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devtools.fm: Developer Tools, Open Source, Software Development

Andrew Lisowski, Justin Bennett

A podcast about developer tools and the people who make them. Join us as we embark on a journey to explore modern developer tooling and interview the people who make it possible.

We love talking to the creators front-end frameworks (React, Solid, Svelte, Vue, Angular, etc), JavaScript and TypeScript runtimes (Node, Deno, Bun), Languages (Unison, Elixor, Rust, Zig), web tech (WASM, Web Containers, WebGPU, WebGL), database providers (Turso, Planetscale, Supabase, EdgeDB), and platforms (SST, AWS, Vercel, Netlify, Fly.io).

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  • 25 episodes
  • fortnightly
  • Avg 52 min
  • English

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  • S1 · E160
    January 5 · 55 min

    Jeppe Reinhold - Storybook Modernization

    This week we have Jeppe Reinhold, a core contributor to Storybook working at Chromatic. Jeppe shares how Storybook has evolved from a slow, complex tool to a fast, modern development environment through major architectural changes like Vite integration, ESM migration, and dependency reduction. We talk about the Component Story Format evolution, framework agnosticism challenges, local testing improvements with vitest integration, and how Storybook is integrating with AI and LLMs through MCP servers to help coding agents understand and use component libraries. https://reinhold.is/ https://bsky.app/profile/reinhold.is https://storybook.js.org/

  • #159
    Dec 15, 2025 · 52 min

    Mike Samuel - Temper

    Join us as we chat with Mike Samuel, an engineer who was at google for 17 years and built the original version of google calendar. He's now the founder and CEO of Temper, a programming language specifically design for translating logic into other programming languages.

  • S1 · E158
    Dec 8, 2025 · 50 min

    Eric Seidel - Flutter, Shorebird

    This week we have Eric Seidel, co-creator of Flutter and founder of Shorebird. Eric shares his journey from building WebKit at Apple and Chrome at Google to creating Flutter, a multi-platform UI framework that compiles to native code. We talk about the technical challenges of browser engines, why the web couldn't deliver high-quality mobile apps, and how Shorebird is solving Flutter's code push problem to enable instant app updates without app store approval. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericseidel/ https://shorebird.dev/ https://bsky.app/profile/eseidel.com https://github.com/eseidel

  • S1 · E157
    Oct 20, 2025 · 48 min

    Oliver Medhurst - Porffor - JavaScript Ahead of Time Compiler

    This week we have Oliver Medhurst, the creator of Porffor. Porffor is a JavaScript ahead of time compiler that compiles JavaScript to WebAssembly. We talk about the technical details of how it works, and the future of JavaScript engines. https://x.com/canadahonk https://porffor.dev/ https://github.com/CanadaHonk/porffor https://goose.icu/

  • S1 · E56
    Oct 6, 2025 · 48 min

    Gabriel Nordeborn - Rescript

    This week we talk to Gabriel Nordeborn, a core member of the Rescript team. Rescript is a langauge that compiles to JS but has some serious superpowers. Whether it is it's awesome pattern matching, or greate react integartoin there is a lot to love. Come learn about it with us. https://rescript-lang.org/ https://github.com/zth https://x.com/___zth___

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