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The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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2025-03-15

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Adam's friend on the frontend, John Long joins the show to explore his usage of AI, design tools and the stack he prefers. We talk Next.js vs Rails, maintaining open source, building websites with Framer, their mutual love for Figma, and more.
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  • Foreign.

  • Welcome to Changelog and Friends, your weekly talk show about tools on the front end.

  • A big thank you to our friends over at Fly IO.

  • Deploying 35 regions, fork off VMs, like their processes, and so much more.

  • Learn more at Fly IO.

  • Okay, let's talk.

  • Well, friends, I'm here with a good friend of mine, David Hsu, the founder and CEO of Retool.

  • So, David, I know so many developers who use Retool to solve problems, but I'm curious.

  • Help me to understand the specific user, the.

  • The particular developer who is just loving Retool.

  • Who's your ideal user?

  • Yeah.

  • So for us, the ideal user of Retool is someone whose goal,

  • first and foremost is to either deliver value to the business or to be effective.

  • Where we candidly have a little bit less success is

  • with people that are extremely opinionated about their tools.

  • If, for example, you're like, hey, I need to go use webassembly,

  • and if I'm not using webassembly, I'm quitting my job,

  • you're probably not the best Retool user, honestly.

  • However, if you're like, hey, I see problems in the business and I want.