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Deep in Databases and Full Stack Dev with Tyler Benfield
Season 5 · Episode 21

Deep in Databases and Full Stack Dev with Tyler Benfield

In this podcast episode, Tyler Benfield, a staff software engineer at Prisma, and Kent explore the critical role of databases in full-stack development, discussing optimization techniques and the trend of front-end developers becoming full-stack.

Chats with Kent C. Dodds · Kent C. Dodds, Tyler Benfield

March 25, 202411m 32s

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Show Notes

In this episode, Tyler Benfield, a staff software engineer at Prisma, joins Kent to explore the world of databases and their critical role in full-stack development. Tyler shares insights from his journey from front-end development to mastering database performance and optimization, while also touching on the trend of front-end developers upskilling to become full-stack, leveraging languages like JavaScript and TypeScript. The conversation concludes with a preview of Tyler's session at the upcoming Epic Web Conference where he will cover topics such as SQLite, varying database types, performance tuning, and share personal anecdotes, offering an engaging learning opportunity for web developers.

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Guest: Tyler Benfield

Host: Kent C. Dodds

Topics

epic web conferencefull-stack developmentfront-end developersoptimizationdatabase