January 12, 2021

What the web could be (in 2021 and beyond) (Changelog Interviews #426)

1 hour 6 minutes

Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch and JS Party panelist Amal Hussein join Jerod to discuss the state of the web platform! We opine on why it’s so important and unique, where it stands today, what modern web development looks like, and where the whole thing is headed in 2021 and beyond.

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Featuring:

Guillermo Rauch – Website, GitHub, X
Amal Hussein – GitHub, X
Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

Guillermo on The Changelog #213

Guillermo on JS Party #122

Web Vitals

Next.js

Nuxt.js

SvelteKit

Temporal

AssemblyKit

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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