"Single flight mutations can literally cut your app’s response time in HALF!"

"Web performance should come first—everything else is secondary."

Welcome to The Programming Podcast! In this episode, Danny Thompson and Leon Noel are joined by Dev Agrawal, core maintainer of Solid JS and organizer of Momentum Conference. This conversation dives deep into modern web development, performance optimizations, and community building.

Connect With Dev Agrawal!

https://www.youtube.com/@UCDXzM8ijdxkVA6NbQiQCKag

https://x.com/devagrawal09

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dev-agr/

Solid JS Docs

https://www.solidjs.com/

Topics Covered in This Episode:

- Why Volunteering at Conferences is a Cheat Code – Learn how volunteering can help you level up in tech.

- Solid JS vs. React – A deep dive into why Solid JS is shaking up frontend development.

- Single Flight Mutations – A game-changing performance technique that reduces request latency by 50%.

- The Rise of Signals – What makes Signals so revolutionary in web frameworks like Angular and Solid?

- Conference Organization & Sponsorships – Insights into running a successful developer conference.

- Using AI for Learning – Should you feel bad for using ChatGPT to learn coding? (Spoiler: Absolutely not!)

- How to Stay on the Cutting Edge of Tech – The mindset and resources that keep top engineers at the forefront.

Stay in Touch:

📧 Have ideas or questions for the show? Or are you a business that wants to talk business?

Email us at [email protected]!

Danny Thompson

https://x.com/DThompsonDev

https://www.linkedin.com/in/DThompsonDev

www.DThompsonDev.com

Leon Noel

https://x.com/leonnoel

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonnoel/

https://100devs.org/

📧 Have ideas or questions for the show? Or are you a business that wants to talk business?

Email us at [email protected]!

Whether you're a frontend developer, a conference organizer, or just passionate about new trends in web development, this episode is packed with insights, humor, and real talk from some of the best minds in tech.

📖 Chapters & Timestamps:

⏱️ 0:00 – Volunteering at Conferences: The Ultimate Cheat Code

⏱️ 1:03 – Meet Your Hosts & Guest: Danny, Leon, & Dev

⏱️ 2:01 – The Tweet That Started It All: The Importance of Nuance in Dev Discussions

⏱️ 2:17 – Why Should You Use Solid JS? A Core Maintainer’s Perspective

⏱️ 4:04 – React’s Mental Model vs. Solid’s Fine-Grained Reactivity

⏱️ 6:18 – Why Solid JS Isn’t Mainstream (Yet) & Its Developer-First Approach

⏱️ 8:09 – Performance-First Development: The Ryan Carniato Philosophy

⏱️ 8:55 – Single Flight Mutations: How They Double Your Performance

⏱️ 10:16 – Web Frameworks are Like a D&D Party: Why We Need Different Approaches

⏱️ 11:38 – Why Top Devs Are Excited About Signals

⏱️ 12:04 – Explaining Signals: The Future of State Management

⏱️ 17:48 – The Angular Signals Effect: How It Revitalized Angular’s Reputation

⏱️ 20:17 – The Story of Commit Your Code Conference: Running a Dev Conference on a Budget

⏱️ 24:26 – The Reality of Sponsorships: Why Companies Struggle to Define ROI

⏱️ 28:42 – Organizing a Developer Conference: Lessons from the Field

⏱️ 32:07 – Should You Feel Bad for Using ChatGPT to Learn Code?

⏱️ 42:45 – The Best Way to Learn Advanced Concepts in Programming

⏱️ 46:37 – How to Stay on the Cutting Edge: Reading, Coding, & Experimentation

⏱️ 49:09 – Wrap-Up: Final Thoughts & Podcast Outro