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

Jacob Beckerman - Macro 22.06.2026 55m

This week we're joined by Jacob Beckerman, the founder and CEO of Macro. Macro is a tool to cut through the noise. It's a workspace built for engineers. And it's one place for all your emails, your tasks, your chat, and your documents. We talk about the creation of Macro, and the future of the company.Macro: https://macro.comDocs: https://docs.macro.comGitHub: https://github.com/jbeckeX: https://x.com/j_beckeLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jbecke

Rita Kozlov and Steve Faulkner - Cloudflare 08.06.2026 52m

This week we're joined by Rita Kozlov and Steve Faulkner, the co-founders of Cloudflare. The big news of the day is that Cloudflare has acquired Vite. This is a big deal for the JavaScript ecosystem and for the future of developer tools. We talk about the acquisition and what it means for Cloudflare and project.https://www.cloudflare.com/https://workers.cloudflare.com/https://blog.cloudflare.com/https://x.com/rita3ko

Jeff Dickey - Mise, HK, Fnox, and Aube 18.05.2026 53m

This week we're joined by Jeff Dickey, the creator of HK, Fnox, Aube, and Mise.We talk about the creation of these tools and what led him to work on them full time with his new company, en.dev.After that we dive into the future of these tools and what's next for Jeff.Previous episode: https://www.devtools.fm/episode/129https://jdx.dev/https://en.dev/https://github.com/jdxhttps://jdx.dev/posts/2026-04-17-going-full-time-on-open-source/https://github.com/endevco/aubehttps://github.com/jdx/hkhttps://github.com/jdx/fnox

Sam Goodwin - Alchemy 11.05.2026 49m

This week we're joined by Sam Goodwin, the creator of Alchemy. Alchemy is 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://v2.alchemy.run/https://github.com/alchemy-run/alchemy-effecthttps://github.com/alchemy-run/distilledhttps://alchemy.run (v1)

Elio Struyf - Front Matter CMS, Demo Time 20.04.2026 56m

This week we're joined by Elio Struyf, the creator of Front Matter CMS and Demo Time.We talk about the origins of Front Matter CMS, the challenges of building a CMS, and the future of CMSs.We also dive into Demo Time, and how it can be used to create perfect demos for talks and presentations.GitHub: github.com/estruyfWebsite: eliostruyf.comBluesky: @eliostruyf.com

Alem Tuzlak - Tanstack Dev Tools and Tanstack AI 06.04.2026 46m

This week we're joined by Alem Tuzlak, the creator of Tanstack Dev Tools and maintainer of Tanstack AI. We talk about the creation of Tanstack Dev Tools and what led him to work on it. After that we dive into Tanstack AI and how it differs from other AI libraries.GitHub https://github.com/AlemTuzlakBluesky https://bsky.app/profile/alem.forge42.devLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/alem-tuzlak/YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@alemtuzlakTanStack AI https://tanstack.com/ai/latestTanStack Devtools https://tanstack.com/devtools/latest

Paolo Ricciuti - Svelte, TMCP 23.03.2026 57m

This week we're joined by Paolo Ricciuti, a Svelte maintainer and the creator of TMCP.We talk about his journey into the world of software development, his work on Svelte, and his new project TMCP.There has been a lot of changes in the Svelte ecosystem since we last talked to Rich, so we're excited to hear about the new features and improvements in Svelte 5!Website: https://ricciuti.meGitHub: https://github.com/paoloricciutiBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/paolo.ricciuti.meSvelteLab: https://sveltelab.devTMCP: https://github.com/paoloricciuti/tmcpsveltekit-search-params: https://github.com/paoloricciuti/sveltekit-search-paramsSpeaking: https://ricciuti.me/speakingMainmatter: https://mainmatter.com

Mark Erikson - Redux, Replay.io 16.03.2026 56m

This week we're joined by Mark Erikson, the lead maintainer of Redux and the founder of Replay.io. We talk about his journey into the world of software development, his work on Redux, and all the cool stuff he's been doing at Replay.io.https://www.linkedin.com/in/markerikson/https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/hire-me/https://bsky.app/profile/acemarke.devhttps://github.com/markerikson

Ben Curtis - Honeybadger, Breakwater 09.03.2026 54m

This week we're joined by Ben Curtis, the founder and CEO of Honeybadger and creator of Breakwater. Ben has been a pillar of the Ruby community for over 20 years, and has been a driving force behind many of the tools and frameworks that we use today. We talk about his journey into the world of software development, his work on Honeybadger, and his new project Breakwater.https://www.honeybadger.iohttps://www.bencurtis.comhttps://www.breakwaterapp.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/bencurtis.comhttps://github.com/stympyhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bencurtishttps://hachyderm.io/@bencurtis

Jamon Holmgren - Infinite Red, Into the Dawn 02.03.2026 53m

This week we're joined by Jamon Holmgren, the founder and CEO of Infinite Red. Infinite Red is a software consultancy that specializes in building React Native apps. We talk about his early days of coding, starting a consultancy, remote culture at Infinite Red, React Native, community and Chain React, and building his new game Into the Dawn.Personal WebsiteTwitter/XGitHubLinkedInInfinite RedInto the Dawn on Steam

Joel Griffith - Browserless 16.02.2026 51m

This week we're joined by Joel Griffith, the founder and CEO of Browserless. Browserless is a browser automation service that allows you to run headless browsers in the cloud. We talk about the challenges of running headless browsers at scale, the use cases for browser automation, and the future of browser automation. We also discuss the BrowserQL feature, which allows you to query the web using a SQL-like language.Website: browserless.ioDocumentation: docs.browserless.ioGitHub: github.com/browserless/browserless (12.3k stars)GitHub (Personal): github.com/joelgriffithTwitter/X: @browserlessLinkedIn: Joel Griffith

Dana Lawson - Netlify 09.02.2026 55m

This week we're joined by Dana Lawson, CTO at Netlify. We talk about her journey from the US Army to leading engineering teams at companies like GitHub, New Relic, and now Netlify. We discuss Netlify's evolution from JAMstack to AI-powered developer tools, including Agent Runners and their MCP server. We also explore the concept of "Agent Experience" (AX) as a new paradigm alongside UX and DX, and how hiring practices are evolving in the age of AI.Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/Agent Experience Hub: https://www.netlify.com/agent-experience/agentexperience.ax: https://agentexperience.ax/Agent Runners: https://www.netlify.com/platform/agent-runners/Netlify MCP Server: https://docs.netlify.com/build/build-with-ai/netlify-mcp-server/Dana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dglawson/Dana's LeadDev Profile: https://leaddev.com/community/dana-lawsonDana's UXDX Profile: https://uxdx.com/profile/dana-lawson/

Fabian Hiller - Valibot, Standard Schema, Formisch 02.02.2026 50m

This week we're joined by Fabian Hiller, the creator of Valibot, Standard Schema, and Formish. We talk about the birth of Valibot, the collaboration between all the schema libraries on Standard Schema, and the new Formish library. We also discuss the future of developer tools and AI integration.GitHub: https://github.com/fabian-hillerBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/fabianhiller.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabianhiller/Valibot — https://valibot.dev/Standard Schema — https://standardschema.dev/Formisch — https://formisch.dev/

Salma Alam-Naylor - Nordcraft 26.01.2026 55m

This week we're joined by Salma Alam-Naylor, the Head of Developer Education at Nordcraft. Salma shares her journey from music teacher to developer, her discovery of the developer education space in 2020, and the challenges and opportunities she's faced in her role. We discuss the importance of visual editors in web development, the illusion of complexity in development, and the future of web development. Salma also introduces Nordcraft, a visual web framework that allows you to build websites with a GUI.https://whitep4nth3r.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitep4nth3r/?originalSubdomain=ukhttps://github.com/whitep4nth3rhttps://nordcraft.com/

Peter van Hardenberg - Ink and Switch, Automerge 12.01.2026 50m

This week we're joined by Peter van Hardenberg (PVH), director of the Ink and Switch research lab and co-author of the seminal Local First Software paper.Peter shares the origin story of local-first software, from his realization on a San Francisco train to his work at Heroku and beyond.We dive deep into Automerge, Ink and Switch's local-first sync engine built on CRDTs (Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types), exploring how it enables real-time collaboration while keeping data on your computer.We discuss the technical challenges of building distributed systems, the philosophy behind local-first software, and how projects like Key Hive are pushing the boundaries of decentralized data access.Peter also shares his vision for the future of computing, where software ownership and interoperability become fundamental principles rather than afterthoughts.https://www.pvh.cahttps://www.inkandswitch.comhttps://automerge.orghttps://github.com/automerge/automergehttps://github.com/pvh

Jeppe Reinhold - Storybook Modernization 05.01.2026 55m

This week we have Jeppe Reinhold, a core contributor to Storybook working at Chromatic. Jeppe shares how Storybook has evolved from a slow, complex tool to a fast, modern development environment through major architectural changes like Vite integration, ESM migration, and dependency reduction. We talk about the Component Story Format evolution, framework agnosticism challenges, local testing improvements with vitest integration, and how Storybook is integrating with AI and LLMs through MCP servers to help coding agents understand and use component libraries.https://reinhold.is/https://bsky.app/profile/reinhold.ishttps://storybook.js.org/

Mike Samuel - Temper 15.12.2025 52m

Join us as we chat with Mike Samuel, an engineer who was at google for 17 years and built the original version of google calendar. He's now the founder and CEO of Temper, a programming language specifically design for translating logic into other programming languages.

Eric Seidel - Flutter, Shorebird 08.12.2025 50m

This week we have Eric Seidel, co-creator of Flutter and founder of Shorebird. Eric shares his journey from building WebKit at Apple and Chrome at Google to creating Flutter, a multi-platform UI framework that compiles to native code. We talk about the technical challenges of browser engines, why the web couldn't deliver high-quality mobile apps, and how Shorebird is solving Flutter's code push problem to enable instant app updates without app store approval.https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericseidel/https://shorebird.dev/https://bsky.app/profile/eseidel.comhttps://github.com/eseidel

Oliver Medhurst - Porffor - JavaScript Ahead of Time Compiler 20.10.2025 48m

This week we have Oliver Medhurst, the creator of Porffor. Porffor is a JavaScript ahead of time compiler that compiles JavaScript to WebAssembly. We talk about the technical details of how it works, and the future of JavaScript engines.https://x.com/canadahonkhttps://porffor.dev/https://github.com/CanadaHonk/porfforhttps://goose.icu/

Gabriel Nordeborn - Rescript 06.10.2025 48m

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/zthhttps://x.com/___zth___