138: Next.js Leans into AI Agents

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   E143 · 4 May 2026 · 55 min

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   E142 · 27 Apr 2026 · 56 min

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   E141 · 21 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

   141: When AI Belongs in Products with Dan Wilson & Kyler Krenek

   This week special guests Dan Wilson of DataCurl and Kyler Krenek of Vowel join us to discuss when AI belongs in products and what kinds of AI tools are best suited to different needs. Special Guests: Dan Wilson, Principal Partner of DataCurlKyler Krenek, cofounder of Vowel Relevant Links: Dan’s personal websiteDan’s company websiteDan on LinkedInKyler’s GitHubKyler’s blogKyler on LinkedInVowel.toWhat Makes Us Happy this Week: Paige - Shrinking season 3TJ - Claude CoworkJack - Giving stuf...

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   E140 · 13 Apr 2026 · 58 min

   140: Cloudflare is Coming for WordPress

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   E139 · 6 Apr 2026 · 36 min

   139: Claude Code’s Secrets Are Out

   This week, Anthropic accidentally leaked Claude Code’s source code to the world when it published a source map inside an npm release. While the offending file was quickly removed, the code was out there and folks got to work speculating about what’s next for Claude Code. Always running background daemons, something known as “undercover mode”, and a cute little ASCII animal next to inputs are some of the things we might see in Claude’s future. The npm hacks keep on coming as well, as popular d...

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   E137 · 23 Mar 2026 · 53 min

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   This week the VoidZero team shipped Vite 8. It’s using Rolldown under the hood and boasting 30x faster builds, full plugin compatibility, integrated devtools, and a searchable registry for all plugins. Co-host Jack has officially joined Netlify as a Principal Developer Experience Engineer and announces the launch of Netlify Start. Start a new Netlify project with a prompt on the site, and see it built and deployed in minutes, and keep iterating on it from there. The Node.js team is changing t...

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   E136 · 16 Mar 2026 · 49 min

   136: VoidZero Wants to be the Laravel of JavaScript

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   E135 · 9 Mar 2026 · 45 min

   135: Bun is Back in the Oven

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   E134 · 2 Mar 2026 · 48 min

   134: Anthropic is Having a Week

   This week’s episode is all about Anthropic. First up, Anthropic unveiled Claude Remote Control, which will let users continue a Claude session back on their personal machine from a phone, tablet via the Claude mobile app. Watch out OpenClaw. Anthropic continued making news by refusing to bow to the Department of War’s request for “unrestricted use” of its AI for military purposes, including domestic surveillance and fully-autonomous weapons. We’ll let you know if those defense contracts get r...

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    E133 · 24 Feb 2026 · 50 min

    133: State of React 2025: The Results Are In

    It’s survey results reason, and the State of React 2025 results are in! As in the past, Next.js continues to dominate as one of the most used frameworks, but TanStack Start is one to watch. Other honorable mentions include: Zustand, Vite, and (most importantly) Front-end Fire tying for fifth place in the podcast section. Thank you, listeners! Google has a new proposal called WebMCP, which is a way to define structured tools for agents visiting a site, ensuring they can perform actions w...