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

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

Andrew Lisowski, Justin Bennett 176 Episodes Sep 28, 2026

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 of front-end frameworks, JavaScript and TypeScript runtimes, languages, web tech, database providers, and platforms.

Episodes

Bobby Grayson - Deciduous
Bobby Grayson - Deciduous Sep 28, 2026 00:48:08 This week we're joined by Bobby Grayson, a longtime Elixir developer and the creator of Deciduous, a decision graph that gives LLMs a living memory.Deciduous stores goals, options, and outcomes in a SQLite-backed graph that agents like Claude Code can query as they work, so they remember why decisions were made instead of repeating past mistakes.We talk about how it slots invisibly into an age
Scott Lanoue - CoMail
Scott Lanoue - CoMail Sep 14, 2026 00:49:11 This week we're joined by Scott Lanoue, the creator of CoMail, a cooperative email service built on the AT Protocol.Getting a self-hosted mail server to actually land in the inbox is a months-long slog of warming IPs and building domain reputation, so CoMail pools that reputation across everyone sending through a shared relay.We talk about how atproto identity lets CoMail vend out trust instea
Jacob Miller - DiffUI
Jacob Miller - DiffUI Aug 17, 2026 00:53:50 This week we're joined by Jacob Miller, founder of DiffUI, an AI-driven UI design tool. DiffUi uses diffusion models to generate UI designs, and then uses a large language model to convert the designs to code. Jacob is a design systems expert and has a lot of experience with design systems, and that's baked right into the product.https://x.com/pwnieshttps://diffui.ai
Jacob Beckerman - Macro
Jacob Beckerman - Macro Jun 22, 2026 00:55:31 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/jbecke
Rita Kozlov and Steve Faulkner - Cloudflare
Rita Kozlov and Steve Faulkner - Cloudflare Jun 8, 2026 00:52:02 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.c
Jeff Dickey - Mise, HK, Fnox, and Aube
Jeff Dickey - Mise, HK, Fnox, and Aube May 18, 2026 00:53:03 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/po
Sam Goodwin - Alchemy
Sam Goodwin - Alchemy May 11, 2026 00:49:54 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:/
Elio Struyf - Front Matter CMS, Demo Time
Elio Struyf - Front Matter CMS, Demo Time Apr 20, 2026 00:56:41 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
Alem Tuzlak - Tanstack Dev Tools and Tanstack AI Apr 6, 2026 00:46:25 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-tuzla
Paolo Ricciuti - Svelte, TMCP
Paolo Ricciuti - Svelte, TMCP Mar 23, 2026 00:57:16 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.meGitH
Mark Erikson - Redux, Replay.io
Mark Erikson - Redux, Replay.io Mar 16, 2026 00:56:12 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
Ben Curtis - Honeybadger, Breakwater Mar 9, 2026 00:54:22 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

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