In this episode, we talk with James Garbutt about e18e, a community-driven initiative focused on improving the performance of JavaScript packages across the ecosystem.We discuss: • The goals and vision behind e18e • What’s slowing down the JS ecosystem • Why performance work is often invisible—and how to fix that • The importance of community coordination in open source • How developers can get involved in improving the packages they rely onIf you care about build times, bundle sizes, and the health of the JavaScript ecosystem, this episode is for you.This episode is sponsored by WorkOS (https://workos.com) and Mailtrap (https://l.rw.rw/devtools_4)🔗 Links • e18e Website: https://e18e.dev/ • GitHub: https://github.com/e18e • Discord: https://discord.gg/e18e • James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jgarbutt • Full episode + transcript: [link to your site if available]🎧 Subscribe to Devtools.fm for more conversations with the people behind the tools developers use every day.
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Anirudh and Akshay from Tangled.sh and the Future of Decentralized Coding
This week we're joined by Anirudh and Akshay from Tangled.sh. Tangle.sh is a social coding platform built on the AT Protocol. We discuss the future of decentralized coding, the challenges of building a new platform, and how developers can leverage Tangled.sh's tools.https://anirudh.fi/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wshs7t2adsemcrrd4snkeqlihttps://tangled.sh/https://bsky.app/profile/icyphox.shhttps://anirudh.fi/identityEpisode sponsored By WorkOS (https://workos.com) and MailTrap (https://l.rw.rw/devtools_1)Become a paid subscriber our patreon, spotify, or apple podcasts for the full episode.https://www.patreon.com/devtoolsfmhttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/devtoolsfm/subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/devtools-fm/id1566647758https://www.youtube.com/@devtoolsfm/membership
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Eli Mallon - Streamplace and the future of decentralized video streaming
This week we're joined by Eli Mallon, founder of Streamplace, a decentralized video streaming platform. In this episode we discuss the future of decentralized video streaming, the challenges of building a new platform, and how developers can leverage Streamplace's tools. We also go into Atproto, the decentralized social media network that stream place is built on.https://stream.place/abouthttps://techcrunch.com/2025/04/04/beyond-bluesky-these-are-the-apps-building-social-experiences-on-the-at-protocolhttps://github.com/iamelihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/eli-mallon-5703a94ahttps://bsky.app/profile/iame.lihttps://www.livepeer.org/Episode sponsored By WorkOS (https://workos.com) and MailTrap (https://l.rw.rw/devtools_1)Become a paid subscriber our patreon, spotify, or apple podcasts for the full episode.https://www.patreon.com/devtoolsfmhttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/devtoolsfm/subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/devtools-fm/id1566647758https://www.youtube.com/@devtoolsfm/membership
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Zack Jackson - ByteDance, rspack, and the Future of Web Development
This week we're once again joined by Zach Jackson, creator of Module Federation, and now core team member of ByteDance's rspack project. In this episode we talk about the bundler landscape, the future of web development, and how rspack is changing the game.https://x.com/rspack_devhttps://x.com/ScriptedAlchemyhttps://rspack.dev/Episode sponsored By WorkOS (https://workos.com) and MailTrap (https://l.rw.rw/devtools_1)Become a paid subscriber our patreon, spotify, or apple podcasts for the full episode.https://www.patreon.com/devtoolsfmhttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/devtoolsfm/subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/devtools-fm/id1566647758https://www.youtube.com/@devtoolsfm/membership
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Sam Goodwin - Alchemy and the Next Generation of Infra as Code
This week we're delighted to welcome Sam Goodwin to the show. Sam is the creator of Alchemy, a tool that allows you to create and manage your infrastructure as code. The current state of the art is built on all the tech debt of the past 10 years, Alchemy is a new approach to infrastructure as code that is more aligned with the modern web.https://alchemy.runhttps://github.com/sam-goodwin/alchemyhttps://github.com/sam-goodwinEpisode sponsored By WorkOS (https://workos.com)Become a paid subscriber our patreon, spotify, or apple podcasts for the full episode.https://www.patreon.com/devtoolsfmhttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/devtoolsfm/subscribehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/devtools-fm/id1566647758https://www.youtube.com/@devtoolsfm/membership
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