The Web Dev Podcast

1 season

8 episodes

When npmx showed up, it created a wave of enthusiastic support and open source collaboration. And because we’re in a moment where most discussion about OSS feels pretty bleak, the joy around npmx feels unique. What makes it different? Maintainers Daniel Roe, Salma Alam-Naylor, and Matias “Patak” Capeletto share their secrets.

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8 episodes

Release year: 2026

How to connect everything to everything with Inngest

S1.E1

Jan 26, 2026

How to make a workflow that works out of a bunch of disjointed third party services.

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Angular Signal Forms with Core Maintainer Alex Rickabaugh

S1.E2

Jan 27, 2026

How a mature open source project approaches big changes, with Angular maintainer Alex Rickabaugh.

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Why Marcy Sutton left Gatsby for Astro

S1.E3

Jan 27, 2026

What should you consider when deciding to switch to a new web framework?

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The Fix for useEffect in React

S1.E4

Jan 27, 2026

Async React has gotten a whole lot better. Maintainer Ricky Hanlon really wants you to stop yelling at him for stuff that's fixed already.

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How to not get bogged down by admin tasks as a business owner

S1.E5

Feb 12, 2026

If you work with clients or contractors, you’re dealing with agreements, project templates, processes, and other admin overhead that can completely bury you if you’re not careful. Raileen del Rosario joins host Jason Lengstorf for a discussion about automating the repetitive bits of running your business.

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The promise of ATproto is social media without corporate overlords

S1.E6

Feb 19, 2026

Developers building apps on ATproto, the technology behind social media apps like Bluesky and Leaflet, are promising us a future where we own our content and aren’t at the whims of a tiny handful of companies. Software engineer Zeu Capua talks to host Jason Lengstorf about the promise of social media where we can actually own our own data.

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Access control to stop AI agents from deleting all your data

S1.E7

Feb 26, 2026

There’s no shortage of horror stories about AI agents deleting family photos, wiping databases, or deleting the entire code base. But to do the things they promise to do, AI agents need access to sensitive accounts, file systems, databases, and code repositories. How can developers create the right balance of access and control that allows agents to be useful without allowing them to cause disaster when they go off the rails? Chris Sev talks auth for AI agents, the core primitives that will enable developers to build systems that safely incorporate agents, and how we get from the chaos that early adopters are dealing with now to something that a mature company can actually run in production.

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Why are devs excited about npmx when everyone seems to be sad about other OSS?

S1.E8

Mar 2, 2026

When npmx showed up, it created a wave of enthusiastic support and open source collaboration. And because we’re in a moment where most discussion about OSS feels pretty bleak, the joy around npmx feels unique. What makes it different? Maintainers Daniel Roe, Salma Alam-Naylor, and Matias “Patak” Capeletto share their secrets.

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Jan 26, 2026

The cutting edge of web development, brought to you by the people building it. Now in your favorite podcast app!

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The cutting edge of web development, brought to you by the people building it. Host Jason Lengstorf interviews expert programmers, open source maintainers, startup founders, and more to understand the nuances of modern dev tools.

Learn what's happening in the tech community, and go past the hype to learn why and when new tools are useful. Every tool has trade-offs, and these conversations dig into them: when should you use this tool, and when should you not use this tool.

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