115: Jason Lengstorf - Gatsby for Skeptics

In this episode, Adam talks to Jason Lengstorf about Gatsby, and why using React and GraphQL to build something even as simple as a blog is not as crazy of an idea as it sounds.

Show Notes

Topics include:

• How Gatsby is more than just a static site generator
• How you create pages with Gatsby and how it's more powerful than traditional static site generators
• The benefits of having a unified data access layer for all of your content
• How to build dynamic applications with Gatsby
• Why Gatsby is actually faster than static HTML
• How Gatsby makes performance best practices easy
• Gatsby themes and why they are more exciting than traditional CMS themes

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Links:

• Gatsby
• GraphQL
• gatsby-image
• Reach Router
• The PRPL Pattern
• Jason on Twitch

What is Full Stack Radio?

A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.