Guillermo Rauch


The Future of Real-Time with Guillermo Rauch

Published on Sep 2, 2014

Speed is at the core of technology evolution. The need for speed, or at the very least the perception of speed, spells the success of today’s technologies. Staying ahead of the curve and providing a quality experience are critical for the industry as a whole. We’ll learn where realtime is heading for both developers and users.

Guillermo Rauch (@rauchg) is the founder of LeanBoost and Cloudup, acquired by Wordpress.com in 2013. He was early in the Node.js space, is the creator of socket.io, mongoose and author of the best-selling Node.js book, Smashing Node.js: JavaScript Everywhere.
 

Vercel's Guillermo Rauch on AI and the Future of Coding - Ep. 47

Feb 5, 2025

Guillermo Rauch is one of the most prolific coders of this generation. But he doesn’t think of himself as a coder anymore. Coding, he says, is a specific skill that AI is becoming great at. Instead, he thinks the future of coding is more holistic, full-stack engineers who can ideate, design, and execute all together. Guillermo is the founder and CEO of Vercel, the creator of NextJS, and SocketIO. We spent an hour talking about the future of software development in an AI world—and the meta-skills that are essential for the coders of today to master—in order to use tomorrow’s tools to their fullest extent.
 
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