Episode 93 - Causeworks with Jim Fisk

James Perkins is a Senior Developer Advocate at Clerk, a drop-in authentication solution for React and the modern web.

James Perkins

• Website
• Twitter
• YouTube
• GitHub

Clerk

• Website
• Twitter
• GitHub

Jim Fisk is the creator of Plenti and the founder of Causeworks, a full service creative agency for mission-driven organizations.

In this episode we discuss using open source technology for social goods, whether you should be bearish or bullish on Jamstack, and the benefits of a Git-based CMS.

Jim Fisk

• Twitter
• GitHub
• LinkedIn
• Jantcu
• Plentico
• Jamstack Boston

Causeworks

• Website

Zach Lloyd is the CEO of Warp, a Rust-based terminal for modern development.

In this episode we discuss the motivations for starting an entire company dedicated to building a terminal, the inefficiencies introduced by the current default terminals, and the company's future plans for monetization.

Zach Lloyd

• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Blog

Warp

• Homepage
• Twitter
• GitHub
• Discord
• YouTube

Links

• Oh My Zsh
• Starship

Show Outline

00:10 - Zach's background and motivation for creating Warp

02:13 - What are the Warp features that make developers more productive?

07:01 - Why is Warp written in Rust?

10:36 - Does Warp work on multiple platforms?

12:22 - How does Warp plan on monetizing in the future?

16:06 - What are the benefits of Warp for beginners learning the terminal?

22:29 - What shells does Warp support?

25:17 - How do you prioritize feature development and what is the roadmap for the next sixth months?

29:31 - Will Warp eventually be integrated with the VS Code terminal?

31:43 - Final thoughts and where to learn more about Warp

Daniel Norman is a Developer Advocate at Protocol Labs.

In this episode we discuss the philosophy and motivation behind the creation of IPFS, IPFS pinning services and gateways, how Protocol Labs relates to IPFS, and how to moderate content on a distributed, censorship resistant network.

Daniel Norman

• Twitter
• Homepage

Protocol Labs

• Homepage

IPFS

• Homepage

Links

• Aragon
• web3.js
• Prisma
• Content Addressing
• Bluesky
• AT Protocol
• Fleek
• web3.storage
• Infura
• Pinata
• IPFS - Content Addressed, Versioned, P2P File System
• Cloudflare IPFS Gateway
• Fission
• State of IPFS in JS
• A First Look at IPFS
• Some Antics - Deploy to the Decentralized Web with IPFS

Show Outline

00:11 - Daniel’s code journey
11:19 - What is web3?
13:36 - What does it mean to “own” something digital?
22:19 - Bluesky and the At Protocol
25:35 - Living in a high trust society
28:01 - What is IPFS?
36:32 - IPFS pinning services and gateways
45:23 - Protocol Labs
48:20 - Is it possible to block or moderate content on IPFS?
54:58 - Where should someone go to get started with IPFS or get in touch with the IPFS community?
58:17 - How can listeners get in touch with Daniel?

Adam Bradley is the Director of Technology at Builder.io and co-creator of Partytown, a lazy-loaded library to help relocate resource intensive scripts off the main thread and into a web worker.

In this episode we discuss making sites significantly more performant by offloading third party scripts into a web worker with Partytown, how Partytown fits into the larger suite of tools that Builder.io is working on including Qwik, and cross-compiling any frontend UI library with Mitosis.

Adam Bradley

• Twitter
• GitHub

Partytown

• Homepage
• GitHub

Links

• WordPress Partytown Support
• Add Partytown support to run scripts in WordPress Worker Thread
• Offloading Scripts To A Web Worker in Next.js (experimental)
• How to Add Google Analytics gtag to Gatsby Using Partytown
• How to Deploy the Qwik JavaScript Framework
• Deploy a Qwik site on Cloudflare Pages
• Building Marko 6 w/ Dylan Piercey, and Michael Rawlings
• Resumability, WTF?

Show Outline

00:12 - Introduction
01:26 - Do you miss mobile?
04:43 - What is Partytown?
07:50 - Can you use Partytown with WordPress?
09:42 - How does Google Tag Manager work with Partytown?
12:45 - Is there a roadmap for upcoming features or is Partytown feature complete?
13:50 - What is Partytown's opinion on shipping no JavaScript?
14:39 - How does Partytown fit into the larger suite of tools that Builder.io is working on?
16:24 - Qwik as a server-side rendering first framework with QwikCity
19:35 - Will it be possible in the future to migrate a Next.js project to QwikCity?
23:07 - Is QwikCity production ready?
25:00 - How do you deploy a Qwik or QwikCity application?
30:45 - What is Mitosis?
34:19 - How does Qwik compare to Solid and Marko?
40:09 - Will JavaScript ever reach utopia by attaining the nirvana of PHP?

A Fuzzy Bear is the Community Manager at Astro.

In this episode we discuss the origin of the name “Fuzzy Bear,” the benefits of learning Astro over other popular metaframeworks, and how to get involved in the Astro community.

A Fuzzy Bear

• Twitter
• GitHub

Astro

• Homepage
• Create a New Astro Project

Links

• Asteroids Fuzzybear Project
• Server-side Rendering in Astro
• Astro Hackathon Projects

Show Outline

01:15 - What is the origin of the name “Fuzzy Bear?”
03:13 - Why did you learn Astro over other frameworks and when did you join the team?
06:00 - The pitfalls of Create React App
08:30 - Fuzzy's life before web development
09:48 - Learning web development through building the Astroids game
12:10 - Fuzzy got into web development to make money but tripped into open source
12:50 - How did you first hear about Astro?
15:22 - How did you initially get involved in the Astro community?
19:41 - What is the status of server-side rendering support in Astro?
22:24 - What happened when Chris tried Astro for the first time?
33:09 - Can Astro be used for dashboards?

Jon Meyers is a Developer Advocate at Supabase, an open source Firebase alternative built with PostgreSQL.

In this episode we discuss how DevRel is organized at Supabase, why Supabase decided to build their own PostgreSQL extension, and new capabilities enabled by Supabase's Edge Functions.

Jon Meyers

• Homepage
• Twitter
• GitHub
• YouTube
• Egghead

Supabase

• Homepage
• Twitter
• GitHub
• YouTube
• Discord

Links

• Supabase with Paul Copplestone (FSJam33)
• Open Source Stacks with Ant Wilson (FSJam52)
• pg_graphql: A GraphQL extension for PostgreSQL
• GraphQL is now available in Supabase
• pg_graphql v1.0
• pg_graphql Documentation
• Launch Week
• Updates for Supabase Functions
• Supabase Edge Functions
• Edge Function Examples
• Supabase Integrations
• Supabase Series B
• Made with Supabase

Show Outline

01:25 - Jon Meyers Introduction

04:44 - How is the DevRel team at Supabase organized?

06:41 - What is Supabase?

07:55 - Building and Using Postgres Extensions

10:46 - How does the GraphQL Postgres Extension Work?

12:15 - What is Supabase Launch Week?

14:19 - Supabase Edge Functions

22:31 - Supabase Integrations

24:11 - Supabase Series B

25:27 - What are people building with Supabase?

27:24 - Jon's Favorite FSJam Episodes

30:03 - Closing Thoughts

Eduardo Bouças is a software engineer at Netlify and principal engineer building Netlify's newly created Edge Functions.

In this episode we discuss the past, present, and future of running serverless functions on the edge, why Netlify decided to build their edge functions with Deno, and the need for compatible edge runtimes built on open standards.

Eduardo Bouças

• Homepage
• Twitter
• Mastodon
• GitHub

Netlify

• Homepage
• Twitter
• GitHub

Links

• Edge Handlers with Mathias Biilmann Christensen
• Netlify Edge Functions
• Edge Functions Documentation
• Netlify Edge Functions: A new serverless runtime powered by Deno
• Living on the edge: A deep dive into Netlify Edge Functions
• Understanding Edge Functions: The Edge and Beyond
• Web-interoperable Runtimes Community Group

David Khourshid is the founder of Stately, the visual software platform for application logic and workflows.

In this episode we discuss how to visualize state machines, building tools to collaborate around state machines, and using state machines on the server.

David Khourshid

• Twitter
• Polywork
• LinkedIn

Stately

• Homepage
• Twitter
• Discord

Links

• Zag

Michael Chan is a DX Community Engineer at Chromatic, a cloud service and platform for automating Storybook workflows.

In this episode we discuss how to distinguish a design system from a component library, strategies to become a better user of Storybook, and the long-awaited release of React 18.

Michael Chan

• Homepage
• Twitter
• GitHub
• YouTube
• Egghead
• React Holiday
• Lunch.dev

Storybook

• Homepage
• Twitter
• GitHub
• YouTube
• Discord

Chromatic

• Twitter
• Homepage

Links

• Storybook Play Function
• Component Story Format 3.0
• Integrate Storybook in a Next.js Application
• Integrate Next.js and Storybook automatically
• Storybook Framework API
• Migrate a Client-Side Application to React 18 Beta
• How to Upgrade to React 18
• React v18.0
• React Labs: What We've Been Working On
• React Server Components with Next 13