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This week we talk to Gabriel Nordeborn, a core member of the Rescript team. Rescript is a langauge that compiles to JS but has some serious superpowers. Whether it is it's awesome pattern matching, or greate react integartoin there is a lot to love. Come learn about it with us. https://rescript-lang.org/ https://github.com/zth https://x.com/___zth___

devtools.fm: Developer Tools, Open Source, Software Development

by Andrew Lisowski, Justin Bennett · English · Tech & Science

A podcast about developer tools and the people who make them. Join us as we embark on a journey to explore modern developer tooling and interview the people who make it possible. We love talking to the creators front-end frameworks (React, Solid, Svelte, Vue, Angular, etc), JavaScript and…

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