Salma Alam-Naylor - Nordcraft

Salma Alam-Naylor - Nordcraft

Author: Andrew Lisowski, Justin Bennett January 26, 2026 Duration: 55:18

This week we're joined by Salma Alam-Naylor, the Head of Developer Education at Nordcraft. Salma shares her journey from music teacher to developer, her discovery of the developer education space in 2020, and the challenges and opportunities she's faced in her role. We discuss the importance of visual editors in web development, the illusion of complexity in development, and the future of web development. Salma also introduces Nordcraft, a visual web framework that allows you to build websites with a GUI.


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