In this episode we discuss how to compare open source frameworks, starter projects that help developers quickly begin building, and the potential of a post-React future. Tracy Lee<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/ladyleet">Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracyslee/">LinkedIn</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/ladyleet">GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ladyleet.com/">Homepage</a></li>
</ul>Dustin Goodman<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/dustinsgoodman">Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinsgoodman/">LinkedIn</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/dustinsgoodman">GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dustingoodman.dev/">Homepage</a></li>
</ul>This Dot Labs<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.thisdot.co/">Homepage</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/thisdotlabs">Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/thisdot/">LinkedIn</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/thisdot">GitHub</a></li>
</ul>Links<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/thisdot/open-source">This Dot Open Source</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/thisdot/starter.dev-github-showcases">starter.dev GitHub Showcases</a></li>
<li><a href="https://framework.dev/">framework.dev</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs1ccQFnNZI">The Perfect Egg Recipe</a></li>
<li><a href="https://react.framework.dev/">react.framework.dev</a></li>
<li><a href="https://starter.dev/">starter.dev</a></li>
<li><a href="https://npms.io/about">About npm</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.blockchain.education/">blockchain.education</a></li>
<li><a href="https://smartcontractdb.com/">Smart Contract Database</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tanstack.com/">TanStack</a></li>
</ul> -------------------This episode is sponsored by Cloud66, a platform that allows you to deploy Jamstack sites on any cloud for just $1.99 per site per month. It's like your own Netlify and includes free unlimited team members, real-time logs, programmable traffic management, SSL certificates, and more. You can get started with Cloud 66 for free and <a href="https://www.cloud66.com/frameworks/static-sites?utm_source=r&utm_medium=a&utm_campaign=FSJam">get an extra $66 of free credits with the code FSJam-66</a>.

Tracy Lee (CEO) and Dustin Goodman (Engineering Manager) join us to talk about This Dot Labs, a JavaScript consultancy that helps teams through staff augmentation, consulting, and training.

Episode 83 - This Dot Labs with Tracy Lee and Dustin Goodman

In this episode we discuss the origins and motivations of React Bricks, the challenges of creating content with grey forms, and how to build a CMS that balances the needs of both developers and content creators.Matteo Frana<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/matfrana">Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/matteofrana">GitHub</a></li>
</ul>React Bricks<ul>
<li><a href="https://reactbricks.com/">Homepage</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/reactbricks">Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://discord.com/invite/8mBXKQUmyV">Discord</a></li>
</ul>Links<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language)">Logo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://reactbricks.com/learn">React Bricks Tutorial</a></li>
<li><a href="https://reactbricks.com/live-demo">React Bricks Live Demo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://reactbricks.com/use-cases/success-stories/neoskop">Neoskop Case Study</a></li>
<li><a href="https://reactbricks.com/use-cases/success-stories/everfund">Everfund Case Study</a></li>
<li><a href="https://reactbricks.com/use-cases/success-stories/woosmap">Woosmap Case Study</a></li>
</ul> -------------------This episode is sponsored by Cloud66, a platform that allows you to deploy Jamstack sites on any cloud for just $1.99 per site per month. It's like your own Netlify and includes free unlimited team members, real-time logs, programmable traffic management, SSL certificates, and more. You can get started with Cloud 66 for free and <a href="https://www.cloud66.com/frameworks/static-sites?utm_source=r&utm_medium=a&utm_campaign=FSJam">get an extra $66 of free credits with the code FSJam-66</a>.

Matteo Frana is the CEO and Founder of React Bricks, a visually editable CMS for Next.js, Gatsby and Remix.

Episode 82 - React Bricks with Matteo Frana

In this episode we discuss the difficulties of running jobs on serverless, use cases for Netlify's Scheduled Functions, the future of Blitz.js, and the trade-offs inherent to remote work.Simon Knott<ul>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/skn0tt">Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/skn0tt">GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://simonknott.de/">Homepage</a></li>
</ul>Netlify's Scheduled Functions<ul>
<li><a href="https://docs.netlify.com/functions/scheduled-functions/">Scheduled Functions Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.quirrel.dev/netlify-acquisition-faq/">Netlify Acquisition FAQ</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dev.to/quirrel/quirrel-is-acquired-and-i-am-joining-netlify-dha">Quirrel is Acquired! And I Am Joining Netlify</a></li>
<li><a href="https://simonknott.de/articles/netlify-acquires-quirrel">Netlify Acquires Quirrel</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.netlify.com/blog/quirrel-joins-netlify-and-scheduled-functions-launches-in-beta/">Quirrel Joins Netlify and Scheduled Functions Launches in Beta</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.learnwithjason.dev/scheduled-functions-cron-jobs-with-netlify">Scheduled Functions (Cron Jobs) With Netlify - Learn with Jason</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.netlify.com/blog/how-to-schedule-deploys-with-netlify/">How to Schedule Deploys with Netlify</a></li>
</ul>Blitz.js 2.0<ul>
<li><a href="https://fsjam.org/episodes/episode-68-flightcontrol-with-brandon-bayer-and-mina-abadir">Flightcontrol with Brandon Bayer and Mina Abadir (FSJam68)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/blitz-js/blitz/discussions/3075">Important Discussion On Possible Blitz.js Pivot - Brandon Bayer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blitzjs.com/docs/blitz-pivot">Future of Blitz.js</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fJkucccHqI">Announcing Blitz.js 2.0 - Brandon Bayer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KTpUoYR728">Introduction to Blitz.js Toolkit - Simon Knott</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/blitz-js/blitz/issues/3475">2.0 Stable Launch - Brandon Bayer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/aleksandrasays/status/1559157616810475521">Announcing Blitz.js 2.0 Beta - Aleksandra Sikora</a></li>
<li><a href="https://blitzjs.com/docs/upgrading-from-framework">Upgrading Your Blitz.js App to Blitz.js 2.0</a></li>
</ul>Links<ul>
<li><a href="https://fsjam.org/episodes/episode-15-quirrel-with-simon-knott">Quirrel with Simon Knott (FSJam15)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.swyx.io/self-provisioning-runtime">The Self Provisioning Runtime</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=155Q4gDU1Uo">Schedule Netlify Builds with GitHub Actions - Lunchdev</a></li>
<li><a href="https://chan.dev/posts/schedule-netlify-builds-with-github-actions/">Schedule Netlify Builds with GitHub Actions, Cron, and Webhooks - Michael Chan</a></li>
<li><a href="https://trpc.io/">tRPC</a></li>
<li><a href="https://retool.com/">Retool</a></li>
</ul>Editor's note: When I asked Simon about tRPC he gave his understanding of the history and motivation of the project at the time of this recording, which was almost six months ago. Despite not having been heavily involved with tRPC, his explanation was basically spot on.There was, however, one exceptional point which I'd like to clarify for the record and our listeners. Simon said <a href="https://twitter.com/alexdotjs">Alex Johansson</a>, the lead maintainer and driving force behind tRPC, was inspired to create tRPC by his experience as an early maintainer for Blitz.js.   Simon prefaced this with the following:"Why I find tRPC so interesting, it's basically a lot of the ideas behind Blitz's zero-API data layer taken out from Blitz and I think (I'm not super sure about this) but I think Alex (who's the maintainer of tRPC) got the idea from Blitz. He was a maintainer of Blitz in the first couple of months and I think he then took the idea and decided to build something outside of Blitz."It's true Alex <a href="https://github.com/blitz-js/superjson/issues/85">was an early contributor to Blitz.js</a> and understood their philosophical alignment on a zero-API layer. The part that's missing however, is Alex didn't create tRPC. Colin McDonnell (creator of <a href="https://github.com/colinhacks/zod">Zod</a> and current head of DevRel at <a href="https://www.edgedb.com/">EdgeDB</a>) created tRPC in <a href="https://github.com/trpc/trpc/tree/1ca033cdfc8fc4b503a055f1075c1a3903f17d54">July 2020</a>. Originally called ZodRPC, Colin described it as "a toolkit for creating typesafe backends powered by Zod."Zod uses a kind of schema to broadly refer to any data type which can be declared with static types in TypeScript. With ZodRPC, Colin hoped to build a new library to extend the functionality of Zod and offer an alternative to GraphQL. The key to the project's success would be retaining the simplicity of RPC calls without losing type safety.According to Colin:"Most people use GraphQL as a massively over-engineered way to share the type signature of their API with your client. What if you could import that type signature directly into your client using plain ole import syntax? Well... you can."The project began as an experiment and after writing the initial proof of concept, Colin handed the project off to Alex Johansson. Alex has been maintaining the project ever since. I think the widespread belief that Alex did create tRPC is actually a testament to how much work he's put into building up the project and community.

Simon Knott is the creator of Quirrel and the newly created Scheduled Functions from Netlify.

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