Full Stack Radio
A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.
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152: Ben Orenstein - How to Stand Out When Applying for a Job at a Small Company
In this episode Adam talks to Ben Orenstein about what you can do to stand out if you?re trying to get a job at a small company.
2021-01-28Link to episode
151: DHH ? Building HEY with Hotwire
In this episode Adam talks to DHH about using Hotwire to develop Basecamp's new email service HEY while shipping only 40kb of JavaScript to the client.
2020-12-28Link to episode
150: Secret Screencasting Tips & Behind the Scenes of Tailwind CSS 2.0
In this episode, Adam and Jack talk about all the secret tips you need to know to screencast like a pro. Then they go deep into some of the things Adam is working on for Tailwind CSS 2.0, like the new default config file.
2020-10-21Link to episode
149: Choosing a Payment Processor, Radical Icons & W3C Hype
Adam and Jack discuss how it sucks when you're forced to change billing platforms, and embark upon a deep dive on the merits of Adam's favorite solutions. We also talk about Jack's recent Radical Icon launch and promotional strategy regrets, which thankfully has a bit of a silver lining, and in Statamic news ? the W3C drops WordPress and narrows their next CMS choice down to Statamic and Craft.
2020-10-07Link to episode
148: Accessible Focus Styles, Tailwind Labs on YouTube, and Secret Projects
Adam and Jack talk about accessible focus styles, Headless UI, the new Tailwind Labs YouTube channel, Tailwind presets, and the progress on the great Statamic Bug-Fix-a-Thon of 2020. They also kick around what "Tailwind Lite" could be and where it might live, Adam spills the beans on a secret Tailwind project, and they get really excited about ideas they totally plan to do but probably never will happen.
2020-09-29Link to episode
147: Surviving GitHub Issues, the Statamic 3 Launch Aftermath, Tailwind 1.8, and Headless UI
Adam and Jack talk about strategies for keeping up with GitHub issues and coping with customer criticism, and how life is going after the Statamic 3 launch. They also talk about the new features in Tailwind 1.8, and work through some branding problems for the new Headless UI project the Tailwind team is working on.
2020-09-23Link to episode
146: Launching Statamic 3, GitHub Sponsors, Tailwind CSS v1.7, and Preparing for Laracon
Adam and Jack talk about how the Statamic 3 launch went, and adding GitHub Sponsor tiers to the Statamic GitHub organization and what to give people in exchange for sponsoring. They also talk about the new Tailwind CSS v1.7 release, and the new features like gradient support. Finally, they work through some ideas Adam is preparing for his Laracon talk on ?Building component libraries with Tailwind CSS?.
2020-09-04Link to episode
145: Statamic 3.0 and Tailwind CSS 2.0
Jack McDade joins Adam to talk about what he's been up to building up to the Statamic 3.0 launch (it's out now!) and Adam shares a bunch of ideas he's been working on for Tailwind CSS v2.0.
2020-08-20Link to episode
144: Gary Bernhardt - TypeScript and Testing
In this episode, Adam talks to Gary Bernhardt about building Execute Program, why he chose to build it as a full-stack TypeScript application, and the implications using TypeScript has on what you need to test.
2020-08-05Link to episode
143: Rich Harris - Svelte and Defending the Modern Web
In this episode, Adam talks to Rich Harris about Svelte, and why we should keep pushing forward with the modern web even if it's not perfect yet.
2020-07-22Link to episode
142: Jason Cohen - Learning to Hire and Manage a Team
In this episode, Adam talks to Jason Cohen of WP Engine about hiring people to join the Tailwind team, figuring out what to focus on, and learning how to manage.
2020-07-01Link to episode
141: Jason Fried - Running the Tailwind Business on Basecamp
In this episode, Adam talks to Jason Fried about growing the Tailwind team and how to best use Basecamp to keep his particular company organized. He also walks through tons of real examples from their recent work on HEY, sharing lots of behind-the-scenes stuff about how Basecamp use Basecamp themselves.
2020-06-10Link to episode
140: Evan You - Reimagining the Modern Dev Server with Vite
In this episode, Adam talks to Evan You about Vite, a new dev server and build tool for modern JavaScript projects.
2020-05-28Link to episode
139: Alex DeBrie - DynamoDB for Relational Database Diehards
In this episode, Adam is talks to Alex DeBrie about DynamoDB, and how it compares to relational databases like MySQL.
2020-05-08Link to episode
138: Tom Preston-Werner - Building Full-Stack JS Apps with Redwood.js
In this episode, Adam is talks to Tom Preston-Werner about Redwood.js, a new full-stack JavaScript framework for building edge-ready web applications.
2020-04-22Link to episode
137: Tim Neutkens - Continuing to Innovate with Next.js 9.3
In this episode, Adam is talks to Tim Neutkens about what's new in Next.js 9.3 and how it's changing the way applications are built at ZEIT.
2020-04-08Link to episode
136: Michael Chan - React Is Not a Rails Competitor
In this episode, Adam is joined by Michael Chan to talk about how people who identify as React developers are building real web applications, and why it seems like nobody is talking about databases or background jobs anymore.
2020-03-25Link to episode
135: Lessons Learned Building Tailwind UI
In this episode, Adam is joined by Sam Selikoff to talk about some of the interesting technical challenges he faced building Tailwind UI, and how working on the project has influenced how he will build layouts in the future.
2020-03-04Link to episode
134: Mark Dalgleish - You Should Be Using Layout Components
In this episode, Adam talks to Mark Dalgleish about common mistakes people make in their approach to constructing layouts, and how dedicated layout components can make your component system much easier to work with.
2020-02-12Link to episode
133: Sam Selikoff - Building Production-Ready SPAs Fast with Mirage.js
In this episode, Adam talks to Sam Selikoff about Mirage.js and how to use it to build production-ready front-end applications, even if your back-end API isn't ready yet.
2020-01-29Link to episode
132: Caleb Porzio - Just Enough JavaScript with Alpine.js
In this episode, Adam talks to Caleb Porzio about his new UI library Alpine.js.
2020-01-15Link to episode
131: Ryan Singer - How Basecamp Builds Software
In this episode, Adam talks to Ryan Singer of Basecamp about how they plan, structure, and execute on new features.
2020-01-01Link to episode
130: David Khourshid - Building Better UI Components with State Machines
In this episode, Adam talks to David Khourshid about using state machines to build UI components that are simpler and more resilient to bugs.
2019-12-11Link to episode
129: Evan You - What's Coming in Vue.js 3.0
In this episode, Adam talks to Evan You about all of the changes and improvements coming to Vue.js 3.0.
2019-11-27Link to episode
128: Alasdair Monk - Scaling CSS at Heroku with Utility Classes
In this episode, Adam talks to Alasdair Monk about how they approach CSS at Heroku, and how using a utility-based approach has kept their team happy for the last three years.
2019-11-20Link to episode
127: Jonathan Reinink - Building Modern Monoliths with Inertia.js
In this episode, Adam talks to Jonathan Reinink about Inertia.js, a new framework he recently released that lets you build single page applications with Vue, React, or Svelte, without having to give up the productivity benefits of traditional server-side development workflows using tools like Laravel or Rails.
2019-11-06Link to episode
126: James Long - Building Distributed Local-First JavaScript Applications
In this episode, Adam talks to James Long (creator of Prettier) about building Actual, a local-first Electron application with no central database that syncs data peer-to-peer.
2019-10-23Link to episode
125: Rob Walling - Choosing the Right Product Idea
In this episode, Adam talks to Rob Walling about choosing, validating, and marketing a viable software product.
2019-10-09Link to episode
124: Leslie Cohn-Wein & Rafael Conde - Designing the User Interface at Netlify
In this episode, Adam talks to Leslie Cohn-Wein and Rafael Conde about designing and implementing new UI features at Netlify.
2019-09-25Link to episode
123: Ian Landsman - Marketing and Positioning a New Tailwind CSS Product
In this episode, Adam gets some advice from Ian Landsman of Userscape on marketing and positioning a new Tailwind CSS components directory project he's working on with Steve Schoger.
2019-09-11Link to episode
122: Matt Biilmann - Architecting the Netlify Dashboard with React and Redux
In this episode, Adam talks to Matt Biilmann CEO of Netlify about building the Netlify dashboard, and what makes it feel so fast.
2019-08-28Link to episode
121: Benedikt Deicke - Building Userlist.io
In this episode, Adam talks to Benedikt Deicke about building Userlist.io, a new email automation product for SaaS businesses that he recently launched with his co-founder Jane Portman.
2019-08-14Link to episode
120: Taylor Otwell - Serverless Laravel with Vapor
In this episode, Adam talks to Taylor Otwell about Laravel Vapor, the new serverless platform for Laravel applications that was recently announced at Laracon US.
2019-07-31Link to episode
119: Ryan Toronto - Why a Back-End Developer Made the Switch to SPAs
In this episode, Adam talks to Ryan Toronto about his journey from being a full stack Rails developer to focusing on single page applications, and why application developers should be betting on UI-focused frameworks like Ember, React, and Vue.
2019-07-17Link to episode
118: Aaron Gustafson - Semantic HTML: The Hard Parts
In this episode, Adam talks to Aaron Gustafson about authoring semantic HTML in the context of web applications, where choosing the right element can be a lot more complicated than it seems.
2019-07-03Link to episode
117: Mitchell Hamilton - Writing CSS-in-JS with Emotion
In this episode, Adam talks to Mitchell Hamilton about writing your styles directly in your JavaScript components using the CSS-in-JS library Emotion.
2019-06-20Link to episode
116: Jerod Santo - Building the Changelog Platform with Elixir and Phoenix
In this episode, Adam talks to Jerod Santo of The Changelog about building their custom podcasting platform using Elixir and Phoenix.
2019-06-05Link to episode
115: Jason Lengstorf - Gatsby for Skeptics
In this episode, Adam talks to Jason Lengstorf about Gatsby, and why using React and GraphQL to build something even as simple as a blog is not as crazy of an idea as it sounds.
2019-05-22Link to episode
114: Sebastian De Deyne - React for Vue Developers
In this episode, Adam talks to Sebastian De Deyne about learning React from the perspective of a Vue developer, and how to translate all of the Vue features you're already comfortable with to React code.
2019-05-08Link to episode
113: Justin Jackson - Growing Transistor to $10,000/month
In this episode, Adam talks to Justin Jackson about growing his new SaaS business Transistor to $10,000 in MRR.
2019-04-24Link to episode
112: Guillermo Rauch - Building Serverless Applications with Now
In this episode, Adam talks to Guillermo Rauch building and deploying serverless web applications with Now.
2019-04-10Link to episode
111: Jeffrey Way - Building the New Laracasts with Tailwind CSS
In this episode, Adam talks to Jeffrey Way about the process of building the brand new Laracasts.com with Tailwind CSS.
2019-03-28Link to episode
110: Caleb Porzio - Embracing the Backend with Livewire
In this episode, Adam talks to Caleb Porzio about Livewire, a new library he's working on that lets you build interactive user interfaces using server-side code.
2019-03-14Link to episode
109: The Road to Tailwind CSS v1.0
In this episode, the tables are turned as Sam Selikoff interviews Adam about the upcoming release of Tailwind CSS v1.0.
2019-02-27Link to episode
108: Jonathan Reinink - Client-Side Rendering, Server-Side Routing
In this episode, Adam talks to Jonathan Reinink about a new approach he has been using to build Laravel and Vue.js apps that lets him match the UI fidelity of an SPA, without abandoning server-side routing or data fetching.
2019-02-14Link to episode
107: Sam Selikoff - Pushing Complexity to the Client-Side
In this episode, Adam continues his discussion with Sam Selikoff about building single page applications, this time focusing on strategies for keeping your API layer as simple as possible, so all of your complexity lives in your client-side codebase instead of being spread across both.
2019-01-30Link to episode
106: Sam Selikoff - Single Page Application Architecture
In this episode, Adam talks to Sam Selikoff about single page application architecture, and why you should think of client-side applications like desktop applications.
2019-01-16Link to episode
105: Strength Training for Nerds
In the spirit of the new year, Adam and Ben Orenstein talk about getting in shape through strength training.
2019-01-03Link to episode
104: Jonathan Reinink - Pushing More Work to the Database
In this episode, Adam talks to Jonathan Reinink about strategies for off-loading resource intensive work from your application code and into your database.
2018-12-19Link to episode
103: Steve Schoger - Design Q&A + Refactoring UI Details
In this episode, Adam and Steve Schoger answer listener questions about UI design, and share all of the details about their upcoming book and design resource Refactoring UI.
2018-12-05Link to episode