{"podcast":{"title":"devtools.fm: Developer Tools, Open Source, Software Development","slug":"devtools-fm","podcast_index_feed_id":3745116,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/dd6922b4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://devtools.fm","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/37046549/ce6a315e5ecf42d2.jpeg","author":"Andrew Lisowski, Justin Bennett","episode_count":172,"summary":"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 front-end frameworks (React, Solid, Svelte, Vue, Angular, etc), JavaScript and TypeScript runtimes (Node, Deno, Bun), Languages (Unison, Elixor, Rust, Zig), web tech (WASM, Web Containers, WebGPU, WebGL), database providers (Turso, Planetscale, Supabase, EdgeDB), and platforms (SST, AWS, Vercel, Netlify, Fly.io).","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/devtools-fm"},"episode":{"title":"James Garbutt - e18e","slug":"james-garbutt-e18e","published_at":"2025-05-12T06:07:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/devtools-fm/james-garbutt-e18e","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/devtools-fm","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/devtoolsfm/episodes/James-Garbutt---e18e-e32n9uk","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/dd6922b4/podcast/play/102524308/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-4-12%2F400069451-44100-2-f4585da56e547.mp3","summary":"In this episode, we talk with James Garbutt about e18e, a community-driven initiative focused on improving the performance of JavaScript packages across the ecosystem.We discuss: • The goals and vision behind e18e • What’s slowing down the JS ecosystem • Why performance work is often invisible—and how to fix that • The importance of community coordination in open source • How developers can get involved in improving the packages they rely onIf you care about build times, bundle sizes, and the health of the JavaScript ecosystem, this episode is for you.This episode is sponsored by WorkOS (https://workos.com) and Mailtrap (https://l.rw.rw/devtools_4)🔗 Links • e18e Website: https://e18e.dev/ • GitHub: https://github.com/e18e • Discord: https://discord.gg/e18e • James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jgarbutt • Full episode + transcript: [link to your site if available]🎧 Subscribe to Devtools.fm for more conversations with the people behind the tools developers use every day.","meta_description":"In this episode, we talk with James Garbutt about e18e, a community-driven initiative focused on improving the performance of JavaScript packages across t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3241,"processing_state":"failed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/devtools-fm/episodes/james-garbutt-e18e/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/devtools-fm/james-garbutt-e18e.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}