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The Ember take on recent hot topics

KBall takes another dive into recent hot topics around reactivity and build systems, this time with three members of the Ember core team. They also talk about some of the reasons why the Ember community has been so long lived, how thinking about upgradeability leads to universality, and how features first built specifically for frameworks make their way into the language specification or universal libraries. Leave us a comment Changelog++ members get a bonus 16 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today! Sponsors: Neon – Fleets of Postgres! Enterprises use Neon to operate hundreds of thousands of Postgres databases: Automated, instant provisioning of the world’s most popular database. Socket – Secure your supply chain and ship with confidence. Install the GitHub app, book a demo or learn more Featuring: Chris Manson – Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteChris Thoburn – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteEdward Faulkner – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteKevin Ball – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website Show Notes: Angular moves fast without breaking things Should web development need a build step? Embroider EmberData Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

A standard library for JavaScript

Philipp Burckhardt, Athan Reines & the team behind stdlib.io believe in a future in which the web is a preferred environment for numerical computation. They’ve been working toward building that future for over a decade. Thanks to listener, Brian Zelip, Jerod sits down with Philipp to learn all about this excellent effort: where it’s been & where it’s headed. Leave us a comment Changelog++ members save 5 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Speakeasy – Production-ready, Enterprise-resilient, best-in-class SDKs crafted in minutes. Speakeasy takes care of the entire SDK workflow to save you significant time, delivering SDKs to your customers in minutes with just a few clicks! Create your first SDK for free! Changelog News – A podcast+newsletter combo that’s brief, entertaining & always on-point. Subscribe today. Featuring: Philipp Burckhardt – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteJerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn Show Notes: stdlib.io stdlib on GitHub Take the Community Survey! Request an episode! Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

React Native the Expo way

Jerod sits down with React Native aficionado, Simon Grimm, to catch up on everyone’s favorite native app platform & learn about Expo, which Simon thinks is the way forward for devs building with React Native. Leave us a comment Changelog++ members save 10 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Socket – Secure your supply chain and ship with confidence. Install the GitHub app, book a demo or learn more Neon – Fleets of Postgres! Enterprises use Neon to operate hundreds of thousands of Postgres databases: Automated, instant provisioning of the world’s most popular database. Featuring: Simon Grimm – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteJerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn Show Notes: React Native Expo Galaxies.dev Simon’s YouTube channel Tamagui — React Native + Web UI kit facebook/react-strict-dom Evan Bacon Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Polypane-demonium

Polypane purveyor Kilian Valkhof joins Nick & Jerod to tell us all about his efforts building a web browser just for web development. We cover it all: from the business concerns, to the technical details, to his excellent choice not to use TypeScript! We even sneak in a feature request that already made its way into this excellent dev tool for ambitious web developers. Leave us a comment Changelog++ members save 10 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Socket – Secure your supply chain and ship with confidence. Install the GitHub app, book a demo or learn more Neon – Fleets of Postgres! Enterprises use Neon to operate hundreds of thousands of Postgres databases: Automated, instant provisioning of the world’s most popular database. Featuring: Kilian Valkhof – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedInNick Nisi – Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteJerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn Show Notes: What do we want from a web browser?(Friends #14) You have how many open tabs?! (Friends #29) Core web vitals Polypane Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Should web development need a build step?

We’re back with another spicy YepNope debate! This time, Nick & regular guest Eric Clemmons are arguing that web development should need a build step, while KBall & special guest Amy Dutton argue that we really shouldn’t. Of course, the stance each panelist is taking is assigned ahead of time. Is that how they really feel? Tune in to find out! Leave us a comment Changelog++ members get a bonus 14 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today! Sponsors: Clerk – Clerk is a complete suite of embeddable UIs, flexible APIs, and admin dashboards to authenticate and manage your users. CrabNebula Cloud – Join Tauri’s “DevTools Premium” waitlist — If you’re building with Tauri, this might be the best news you hear all week! DevTools Premium is right around the corner. It’s not just about finding and fixing issues; it’s about understanding, optimizing, and perfecting the application development process. Join the waitlist today! Featuring: Amy Dutton – Twitter, GitHubKevin Ball – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteEric Clemmons – Twitter, GitHubNick Nisi – Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteJerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn Show Notes: Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!