FSJam Podcast

Claire Froelich is a Software Developer at Mintbean and a Core Member of RedwoodJS.

In this episode we discuss the inherent complexity of translation, how to approach incorporating internationalization and localization into large scale open source projects, and whether linguistics can ever be captured by numbers.

Claire Froelich

• Twitter
• GitHub
• LinkedIn
• Portfolio
• Learn RedwoodJS

Links

• Translating the Tutorial (and, maybe, Docs)
• Mintbean and Fullstack Education with Monarch Wadia
• Docusaurus 2
• Crowdin
• VuePress
• GitLocalize
• The amazing power of word vectors
• The Illustrated Word2vec
• It’s just plain HTML with a couple directives for including one smaller chunk of HTML (called a “partial”) inside of another.

Nader Dabit is a Developer Advocate at AWS Amplify.

In this episode we discuss building fullstack applications with AWS Amplify, tools for enabling frontend developers, and the different architectures that can be created in the cloud.

Nader Dabit

• Twitter
• GitHub
• YouTube

Jim Fisk is a web developer and creator of Plenti, a Svelte Static Site Generator built with Go.

In this episode we discuss the differences between Svelte and React, how to compare different bundlers including Webpack and Rollup, ESM imports, and the next generation of build tools.

Jim Fisk

• Plenti
• Twitter
• GitHub

Plenti

• Plenti - a Svelte SSG for people that don’t like web maintenance bullsh#t
• Plenti - Svelte Society
• Intro to Plenti, a Go Based SSG

Links

• Svelte
• Rollup
• Esbuild
• Snowpack
• Vite

Rob Cameron is a web developer, woodworker, and Founding Member of RedwoodJS.

In this episode we discuss how to create a useful tutorial, the differences between mocks and tests, and why you should just use Ruby on Rails for solving any problem.

Rob Cameron

• Twitter
• GitHub

Links

• CFWheels
• New Jersey needs volunteers who know COBOL, a 60-year-old programming language
• Redwood v0.26: The Prerender Release
• Stickers!!!

Ryan Chenkie is a Developer Advocate at Prisma and creator of the React Security Fundamentals course.

In this episode we discuss the role of a developer advocate, public versus private endpoints, and the necessity of a fullstack mindset in securing React applications.

Ryan Chenkie

• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Home Page
• GitHub
• Prisma

Links

• ReactSecurity
• Learn TypeScript: A Pocketguide Tutorial
• React Authentication with Ryan Chenkie
• Prisma Model Relations
• Handling Authentication and Authorization in GraphQL
• Build Your GraphQL APIs Faster with Nexus Schema

Anant Jhingran is the CEO of StepZen, a tool that enables frontend developers to quickly spin up a GraphQL API from a set of backends.

In this episode we discuss imperative versus declarative programming, the definition of API management, the challenges of working with complex backend systems, and the unique capabilities of GraphQL.

Anant Jhingran

• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• StepZen

Links

• SemTag and Seeker: Bootstrapping the semantic web via automated semantic annotation
• A Case for Automated Large Scale Semantic Annotation
• Five changes in my thinking in five months since leaving IBM

Chris Ball is the CTO of Echobind and creator of Bison, a Fullstack Jamstack framework based on Echobind's "Greenfield Web Stack."

In this episode we discuss the origins of Bison, conventions for continuous integration, and the need for differing opinions in nascent ecosystems.

Chris Ball

• Twitter
• Echobind
• Bison
• Open Positions at Echobind

Links

• Next.js
• Nexus
• Prisma
• GraphQL Codegen
• Chakra UI
• React Hook Form
• Cypress
• React Testing Library
• Jest

Mike Cavaliere is a Senior Software Engineer at Echobind and author of Cut Into the Jamstack.

In this episode we discuss his experience working on a range of client projects and the considerations behind the technology stack selected for the book. Cut Into the Jamstack explains how to utilize Next.js, Prisma, and Vercel to build a photo collaboration app.

Mike Cavaliere

• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Home Page
• Echobind
• Cut Into the Jamstack

Links

• Creating Your Own Jamstack Blog with Next.js and Bison
• Lunch n' Learn - NextAuth.js
• Vercel
• Next.js
• Prisma
• React Hook Form
• NextAuth.js
• Railway
• Chakra

Tanner Linsley is an open source maintainer and Co-founder of Nozzle, a monitoring tool for reverse engineering Google's Search Engine Results Pages.

In this episode we discuss the suite of open source libraries Tanner maintains including React Query, React Table, and React Charts, the benefits of sane defaults, data visualization anti-patterns, the challenges of asynchronous interfaces, and why you should dogfood open source tools.

Tanner Linsley

• Twitter
• TanStack
• Nozzle.io

Links

• React Query
• React Table
• React Charts
• visx
• React Virtual - Code Sample
• React Ranger
• Swimmer

Raymond Camden and Brian Rinaldi are the authors of The Jamstack Book.

In this episode we discuss the evolution of the term "Jamstack," the methodology behind the selection of technologies for the projects, and the book's intended audience. The Jamstack Book includes a series of projects teaching how to lay out and generate a site, deploy that site to the cloud, and add dynamic features like user logins and search functionality.

Links

• The Jamstack Book
• Raymond Camden
• Brian Rinaldi
• Working with Static Sites
• CFE.dev

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