Full Stack Radio

By Adam Wathan

What's Full Stack Radio about?

A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.

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Full Stack Radio episodes:

01.28.2021
152: Ben Orenstein - How to Stand Out When Applying for a Job at a Small Company
In this episode Adam talks to Ben Orenstein about what you can do to stand out if you’re trying to get a job at a small company.
12.28.2020
151: DHH – Building HEY with Hotwire
In this episode Adam talks to DHH about using Hotwire to develop Basecamp's new email service HEY while shipping only 40kb of JavaScript to the client.
10.21.2020
150: Secret Screencasting Tips & Behind the Scenes of Tailwind CSS 2.0
In this episode, Adam and Jack talk about all the secret tips you need to know to screencast like a pro. Then they go deep into some of the things Adam is working on for Tailwind CSS 2.0, like the...
10.07.2020
149: Choosing a Payment Processor, Radical Icons & W3C Hype
Adam and Jack discuss how it sucks when you're forced to change billing platforms, and embark upon a deep dive on the merits of Adam's favorite solutions. We also talk about Jack's recent Radical Icon launch and promotional strategy regrets,...
09.29.2020
148: Accessible Focus Styles, Tailwind Labs on YouTube, and Secret Projects
Adam and Jack talk about accessible focus styles, Headless UI, the new Tailwind Labs YouTube channel, Tailwind presets, and the progress on the great Statamic Bug-Fix-a-Thon of 2020. They also kick around what "Tailwind Lite" could be and where it...
09.23.2020
147: Surviving GitHub Issues, the Statamic 3 Launch Aftermath, Tailwind 1.8, and Headless UI
Adam and Jack talk about strategies for keeping up with GitHub issues and coping with customer criticism, and how life is going after the Statamic 3 launch. They also talk about the new features in Tailwind 1.8, and work through...
09.04.2020
146: Launching Statamic 3, GitHub Sponsors, Tailwind CSS v1.7, and Preparing for Laracon
Adam and Jack talk about how the Statamic 3 launch went, and adding GitHub Sponsor tiers to the Statamic GitHub organization and what to give people in exchange for sponsoring. They also talk about the new Tailwind CSS v1.7 release,...
08.20.2020
145: Statamic 3.0 and Tailwind CSS 2.0
Jack McDade joins Adam to talk about what he's been up to building up to the Statamic 3.0 launch (it's out now!) and Adam shares a bunch of ideas he's been working on for Tailwind CSS v2.0.
08.05.2020
144: Gary Bernhardt - TypeScript and Testing
In this episode, Adam talks to Gary Bernhardt about building Execute Program, why he chose to build it as a full-stack TypeScript application, and the implications using TypeScript has on what you need to test.
07.22.2020
143: Rich Harris - Svelte and Defending the Modern Web
In this episode, Adam talks to Rich Harris about Svelte, and why we should keep pushing forward with the modern web even if it's not perfect yet.
07.01.2020
142: Jason Cohen - Learning to Hire and Manage a Team
In this episode, Adam talks to Jason Cohen of WP Engine about hiring people to join the Tailwind team, figuring out what to focus on, and learning how to manage.
06.10.2020
141: Jason Fried - Running the Tailwind Business on Basecamp
In this episode, Adam talks to Jason Fried about growing the Tailwind team and how to best use Basecamp to keep his particular company organized. He also walks through tons of real examples from their recent work on HEY, sharing...
05.28.2020
140: Evan You - Reimagining the Modern Dev Server with Vite
In this episode, Adam talks to Evan You about Vite, a new dev server and build tool for modern JavaScript projects.
05.08.2020
139: Alex DeBrie - DynamoDB for Relational Database Diehards
In this episode, Adam is talks to Alex DeBrie about DynamoDB, and how it compares to relational databases like MySQL.
04.22.2020
138: Tom Preston-Werner - Building Full-Stack JS Apps with Redwood.js
In this episode, Adam is talks to Tom Preston-Werner about Redwood.js, a new full-stack JavaScript framework for building edge-ready web applications.
04.08.2020
137: Tim Neutkens - Continuing to Innovate with Next.js 9.3
In this episode, Adam is talks to Tim Neutkens about what's new in Next.js 9.3 and how it's changing the way applications are built at ZEIT.
03.25.2020
136: Michael Chan - React Is Not a Rails Competitor
In this episode, Adam is joined by Michael Chan to talk about how people who identify as React developers are building real web applications, and why it seems like nobody is talking about databases or background jobs anymore.
03.04.2020
135: Lessons Learned Building Tailwind UI
In this episode, Adam is joined by Sam Selikoff to talk about some of the interesting technical challenges he faced building Tailwind UI, and how working on the project has influenced how he will build layouts in the future.
02.12.2020
134: Mark Dalgleish - You Should Be Using Layout Components
In this episode, Adam talks to Mark Dalgleish about common mistakes people make in their approach to constructing layouts, and how dedicated layout components can make your component system much easier to work with.
01.29.2020
133: Sam Selikoff - Building Production-Ready SPAs Fast with Mirage.js
In this episode, Adam talks to Sam Selikoff about Mirage.js and how to use it to build production-ready front-end applications, even if your back-end API isn't ready yet.
01.15.2020
132: Caleb Porzio - Just Enough JavaScript with Alpine.js
In this episode, Adam talks to Caleb Porzio about his new UI library Alpine.js.
01.01.2020
131: Ryan Singer - How Basecamp Builds Software
In this episode, Adam talks to Ryan Singer of Basecamp about how they plan, structure, and execute on new features.
12.11.2019
130: David Khourshid - Building Better UI Components with State Machines
In this episode, Adam talks to David Khourshid about using state machines to build UI components that are simpler and more resilient to bugs.
11.27.2019
129: Evan You - What's Coming in Vue.js 3.0
In this episode, Adam talks to Evan You about all of the changes and improvements coming to Vue.js 3.0.
11.20.2019
128: Alasdair Monk - Scaling CSS at Heroku with Utility Classes
In this episode, Adam talks to Alasdair Monk about how they approach CSS at Heroku, and how using a utility-based approach has kept their team happy for the last three years.
11.06.2019
127: Jonathan Reinink - Building Modern Monoliths with Inertia.js
In this episode, Adam talks to Jonathan Reinink about Inertia.js, a new framework he recently released that lets you build single page applications with Vue, React, or Svelte, without having to give up the productivity benefits of traditional server-side development...
10.23.2019
126: James Long - Building Distributed Local-First JavaScript Applications
In this episode, Adam talks to James Long (creator of Prettier) about building Actual, a local-first Electron application with no central database that syncs data peer-to-peer.
10.09.2019
125: Rob Walling - Choosing the Right Product Idea
In this episode, Adam talks to Rob Walling about choosing, validating, and marketing a viable software product.
09.25.2019
124: Leslie Cohn-Wein & Rafael Conde - Designing the User Interface at Netlify
In this episode, Adam talks to Leslie Cohn-Wein and Rafael Conde about designing and implementing new UI features at Netlify.
09.11.2019
123: Ian Landsman - Marketing and Positioning a New Tailwind CSS Product
In this episode, Adam gets some advice from Ian Landsman of Userscape on marketing and positioning a new Tailwind CSS components directory project he's working on with Steve Schoger.
08.28.2019
122: Matt Biilmann - Architecting the Netlify Dashboard with React and Redux
In this episode, Adam talks to Matt Biilmann CEO of Netlify about building the Netlify dashboard, and what makes it feel so fast.
08.14.2019
121: Benedikt Deicke - Building Userlist.io
In this episode, Adam talks to Benedikt Deicke about building Userlist.io, a new email automation product for SaaS businesses that he recently launched with his co-founder Jane Portman.
07.31.2019
120: Taylor Otwell - Serverless Laravel with Vapor
In this episode, Adam talks to Taylor Otwell about Laravel Vapor, the new serverless platform for Laravel applications that was recently announced at Laracon US.
07.17.2019
119: Ryan Toronto - Why a Back-End Developer Made the Switch to SPAs
In this episode, Adam talks to Ryan Toronto about his journey from being a full stack Rails developer to focusing on single page applications, and why application developers should be betting on UI-focused frameworks like Ember, React, and Vue.
07.03.2019
118: Aaron Gustafson - Semantic HTML: The Hard Parts
In this episode, Adam talks to Aaron Gustafson about authoring semantic HTML in the context of web applications, where choosing the right element can be a lot more complicated than it seems.
06.20.2019
117: Mitchell Hamilton - Writing CSS-in-JS with Emotion
In this episode, Adam talks to Mitchell Hamilton about writing your styles directly in your JavaScript components using the CSS-in-JS library Emotion.
06.05.2019
116: Jerod Santo - Building the Changelog Platform with Elixir and Phoenix
In this episode, Adam talks to Jerod Santo of The Changelog about building their custom podcasting platform using Elixir and Phoenix.
05.22.2019
115: Jason Lengstorf - Gatsby for Skeptics
In this episode, Adam talks to Jason Lengstorf about Gatsby, and why using React and GraphQL to build something even as simple as a blog is not as crazy of an idea as it sounds.
05.08.2019
114: Sebastian De Deyne - React for Vue Developers
In this episode, Adam talks to Sebastian De Deyne about learning React from the perspective of a Vue developer, and how to translate all of the Vue features you're already comfortable with to React code.
04.24.2019
113: Justin Jackson - Growing Transistor to $10,000/month
In this episode, Adam talks to Justin Jackson about growing his new SaaS business Transistor to $10,000 in MRR.
04.10.2019
112: Guillermo Rauch - Building Serverless Applications with Now
In this episode, Adam talks to Guillermo Rauch building and deploying serverless web applications with Now.
03.28.2019
111: Jeffrey Way - Building the New Laracasts with Tailwind CSS
In this episode, Adam talks to Jeffrey Way about the process of building the brand new Laracasts.com with Tailwind CSS.
03.14.2019
110: Caleb Porzio - Embracing the Backend with Livewire
In this episode, Adam talks to Caleb Porzio about Livewire, a new library he's working on that lets you build interactive user interfaces using server-side code.
02.27.2019
109: The Road to Tailwind CSS v1.0
In this episode, the tables are turned as Sam Selikoff interviews Adam about the upcoming release of Tailwind CSS v1.0.
02.14.2019
108: Jonathan Reinink - Client-Side Rendering, Server-Side Routing
In this episode, Adam talks to Jonathan Reinink about a new approach he has been using to build Laravel and Vue.js apps that lets him match the UI fidelity of an SPA, without abandoning server-side routing or data fetching.
01.30.2019
107: Sam Selikoff - Pushing Complexity to the Client-Side
In this episode, Adam continues his discussion with Sam Selikoff about building single page applications, this time focusing on strategies for keeping your API layer as simple as possible, so all of your complexity lives in your client-side codebase instead...
01.16.2019
106: Sam Selikoff - Single Page Application Architecture
In this episode, Adam talks to Sam Selikoff about single page application architecture, and why you should think of client-side applications like desktop applications.
01.03.2019
105: Strength Training for Nerds
In the spirit of the new year, Adam and Ben Orenstein talk about getting in shape through strength training.
12.19.2018
104: Jonathan Reinink - Pushing More Work to the Database
In this episode, Adam talks to Jonathan Reinink about strategies for off-loading resource intensive work from your application code and into your database.
12.05.2018
103: Steve Schoger - Design Q&A + Refactoring UI Details
In this episode, Adam and Steve Schoger answer listener questions about UI design, and share all of the details about their upcoming book and design resource Refactoring UI.

What's Full Stack Radio about?

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Full Stack Radio episodes:

152: Ben Orenstein - How to Stand Out When Applying for a Job at a Small Company

151: DHH – Building HEY with Hotwire

150: Secret Screencasting Tips & Behind the Scenes of Tailwind CSS 2.0

149: Choosing a Payment Processor, Radical Icons & W3C Hype

148: Accessible Focus Styles, Tailwind Labs on YouTube, and Secret Projects

147: Surviving GitHub Issues, the Statamic 3 Launch Aftermath, Tailwind 1.8, and Headless UI

146: Launching Statamic 3, GitHub Sponsors, Tailwind CSS v1.7, and Preparing for Laracon

145: Statamic 3.0 and Tailwind CSS 2.0

144: Gary Bernhardt - TypeScript and Testing

143: Rich Harris - Svelte and Defending the Modern Web

142: Jason Cohen - Learning to Hire and Manage a Team

141: Jason Fried - Running the Tailwind Business on Basecamp

140: Evan You - Reimagining the Modern Dev Server with Vite

139: Alex DeBrie - DynamoDB for Relational Database Diehards

138: Tom Preston-Werner - Building Full-Stack JS Apps with Redwood.js

137: Tim Neutkens - Continuing to Innovate with Next.js 9.3

136: Michael Chan - React Is Not a Rails Competitor

135: Lessons Learned Building Tailwind UI

134: Mark Dalgleish - You Should Be Using Layout Components

133: Sam Selikoff - Building Production-Ready SPAs Fast with Mirage.js

132: Caleb Porzio - Just Enough JavaScript with Alpine.js

131: Ryan Singer - How Basecamp Builds Software

130: David Khourshid - Building Better UI Components with State Machines

129: Evan You - What's Coming in Vue.js 3.0

128: Alasdair Monk - Scaling CSS at Heroku with Utility Classes

127: Jonathan Reinink - Building Modern Monoliths with Inertia.js

126: James Long - Building Distributed Local-First JavaScript Applications

125: Rob Walling - Choosing the Right Product Idea

124: Leslie Cohn-Wein & Rafael Conde - Designing the User Interface at Netlify

123: Ian Landsman - Marketing and Positioning a New Tailwind CSS Product

122: Matt Biilmann - Architecting the Netlify Dashboard with React and Redux

121: Benedikt Deicke - Building Userlist.io

120: Taylor Otwell - Serverless Laravel with Vapor

119: Ryan Toronto - Why a Back-End Developer Made the Switch to SPAs

118: Aaron Gustafson - Semantic HTML: The Hard Parts

117: Mitchell Hamilton - Writing CSS-in-JS with Emotion

116: Jerod Santo - Building the Changelog Platform with Elixir and Phoenix

115: Jason Lengstorf - Gatsby for Skeptics

114: Sebastian De Deyne - React for Vue Developers

113: Justin Jackson - Growing Transistor to $10,000/month

112: Guillermo Rauch - Building Serverless Applications with Now

111: Jeffrey Way - Building the New Laracasts with Tailwind CSS

110: Caleb Porzio - Embracing the Backend with Livewire

109: The Road to Tailwind CSS v1.0

108: Jonathan Reinink - Client-Side Rendering, Server-Side Routing

107: Sam Selikoff - Pushing Complexity to the Client-Side

106: Sam Selikoff - Single Page Application Architecture

105: Strength Training for Nerds

104: Jonathan Reinink - Pushing More Work to the Database

103: Steve Schoger - Design Q&A + Refactoring UI Details