930: Text Editor Keybindings, WASM Replacing Docker, LLM apathy and hosting mini apps
In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about VS Code vs Cursor, navigating promotions and job titles, database fundamentals, avoiding decision paralysis, how AI is shaping frameworks, and more!
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
00:56 Brought to you by Sentry.io
06:24 Moving from VS Code to Cursor without losing your shortcuts
12:13 Should you bring up a senior promotion at a new job?
16:32 Relying on LLMs vs. learning database fundamentals
20:42 Overcoming decision paralysis in programming
25:00 What to do when your code gets too messy
27:39 Could Wasm replace Docker and Kubernetes?
32:14 Organizing mini-apps in Express: monorepo, micro frontends, or something else?
38:49 Will AI lock us into React and make new frameworks irrelevant?
46:57 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs
Sick Picks
Wes and Scott: Niimbot
Shameless Plugs
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929: Cloudflare Blocks AI Crawlers × Debugging Local Data × Raising Kids with Healthy Digital Habits and More
Scott and Wes tackle listener questions on everything from local-first databases and AI-built CRMs to protecting APIs and raising kids with healthy digital habits. They also weigh in on Cloudflare’s AI crawler ban, portfolio critiques, and more hot takes from the dev world.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
00:49 Dreaming about web components.
02:55 Local-First Apps for Customer Support.
Brought to you by Sentry.io
08:17 AI-Built CRM: Portfolio or Problem?
Ben Vinegar’s Engineering Interview Strategy.
18:55 InstantDB vs. Other Local-First Databases.
21:46 Raising Kids with Healthy Digital Habits.
Porta Potty Prince on TikTok.
32:55 Cloudflare Blocks AI Crawlers. Good for Creators?
Cloudflare Pay Per Crawl.
Cloudflare No AI Crawl Without Compensation.
Chris Coyier’s Blog Response.
41:46 Protecting APIs and Obfuscating Source Code.
44:49 Will Portfolio Critiques Return?
46:45 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.
Sick Picks
Scott: Wifi 7 Eero.
Wes: Plastic Welder
Shameless Plugs
Scott: Syntax on YouTube
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928: State of Devs 2025 Results
Wes and Scott talk about the 2025 State of Devs survey, diving into trends in salaries, job titles, remote work, health, hobbies, and more.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:44 Brought to you by Sentry.io
02:08 Years of experience vs yearly income
11:48 Layoffs
18:07 Job title
19:55 Remote work
24:40 Job happiness
25:40 Work hours
26:24 Workplace perks
26:53 What phones devs use
27:46 Desktop OS
28:44 Programming languages
29:29 Productivity apps
30:54 Social media
32:13 Median age of RSS feed users
33:41 Community contributions
35:37 Health and fitness
37:01 Health issues
39:11 Scott’s health update
42:28 Hobbies
45:54 Favorite music
47:10 Favorite video games
47:37 Favorite movies
49:35 Metadata
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927: AI Browsers, 100X Build Speed, Massive Svelte Update - Web Dev News
Scott and Wes break down the latest in web dev news, from Amazon’s AI-powered VS Code fork and Node’s native TypeScript support, to Vite overtaking Webpack and Svelte’s newest async and remote features. They also cover big moves in developer tools, fresh browser experiments, and what these shifts mean for the future of coding.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
04:08 Kiro.
Kiro Video.
09:05 Node 22.18 allows TypeScript without compiler.
11:42 React Router RSC, Parcel + Vite Support.
12:56 Windsurf Bought for real this time.
14:25 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
14:49 Copyparty, the FOSS file server
Codeparty Video
Codeparty on GitHub.
23:22 Vite Overtakes Webpack.
Evan You X Post.
25:16 Rolldown Vite.
void0 Rolldown-Vite.
27:06 Claude Code pricing clamp down.
Wes’ X Post.
30:07 Async svelte released.
Async Svelte Discussion.
31:41 Remote Svelte Released.
Remote Functions.
34:59 Trae Solo.
37:58 Perplexity Comet Browser.
43:07 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.
Sick Picks
Scott: Black Stuff.
Wes: MEKOH Short Pressure Washer Gun with Swivel.
Shameless Plugs
Scott: Syntax on YouTube.
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926: RSS Is NOT Dead
Scott and CJ explore why RSS still matters and how it’s more underused than outdated. They discuss how to self-host RSS readers, escape the noise of the modern web, and reclaim a cleaner, ad-free reading experience across devices.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:09 Brought to you by Sentry.io
02:41 What is RSS and how does it work?
RSS
Atom (web standard)
JSON Feed
06:14 Hosting your own RSS server: Miniflux, FreshRSS, and more
Miniflux
FreshRSS
11:00 Decluttering the web with article scraping
12:38 Best RSS clients for desktop and mobile
Capy Reader
Google Reader
ReadKit
Pocket is shutting down
wallabag
mymind
18:51 Where to find RSS feeds
The Brutalist Report
Programming Subreddit
Hacker News
BlueSky
Shameless Plugs
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Full Stack Developers Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski dive deep into web development topics, explaining how they work and talking about their own experiences. They cover from JavaScript frameworks like React, to the latest advancements in CSS to simplifying web tooling.
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