The Replay (10/29/25): AI-assisted coding, Wasm 3.0, and more

The Replay is LogRocket’s weekly newsletter for dev and engineering leaders.

Delivered once a week, it’s your curated guide to the most important conversations around frontend dev, emerging AI tools, and the state of modern software.

Here’s what you’ll find in this week’s edition:

10/29/25

🔬 Rosario De Chiara, a computer science Ph.D and innovation manager, discusses why small language models (SLMs) may outperform giants in specific real-world AI systems.

🌀Dominic Gannaway joins PodRocket to talk about Ripple.js, a new TypeScript-first UI framework built with its own templating language and a focus on clarity and reactivity.

🧩 Abiola Farounbi, software engineer at Goldman Sachs, breaks down the newest features in Next.js 16, and how they affect dev leaders and teams.

🧑‍💻 John Wang, CTO of Assembled, shares why CTOs should still code.

🔔 The bell curve meme, but for frontend frameworks.

….and much more.

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