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How I used Mastra to build a prize-winning RAG agent A developer's retrospective on creating an AI video transcription agent with Mastra, an open-source TypeScript framework for building AI agents.

Ever tried Mastra? It's an open-source TypeScript framework for building AI agents and automation tooling.

Read along to learn how this author used Mastra to build a prize-winning RAG agent.

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In this post, I share some common mistakes developers make with useEffect. I have noticed these mistakes while code reviewing React repositories submitted by users.
I’ve made these mistakes myself too.
I am sure you’ll find them helpful.

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🚫The blind spots of experienced developers: www.reddit.com/r/Experience...

TypeScript’s rise in the AI era: Insights from Lead Architect, Anders Hejlsberg TypeScript just became the most-used language on GitHub. Here’s why, according to its creator.

📘 TypeScript creator Anders Hejlsberg discusses how TS became the dominant language of the AI era: github.blog/developer-sk...

AI dev tool power rankings & comparison [Nov 2025] - LogRocket Blog Compare the top AI development tools and models of November 2025. View updated rankings, feature breakdowns, and find the best fit for you.

🤖 Chizaram Ken power ranks the top AI models and tools for November: blog.logrocket.com/ai-dev-tool-...

YouTube video by LogRocket Speeding up the web with the speculation rules API | Barry Pollard | PodRocket

🏎️ @tunetheweb.com from the Chrome devrel team joins @podrocket.bsky.social to discuss the speculation rules API, a new browser feature designed to improve web performance through prefetch and pre-render techniques: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOSp...

⚛️ @shrutikapoor08.bsky.social, frontend educator, author, and Ex-PayPal/Slack engineer, analyzed several open source React apps to identify the 15 most common useEffect mistakes – and fixes for each: blog.logrocket.com/15-common-us...

Here's what you'll find in the 11/12 edition of The Replay, LogRocket's weekly newsletter for dev and engineering leaders: 🧵

When to use CSS text-wrap: balance vs. text-wrap: pretty Compare and contrast two CSS components, text-wrap: balance and text-wrap: pretty, and discuss their benefits for better UX.

What does `text-wrap` do, exactly? And does it live up to the hype?

In this article you’ll learn about the `text-wrap` CSS property, its different values, what they do, and their impact on UI design.

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It’s time to break the cycle of developer elitism - LogRocket Blog A senior developer discusses how developer elitism breeds contempt and over-reliance on AI, and how you can avoid it in your own workplace.

There’s a big problem woven through software development culture.

It causes bad communication, a lack of humility, and an over-reliance on AI.

This problem? Developer elitism.

Learn how to avoid the perils of superiority in your own workplace:

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AI dev tool power rankings & comparison [Nov 2025] - LogRocket Blog Compare the top AI development tools and models of November 2025. View updated rankings, feature breakdowns, and find the best fit for you.

Our November dev tool power rankings just dropped.

Some highlights:

Claude 4.5 → still the benchmark
Gemini 2.5 Pro → best multimodal stack
GLM 4.5 → open-source disruptor
Windsurf → stays king
Kimi K2 CLI → new budget pick

Check out the full rankings here: blog.logrocket.com/ai-dev-tool-...

The Replay - LogRocket Blog Discover past issues of The Replay, a weekly newsletter for development leaders, brought to you by LogRocket.

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Seb ⚛️ ThisWeekInReact.com on X: "https://t.co/k9jBFr4Ys7" / X https://t.co/k9jBFr4Ys7

🪝What happens when Finding Nemo meets a React Hook: x.com/sebastienlor...

Why Engineers Can't Be Rational About Programming Languages | spf13 The neuroscience of why we make million dollar decisions based on identity, not data.

🔤 @spf13.com discusses why engineers can't be rational about programming languages: spf13.com/p/the-hidden...

Stop writing REST APIs from scratch in 2025 - LogRocket Blog Writing REST APIs by hand is a thing of the past. Frameworks like tRPC, Fastify, and Hono eliminate boilerplate with schema-driven design, improving speed and safety.

🏗️ Ikeh Akinyemi breaks down why you need to stop writing Rest APIs from scratch in 2025: blog.logrocket.com/stop-writing...

YouTube video by LogRocket Remix v3, React 19.2, H-1B fees and Firefox fanboys | Panel | PodRocket

⚛️ @jherr.dev joins @podrocket.bsky.social in a panel episode that covers Remix v3, React 19.2, to H-1B fees, Firefox fanboys, and more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddzO...

It’s time to break the cycle of developer elitism - LogRocket Blog A senior developer discusses how developer elitism breeds contempt and over-reliance on AI, and how you can avoid it in your own workplace.

🏰 Lewis Cianci, a senior developer with two decades of experience, discusses how developer elitism breaks down communication, damages culture, and forces younger devs to over-rely on AI: blog.logrocket.com/developer-el...

Here's what you'll find in the 11/5 edition of The Replay, LogRocket's weekly newsletter for dev and engineering leaders: 🧵

No exciting backstory here; we'd just been focusing on growing other channels for the past few months

Excited to get back in the mix with our Bluesky peeps 🦋

Also keep following us for all the best articles, pods, and other helpful frontend-focused content

After an *ahem* brief hiatus, we are back on Bluesky!

What'd we miss @podrocket.bsky.social?

Where AI-assisted coding accelerates development — and where it doesn’t - LogRocket Blog John Reilly discusses how software development has been changed by the innovations of AI: both the positives and the negatives.

I wrote a post with @logrocket.bsky.social on the pros, cons and "huh, interesting"s of using AI to ship code. Replit, GitHub Copilot, that sort of thing. Ended up waaaay longer than planned but I hope you enjoy it.

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Full-stack product manager vs. frontend product manager - LogRocket Blog Companies don’t agree on the definition of a product manager. However, the essence remains to drive value for customers and the business.

Nowadays, companies are posting job reqs for both full-stack product managers and frontend product managers. These terms may be new to some, so this post helps to clarify what each of those roles really entails ⬇️

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Leader Spotlight: Illustrating value and gaining trust, with Jarrad Lokes - LogRocket Blog Jarrad Lokes, Director of Digital Product Management at Trupanion, shares how trust is an artifact of the transparency and value you provide.

In our latest Leader Spotlight article, Jarrad Lokes, Director of Digital Product Management at Trupanion, talks about building trust in teams. He also shares how trust is an artifact of the transparency and the value that you provide.

Check it out! ⬇️

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Do you wish we could go back to the iPhone's flat design, or is skeumorphic here to stay?

#ux #uxdesign #flatdesign #skeumorphism

Leader Spotlight: Complementing processes with tenets, with Drew Doman - LogRocket Blog Drew Doman, VP of Product at Apptegy, talks about leveraging tenets in product management rather than strictly relying on processes.

In our most recent Leader Spotlight, Drew Doman of Apptegy talks about leveraging tenets in product management rather than strictly relying on processes ⬇️

#ProductLeadership #ProductManagementLeadership

No we're not mad at `git blame,` we're just disappointed 😬
#dev #git

Looking to make your animations smoother? Here's how ⬇️
#ux #uxdesign #animations #figma

Leader Spotlight: Structuring teams to minimize dependencies, with Nick Ehle - LogRocket Blog Nick Ehle talks about minimizing dependencies by designing teams and organizations to be as empowered as possible.

In our latest Leader Spotlight, we sat down with Nick Ehle, Senior Vice President of Product at TeePublic and Redbubble. Nick talked to us about how he minimizes dependencies by designing teams and organizations to be as empowered as possible ⬇️

#thoughtleadership #productmanagement