Best Ecmascript Podcasts (2025)

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ECMAScript 2025 is Ratified, Vite 7, and 6 Advanced TS Tricks | News | Ep 24 35:22

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News for the week of June 23, 2025: Ecma ratifies ES2025 standard, Vite 7 is mostly deprecations, Oracle gets a free pass, and the experimental type stripping warning is... stripped... from latest Node LTS releases. From the community: 6 advanced TS tricks, a new type-safe WebSockets API, and RegEx tips. Chapters (00:00) - Introduction and Personal…

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Deno 2.4 Bweets, Next.js Vuln Alert, Modern Node, and Typed Mongo | News | Ep 25 40:31

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News of the week of June 30, 2025, Deno Bundle is Back in Black in 2.4! We coin the term "Bweet", Deno also gets some non-standard import attributes for text and bytes, OTEL is now stable in Deno, and Next.js has a DoS vulnerability. From the community: we chat about modern Node.js patterns for 2025, NDC Oslo talks are rolling in on YouTube, and st…

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New Biome, Mocha, Jest, and k6 Releases All Kissed by TypeScript | News | Ep 23 39:52

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News for the week of June 16, 2025: Biome v2 features type-aware linting without TSC, Mocha and Jest both get native ESM and TS upgrades, and Grafana Lab's k6 load testing tool... also can now run native TS tests. From the community: type safety for WebGPU shaders, type narrowing map and indexed key access, and resilient import maps. Chapters (00:0…

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Strip Your Own Types, New Rust-based Linter, and #ROLP is Trending | News | Ep 22 38:26

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News for the week of June 9, 2025: Node's type stripping wrapper is released as a standalone package, VoidZero is building a super fast linter, and pnpm introduces experimental virtual store for speeding up package installs. From the community: secure your TS apps, #ROLP, and updated Exploring JS book edition for 2025. Chapters (00:00) - Introducti…

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TSC Init New Defaults, Who Dis? Plus Vite 7, Babel 8 Betas | News | Ep 21 30:49

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News for the week of June 2, 2025: TSC init command gets new, modern defaults, plus new betas drop for Vite 7 and Babel 8. From the community: Learn advanced TS features in 25 mins, and improve the performance of your TS monorepos with secret arcane knowledge. Chapters (00:00) - Introduction and Personal Updates (02:26) - News: tsc --init Finally H…

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Painless TSConfig Migrations | Jason Yu | 20B 34:24

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Jason Yu (ycmjason.codes) joins us to share an open source tool he created to help teams migrate their legacy TSConfig compiler options to modern-day options painlessly and progressively. Learn about his experience implementing strict options on big teams, how it inspired his new tool, and how you can take advantage of it right now! Chapters (00:00…

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Angular Turns 20, Remix Revived, and Hurricane André Hits Firefox | News | Ep 20 37:42

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News for the week of May 26, 2025: Angular's 20th release brings DX improvements, Remix replaced by React Router receives reincarnation, and how a lone volunteer brings the much-anticipated Temporal API to Firefox. Chapters (00:00) - Personal News and Updates (04:46) - News: Angular 20 is Out and It's Boring (But in a Good Way) (08:39) - News: Remi…

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TypeScript Native is Now in Preview | News | Ep 19 39:25

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News for the week of May 19, 2025: Try out the new TypeScript Go native port, Zod 4 is out, and no, Deno is not dead. Chapters (00:00) - Introduction and Personal News (05:12) - News: TypeScript Native is in Preview! (10:12) - News: Anders' Talk About TS Native at MS Build (12:58) - News: Zod 4 is Officially Released (15:51) - News: Reports of Deno…

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Microsoft Layoffs Impact TypeScript Team | News | Ep 18 33:23

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News for the week of May 12, 2025: Microsoft layoffs impact TypeScript team, and Deno explains the radio silence on Fresh 2.0. Chapters (00:00) - Personal News (06:25) - Correction: Node 24's Security Model (07:22) - News: Microsoft Lay-offs Impacting TypeScript Team (11:32) - News: Deno Posts an Update on Fresh 2.0 (13:27) - News: TSGo Gets LSP Co…

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What's New in Node 24 | Deep Dive | Ep 17B 37:40

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In this week's deep dive, we cover everything TypeScript developers need to know about the latest Node 24 release, including examples of each new language feature. We've even put together a code snippet repo you can check out! Chapters (00:00) - Introduction to Node 24 and TypeScript Support (02:49) - Type Stripping and Experimental Transform Types…

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Node 24 Officially Brings TS Support to the Masses | News | Ep 17 28:40

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News for the week of May 5, 2025: Node 24 officially brings TS support to the masses, Parcel adds RSC support, and a TC39 proposal gets replaced. Chapters (00:00) - Introduction (04:07) - News: Node 24 Release Highlights (08:09) - News: What's New in TSGo? (09:05) - News: TC39 Records and Tuples Proposal Has Been Withdrawn (11:45) - News: Parcel Bu…

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Deno 2.3 Ships Tons of QOL Improvements | News | Ep 16 32:54

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News for the week of April 28, 2025: Deno 2.3 brings some nice quality-of-life improvements, plus void(0) has released a new all-in-one bundler for your TypeScript libraries. Chapters (00:00) - Introduction (04:51) - News: This Week in TypeScript Go (05:47) - News: Deno 2.3 Released (08:36) - News: tsdown is a TypeScript Bundler for Library Authors…

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Building Games in TypeScript | Erik Onarheim | Ep 15B 52:37

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Erik shares how you can build games for the web with TypeScript and the Excalibur.js game engine. What's involved? What are some of the primitives you need to learn? What tools are there to make assets? And how do your webdev skills translate? All this and more in today's deep dive episode! Chapters (00:00) - Introduction to Excalibur.js (01:13) - …

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TSGo Gets Autocomplete and JSX Support | News | Ep 15 27:46

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News for the week of April 21, 2025: TSGo gets autocomplete and JSX support, pnpm adds JSR support, and remember to migrate off Node 18! (00:00) - Introduction and Personal Updates (04:55) - News for the Week of April 21, 2025 (06:26) - News: TSGo Gets JSX and Autocomplete Support (08:36) - News: pnpm Gets JSR Package Support (10:00) - News: Juno A…

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Are We Sick of TypeScript.fm Yet? | Retrospective | Ep 14B 58:53

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In this episode, Erik and Kamran have a candid discussion about how the podcast started, how it went, and what the plans are for the future. Chapters (00:00) Introduction (01:18) Is TypeScript.fm Done? (01:59) Erik's Reflection (03:05) Kamran's Reflection (03:48) What's the Goal of the Podcast? (06:46) What Do We Want to Focus On? (12:10) Should We…

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TC39 Enums in JS Proposal Moves to Stage-1 | News | Ep 14 11:56

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News for the week of April 14, 2025: TC39 Enums in JS Proposal moves to Stage 1, plus Next.js gets some TS LSP plugin perf/stability improvements. Chapters (00:00) - Introduction (02:07) - News for Week of April 14 (03:20) - News: SquiggleConf 2025 (03:40) - News: TC39 Enums in JS Proposal Moves to Stage 1 (04:20) - News: Deno 2.2.10 (04:48) - News…

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DOOM.ts | Dimitri Mitropoulos | Ep 13 1:24:58

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This week on the pod, we talk to Dimitri Mitropoulos about building DOOM in the TypeScript type system. We walk through all the nitty gritty and explore this truly amazing engineering feat! We touch on things that Dimitri learned and discovered along the way, and how you might be surprised what you can accomplish by trying! In the news, Zod 4 Beta …

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Enums in JS, Deno v Oracle Cage Match, and Parcel Gets React Server Components | Grab Bag | Ep 12 31:21

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This week on the pod, we were very busy with travel, cons, and sickness! We have a news grab bag episode talking about the JS enums proposal, Deno v. Oracle, Parcel+RSCs, Firefox vulnerabilities and more! Also Please email us your feedback for your retro episode ([email protected]) 00:00 Intro 00:50 VGM Con 02:07 IGDATC Talk Wednesday April 9t…

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Baby Got Bun | Ep 11 1:00:47

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This week on the pod, we talk all about the Bun runtime funtimes! This is a powerful new player in the JavaScript and TypeScript runtime space focusing on DX, speed, and pushing the state of the art! We dive into the details and offer some of our thoughts around when to use it at the moment. In other news we avoid phone scams and talk fun new TypeS…

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The Vanilla TS Experience | Josh Goldberg | Ep 10 56:54

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In this episode, we are joined by special guest Josh Goldberg to teach us about getting started with TypeScript from scratch. If you're new to TS, this is a great introduction! And if you've been using TS for a long time, you can explain to your friends where they should start to make their experience smoother. In the news, Nx gets support for proj…

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TS-a-Go-Go | Ep 9 53:09

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The Internet blows up as TypeScript reaches its next Pokemon evolution, and Kamran and Erik scramble to create an episode to pick up the pieces and make sense of it. In other news, TikTok announces Lynx, Angular gets some fetch upgrades, and Josh Goldberg releases v2 of create-typescript-app. Week of March 3, 2025 (07:09) - Big News: TypeScript Is …

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React, TypeScript, and... Schbooleans? | Ep 8 1:07:52

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This week Kamran dives into some nuances with using React with TypeScript while Erik plays the React fool and coins the word "schbooleans" (yep). In the news, erasableSyntaxOnly gets shipped, some new minor releases in the ecosystem, and oh, TypeScript types can run DOOM. Yes, TS is a real language now. Erik's News Personal Blog Post: The Best Wors…

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ORMed and Dangerous | Ep 7 1:07:36

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This week Kamran and Erik discuss when ORMs are helpful... or hurtful. They cover trade-offs, the spectrum of abstraction, the value of escape hatches, and the options available to you in the TypeScript ecosystem. Week of February 17, 2025 (05:54) - News: Ember 6.2 Released (07:16) - News: Deno 2.2 Released npm-check-updates package Package JSON Up…

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The Sheer Joy of Publishing to JSR | Ep 6 1:07:04

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This week Kamran and Erik unpack JSR, the new open alternative to the npm registry from the folks at Deno. They both published packages and discuss what JSR offers npm doesn't, when to use it, and how it works for both consumers and maintainers. (00:00) - The Sheer Joy of Publishing to JSR | Ep 6 (05:40) - News: TypeScript 5.8 RC (07:45) - News: JS…

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Compilers, Runtimes, and Funtimes | Ep 5 1:03:49

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This week Kamran and Erik try to dissect the complex landscape of JavaScript and TypeScript compilers, transpilers, interpreters, engines, and runtimes (oh my!). What are the tools, what are they used for, why is the world so complicated, and what should you care about as a TS developer? (04:55) - This Week in TypeScript: Node.js Corepack Issue Aff…

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You Say Vite, I Say Vite | Ep 4 53:56

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This week Erik and Kamran talk about Vite (Vight? Veet?), what it's good for, how it works, and its status as the "go-to" tool for frontend tooling. (04:21) - This Week in TypeScript: TS 5.8 Beta (11:02) - This Week in TypeScript: Ruck 9 Released (12:39) - This Week in TypeScript: Type Stripping in the Browser (14:45) - Community Highlight: Deno an…

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We Don’t Talk About Deno-no-no | Ep 3 52:22

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This week Erik and Kamran make poor dad jokes, talk about Deno, and tour its ecosystem. If you're new to Deno, this will be a great introduction! (00:00) - We Don't Talk About Deno-no-no-no | Ep 3 (06:54) - This Week in TypeScript: Bun 1.2 Released (10:54) - This Week in TypeScript: 5.8's ErasableSyntaxOnly Flag (14:57) - This Week in TypeScript: T…

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Node 23 Gets TypeScript Support, Mostly | Ep 2 36:57

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In this episode, Kamran and Erik discuss the newly released TypeScript support with Node 23.6 and its implications. What's supported? What's not supported? And how does it differ from Bun or Deno? (00:00) - Ep 2 - Node 23 Gets TypeScript Support (00:05) - Introduction (04:04) - TypeScript News and Announcements (10:27) - A Closer Look at Type Strip…

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Two TypeScript Fools, One Podcast | Ep 1 43:22

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In the inaugural episode of TypeScript.fm, the two fools introduce themselves, share their "origin stories," and share plans for the podcast. Briefly covered in the news: Vite 6, Deno 2's expansion of the ecosystem, Node 23's new TypeScript support, and the latest Excalibur.js 0.30.0 release. (00:00) - Ep 1 - Two TypeScript Fools, One Podcast (00:1…

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Gil Tayar on ECMAScript modules (ESM) with JavaScript 51:18

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In this episode of OpenHive.JS, we talk to Gil Tayar, whose fascination with software development has not dimmed over 30 years. Passionate about distributed systems and scaling development to big teams, Gil has worked at companies including Wix and Applitools and is currently a software architect at Roundforest. Today, he talks about ECMAScript mod…

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Charlie Robbins on JavaScript, TypeScript and the history and future of Node.js 40:16

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OpenHive.JS welcomes Charlie Robbins, a Senior Director of Engineering at GoDaddy where he leads teams including GoDaddy's Design System, Engineering Rigor, and Open Source Programs Office. Founder and former CEO of Nodejitsu, Charlie is an open source enthusiast, community builder and author of many popular Node.js libraries. This episode is full …

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Yoni Goldberg on Integration Tests with JavaScript 54:27

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This episode of OpenHive.JS features Yoni Goldberg, an independent software architect who specialises in crafting advanced web applications using Node.js. A consultant, conference speaker and open source contributor, Yoni loves to blog and is the author of Node.js Best Practices and similar guides. He is passionate about architecture and testing — …

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Rob Palmer on Server Side Javascript and TypeScript 53:45

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OpenHive.JS welcomes Rob Palmer, the JavaScript Infrastructure and Tooling Lead at Bloomberg. As a co-chair of TC39 Rob is dedicated to the evolution of JavaScript. Through his work on the Bloomberg Terminal he has unique perspectives on transitioning to TypeScript and Server Side JavaScript. This episode is chock full of interesting perspectives a…

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Danielle Adams on Cloud Native Buildpacks 24:32

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Danielle is the Node.js Language Owner at Heroku, leading the Node platform for JavaScript and TypeScript developers. She is also a graduate student at New York University focusing on cybersecurity, a network director for Women Who Code in NYC, and an international public speaker. She is passionate about JavaScript and the well-being of the interne…

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Kent C. Dodds on JavaScript Training 44:25

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For this episode of OpenHive.JS, we welcome Kent C. Dodds, software engineer, open source developer and passionate educator for people working in JavaScript, Node.js and more. Kent tells us about his training courses, his approach to learning in technical fields and more — including his ultimate guideline for working and contributing to the open so…

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Liz Parody on Building Communities 31:59

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This episode of OpenHive.JS was recorded across four continents, with people in Italy, Colombia, California and Dubai — a fitting setup for a conversation focused on building and strengthening global communities and connections. As our guest Liz Parody points out, it’s what you put into your interactions that matters, and this conversation is proof…

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The Next 25 Years of JavaScript 48:13

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In this special joint episode of OpenHive.JS and Decoded, the roundtable tech series from NearForm, Matteo welcomes Conor O'Neill, Anna Henningsen and Eric Lewis to celebrate the 25-year anniversary of JavaScript by discussing what we can expect and hope for in the next 25 years. In this special joint episode, you'll hear about: How the language ha…

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Mikeal Rogers on the Open Source Model 36:55

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For the tenth episode of OpenHive.JS, we pick up right where we left off in conversation with Mikeal Rogers, IPLD Lead at Protocol Labs, NodeConf creator and JavaScript thought leader. If you haven’t listened to episode 9, you may want to start there. Here in part two, we continue talking about the benefits of open source, what we all can do to fur…

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Mikeal Rogers on Decentralised Databases 43:45

4+ y ago43:45

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For the ninth episode of OpenHive.JS, we sit down for a detailed, insightful and entertaining conversation with Mikeal Rogers, IPLD Lead at Protocol Labs, creator of NodeConf and longtime friend of NearForm. Mikeal has been a key figure in the JavaScript community for many years and comes ready to discuss it all, from decentralised databases and en…

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Anthony Aragues on Data Visualisation 39:00

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In this episode of OpenHive.JS, we welcome Anthony Aragues, author of Visualising Streaming Data, to discuss the value of data visualisation within the context of modern technology and innovation. Drawing from his experience in developing applications for the analysis and presentation of data, Anthony tells us about the art of making data intuitive…

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Alessandro Polidori on Open Source and VoIP 49:25

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In this episode of OpenHive.JS, we sit down with Alessandro Polidori, a senior software engineer and popular tech speaker with more than a decade of experience, to discuss the role of open source and Node.js in the technology that powers much of our communications today. Alessandro takes us through WebRTC, VoIP communications and much more. Welcome…

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Kenigbolo Meya Stephen on Documentation 46:57

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In this episode of OpenHive.JS, we speak with Kenigbolo Meya Stephen about the ever important role of documentation in open source software development. Kenigbolo gets into the value of documentation as a key form of communication, how aspiring developers can hone their skills, the importance of mentoring and more. Welcome back to OpenHive.JS.…

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NearForm on Building Contact Tracing Apps 39:19

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In this special all-NearForm episode, we welcome our colleagues Colm Harte, Kevin Devine and Shaun Baker, who have spent the past several weeks designing, building and deploying Covid-19 contact tracing apps, including the highly successful COVID Tracker Ireland app. Here, they talk to us about the specific technology used, the challenges of creati…

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Ramón Guijarro on Modern Web APIs 40:36

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For this episode, we welcome Ramón Guijarro, a product-focused engineer with extensive experience in JavaScript and React, who is passionate about building great user interfaces and a better web for us all. Ramón talks to us about the importance of the developer experience, how to know which APIs to use when there are so many and much more. Welcome…

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Laurie Barth on Maintaining Gatsby 49:07

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In this episode of OpenHive.JS, we talk to Laurie Barth about life as a Gatsby maintainer and what it’s really like to be part of a project with that many moving parts. Laurie shares insights into getting started in open source, the beauty of docs done right and much more. Welcome back to OpenHive.JS.…

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Liran Tal on Empowering Open Source 41:30

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For this episode of OpenHive.JS from NearForm, we welcome Liran Tal, Developer Advocate at Snyk and a member of the Node.JS Security working group. Liran shares tips for engaging contributors in the open source community, why it's important for organisations using OSS to give back and much more. Welcome back to OpenHive.JS.…

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Philipp Dunkel on Temporal 40:51

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For our introductory episode of OpenHive.JS, the podcast for all things JavaScript from NearForm, we welcome Philipp Dunkel to tell us about the Temporal proposal for date and time handling. Philipp gets into the persistent challenges in how we currently manage date and time, and explains how Temporal aims to solve them. Welcome to OpenHive.JS.…