In today’s episode, we go to war with Sam Selikoff, co-host of the Frontend First podcast, and specialist on everything Frontend related.
We have an amazing conversation where we discuss Sam’s journey, as he also did some backend work in the past, we talk about abstractions, what JavaScript is doing differently from other languages and frameworks, why the frontend should be driving the backend and not the other way around, and finish it off with a discussion about RSCs (React Server Components).
Learn back-end development - https://www.boot.dev
Listen on your favorite podcast player: https://www.backendbanter.fm
Frontend First: https://frontendfirst.fm/
Sam's X/Twitter: https://x.com/samselikoff
Sam's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/samselikoff
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:51 Who is Sam Selikoff
02:12 Abstractions - Should you go a level deeper?
06:37 What was Sam's talk about
10:51 What is JavaScript doing differently?
19:10 Do you want the frameworks to push more features out of the box for backend work?
24:04 Strong opinions on a library level
30:29 Shipping more standardized interfaces
37:06 The frontend should be driving everything in the backend
39:12 Your types should flow from the database to the frontend, but not the product decisions
46:53 React Server Components
58:49 Where to find Sam
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