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Devtools FM

A podcast about developer tools and the people who make them.

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Rita Kozlov and Steve Faulkner - Cloudflare

This week we're joined by Rita Kozlov and Steve Faulkner, the co-founders of Cloudflare. The big news of the day is that Cloudflare has acquired Vite. This is a big deal for the JavaScript ecosystem and for the future of developer tools. We talk about the acquisition and what it means for Cloudflare and project.

Jeff Dickey - Mise, HK, Fnox, and Aube

This week we're joined by Jeff Dickey, the creator of HK, Fnox, Aube, and Mise. We talk about the creation of these tools and what led him to work on them full time with his new company, en.dev. After that we dive into the future of these tools and what's next for Jeff.

Sam Goodwin - Alchemy

This week we're joined by Sam Goodwin, the creator of Alchemy. Alchemy is a tool that allows you to create and manage your infrastructure as code. The current state of the art is built on all the tech debt of the past 10 years, Alchemy is a new approach to infrastructure as code that is more aligned with the modern web.

Elio Struyf - Front Matter CMS, Demo Time

This week we're joined by Elio Struyf, the creator of Front Matter CMS and Demo Time. We talk about the origins of Front Matter CMS, the challenges of building a CMS, and the future of CMSs. We also dive into Demo Time, and how it can be used to create perfect demos for talks and presentations.

Alem Tuzlak - Tanstack Dev Tools and Tanstack AI

This week we're joined by Alem Tuzlak, the creator of Tanstack Dev Tools and maintainer of Tanstack AI. We talk about the creation of Tanstack Dev Tools and what led him to work on it. After that we dive into Tanstack AI and how it differs from other AI libraries.

Paolo Ricciuti - Svelte, TMCP

This week we're joined by Paolo Ricciuti, a Svelte maintainer and the creator of TMCP. We talk about his journey into the world of software development, his work on Svelte, and his new project TMCP. There has been a lot of changes in the Svelte ecosystem since we last talked to Rich, so we're excited to hear about the new features and improvements in Svelte 5!

Mark Erikson - Redux, Replay.io

This week we're joined by Mark Erikson, the lead maintainer of Redux and the founder of Replay.io. We talk about his journey into the world of software development, his work on Redux, and all the cool stuff he's been doing at Replay.io.

Ben Curtis - Honeybadger, Breakwater

This week we're joined by Ben Curtis, the founder and CEO of Honeybadger and creator of Breakwater. Ben has been a pillar of the Ruby community for over 20 years, and has been a driving force behind many of the tools and frameworks that we use today. We talk about his journey into the world of software development, his work on Honeybadger, and his new project Breakwater.

Jamon Holmgren - Infinite Red, Into the Dawn

This week we're joined by Jamon Holmgren, the founder and CEO of Infinite Red. Infinite Red is a software consultancy that specializes in building React Native apps. We talk about his early days of coding, starting a consultancy, remote culture at Infinite Red, React Native, community and Chain React, and building his new game Into the Dawn.

Joel Griffith - Browserless

This week we're joined by Joel Griffith, the founder and CEO of Browserless. Browserless is a browser automation service that allows you to run headless browsers in the cloud. We talk about the challenges of running headless browsers at scale, the use cases for browser automation, and the future of browser automation. We also discuss the BrowserQL feature, which allows you to query the web using a SQL-like language.

Dana Lawson - Netlify

This week we're joined by Dana Lawson, CTO at Netlify. We talk about her journey from the US Army to leading engineering teams at companies like GitHub, New Relic, and now Netlify. We discuss Netlify's evolution from JAMstack to AI-powered developer tools, including Agent Runners and their MCP server. We also explore the concept of "Agent Experience" (AX) as a new paradigm alongside UX and DX, and how hiring practices are evolving in the age of AI.

Fabian Hiller - Valibot, Standard Schema, Formisch

This week we're joined by Fabian Hiller, the creator of Valibot, Standard Schema, and Formish. We talk about the birth of Valibot, the collaboration between all the schema libraries on Standard Schema, and the new Formish library. We also discuss the future of developer tools and AI integration.