JAMstack Radio

Join Brian Douglas for this final episode of Jamstack Radio as he chats with Matt Biilmann, CEO of Netlify. Together they discuss the evolution of the Jamstack over the past eight years and its impact on the development landscape. Matt shares insights on the current state of Netlify and the exciting new developments on the horizon. Lastly, they discuss the future of web development, including the role of generative AI and the importance of composable architecture.

In episode 149 of Jamstack Radio, Brian sits down with Joannis Orlandos to dive into the world of Server-side Swift. They unpack Swift's growing adoption, Apple's investment in the language, its strengths on the server, and its future. Tune in to hear Joannis's insights and advice for anyone eager to get started with Swift.

In Episode 148 of Jamstack Radio, Daniel Bachhuber, Matt West, and Adam Zieliński unpack the latest in WordPress development. They explore new projects like WordPress Studio and WordPress Playground, the impact of WordPress on the internet, and what's next for this ubiquitous platform.

In episode 147 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Chris Stolt and Ben Burkert of Anchor about securing local development environments. This talk explores dev/prod parity and how Anchor's taking​​​ ​a ​developer-​first ​approach to ​addressing ​the ​pains ​of ​internal ​TLS.

In episode 146 of Jamstack Radio, Brian Douglas speaks with Brian Levine of Yetto about customer support. Together they explore the pain points that lead small companies to adopt help desks or support tech stacks, as well as solutions for bolstering customer success like tools and hiring practices.

In episode 145 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Cara Marin of Stashpad about collaborative documents. Together they explore the shortcomings of popular collaborative tools on the market today and how they can be improved. Additionally, Cara unpacks local-first technology and how it enables elevated real-time collaboration experiences.

In episode 144 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Joran Dirk Greef of TigerBeetle. This conversation explores financial transaction databases and the importance of building trust at the intersection of open source and business. Joran shares the invaluable lessons he learned from his early days as a self-taught developer as well as his journey founding TigerBeetle.

In episode 143 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Mike Neumegen of CloudCannon. Together they discuss the evolution of the Jamstack and speculate on where it might be going in the future. Additionally, Mike shares his passion for static sites and unpacks how CloudCannon is bringing developers and content editors together.

In episode 142 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Alex Olivier and Emre Baran of Cerbos. This conversation explores tools for managing roles and permissions within an organization, the value of audit logs, decoupled authorization, attribute-based access control (ABAC), and the pain points that inspired Cerbos.

In episode 141 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Vignesh Ravichandran of Omnigres, a developer-first application platform. They discuss the latest trends in the Platform as a Service (PaaS) space, the inspiration behind Omnigres, and invaluable lessons for founders on finding product-market fit.

In episode 140 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with James Perkins of Unkey. This talk examines the difficulties developers face when issuing auth keys to end users. James also shares lessons from his firsthand experience scaling an open source side project into a full time startup.

In episode 139 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Matt Dupree of ATLAS. This talk focuses heavily on LLMs and how they're elevating UX. Additionally, Brian and Matt explore AI hallucinations, tips for predicting where LLMs might be most impactful, and insights on why most code in future apps may be generated by AI.

In episode 138 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Nick Taylor of OpenSauced. This talk explores the improvements and new features developers can expect from Next.js 14, as well as expert advice on choosing a frontend framework and navigating the unique challenges of open source projects.

In episode 137 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Steven Schkolne of MightyMeld. Steven unpacks MightyMeld's founding story, objectives, users, and internal team. Additionally, they discuss React development, the state of low-code and no-code tooling, the intersection of design and engineering, and the challenges developers face when integrating new tools.

In episode 136 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Nikita Shamgunov of Neon. This conversation explores how Serverless Postgres is revolutionizing the database game, making it easier, more scalable, and more cost-effective than ever before. Together they explore topics like orchestrating micro VMs, utilizing databases as a service (DaaS), building a scalable cloud service for Postgres databases, and getting started with Neon.

In episode 135 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Birk Jernström of Polar. This talk explores different avenues for supporting maintainers of open source projects and looks specifically at ways to provide better funding for their initiatives.

In episode 134 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Victoria Melnikova of Evil Martians. They discuss commercializing open source projects for improved feedback loops and longterm sustainability, as well as the importance of technical marketing.

In episode 133 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Tom Preston-Werner, founder of GitHub and creator of RedwoodJS. This talk explores React server components, the origin story of RedwoodJS and its latest offerings, the inherent rewards of working in open source, and the tedious lifecycle of application development.

In episode 132 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Pranay Prateek of SigNoz. This talk explores application performance monitoring, insights on utilizing OpenTelemetry, and reasons to consider open source observability solutions instead of those from SaaS vendors.

In episode 131 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Christian Stuff and James Hush of Daily. This talk explores virtual meetings, WebRTC, and video technology. Christian and James share insights on building a video call experience in the browser and rising to the demand in recent years for world wide virtual events.

In episode 130 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Jamie Barton of Grafbase about backend as a service (BaaS). Together they share insights on elevating the local development experience and integrating projects with edge databases. They also explore solutions for authentication, edge caching, and getting started in development.

In episode 129 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Surya Oruganti of Argonaut. This talk explores the complexities faced when addressing application and infrastructure deployments, insights on managing multiple environments and getting full visibility into cloud costs, and Argonaut's mission to make software orchestration accessible to smaller teams.

In episode 128 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Simon Grimm, a prolific content creator and developer educator. Together they explore the Ionic framework, cross-platform app development, and tips for maintaining a cadence and building an audience with original developer content.

In episode 127 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Saurav Pathak of Bagisto about open source tools for building ecommerce sites. Together they explore PHP frameworks, IndiaStack, the pain points developers have with ecommerce, and why so many developers around the world are building with Laravel.

In episode 126 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Jonathan Wilke of Supastarter. They discuss boilerplate options for getting SaaS apps up and running more quickly. They also unpack the indie hacker community and what it means to grow a business from the ground up without traditional fundraising.

In episode 125 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Matt Butcher of Fermyon. Together they explore cloud computing, the evolution of programming languages, the unsolved problems that led to WebAssembly, the limits of user attention, and why developers love serverless functions.

In episode 124 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with James Perkins of Clerk. Together they explore tools and practices for simplifying authentication and user management, the latest trends in DevRel hiring, and the correlation between internal feedback loops and productivity within small orgs.

In episode 123 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Glauber Costa of ChiselStrike. They discuss Glauber's background in open source and unpack insights on reducing friction around databases, utilizing SQLite at the edge, and communicating with customers.

In episode 122 of Jamstack Radio, Brian catches up with Anthony Campolo of Edgio. In this conversation they recap Anthony's career journey and explore many technical topics including edge computing, the current state of the JavaScript ecosystem, insights on leveraging Jamstack for infrastructure ambitions, and combatting imposter syndrome in DevRel.

In episode 121 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Tony Holdstock-Brown of Inngest. This conversation explores infrastructure architecture, edge computing, the importance of developer experience, the rise of the developer cloud, and insights on optimizing the essential Time to Value metric.

In episode 120 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Travis Waith-Mair of Plex. Together they unpack Travis's project Bedrock Layout Primitives, industry parallels between finance and tech, and utility components for building web application layouts.

In episode 119 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with James Hawkins of PostHog. In this talk, James shares insights on utilizing product analytics, feature flags, session recordings, qualitative user feedback, and A/B testing to build better products and improve customer retention.

In episode 118 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Jake Lumetta of ButterCMS. This conversation explores the latest insights around headless CMS including API-first CMS, CMS-first principles, and the experience of moving from a traditional CMS to a headless CMS. This talk also contains general advice on bootstrapping startups, fundraising, and improving SEO.

In episode 117 of Jamstack Radio, Brian is joined by Amanda Giannelli of Okta. This talk focuses on the full-stack web framework RedwoodJS, how it helped Amanda learn JavaScript, and her experience as a core team member and contributor. Other themes includes insights on getting started with open source and engaging with developer communities.

In episode 116 of Jamstack Radio, Brian Douglas speaks with Justin Dorfman of Sourcegraph. They explore the importance of supply chain security, tips for nurturing open source communities, Justin's experience shifting from Slack to Discord, and insights on how the pandemic changed developer relations.

In episode 115 of Jamstack Radio, Brian Douglas chats with Zach Lloyd of Warp. This talk explores tools and practices for making the terminal more collaborative, including themes on improving developer experience and prioritizing performance and speed when choosing a tech stack.

In episode 115 of Jamstack Radio, Brian Douglas chats with Zach Lloyd of Warp. This talk explores tools and practices for making the terminal more collaborative, including themes on improving developer experience and prioritizing performance and speed when choosing a tech stack.

In episode 114 of JAMstack Radio, Brian is joined by Rob Dickinson of Resurface. This conversation explores API security in depth, including insights on vulnerability scanning, data collection, observability, runtime security, and perimeter security.

In episode 114 of JAMstack Radio, Brian is joined by Rob Dickinson of Resurface. This conversation explores API security in depth, including insights on vulnerability scanning, data collection, observability, runtime security, and perimeter security.

In episode 113 of JAMstack Radio, Brian speaks with Peadar Coyle of Aflorithmic. They discuss exciting new use cases for AI-powered audio, the recent explosion of synthetic media, and the changing landscape of audio production at scale.

In episode 113 of JAMstack Radio, Brian speaks with Peadar Coyle of Aflorithmic. They discuss exciting new use cases for AI-powered audio, the recent explosion of synthetic media, and the changing landscape of audio production at scale.

In episode 112 of JAMstack Radio, Brian speaks with Josh Koenig and Steve Persch of Pantheon. This conversation explores WebOps, CMSes, the evolution of front end frameworks, insights on choosing the right tools and services, and Pantheon's roadmap.