whether JavaScript will ever incorporate a native type system, and why TypeScript will never have zero configuration.

Orta

• Twitter
• GitHub
• LinkedIn
• Home Page

TypeScript

• Home Page
• Twitter
• GitHub

Links

• Cosmiconfig
• TSConfig Bases
• Dancing Landscapes
• Danger JS
• CocoaPods

Stephanie Eckles is a Front-End Focused Software Engineer and author of ModernCSS.dev, a course series on modern CSS solutions
for old CSS problems.

In this episode we discuss when CSS became modern, if PostCSS can replace the enduring Sass, the new capabilities enabled by Eleventy Serverless, and the value of online streaming.

Stephanie Eckles

• Twitter
• GitHub
• Codepen
• Blog
• Twitch
• Modern CSS
• Home Page

Links

• CSS Cascade Layers
• When CSS Isn’t Enough: JavaScript Requirements For Accessible Components
• Modern CSS: Grid, Aspect Ratio, Container Queries, and More!
• Word Wrap - Eleventy and the Rise of Static
• 11ty Rocks
• A First Look at Eleventy Serverless, with Zach Leatherman
• 11ty Serverless Search

Rugwiro Valentin is a Developer at Fly, a platform for fullstack applications and databases that need to run globally.

In this episode we discuss deploying containers to the edge, microVMs, Twelve Factor Apps, Cloud Native Buildpacks, and WireGuard.

Rugwiro Valentin

• Twitter
• GitHub
• Home Page

Fly

• Home Page
• Twitter
• GitHub

Links

• App Configuration with fly.toml
• flyctl
• Volumes on Fly
• The Twelve-Factor App
• Cloud Native Buildpacks
• Tokio
• WireGuard: Next Generation Kernel Network Tunnel
• WireGuard Go
• ngrok
• Dockerize RedwoodJS with Fly

Christopher Burns is the CEO of Everfund, a donation checkout system for non-profits and charities.

In this Podrocket crossover episode, we discuss the motivation behind the creation of Everfund, the technologies the company has built upon, the process of migrating from a previous tech stack, and advice for other potential founders looking to start a company.

Christopher Burns

• Twitter
• GitHub
• LinkedIn

Everfund

• Home Page
• Blog
• Twitter
• GitHub
• LinkedIn

Dylan Piercey is a Member of Technical Staff at eBay and core team member of Marko, a declarative, HTML-based language for building web applications.

In this episode we discuss the relation between progressive enhancement and partial hydration, appropriate use cases for the islands architecture, and the rediscovery of multi-page applications.

Dylan Piercey

• Twitter
• GitHub

Marko

• Home Page
• Twitter
• GitHub
• Discord

Links

• What is Partial Hydration and Why is Everyone Talking About It?
• Async Fragments: Rediscovering Progressive HTML Rendering with Marko
• The Future of Marko
• Maybe you don’t need that SPA
• A First Look at MarkoJS

Cassie Evans is the Lead Bestower of Animation Superpowers at Greensock, a JavaScript animation toolset.

In this episode we discuss the limitations of CSS animations, techniques for animating SVGs, and building animation centric websites without JavaScript frameworks.

Cassie Evans

• Home Page
• Twitter
• LinkedIn

Greensock

• Home Page
• GSAP
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• GitHub

Links

• Codebar
• Banner Ads
• AnimationTimeline
• CSS Transforms
• WebGL
• Canvas
• three.js
• GSAP + React, First Steps & Handy Techniques
• GSAP + React, Advanced Animation Techniques
• Framer Motion
• React Motion
• Building an Animated Castle Builder w/ Cassie Evans
• Chattin' GSAP Helper Functions w/ Cassie Evans
• FLIP Animations with GSAP! w/ Cassie Evans
• GreenSock Community Questions with Cassie Evans

Mike Nikles is a Senior Developer and Customer Success Engineer at Gitpod, a collaborative development environment in the browser.

In this episode we discuss the challenges of local development and the unique benefits of developing in the cloud.

Mike Nikles

• Twitter
• GitHub
• LinkedIn
• Home Page

Gitpod

• Home Page
• Twitter
• GitHub

Webstone

• GitHub
• Discord

Links

• Theia
• A Better GitHub Flow
• Run RedwoodJS on Gitpod
• Why I Left Google and Joined Gitpod
• GitHub Codespaces
• OpenVSCode Server
• VS Code in the browser for everyone
• Config Gitpod File
• Open VSX Registry
• Gitpod Local Companion
• Gitpod Example Projects
• Gitpod Languages & Frameworks
• Cloud Native Web Development
• SvelteKit & Prisma

Anthony Accomazzo and Eric Goldman are the founders of Sequin, a database for real-time syncing of APIs.

In this episode we discuss the superiority of SQL for query expressibility in comparison to HTTP and the benefits of having all your data centralized in one location for analysis.

Anthony Accomazzo

• Twitter
• GitHub
• Home Page

Eric Goldman

• Twitter

Sequin

• Home Page
• Blog
• Twitter
• LinkedIn