151: Fixing AI’s Microservices Problem
Nx debuts Polygraph, a "synthetic monorepo" that gives AI agents a unified view across microservice boundaries, Deno Desktop takes aim at Electron by compiling web projects into single-binary native apps, and fresh SignalFire hiring data shows engineers holding steady while designers and marketers take the cuts. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:41 - Polygraph meta-harness from the Nx folks 7:49 - Deno Desktop 12:39 - An update on the tech hiring landscape 24:42 - Dan Abramov joins Vercel 27:01 - Claude Code supports mouse clicks now 30:37 - Astro 7 31:08 - What's Making Us Happy NEWS Paige - Polygraph meta-harness from the Nx folks: https://nx.dev/blog/nx-cloud-introduc... Jack - Deno 2.9 & Deno Desktop: https://deno.com/blog/v2.9#deno-desktop TJ - An update on the tech hiring landscape from SignalFire: https://www.signalfire.com/blog/signa... LIGHTNING NEWS Claude Code supports mouse clicks now (i.e. Fullscreen rendering): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fulls... Dan Abramov joins Vercel: https://bsky.app/profile/danabra.mov/... Astro 7: https://astro.build/blog/astro-7/ WHAT'S MAKING US HAPPY Paige - Dungeon Crawler Carl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon... Jack - Bird nests TJ - Shuffleboard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuffle... Thanks as always to our sponsor, the Blue Collar Coder channel on YouTube. Join us in our Discord, explore our website and reach us via email, or talk to us on X, Bluesky, or YouTube. Front-end Fire website: https://front-end-fire.com Blue Collar Coder on YouTube: / @jherr Blue Collar Coder on Discord: / discord Reach out via email: [email protected] Tweet at us on X @front_end_fire: / front_end_fire Follow us on Bluesky @front-end-fire.com: https://bsky.app/profile/front-end-fi... Subscribe to our YouTube channel @Front-EndFirePodcast: / @front-endfirepodcast

152: The Fable Redemption Arc

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149: Rise of the React Foundation

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Android 17 sucks. So I put Linux on a phone.

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137: Netlify Enters the AI App Builder Race

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