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- 766 - 764: Biome JS with Emanuele Stoppa
Join Scott and Wes as they delve into the fascinating realm of Biome.JS alongside Emanuele Stoppa, the mastermind behind it all. Why is it written in Rust? Why are other tools so slow? Could Biome be the ultimate successor to ESLint or Prettier? Grab a seat at the table and find out!
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:10 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 01:49 Who is Emanuele Stoppa and what is Biome? 03:18 What happened to Rome? 05:49 Who’s paying for Biome to be developed? 07:28 How many people are working on Biome? 09:24 Why do we even need Biome? 11:38 Why are other tools so slow? 12:55 Cost of compute. 14:01 The cache management. 14:30 Why was the decision made to move to Rust? 16:35 The bigger the company, the pricier the compute. 19:49 How to get started with Biome. 23:08 Will Biome offer more features than Prettier? 24:12 Language support. 26:02 A language parser for every language? 27:45 Will plugins need to be written in Rust? GritQL GitHub. 31:25 Ezno, TypeScript Compiler. 33:13 Will we ever see a new TypeScript type-checker? 35:38 What are your thoughts on the types proposal? Proposal Type Annotations. 38:03 What does your average day look like? 41:10 What is your role at Astro? 41:46 What other languages do you know? 43:22 Biome VCS. 45:14 GitHub action setup. 47:04 Supper Club Questions. 47:09 What text editor, theme and font are you using? 48:26 What do you do to stay up to date? 48:54 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Emanuele: Ripley IMDB, Netflix. Shameless Plugs Emanuele: Astro, BiomeJS. Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 03 May 2024 - 51min - 765 - 763: Web Scraping + Reverse Engineering APIs
Web scraping 101! Dive into the world of web scraping with Scott and Wes as they explore everything from tooling setup and navigating protected routes to effective data management. In this Tasty Treat episode, you’ll gain invaluable insights and techniques to scrape (almost) any website with ease.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 03:13 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 05:00 What is scraping? Socialblade. 08:01 Examples of past scrapers. Canadian Tire. 10:06 Cloud app downloader. 16:13 Other use cases. 16:58 Scraping 101. 17:28 Client Side. 19:08 Private API. Proxyman. 22:40 Server rendered. 23:27 Initial state. 24:57 What format is the data in? Google Puppeteer Extension. 27:08 Working with the DOM. 27:12 Linkedom npm package. 29:02 querySelector everything. 31:28 How to find the elements without classes. 34:08 Use XPath selectors for select by word. 34:53 Make them as flexible as you can. Classes change! 35:10 AI is good at this! 36:26 File downloading. 38:20 Working with protected routes. Proxyman. 40:41 Programatically retrieve authentication keys because they are short-lived. Fetch Cookie. 43:20 Deal-breakers. Mechanical Turk. 44:58 What happened with Amazon? Uniqlo Self-Checkout 46:42 Wes’ portable refrigerator utopia. 47:25 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Scott: KeyboardCleanTool. Wes: Yabai. Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax on YouTube Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 01 May 2024 - 52min - 764 - 762: What to Steal. Finding Inspiration in Web Development
Scott and Wes discuss the delicate balance of what’s acceptable to borrow or be inspired by in web development and what crosses into territory that’s off-limits. Tune in as they share personal experiences, discuss where to find ethical inspiration, and offer tips on how to effectively capture and utilize it.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:57 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 02:26 What is okay to steal? 02:57 Color palettes. 03:14 Font stacks. 06:26 Type scales. Warp’s CSS Gradient Border. Sentry’s Date Picker. 08:52 General layout patterns. 10:39 General vibes. 11:20 What is NOT okay to steal? 11:26 Whole site designs. 13:32 Taking too many things from ‘what to steal’ list. 16:30 Text copy. Wes’ Parity Purchasing Power. 18:48 What we’ve had stolen + how it feels. 21:45 Where to find inspiration. 21:56 Code inspiration. CSS Scan Buttons. CSS Scan Box Shadows. Codrops. CodePen 25:18 Design inspiration. Bentro Grids. Dribble. Site Inspire. SaaS Landing Pages. One Page Love. Type Wolf. Mobbin. Syntax Newsletter. Hoverstat.es. Internet Gems. 32:48 UX inspiration. Good UI. The Component Gallery. Open UI. Nicely Done. 35:25 How to capture inspiration. Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 29 Apr 2024 - 38min - 763 - 761: Cloudflare Analytics Engine, Workers + more with Ben Vinegar
Scott and Wes dive into Cloudflare’s Analytics Engine and Workers with special guest Ben Vinegar, Syntax’s General Manager. Tune in as they explore Clickhouse, data tracking, infrastructure costs, and transitioning from software products to managing a podcast.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:17 Who is Ben Vinegar? Episode 434 with Ben. 02:21 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 04:00 Cloudflare analytics engine. Counterscale.dev. Episode 634 with Armin. 09:08 What is clickhouse? 11:01 Can Clickhouse be used for things outside of analytics tracking? 13:46 What kind of events are you able to track? 15:00 How do you assign values to track? Counterscale Schema. 18:40 Data type limitations. 19:55 The troubles with sampling data. 23:57 Sample intervals. 24:24 Pricing for these services. 25:34 How it actually runs. 27:31 Infrastructure costs and pricing models. 30:19 Running production apps in Cloudflare. 31:49 Cloudflare and HonoJS. 32:47 One year with Sentry and Ben’s role with Syntax. Episode 600 with David. 39:33 How does it feel going from a software project to a media project? Syntax Team. 43:00 How do you sell Syntax to Sentry? 48:37 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs Sick Picks Ben: Randy’s YouTube, Boom. Shameless Plugs Ben: Counterscale.dev Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 26 Apr 2024 - 52min - 762 - 760: Pro VSCode Setups
Join Scott and Wes as they dish out the juiciest VSCode secrets for coding like a boss (or a Tolinski)! From speedy navigation to must-have extensions and the sickest themes, get ready to level up your coding game.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:47 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 01:44 A recording bug. 03:18 VSCode versions. 05:59 Tabs or no tabs. 10:32 Navigation tips. 11:35 Mouse and trackpad input. 13:43 Move, select and expand by 19:07 Interface tips. 19:17 Sidebars. 24:23 Sticky headers. 26:21 Activity bar. 30:30 Show or hide? 31:35 Profiles. 32:43 Keyboard Shortcuts. 32:49 Renaming. 34:32 Extensions. 34:45 Text pastry. 36:43 Better comments. 39:03 Auto rename tag. 40:02 Change case. 40:25 Permute lines. 41:26 File utils. 43:20 Sort JSON objects. 43:50 SQLite viewer. 44:29 Spell checker. 45:42 APC. 49:19 Themes. Syntax Theme 53:05 Final tricks. Log Wrapper 57:44 What about the AI stuff? 01:00:10 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Scott: Flicker Free Ultra Definition Phillips Bulbs. Wes: Clear Shoe Box Organizers. Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax Newsletter. Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 24 Apr 2024 - 1h 05min - 761 - 759: How to Easily Explore Coding Ideas
Scott and Wes serve up top tools and tricks for rapid idea execution, from JavaScript services like Valtown and Observable to database solutions including LowDB and Google Sheets integration. Get ready to streamline your development ideation process with these tasty insights!
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 02:16 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 03:14 JavaScript Services. 03:43 Valtown. 05:44 Observable. 06:35 Notebooks. 08:23 Deno Juypter Notebooks. 09:51 Svelte Repl. 10:32 Playgrounds: TypeScript, Tailwind, etc… 11:05 CSS Services. 11:10 CodePen. 13:14 Full stack services. 13:47 Your own stack. Hot Tips & Cool Treats. Wes’s Hot Tips. Scott’s Cool Treats. 21:01 Bun file routing. 24:25 Tooling and tips. 26:30 Database. 26:51 Write to a file. 27:40 LowDB. 29:00 SQLite + Drizzle. 29:40 Google Sheets. 30:06 Sheet DB. Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 31min - 760 - 758: Web Awesome with Konnor Rogers + Cory LaViska
Font Awesome is back with Web Awesome, an open source library of web components that will work with any framework because it’s based on standards. Today on Syntax we have Konnor Rogers and Cory LaViska here to talk all things Web Awesome.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:47 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 02:49 What is Shoelace? 07:21 What is Font Awesome? 08:07 Font Awesome is getting into Web Components? 11:35 What is Shoelace’s relationship with Web Awesome? 13:33 Is the idea to make it quick to get up and running? 15:46 What is the autoloader? 16:29 Where does Web Awesome fit in the ecosystem? 18:13 What does the styling game look like? 20:33 What is Part in CSS? CSS Part mdn web docs 22:06 The reason we’re so stoked with Web Components. 23:32 Custom elements are a natural progression. 24:51 What are your thoughts on Open UI initiatives? Floating UI Close Watcher Can I Use 27:40 Wes’ escape key conundrum. 30:21 A bug on the Syntax site. 31:19 Let’s talk about Kickstarter. 35:24 Do you know what premium inputs will be available in Web Awesome? 36:12 Rich text editor. 40:18 Setting goals. 41:48 Kickstarter giveaways. 42:47 Have you tried drag and drop? Pragmatic Drag and Drop 44:57 The layout component. 48:50 What are your favorite components? 50:29 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Konnor: Enhance.dev, Extism.org Cory: Lit.dev Shameless Plugs Cory: Kickstarter Konnor: Everyone involved in open UI Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 1h 01min - 759 - 757: Potluck: Is Gatsby Dead? Shadow Dom, AI Summaries, Self Hosting + More
Scott and Wes serve up answers to community questions, from navigating Light DOM vs. Shadow DOM to diving into tools for data extraction. Plus, they dish out insights on Gatsby in 2024, utilizing JavaScript ‘wheel events’, and explore the possibilities of hosting a website at home.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:51 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 01:17 When should I use Light DOM or Shadow DOM? 03:43 Do you know of any good tools for extracting data/content from Markup/HTML? LinkeDOM on GitHub 08:29 Wanted to ask you guys your opinion on the state of Gatsby in 2024. LocalFirst.fm MeteorJS UI Updates 15:05 Please get the Goodhertz creator on the pod! Would be a great show. Goodhertz Audio Software 16:34 Effects that involve the JavaScript ‘wheel’ event. Runway.com GSAP Animate Anything CSS Scroll-Driven Animations 23:15 Best tool for rapidly creating UI from the ground up. Episode 751 Thinkmill.com 27:44 Wes, what’s with your frame rate? Frame Rate Testing Results on X 32:31 Is there any way to host a whole website setting on my PC at home? CJ and Self-Host 101 Hetzner.com Cloudflare Docs Create a Tunnel 36:52 Offline functionality like saving data and syncing data to database? Episode 739 Local-First Web Development Syntax Side Dish Explainer Playlist 39:41 Creating a GPT-like tool that can listen to long audio files. OpenAI Speech to Text Insanely Fast Whisper Deepgram 43:51 Sick Picks. Sick Picks Scott: Hair Powder Wes: Mini Grease Gun Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 17 Apr 2024 - 48min - 758 - 756: CSS Is Getting Mixins + Functions
Scott and Wes chomp through CSS Mixins and Functions, discussing the latest features making their way into CSS. From Tailwind-like classes to fluid typography, join us as we explore the possibilities and practical applications of these new tools.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:24 Brought to you by Sentry.io 03:00 CSS Is getting Functions and Mixins! CSS Mixins and Functions Explainer CSS Working Group Discussion 06:19 Functions and mixins, how are they different? 07:26 Don’t get hung up on the syntax, or maybe do. 09:12 CSS Functions. 12:02 Some use-cases. 15:58 CSS Mixins. 16:31 Tailwind-like classes. 17:53 Tailwind-like arbitrary syntax. 20:08 Fluid typography. 21:13 Let’s talk about logic. Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 15 Apr 2024 - 25min - 757 - 755: Chrome Extensions and Ad Blockers VS Google with Oliver Dunk
We were wrong, Manifest V3 is a big deal. Scott and Wes sit down with Oliver Dunk from Google to dive into the intricate world of Chrome Extensions development. From dissecting Manifest V3 to exploring the evolving landscape of browser security and extension reviews, this conversation covers the present and future of browser customization.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:32 Who is Oliver Dunk? 02:00 Brought to you by Sentry. 03:17 Manifest V3. 08:59 How many rules can you add? 09:56 What even is a rule? 10:52 Is Google trying to kill ad blockers? 13:56 What are the bad guys doing with Chrome extensions? 15:17 Can a browser extension access HTTP-only cookies? 16:06 Is Chrome reviewing all of these extensions? 19:06 Is there a way to side-step Google’s review process? Reddit Thread, The real threat of Manifest V3 20:32 Do you see the negative chatter? 21:18 Service workers - how do do you access the DOM? 23:32 Do you think we’ll see more DOM APIs in service workers? 25:58 Do you have a favorite Chrome extension? 28:33 Has Google ever explored something comparable to Boost? SidePanel 33:09 Let’s talk about the development stack. 35:54 1Password and Chrome. 38:39 What is the best way to debug an extension? YouTube Chrome for Developers 40:33 Manifest V3 and the web request blocking API. 41:57 Known tracking payloads. 44:04 Do you think there is a path forward that makes ad-block developers happy? 44:45 Do you run an ad blocker? 45:20 Whitelisting and opt-ins. 46:38 What’s your tech setup? 47:18 What do you do to stay up to date? 47:51 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. 51:47 Wait, is Safari adopting V3 as well? Sick Picks Oliver: Defunctland YouTube, LEMMiNO YouTube Shameless Plugs Oliver: Chrome Extensions Getting Started, WebExtension Playground Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 12 Apr 2024 - 54min - 756 - 754: How to Level Up Your Web Development Career
Ready to level up your career in web development? Join Wes and Scott as they discuss techniques and best practices for advancing in the field. From mastering technical skills to navigating workplace dynamics, this episode offers actionable advice to help you thrive in your career.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:17 How can a front-end developer advance in their career? 01:10 Brought to you by Sentry. 01:30 Syntax newsletter. Snack Pack 02:02 How do you get better at being a developer? 02:22 Asking questions. 08:09 Get your hands dirty. Hot Tips, Cool Treats 14:07 Share what you know. 17:35 Target your skills for what is needed. Ryan Carniato Tweet Episode 577 Justin Fagnani Tweet Episode 595 21:12 Get out of your comfort zone. 26:55 Getting a better job. 27:27 Understand the stakeholders. 29:18 Find the metric the business cares about and do that. 30:01 Make an impression as being the person that gets things done fast and reliably. 31:47 Improve communications. 35:04 Be the person they want to have in meetings. 37:44 Use systems and tools to help your deficiencies. 39:01 Dress to impress. 39:32 Care. 39:40 Cut the cynicism. Energy Vampire 42:16 Don’t put bad stuff out into the world publicly. 44:29 Get your camera + mic dialed in. 46:23 Leveling up at life. 46:32 Take care of your shit. 47:40 Exercise. Episode 748 47:57 Eat well. 48:22 Sleep as much as you can. 48:26 Clean your workspace. 49:17 Learn new skills. 49:31 Take care of yourself. Habit Path 54:09 Sick Picks. Sick Picks Scott: Zeiss Lens Care Pack Wes: Woosh Screen Cleaner Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 10 Apr 2024 - 57min - 755 - 753: Cache Ruins Everything Around Me
Scott and Wes dive into the cache problem, tackling user-specific data and caching security. From marketing A/B testing to content negotiation, they explore various challenges and solutions, including different URL/query parameters, edge logic, and client-side caching.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:22 Syntax is on YouTube. 02:16 Let’s talk about the cache problem. 03:33 User-specific data and caching security. 06:27 Why might this pop up? 06:29 Marketing A/B testing - cookie based. 06:55 User-selected features - such as themes. 06:58 Language or geo-based items - accept language. 07:11 Images - WebP for some browsers, jpg for others. 07:45 JSON/HTML based on accept header. 08:17 Different encoding. 08:26 Content negotiation. 08:54 The solutions. 09:04 Provide different URLs/Query parameter. 11:19 Don’t cache the page, cache the data based on query. 15:01 Implement a “Cache Key” - one render for every option. Netlify Fastly Cloudflare 18:17 Use edge logic. 19:52 Just do it client-side. Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 08 Apr 2024 - 24min - 754 - 752: React vs Vue vs Angular with Corbin Crutchley
Which framework is best? Join Scott and Wes as they chat with Corbin Crutchley, author of the “Framework Field Guide”, diving into the world of frameworks, metaframeworks, and tips to stay up-to-date on the latest trends in web development.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:48 Who is Corbin Crutchley? 02:08 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 02:32 Hilton, like the hotel? 05:57 What is the best framework? 07:23 How do you compare these frameworks? 10:00 Do you feel like the metaframeworks are comparable? 11:02 Exciting announcements from ng-conf? 11:42 Are Wiz and Angular merging? 14:17 Angular signals and Vue comparison. PreactJS Signals 17:53 Adding signals to vanilla JavaScript and browsers. 21:02 What is derived state? 23:11 How can we store state within these different frameworks? 24:37 Passing children. 26:40 Which has the best implementation for passing children? 28:52 What’s the approach for building framework agnostic components? TanStack Store 30:31 How much of it is framework specific? 31:35 Headless or DOM-based? 32:48 What are the best practices for writing this? 35:28 What’s the biggest framework pain point? 36:21 Is there a language that requires significantly more code? 38:52 What about Web Components? 39:58 Your book is free? Framework Field Guide Shout-out Eduardo Pratti and Kevin Aguilar. 42:42 What’s the process of writing a book like this? 45:44 Not a physical book? 46:17 Walk us through the tech stack. 48:27 Supper Club Questions. 48:33 What text editor, theme and font do you use? 49:53 What terminal and shell do you use? 50:19 How do you stay up to date? 53:39 Do you have advice for beginners? 55:26 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Corbin: Shiki Syntax Highlighter Shameless Plugs Corbin: Framework Field Guide Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 05 Apr 2024 - 57min - 753 - 751: UI Components: ShadCN, Tailwind UI, Headless, React Aria, Radix UI
Scott and Wes explore UI Components, discussing functionality, styling, accessibility, and theming. From headless components to styled starters, they share valuable insights to elevate your UI game.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 02:39 We’re on YouTube. 03:14 The four categories of UI libraries or frameworks. 03:46 What does a UI component need to do? 04:14 Must be functional. 06:20 They must fit styling. 06:33 They must be accessible. 08:09 “Internationalizationable.” 09:29 They must handle theming and variants. 10:05 A few common UI components. 10:14 Date Pickers. 12:10 Dropdowns. 13:21 Toast message. Svelte French Toast 15:11 Some honorable mentions. 16:10 Headless components. 18:54 React Aria. Behavior, Accessibility, Internationalization 19:34 Radix UI Primitives. 20:16 Downshift JS. 21:29 Tanstack Table and Forms. 26:00 Unstyled components. 28:04 Shoelace. 32:47 React Aria Components. 33:00 Headless UI. 33:04 Radix UI. 37:12 Base UI. 38:23 What’s up with Google’s design? 40:22 Styled Starters. React Aria Components Starter ShadCN Tailwind Catalyst MeltUI 47:50 What is the process for overriding with custom elements. 51:10 UI Kits and Design Systems. 53:06 Some things to consider. JS Nation 55:41 A few more options to consider. Pigment CSS Base UI Shoelace BaseLayer JollyUI DraftUI Radix UI PenguinUI Tailwind CSS TailwindUI VerveUI DaisyUI ChakraUI Flowbite FloatingUI Downshift JS Mantine 59:02 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Wes: Battery Daddy Scott: Lazy Susan, Rechargeable Batteries, Charger Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax on YouTube Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 03 Apr 2024 - 1h 06min - 752 - 750: New CSS and JavaScript You Should Be Using
Get stoked, jQuery 1.2 is here! Join Scott and Wes as they discuss jQuery Mobile, slicing PSD files, CSS rounded corners, CoffeeScript features, WordPress 2.3, and the rise of Skeuomorphism, shaping the landscape of web development this year.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:16 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 02:17 jQuery 1.2 released! 07:38 jQuery Mobile. 09:34 Skeuomorphism. 10:25 How do you slice up your .PSDs? Slicy By MacRabbit 12:34 Cufon, new font method. 14:06 CSS rounded corners. CSS3Please 15:17 Coda Tip. 16:48 Top 5 CoffeeScript Features. 18:44 Conference Talks to Spotlight. BatmanJS, your new favorite JavaScript superhero 20:35 WordPress 2.3! 21:15 PHP 5.2.0 PHP 5.2.0 Release Announcement 21:53 Sponsored by Media Temple. Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 01 Apr 2024 - 24min - 751 - 749: Coding Shopify with Anne and Trudy of Design Packs
Scott and Wes are joined by special guests Trudy MacNabb and Anne Thomas from Design Packs, diving into the nitty-gritty of Shopify design. Tune in as they dissect the pros and cons, challenges, and unveil their daily toolkit for crafting stunning Shopify websites.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:59 Who is Anne Thomas? 02:30 Who is Trudy MacNabb? 04:06 Shopify themes, how does one build a theme? 05:34 Do you have enough control with LiquidJS? 07:52 Changing components of a liquid template. 08:58 LiquidJS improving their dev tools. 09:29 LiquidJS email marketing. 10:32 Can you make your own LiquidJS methods? Too Many Tabs 11:34 How would you create a theme from scratch using modern tools? 13:30 What about local dev and live reload? Shopify Tools CLI 15:17 Is Shopify improving? 17:13 What do you hate about Shopify themes? Shopify Tools Theme Kit 18:59 Have you used Hydrogen? Shopify Hydrogen 20:09 Headless has sacrifices. 22:02 Are people building full websites in Shopify? 23:56 Apps and integrations. 25:56 Are people creating businesses around these integrations? 29:16 What are design packs? 31:26 Do you run your own servers? 31:57 How does billing work with clients? 33:18 Apps being ‘Sherlocked’. ‘Sherlocking’ Explained 35:21 Where is the data stored? 36:35 Can you make a custom UI? 38:40 What are the downsides of building apps on Shopify? 39:17 Are you expected to maintain versions? 40:46 Do you manage all the support independently? 42:01 How do you match with their existing themes? 43:54 What are the most popular blocks? 45:17 Does Shopify provide bundlers or compilers? 46:47 Shopify moving to blocks. 47:38 Living as a digital nomad. Syntax Episode 586 on Nomad Developing 49:48 A new app Anne and Trudy launched. 51:35 Limited by block size. 54:08 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Trudy: Bar of Shampoo Anne: Alie Ward Ologies Podcast Shameless Plugs Trudy: 25% off using SYNTAX25 at Design Packs Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 58min - 750 - 748: Fitness Will Make You a Better Developer
Level up your coding game -and your gains! Today, Scott and Wes weigh in on the importance of physical fitness for developers, covering motivation, diet, lifting basics, routines, and swole-inducing supplements.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:14 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 03:10 A very quick disclaimer. 03:32 A brief view of our fitness history. 06:19 Why is fitness important for developers? 09:12 Setting your goals. 13:06 Getting started with fitness. 13:13 Body-weight. 13:58 Stretching. 16:47 Fun activities that don’t feel like workouts. 17:48 Lifting weights. Stronglifts StartingStrength 25:47 Home gym gear. Rogue Stall Bar 37:14 Fitness programs. 40:53 I guess we have to talk about diet. MacroFactorApp 46:37 Motivation. 47:42 Supplements. BulkSupplements.com Creatine 51:23 Sick Picks. Sick Picks Wes: Wikday Pull Up Bands Scott: Booty Bands Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 55min - 749 - 747: Middleware Explained
Join Wes and Scott for a hasty episode of Syntax as they unpack the power of middleware for developers, covering caching, authentication, A/B testing, error handling, and user redirection in a quick, punchy rundown to supercharge your backend skills!
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:41 Syntax on YouTube. 01:28 What is middleware? 05:04 Some real-world examples of middleware. 05:10 Authentication. 07:44 Redirecting users to a specific instance. 08:28 Logging + statistics. 09:41 Debugging. 10:00 Timers. 10:46 A/B testing. 11:59 Error handling + logging. 12:23 Caching. 13:02 Multi-tenant applications. 15:08 Where does it run? 18:07 What are the limitations? 21:52 Next.js middleware is one file only. NextJS Middleware 23:35 Sveltekit solution. Sveltekit Hooks 24:31 Connect style. Fastify Express Fastify Middle 25:28 One last thing, NPM Installing. Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 27min - 748 - 746: Infrastructure for TS Devs: Kubernetes, WASM and Containers with David Flanagan
Deploy your own tech stack: Wes and Scott are joined by Kubernetes expert David Flanagan to be schooled on how Kubernetes, Docker and even WASM containers work.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:55 Should developers know how to run their own servers? 04:57 What is “bare metal”? 11:49 What the hell is Kubernetes? 12:25 Why would somebody need Kubernetes? 15:37 Using Kubernetes to spin up different instances on cloud providers. etcd 16:43 Kubernetes managing traffic spikes. 18:46 How much downtime can you handle? 22:11 What exactly is a container? 24:06 What containers do you prefer? Docker Containerd 25:28 Some additional terminology. OCI Open Container Initiative 26:43 What about WASM? WASM WebAssembly 29:31 Building a Docker container. 31:11 Why would someone want to use a WebAssembly container? 32:12 Are people shipping this technology? 33:36 What functions would you put in WASM? 36:57 How does someone make a WASM image? 39:22 A little more about Spin. Fermyon Spin 39:56 What type of processors are used in these servers? 42:27 What are home servers running on? Turing Pi 2 Daniel Mangum Universal Blue 46:40 How should someone get started with Kubernetes? Kubernetes.io Rawkode YouTube Kubesimplify Learnk8s 48:51 Infrastructure as code. CDK for Terraform GraalVM 55:19 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks David: Golem.cloud Restate.dev Shameless Plugs David: Rawkode YouTube Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 22 Mar 2024 - 59min - 747 - 745: Modern JS Toolchains (Biome, Oxc + More)
Wes and Scott dive deep into the world of JavaScript toolchains, exploring everything from linters and compilers to transpilers and formatters. Tune in as they shed light on cutting-edge technologies like Biome, UnJS, and Ezno that are shaping the future for developers.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:37 Syntax is on YouTube. 02:09 Do we really need tooling? 04:02 Popular tools are predominantly plug and play. 06:15 What can tooling do for us? 07:16 The tools in today’s workflow. 07:21 Linters. 11:29 Compilers and transpilers. 13:30 Formatters. 16:18 Tokenizers and Parsers. 16:46 Bundlers. 17:59 Macros. 20:26 The new tools in the space. 20:47 Biome, one toolchain for your web project. 28:27 Oxc, the JavaScript oxidation compiler. 33:01 Deno, code formatting. 34:13 ESBuild, an extremely fast bundler for the web. 34:37 Rolldown, fast Rust-based bundler for JavaScript. 38:34 Ezno, TypeScript type checker. 40:24 UnJS, Unleash JavaScript’s Potential. 41:45 Lightning CSS, CSS parser, transformer, bundler, and minifier. 42:31 Is JavaScript good enough to handle these tools? 43:26 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Scott: Shinobi-Geddon: The 1980s Ninja Craze Wes: Bachans Japanese Barbecue Sauce Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax on YouTube Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 47min - 746 - 744: Docker For Developers
Join Scott and CJ on a rapid-fire journey through Docker. From unraveling containerization to practical advice on incorporating Docker into your workflow, this quick-paced episode has everything you need to navigate the world of container technology.
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 25min - 745 - 743: JavaScript Figma Plugins & Working at GitHub With Cameron McEfee
Wes and Scott welcome Cameron McEfee, a seasoned creative director whose journey spans GitHub, Sentry.io, and the innovative realm of JavaScript plugins with his creation, GuideGuide. Cameron explores plugin building, iterating on the iconic Octocat for GitHub, and shedding light on the multifaceted roles of a creative director.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:06 Who is Cameron McEfee? 03:00 What does a Creative Director do? 09:47 In a creative and collaborative field, how do you deal with hurt feelings? 12:32 Experiences at GitHub (404/500 pages). 15:35 Who is responsible for all the Octocat variations? GitHub Octodex 17:18 Did you ever get in trouble for using famous IP? 21:07 Working at Sentry.io. 25:08 What is your illustration process? 27:04 What is GuideGuide? GuideGuide Moo Tokenizer/Lexer 33:13 Grid Notation. 36:10 Can ‘good colors’ be calculated, can good design be math’d? 40:46 What was the process of building your own plugin? 43:37 Adding guides with JavaScript APIs. 44:44 Recreating application UIs within plugins. GoodHertz 50:22 How are you architecting these plugins? 52:44 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Cameron: Ember Mug Waterparks Spotify Execute Program Shameless Plugs Cameron: GuideGuide 50% off Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 56min - 744 - 742: Potluck: Migrating to Typescript, Semver Explained, Accurate Timers and Countdowns
Scott and CJ dive into a potluck of developer queries, from their favorite tech reads to essential web dev fundamentals. Tune in as they dish out expert advice on migrating React projects to TypeScript, crafting precise timers for countdown apps, and navigating the world of free-tier plans.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:20 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 02:16 What book changed your life? Whatever you think, think the opposite It’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be Crucial Conversations thanks @benvinegar 04:58 What are the web development fundamentals for beginners? Command Line Power User 08:39 What are your thoughts on Chris Coyer’s post on his sale of CSS-Tricks? Chris Coyer’s Post 11:51 Advice for migrating an existing React project to TypeScript. 20:38 Countdown apps, performance vs accuracy. 25:19 Are you listening to podcasts? Which ones? 31:46 With AI on the rise, will free-tier plans become a thing of the past? Coolify Syntax 730: Own Your Own Paas 35:59 What is SemVer anyway? semver.org npmjs TypeScript on Semantic Versioning 40:14 A question on ergonomics, home office aesthetics and productivity. 47:59 Do you ever stop to consider VueJS in 2024? Why or why not? unjs.io 52:12 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Scott: Ellenos Yogurt CJ: Flat Iron Pepper Shameless Plugs Syntax.fm YouTube Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 56min - 743 - 741: TypeScript Interview Questions - STUMP’d
Wes and Scott tackle TypeScript trivia, from combining string literal types to unraveling the mystery of d.ts files. Join them as they challenge each other on conditional types, interfaces, triple-slash directives, and TypeScript records.
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Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - 25min - 742 - 740: Local AI Models in JavaScript - Machine Learning Deep Dive With Xenova
Scott and Wes are joined by special guest Xenova to explore local AI models in JavaScript. From Hugging Face to Transformers.js and practical applications like real-time speech recognition and object detection, this episode dives deep into the world of machine learning.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:41 Brought to you by Sentry.io 01:05 Who is Xenova? 02:08 What is Hugging Face? 03:29 What is Transformers.js? 06:16 How was the library developed? SponsorBlock 09:04 How is it able to run? 10:09 Do they have to run in Python and how does Onnx work? Onnx.ai Hugging Face Optimum 14:19 What are some things you can do with this tech? 16:15 Vision tools. 17:38 This is actually running locally. 18:35 Doodle Dash 21:09 They currently run on CPU, what is required to make it run on GPU? 24:44 Can you run in JavaScript? 28:32 How it works with image vectors. 34:23 Why would people want to run it in another language? 35:55 Resizing images in the browser instead of on the server. 38:55 Applications distributed on the web vs running locally. 43:54 Electron has Node and Chrome, where would you run Transformers.js? 44:32 The API of Transformers.js 46:30 Object Detection. Semantic Image Search Client Real-Time Object Detection Background Removal Tool 48:33 What is the easiest way to get started? 51:26 Real-time speech recognition on the horizon? 52:08 Will we ever be able to run Stable Diffusion via JavaScript? 56:10 The Web LLM. 57:22 Practical applications for YouTube. 59:39 What we want to build for Syntax.fm. 01:06:43 Mean pooling, why it’s necessary. 01:09:30 Stopping YouTube spam comments. 01:10:34 K-Means Clustering. Text Clustering 01:13:49 Quantization. 01:17:35 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Xeonva: WebGPU Shameless Plugs Xenova: Xenova on X Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - 1h 19min - 741 - 739: The LoFi Movement: Building Local First Apps
Join Wes and Scott as they explore LoFi (local first) web development, delving into CRDT, Websockets, IndexedDB, SQLite, and more. Discover when Local-First shines and when it’s better to steer clear in this episode packed with practical insights.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 03:18 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 04:08 What is LoFi? localfirst.dev 05:02 The Seven Ideals for Local-first. 05:29 1: No Spinners. 06:48 2: Your work is not trapped on one device. 07:56 3: The network is optional. 08:50 4: Seamless collaboration with your colleagues. 09:35 Oops, we for got to read 5: The Long Now. 09:37 6: Security and privacy by default. 09:45 7: You retain ultimate ownership and control. Actual Budget Finance App Ink & Switch 13:01 Sounds great, let’s go! Not so fast, this stuff is hard. 14:07 The technology involved. 14:30 CRDT (Conflict-free Replicated Data Types). Wikipedia Definition James Long dotJS 2019 dotconfrences 17:48 How does it prioritize conflict resolutions? 19:36 Websockets. 20:17 IndexedDB + SQLite. 21:23 Service Workers. 22:16 The software involved. 22:24 Replicache. 24:48 YJS. 25:06 Electric SQL. 25:51 The most basic LoFi application. 31:26 Some bigger concepts. 32:34 Answering some common questions. 35:19 Some real-world examples of LoFi. Habit Path by Scott Tolinski 37:18 What about Apple PWA nonsense? 38:20 This seems similar to real-time software and multiplayer. 38:47 Sounds like too much work. Triplit Fullstack Database Electric SQL Evolu 40:46 Some useful links. Local-First Web Development Local-First Lo.fi YouTube Local-First Ink & Switch Local-First Reddit Syntax GitHub Local-First 43:30 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. Sick PicksWes: Dresscode.dev
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Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - 52min - 740 - 738: Little Scripts: Coding for your Co-workers
Process is important. This show is dedicated to examples of non-developer tasks that can be improved by coding scripts. Join Scott and Wes for a deep dive into automation magic.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 02:11 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 03:02 FFmpeg, a tool for video producers. FFmpeg FFprobe 06:35 Markdown validation. Syntax Markdown Validation 09:21 AI timestamps for inform editing process. Episode 456 Transcript 12:19 Generating clips for social media. 13:31 YouTube find and replace tool. YouTube Find & Replace - work in progress 15:03 What other scripts can you create? 16:17 Packaging a tool for a non-developer to use. 16:54 Apple Scripts 17:45 Stand-alone website. 19:25 Script Kit: Shortcut to Everything 20:19 Other ways to run scripts. ZX Dax 22:05 Get in touch with your tips. Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 04 Mar 2024 - 23min - 739 - 737: JSR: The New TypeScript Package Registry (NPM Killer)
Get ready to learn all about the JSR package registry with Wes, Scott, and special guest Luca Casonato of Deno, as they discuss its benefits, share insights on when to use it, and teasing some secret features that promise to enhance your coding journey.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:37 Brought to you by sentry.io. 00:51 Who is Luca Casonato? 01:18 Why do we need another package registry? Wes Bos Tweet 04:35 Is it ESM only? 06:08 What exactly is JSR? 07:22 How do you install things from this registry? 09:38 NPM specifier in NodeJS? 12:18 Why can’t we just fix NPM? 14:28 When you make things easier, people make cooler stuff. 17:49 A little bit about auto-documentation. 21:18 Auto-Types. 22:33 Can’t you just put TypeScript files on an NPM? 24:04 Package Provenance. NPM Package Provenance 25:14 Does JSR have any plans for scanning dependencies? 27:56 GitHub action integration. 30:08 Does JSR replace url imports in Deno? Import Maps, Ep.596 32:15 What about publishing JSX, TSX, CSS, WASM, etc? 34:16 What are Slow Types? 36:34 Do you think we’ll ever see another implementation of a TypeScript type checker? 38:23 Types as comments or adding types to JavaScript. 40:10 What is the anticipated timeline? 41:52 Are there any parts of TypeScript that you don’t like? 43:32 What about when TypeScript breaks? 46:20 JSR community funding. 49:39 Are you planning on pre-registering popular names? 52:26 Super secret new features! 56:39 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Luca: Hono Shameless Plugs Luca: jsr.io Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 58min - 738 - 736: CJ Reynolds is Joining Syntax
Scott and Wes introduce Syntax’s new Senior Content Producer, CJ Reynolds, who will be creating video deep-dives and companion content for topics covered on the podcast. CJ, also known as the host of Coding Garden, shares his passions for web development, teaching and experimenting with new technologies.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:06 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 04:39 What got you into web development? 09:23 Does a degree in computer sciences help you in your day to day as a web developer? Bell Curve Meme 11:39 Wes downloads every single .com domain name. 15:19 What was your very first web development job? 18:12 How did you go from C# to websites? 21:12 What is the worst thing you’ve had to do as a developer? 22:31 What are some of your favorite projects? Is It New Years Day Dung Hero 26:32 What tech are you into right now? What inspires you? 27:52 Why do you like experimenting with new technologies? 29:39 Hono v4.0.5. 30:29 HTMZ 31:44 If you were to build a startup today, what would your stack be? 32:39 What’s your tech setup? Coding Garden GitHub RK Royal Kludge Keyboard 37:51 What got you into live-streaming? 40:13 Why do you use a blue screen? 41:19 What’s your philosophy on teaching? Bloom’s Taxonomy 43:56 What are your non-developer hobbies? CJ Skateboarding with Syntax deck CJ’s floofy doggo, Pig Sony VX10000 Sony Mavica 51:00 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks CJ: Ergonomics, More on Ergonomics Scott: Project Farm YouTube trash bag comparison Wes: Kitchy Pizza Cutter Wheel Shameless Plugs CJ: Coding Garden Scott: Syntax on YouTube Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 28 Feb 2024 - 56min - 737 - 735: The Taliban Stole My Domain
Wes shares the story of how the Taliban stole his .af domain. Scott and Wes discuss top-level domain (TLD) best practices, how to find unique custom domain names for your website, and how to avoid having yours stolen.
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Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - 15min - 736 - 734: HTMX Web Apps with Carson Gross
Scott and Wes welcome HTMX creator Carson Gross to discuss the versatile applications and optimal scenarios for using HTMX, alongside insights into its creation and evolution. Join us as we explore the future prospects and improvements as we look towards HTMX 2.0.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:52 Brought to you by Sentry.io 02:22 Who is Carson Gross? BigSkySoftware GitHub BigSkySoftware 03:53 What exactly is HTMX? htmx.org htmx.org/examples 07:04 What made you want to create something like HTMX? intercooler.js 10:01 Would HTML look more like HTMX if we were to rebuild it today? 12:54 Isn’t HTMX a step backward into old-school AJAX? 16:09 When would you avoid using HTMX? 17:56 Does HTMX put an unnecessary load on the server? 21:46 What are your thoughts on rendering everything on the server? 26:29 What is your favorite stack? 28:49 Things that are lost moving to the JavaScript framework world. 30:16 HTMX coupling your front end and back end. 32:28 How do you feel about web components? 33:40 What are the big templating engines and your top pick? HTMX Essays 36:33 Object-oriented HTML. 37:38 Is there an offline story or a “local-first” story for HTMX? 38:44 What does the future of HTMX look like given its rise in popularity? 40:03 HTMX and X (Twitter). Syntax Show 726 HTMX on X 42:30 The Microsoft story. 45:26 Carson’s thoughts on de-escalating the language around HTMX. 47:44 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Carson: AlpineJS, Datastar Shameless Plugs Carson: Hypermedia Systems, HTMX Swag Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 52min - 735 - 733: Egress, scraping, Safari EU changes, is SetInterval worth it?
In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott discuss egress, scraping, Safari EU changes, and answer questions on updating dependencies and SetInterval.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:35 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 02:49 I have over 100,000 user images on Cloudinary. How do I migrate to another service? Cloudflare-Cloudinary Proxy 07:27 Switching from Mac to PC. Figma, DaVinci Resolve 12:32 What’s your take on the Safari 17.4 PWA removal debacle for EU users? Bug Report Fullscreen API Bug Report 19:45 Is there any clear front-runner when it comes to monorepo tools? 23:44 Some big web apps have a div relatively high in the DOM with a class like “scroll-container” or “cursor-events”, why is that? 32:15 Is ChatGPT Plus worth it? I’m trying to avoid death by 1000 subscriptions. ElevenLabs 37:47 Performance vs accuracy when working with timers. 40:37 How do you update the dependencies to work with a current version of Node? Also, if you are building from scratch, how do you determine what dependencies to use? Syntax show 425: Updating Project Dependencies 45:52 Clarification on the browser blocking. Mozilla’s vision for Firefox MV3 49:19 Problems when working with JavaScript’s new Date(). 54:27 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Scott: LED Flashlight Shameless Plugs Wes: Syntax YouTube Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 21 Feb 2024 - 59min - 734 - 732: Stop going to Spam: DMARC, SPF and DKIM Explained
Wes and Scott explore the web standards and email authentication methods that keep your email from going to spam; DMARC, SPF and DKIM. If you send email via a custom domain name, you need to listen to this!
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:06 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 02:08 What exactly are SPF, DKIM, and DMARC? 02:53 Different ways that you may want to send email. 03:23 Transactional emails. Resend, email for developers 05:07 Email marketing. 05:47 Anything else that sends email on your behalf. 07:13 SPF (Sender Policy Framework). Postmark defines SPF Postmark SPF in 5 Minutes 08:34 You can only have one SPF record. 10:18 DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail). Postmark defines DKIM 13:39 DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance). Convertkit 16:38 RUA Reporting. 18:03 How to set up reporting. 21:08 Does emails marked as spam hurt the IP that sends them? 22:18 Other things to consider. Special thanks to David Flanagan for the help on this! @rawkode Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 19 Feb 2024 - 26min - 733 - 731: Client side security, XSS attacks & CSP with Stripe’s Alex Sexton
Scott and Wes are joined by security expert, Alex Sexton of Stripe to cover all things: client security, XSS, attack vectors, and CSP (content security policy).
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:31 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 00:57 Who is Alex Sexton? 04:44 Stripe dashboard is a work of art. 05:08 Tell us about the design system. React Aria 08:59 Who develops the iOS app? 09:50 Stripe’s CSP (content security policy). 12:50 What even is a content security policy? Content Security Policy explanation 13:57 Douglas Crockford of Yahoo on security. Douglas on GitHub 15:13 Security philosophy. 16:59 What about inline styles and inline JavaScript? 19:41 How do we safely set inline styles from JS? 20:20 Setting up with meta tags. 22:52 What are common situations that require security exceptions? 26:24 Potential damage with inline style tags. 32:45 Looping vulnerabilities. 36:32 What about JavaScript injection? 37:09 Myspace Samy Worm. Myspace Samy Worm Wiki Sentry.io Security Policy Reporting 42:02 Does a CSP stop code from running in the console? 43:28 What are some general security best practices? 46:35 Strategies for rolling out a CSP. 51:49 Final tip, Strict Dynamic. Strict Dynamic 56:36 Where does the CSP live within Stripe? Original Black Friday story 59:35 One last story. 01:01:20 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Alex: Wes Bos’ Instagram Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 16 Feb 2024 - 1h 03min - 732 - 730: Own Your Own PaaS
Scott and Wes talk about the benefits of owning your own PaaS (platform as a service), the main alternatives in the space, and ways to make passion projects more financially viable.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:12 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 01:56 What is a PaaS? NGINX 04:21 Challenges with payment structures. Render 07:02 What is Kubernetes? Kubernetes 07:51 What are the differences between Kubernetes and Docker? Docker Swarm 09:15 Reasons to own your own PaaS. Nelify Bluehost 15:05 “Pokémon or Web Service” Original 150 Pokémon Characters 16:49 The players and their pros and cons. 18:51 Where can you host these services? 19:47 Kubero. Kubero 21:50 Coolify. Coolify Coolify pricing 28:15 Caprover. Caprover 29:03 Dokku. Dokku Shokku Ledokku Atlas Nixpacks 32:53 Piku. Piku 33:24 Cuber. Cuber 34:13 Acorn. Acorn Coolify creator, Andras Bacsai on X 36:44 The challenges of hosting your own PaaS. 38:46 Jekyll ran on a PC under a desk. Jekyll 39:36 Sometimes less is, in fact, more. 40:09 Final thoughts. 45:03 Scott got Bun to work on Coolify. 51:01 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Wes: GripStic Chip Bag Sealer Amazon, GripStic Chip Bag Sealer Aliexpress Scott: Caseta Diva Smart Dimmer Shameless Plugs Wes: Syntax YouTube Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 14 Feb 2024 - 57min - 731 - 729: CSS Native @scope
In this very hasty treat, Wes and Scott cover CSS Native @scope, the implementation of this tool, and some of its limitations.
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Mon, 12 Feb 2024 - 18min - 730 - 728: AI Superpowers with Kevin Hou and Codeium
In this supper club, Scott and Wes welcome Kevin Hou, Head of Product Engineering at Codeium, a blazing fast AI-powered code completion and chat tool for developers.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 05:31 An introduction to Codeium. 07:56 What information are you sending the AI to get such good completions? Codeium compliance 09:15 Codeium runs a 'Language Server'. 11:15 Crawling dependency tree and abstract syntax tree. 12:07 Using Codeium Live. 12:34 How big of a codebase can you run this on? 14:39 Sending select amounts of data to AI. 16:06 Does Codeium maintain codebase preferences and styling (ie. snake case)? 17:39 Will Codeium scan the dependency? 19:23 AI UI, have we found the best format? 21:55 Crazy ideas in tech. 22:53 Additional AI UI inputs. 24:14 How do you make an AI model? 28:42 How does Codeium manage the product roadmap? 32:09 Do AI models get worse over time? How does Codeium validate that it's not? Open AI Evals 35:39 How is Codeium THAT fast? 36:49 What programming langauges does Codeium use? 38:55 Codeium Playground. Codeium Playground 39:15 Caching as a performance improvement. 39:58 What is the pipe between Codeium and editor? 40:17 Codeium chat service. 41:44 A WebSocket system allowing push and pull communication. 43:13 Closed Beta for GPT 4.0. 46:12 The dreaded closing quote bug. 48:26 Sometimes bugs bug Wes. 49:49 Supper Club Questions 51:40 Perplexity.ai 52:35 What editor does Kevin use? 55:31 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Sick Picks Kevin: Lapse.com Shameless Plugs Kevin: Codeium.com Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 09 Feb 2024 - 58min - 729 - 727: How to Code: Opinionated TypeScript Stack + Tooling Choices Explained
Join Wes and Scott for a 30,000 foot, ‘soup-to-nuts’ view of web development. From choosing design tools, website styling, and programming languages, to backend infrastructure, data management, and hosting.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome! 00:21 30,000 foot view of web development 02:37 Brought to you by Sentry.io 02:55 Starting with design tools. 06:10 Code Tooling 06:22 Text Editors 09:34 Terminal 14:28 Build Tools 16:07 Browser and dev tools 18:21 Formatter and linter. 21:43 CSS (how you style your website). 25:34 Programming languages. 27:14 Backend with metaframework. 29:36 Backend without metaframework. 32:20 Runtimes (JavaScript). What is Bun? The New JS Runtime The Deno Show 34:02 User interface libraries. Shoelace.style 39:43 Data management: Databases 41:42 Data management: ORM WTF is an ORM You should learn Drizzle, the TypeScript SQL ORM 42:53 Other data management considerations. 43:33 Image pipelines. 45:52 Hosting, CDN, CI. Where Should You Host Your App? Hosting Providers Compared Hasty Treat WTF × SSR vs JamStack vs Serverless? 47:21 Hosting your site. 50:19 The finishing touches. 50:26 Brought to you by Sentry.io 52:18 Captcha 55:03 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Scott: GreatScottLab, Show #594 Wes: AliExpress Board, Wes’ Demo Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax on YouTube Wes: Syntax on YouTube Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 07 Feb 2024 - 59min - 728 - 726: Is HTMX a Joke?
Scott and Wes unravel the mysteries of HTMX, exploring the essentials for getting started, its powerful capabilities, limitations, and possible stacks for building primarily server rendered applications.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome 02:07 Brought to you by Sentry.io 02:53 What exactly is HTMX? 04:30 What you need to know before working in HTMX. 04:35 You need a server. 05:35 You’ll most likely need a templating engine. 06:42 You most likely do not need as much client-side JS. 08:33 You don’t work in JSON 11:15 Not something you can swap out your UI with in a SPA. 11:48 Brings back AJAX 13:32 So, what can it do? 15:20 And what it doesn’t do. 18:25 It doesn’t do server-side responses. 19:09 What about animations? 19:20 What about CSS? 19:57 What about Web Components? 20:06 What about third-party client-side JS? 20:18 What about WebSockets and SSE? HTMX WebSockets 20:30 What about extensions? HTMX Extensions 21:00 Wes’ “bomb” question. 24:16 What Scott likes about HTMX. 25:45 What Scott doesn’t like about HTMX. HTMX Multi-Swap 30:33 Hype, Meta Framework. Hype Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 05 Feb 2024 - 32min - 727 - 725: Safari is the New Chrome - Jen Simmons of Apple
Wes and Scott talk with Jen Simmons about the latest updates to Safari, reporting bugs to Apple, understanding color in CSS, new CSS switch controls, and testing your websites in Vision Pro hardware.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:03 Brought to you by Sentry.io 01:05 Meet Jen Simmons. 03:15 Safari has been killing it lately Safari Release Notes WebKit Features in Safari 17.0 WebKit Features in Safari 17.1 WebKit Features in Safari 17.2 10:25 Wes’ cOnSpirACy about Apple and APIs 18:18 Where is the best place to report bugs to Apple? Bugs.Webkit.org Jen on Mastodon Web Compat 20:35 What’s happening with CSS Color gamuts and models? 33:57 Is contrast color ever going to to land? 36:25 Where is the CSS Grid and Masonry proposal at? 44:20 Will we be able to target a specific row in a grid? 46:17 What are CSS switch controls? 48:44 How can web devs view their websites in Vision Pro devices? Apple Vision Pro Running your app in Simulator or on a device 54:26 In what ways are HTML / CSS / JavaScript running where we don’t realize it? 58:43 Sick Picks Sick Picks Jen: Walking. Shameless Plugs Jen: webkit.org X Feedback Assistant at Apple Sessions - WWDC23 - Apple Developer Webkit Standards Positions Safari Technology Preview Safari Technology Preview Release Notes What’s new in CSS at WWDC23 Rediscover Safari developer features at WWDC23 What’s new in Web Apps at WWDC23 Meet Safari for spatial computing at WWDC23 Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 02 Feb 2024 - 1h 02min - 726 - 724: Potluck: Is Virtual DOM Bad?
Is the Virtual DOM Bad? Are keyboard shortcuts important? What is S3 storage? In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions.
Show Notes 00:08 Welcome 01:27 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry.io 02:45 Welcome Randy, our new Producer! Randy’s YouTube 04:14 A ‘Canadian Podcast’ 04:43 Is Alpine JS or HTMX a replacement for pug or other templating libraries? 08:21 What powers the “in-app” browsers and how can we test our sites on it? Inject tracking code Tauri 13:16 A deep dive on generators and iterators. An Insight into Iteration Protocol through Infinite Scroll in Angular 15:25 Video podcast observations 17:18 PROBLEM I need a way of managing state. 22:34 Why is Virtual Dom (a la React) suddenly bad? 28:31 In a recent episode (659), Wes mentioned he updated the OG image cards, and noticed a higher click through rate. 29:07 Updated logo and monster truck intro. 30:19 Back to OG Images. 31:51 Are “import * as X” exports build stripped? 36:46 What is the difference between S3 storage and a CDN. Backblaze CDN 45:00 How important are keyboard shortcuts or extensions? Are they necessary to be a good developer? 50:04 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Sick Picks Scott: Perplexity.ai, Serversideup Wes: Zojirushi Rice Cooker Shameless Plugs Wes: Wes Bos Courses Scott: Sentry Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 31 Jan 2024 - 57min - 725 - 723: Svelte 5: Speed Simplicity Size
Unveiling Svelte 5! delving into its latest features. From the impressive speed and simplicity to its compact size, discover what makes this new release so exciting.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome 00:39 Syntax Is A Video Podcast! @syntaxfm on YouTube 01:52 Brought To You By Sentry.io 02:42 Svelte 5 Introduction Svelte 5 Intro 05:45 What Are Runes? 06:21 $state() 11:49 $props() Class as a rest prop 16:41 $effect() 21:17 $inspect() 23:03 What Are Snippets? 27:33 What Are Events? 30:02 Built In Functions 32:42 Smaller Output Reddit example 33:31 Speed Benchmarks 35:00 Anticipated Release Try it today Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 29 Jan 2024 - 37min - 724 - 722: Next Level Web APIs. Bluetooth, File Access, Thomas Steiner - Project Fugu
Thomas Steiner talks with us about Project Fugu, an effort from Google to enable new classes of applications to run on the web. What is Project Fugu? What are some of Thomas’ favorite APIs to use? What is an IWA vs a PWA? And more!
Show Notes00:32 Welcome
01:52 Who is Thomas Steiner?
02:57 What is the overall goal of Project Fugu?
08:17 When might we see these APIs come to all browsers?
14:10 Do you have examples of companies pushing for an API?
18:53 What happens with the face detection API?
28:33 What is an IWA?
35:17 What is the web transport API for?
37:11 What is MIDI?
41:20 Nintendo Joycon hack
45:28 File handlers in a PWA
50:38 File System Observer API coming soon
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Fri, 26 Jan 2024 - 1h 02min - 723 - 721: You should learn Drizzle, the TypeScript SQL ORM
We’re doing a Tasty overview of Drizzle in this episode. What is Drizzle? What are different types of databases? How do you host databases? What have we built with Drizzle? And how does Drizzle handle relational data, TypeScript, querying, selects, transactions, and more!
Show Notes00:10 Welcome
00:52 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
01:50 What is Drizzle?
09:11 Different types of databases
17:58 Why pay for SQLite hosting?
20:36 Defining your data structures
24:27 What we’ve built using Drizzle
28:28 Relational data
36:17 TypesScript and Drizzle
40:53 Querying + Selects with Drizzle
46:23 Transactions
47:09 Syntax Drizzle Studio theme
48:27 Sick Picks
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Wed, 24 Jan 2024 - 54min - 722 - 720: Where Does Time Come From?
It is time. Wes and Scott attempt to blow your minds by talking about time, who’s tracking time, where does time come from, what time is it in your browser vs someone else’s server, and standards around time.
Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 00:55 Thanks to Chris Enns LemonProductions.ca Chris Enns on Twitter Podcast tutorials by Chris Enns on YouTube 03:14 What is time in the browser? 06:27 What are atomic clocks? Atomic Clocks and Cloudflare 08:22 Network time 09:35 Device time 11:11 Why is time so important? 14:35 Epoch time Syntax epoch convertor 16:58 ISO 8601 standard ISO 8601 19:20 RFC 3339 RFC3339 20:35 Time zone support 21:59 The Temporal API Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 22 Jan 2024 - 27min - 721 - 719: Fullstack TypeScript Apps with No Build Step?! with Brian LeRoux
Wes and Scott talk with Brian LeRoux about not using a bundler, handling TypeScript, live reloading, Enhance being a meta framework, how Enhance handles CSS, his experience at AWS: Reinvent, and the state of JavaScript run times in 2024.
Show Notes00:31 Welcome
01:00 Introducing Brian Leroux
01:32 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
01:54 You can’t fix bugs you can’t see
03:14 Not using a bundler
05:48 Downsides of not using a bundler
11:13 What about TypeScript?
13:58 Is there a waterfall of imports?
18:29 What happens to live reloading?
22:12 The browser upgrade path
26:39 Is Enhance a meta framework?
29:02 What are you doing about SSR web components?
33:24 Can you refresh part of the application?
36:22 What about state management and Enhance?
42:52 How does Enhance handle CSS?
48:26 How was AWS: Reinvent?
54:47 What’s happening with the Begin CLI?
55:55 Any thoughts on new JavaScript run times?
59:51 Sick Picks
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Fri, 19 Jan 2024 - 1h 03min - 720 - 718: React Server Components
Wes and Scott talk through server components, the difference between server components and client components, reasons to run something server side, how server components work, using forms and buttons, what they like and don’t like about it, and tips to learn more.
Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 00:52 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:39 New Heights with Scott and Wes 04:33 What are React Server Components? 10:52 The difference between server components and client components Tweet: "React Server + Client Components Visualized There is a bit of a learning curve to learn new patterns, but the ease of going between client and server will be worth it. 11:37 Why would you want to run something server side? 15:22 Components are server rendered by default 16:40 What is JS sprinkles? 17:29 How do server components work? 18:51 Moving an existing site to React server components take a while 20:27 The rules 27:12 Form Actions + Server Actions 32:07 Buttons can have actions 36:32 React Suspense 39:13 What we like Ryan Florence thread 41:54 What we don’t like 47:13 Design patterns 47:35 Other things RSC Devtools Introducing Waku Mux 49:22 Sick Picks Sick Picks Scott: ASUS ZenDrive V1M External DVD Drive Wes: Leatherman Arc Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax YouTube Wes: Wes Bos Courses Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 17 Jan 2024 - 56min - 719 - 717: How to be Productive
We’re kicking off 2024 by talking about productivity tips we’re using to stay focused, to do apps, calendars, focus states, and customizing our code editor.
Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 00:46 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:11 Welcome to 2024 Anxiety and Uncertainty with Dr. Courtney Tolinski - Syntax #670 01:42 Getting systems in place 03:30 Examining your current habits 08:14 Tracking habits 12:16 Neural Pathway Chain Breakers habitpath.io/waitlist STREAKS A Passwordless Future Passkeys with Anna Pobletts - Syntax #710 Clerk 14:26 Todos Stronglifts app Getting Things Done Things Height 20:14 The calendar as the ultimate tool Cron Calendar 23:52 Using Focus states Focus App 29:09 Customizing VS Code with an extension Apc Customize UI++ - Visual Studio Marketplace 31:14 Momentum Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 15 Jan 2024 - 32min - 718 - 716: JS Perf Wins & New Node.js Features with Yagiz Nizipli
Yagiz Nizipli talks about his involvement with Node.js, implementing .env, how he finds areas to improve in performance, the happy path vs the hot path, and new features coming to Node.js.
Show Notes 00:32 Welcome 01:01 Introducing Yagiz Nizipli 02:21 What is your involvement in Node.js? 03:27 Implementing .env 07:03 Why was 20,000 lines of C required? 11:00 How do you begin to find performance issues? 15:17 How do you measure improvements? 26:27 The happy path vs the hot path 27:36 Is Rspack ready for prime time? RSpack 28:47 Bundle Size VS runtime perf? Whats more important? 30:51 What’s it like working on a large project like Node? 38:26 Will Node ever get TypeScript support? 40:22 What are loaders? 44:24 Node.js is getting a config file? 51:37 Sick Picks Sick Picks Oxc @Boshen_c Shameless Plugs @yagiznizipli Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 12 Jan 2024 - 1h 01min - 717 - 715: Google & MS Duopoly, Frontend to Fullstack, Where to Put Business Logic + more(Potluck)
Wes and Scott answer your questions about duopoly in tech, tech stacks for creating content, switching from frontend to full stack, DSA knowledge, email HTML, and more!
Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 02:21 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 03:31 Are you concerned about duopolistic companies taking over the web? 11:29 What stack do you you use for videos and sharing content? 15:02 How do you know once your ready to officially make the switch from frontend to full stack? 17:58 As someone new to tech and looking to apply for junior front end positions, how much should i know about DSA’s? Friends that work at big tech companies - did you need Data Structures and Algorithms to get hired? I get an lots of messages from new devs asking how to learn these things. Many of them say the need it to work at FAANG type companies 21:59 Which tools would you recommend for crafting HTML emails from scratch? Foundation MJML React Email 25:03 Hey are you guys setting up your own CI/CD like github action or gitlab CI? Netlify Vercel 28:25 What do you think about unstyled component libs. Eg: Ark? Ark UI 31:47 Do I need to have every single feature on mobile as I do on a desktop? Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking Missive ‐ Team Email, Chat & Tasks 39:15 How can I get better at planning my code? shaky.github.bushong.net Monodraw for macOS — Helftone Octopus.do, Visual Sitemap Tool, Website Planner, Architecture Mermaid | Diagramming and charting tool 42:32 What exactly makes it so that a piece of logic is client/frontend logic vs backend logic? 46:17 Sick Picks Sick Picks Scott: Sleeping Queens Card Game, 79 Cards : Toys & Games Wes: Package drop box Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax Newsletter Wes: Wes Bos Courses Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 10 Jan 2024 - 51min - 716 - 714: CSS :has() in Every Browser! 10 Uses
CSS :has() is out in all browsers and Wes and Scott have got the top 10 reasons you should start using :has() now.
Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 02:28 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 03:02 Overview of :has 07:09 The anywhere selector 09:41 Previous element 12:59 Layout targetting 15:45 Form validation styling 17:51 All siblings 21:07 Quantity queries 24:19 Empty children 24:56 Nested dropdown navs 26:36 Attribute matching Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 08 Jan 2024 - 30min - 715 - 713: The CSS OG Eric Meyer. 1994 CSS, JS in Fridges, Tailwind, and Web Standards
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Eric Meyer about his start on the web, the early days of CSS, where CSS is headed, are we going to lose a browser, and more!
Show Notes 00:32 Welcome 01:26 Who is Eric Meyer? 05:44 In the earliest days, what browsers supported CSS? 10:23 The current web platform test suite web-platform-tests 17:59 Are CSS features shipping faster these days? 20:45 CSS learning from preprocessors 26:24 What do you think about Tailwind and inline CSS? 33:26 Alternative spaces where CSS may be used CSS Speech Module Level 1 The World Wide Web Consortium Issues CSS2 as a W3C Recommendation 37:17 Do companies push CSS forward for a business use case? 44:06 Trying to keep up with all the things is difficult 48:19 What’s on Eric Meyer’s CSS wishlist? 54:35 Supper Club Questions Bruce Lawson Firefox Nightly desktop, Android and iOS. SerenityOS The Ladybird browser project Thunderbird — Free Your Inbox. — Thunderbird Arc from The Browser Company Mozilla Foundation - Homepage 01:58 Sick Picks Sick Picks Polypane Shameless Plugs Igalia - Open Source Consultancy and Development meyerweb.com Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 05 Jan 2024 - 1h 05min - 714 - 712: 2024 Predictions
Wes and Scott give their predictions for 2024 in JavaScript, frameworks, server-side JS, tooling, CSS, developer ecosystem, and AI tooling.
Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:10 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:00 Types in JS will have real movement 05:10 Temporal API will ship in 1 browser 06:38 Perf tooling gets easy for everyone to understand 07:32 CSS continues to get better where you need less JS 08:35 The year of the server in frameworks 10:32 Svelte v5 is very fast SvelteKit • Web development, streamlined 12:04 Astro is going to have a good year Astro 4 Web Devs, 1 App Idea (Salma Alam-Naylor, Scott Tolinski, Eve Porcello) 14:22 React server components dai-shi/waku: ⛩️ The minimal React framework Waku 19:45 Remix moves away from page-based loaders, to component loaders 20:52 Hono will become more ubiquitous Hono - Ultrafast web framework for the Edges 23:23 Node will introduce TypeScript support via loaders 24:48 We will see a route matching Proposal move ahead URL Pattern Standard 26:34 Bun releases full node compat 27:34 We will see a new Linter + formatter entirely replace Language support | Biome HTML support · Issue #1326 · oxc-project/oxc Prettier · Opinionated Code Formatter 31:44 New TypeScript typechecker 32:42 Lightning CSS pops - or does it? 34:37 You’ll hear more about Rspack and Turbopack 35:55 Vite isn’t going to release anything big in 2024 Vite | Next Generation Frontend Tooling 36:55 CSS contrast-color will land in chrome 37:27 Relative color will land in all major browsers 37:48 Scroll animation landing in 2 browsers 38:40 The year of CSS discovery 41:20 Safari will Ship 3 missing PWA Support 44:10 Firefox usage will continue to slip 47:43 Paid Arc features 47:55 More XR web experiences as Apple releases in Vision Pro 49:07 AI Tooling Galileo AI v0 by Vercel Transformers.js 51:07 Small Models that run in the browser 52:08 Apps get sherlocked by OpenAI 53:24 On prem corporate AI 54:15 Sick Picks Sick Picks Scott: ISO100 protein power, Weekend at Bernie’s Wes: Roborock S8 Pro Ultra Vaccum + Mop Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax Newsletter Wes: Wes Bos Courses Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 03 Jan 2024 - 1h 03min - 713 - 711: The Surprisingly Exciting World of Print + PDF CSS
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about things to consider when printing something from your website or app including loading CSS only for printing, using units in CSS, CSS counters, creating a PDF, naming pages when printing, and more.
Show Notes 00:25:15 Welcome 01:27:04 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:52:00 Examples of how Wes uses print CSS 03:42:16 Using it for invoices or receipts 05:08:24 Delivering a book as a PDF 05:42:16 How do you load CSS only for printing? 10:41:08 Using units in CSS 11:29:15 CSS Counters MDN: CSS Counters body { counter-reset: chapter; /* create a chapter counter scope */ } h1:before { content: "Section " counter(chapter) " "; counter-increment: chapter; /* add 1 to chapter */ } h1 { counter-reset: subchapter; /* set section to 0 */ } h2:before { content: counter(chapter) "." counter(subchapter) " "; counter-increment: subchapter; } h2 { counter-reset: section; font-size: 23px; } 14:31:10 Named Pages @page title { @top { /* no header for title pages */ content: “”; } } @page chapter { @top { content: “This is a chapter page”; } } 15:27:09 Margins, Headers + footers, Page Numbers 18:01:18 Debugging Print CSS 19:57:18 Getting into a PDF Docraptor Playwright Puppeteer JSPdf 24:45:04 Other Things to consider Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 01 Jan 2024 - 32min - 712 - 710: A Passwordless Future Passkeys with Anna Pobletts
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Anna Pobletts of Passage about passkeys, how passkeys work, how to implement passkeys on your website or app, what the recommended UI is for passkeys, what happens to your passkey if you lose your phone, and more.
Show Notes00:32 Welcome
01:36 Why do we need something like Passkeys?
03:34 What are Passkeys for?
10:04 What took us so long to get to Passkeys?
11:07 Where’s the two factor part of Passkeys?
13:08 How are Passkeys phishing resistant?
14:44 What happens to your Passkey if you lose your phone?
18:40 What’s the password recovery workflow like with Passkeys?
23:08 Having a backup device helps a lot with Passkeys
24:58 Why companies should use two factor or Passkeys
29:26 What are the standards and tech behind Passkeys?
32:38 What kinds of companies are implementing Passkeys?
34:34 What is the recommended UI for telling users about Passkeys?
39:17 How do you implement Passkeys on your app or website?
41:47 1Password open sourced low level libraries
47:34 What does the future look like for Passkeys?
51:07 Supper Club questions
53:44 Sick Picks
FIDO Alliance - Open Authentication Standards More Secure than Passwords
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Fri, 29 Dec 2023 - 55min - 711 - 709: Potluck × Naming Tech × Generators × Layers Follow Up × Sick Picks Page
In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about naming things in programming, use case for generators, CSS @Layers follow up, database prefixes, generalist vs specialist, where’s the sick pick page, and more!
Show Notes 00:08 Welcome 01:20 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:48 How much of programming is genuine advanced technical stuff vs just fancy complex sounding names for things? 05:10 I found a non-trivial use case for GENERATORS! 11:05 CSS @Layers follow up from 668 Hacking the Tonal - Proxying, Intercepting + Debugging Traffic? - Syntax #668 Allow authors to apply new css features (like cascade layers) while linking stylesheets · Issue #7540 · whatwg/html 15:37 On a previous episode, what did you mention regarding database-prefix? 18:20 Is it better to be a generalist or specialist as a front end dev? 23:20 I can’t find the sick picks page on the new site. Any plans to bring that back? Filtering and Discovery Notes · Issue #935 · syntaxfm/website 24:25 Can you guys give some advice about how to grow and improve as developers while struggling with ADHD? Supper Club × Coding with ADHD with Dr. Courtney Tolinski - Syntax #532 29:55 Any chance you could make an embeddable player? 31:32 Could you have the people behind Cards Against Humanity on a future supper club episode? Cards Against Humanity Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger Cards Against Humanity 99% Sale Warehouse | Blackbox Yowza 34:50 What are some of the differences between being a professional developer in Canada versus the United States? 40:58 Is HTML Over The Wire awesome, or super awesome? 42:52 How can I develop locally with a postgres database and Prisma / Vercel for hosting? Env Variables and Modes | Vite 46:23 Sick Picks Sick PicksScott: Mother In Law’s Gochujang Fermented Chile Sauce, MIL Kimchi Gochujang and Gochugaru
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Wed, 27 Dec 2023 - 52min - 710 - 708: How We Made Syntax.fm Faster
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through the ways they improved performance on the Syntax.fm website, how they knew it was slow to begin with, and the various changes they made to caching, and loading transcripts to improve the speed of the site.
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Mon, 25 Dec 2023 - 27min - 709 - 707: What happened in JS, CSS And Web Dev in 2023? 2023 Predictions Results!
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott review their 2023 predictions and see how they did on ideas like Deno getting hotter, new JS APIs, WASM, Houdini, CSS Container Queries, and more!
Show Notes 00:24 Welcome 01:18 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:05 SSR JS sites more the norm solidjs.com Remix - Build Better Websites Next.js by Vercel - The React Framework SvelteKit • Web development, streamlined Astro 04:14 TypeScript Inferred becomes hot 05:20 Types In JS? ECMAScript proposal for type syntax that is erased - Stage 1 07:55 Deno gets hotter 11:12 JS runtimes mature htmx 11:50 We will see a new TS Type Checker written in Rust 14:06 New JS APIs What’s the status of this project? · Issue #1101 · dudykr/stc Wes Bos on X: "Pretty excited about the new JavaScript non-mutating array methods. Currently in stage 3 tc39/proposals: Tracking ECMAScript Proposals JS Fundamentals - Decorators - Syntax #653 16:29 Writing towards Winter CG Spec Popular. WinterCG 17:09 Edge Rendering More Common Prettier on X: "We setup a $20k bounty for a rust-based compatible printer with prettier. $20k Bounty was Claimed! · Prettier 18:09 A new JS framework 19:05 Page Transitions API 19:51 Rust becomes more popular 24:00 More WASM Supper Club × WASM, Fastly Edge, and Polyfill.io with Jake Champion - Syntax #643 FFmpeg Fastly 25:11 React Beta Docs launch after 5 year dev cycle 26:47 We start to see CSS Container Queries in production 29:05 CanIUse issues? 31:20 CSS Subgrid 32:56 More AI 34:06 Tooling Vite | Next Generation Frontend Tooling Announcing Biome | Biome Lightning CSS Rspack Turbopack 36:08 People sour on React 36:47 People sour on eslint 37:16 Houdini does nothing CSS Houdini| MDN Is Houdini Ready Yet? 39:57 How’d we do? 40:40 Sick picks Sick Picks Scott: Super Mario Bros.™ Wonder Wes: Tineco Pure ONE S11 Cordless Vacuum Cleaner Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry Wes: Wes Bos Courses Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 20 Dec 2023 - 47min - 708 - 706: AI and ML - The Pieces Explained
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about understanding the integration of different components in AI models, the choice between traditional models and Language Learning Models (LLM), the relevance of the Hugging Face library, demystify Llama, discuss spaces in AI, and highlight available services.
Show Notes 00:25:20 Welcome 00:55:00 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:17:00 Understanding how the pieces fit together 02:31:18 Models or LLM? 04:43:22 What about Hugging Face? 08:05:18 What’s Llama? 08:51:15 What are spaces? 09:29:06 Services available to you 12:26:16 What are tokens in AI? 17:38:18 What is temperature with AI? 20:33:08 Using top_p 21:06:00 Using fine-tuning to extend existing models 22:11:19 Prompts are what you send to the model 23:17:00 Streaming 24:48:17 Embeddings 27:34:17 OpenAI maintains Evals 28:40:14 Different libraries for working with AI Hugging Face Creator of Swift, Tesla Autopilot & Tensorflow. New AI language Mojo with Chris Lattner LLaMA Spaces - Hugging Face OpenAI Anthropic \ Introducing Claude Replicate Fireworks Console gpt-tokenizer playground openai/tiktoken: tiktoken is a fast BPE tokeniser for use with OpenAI’s models. Supper Club × OpenAI, Future of programming, LLMs, and Math with Andrey Mishchenko Raycast Pro Amazon SageMaker (AMS SSPS) openai/evals LangChain PyTorch TensorFlow ai - npm Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 18 Dec 2023 - 33min - 707 - 705: Is Running Random Code From npm Safe? With Feross Aboukhadijeh
In this Supper Club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Feross Aboukhadijeh about his work on Socket which helps to make sure the code you get from npm is safe and secure. They also touch on his work on Wormhole and Web Torrent.
Show Notes 00:30 Welcome 00:57 Who is Feross Aboukhadijeh? 01:33 What is Socket? [Socket.dev](https://socket.dev dominictarr (Dominic Tarr) pull-stream/pull-stream: minimal streams 03:59 Introducing AI package summaries Example of the AI summaries Introducing AI Package Summaries 07:04 Is Socket’s focus on visibility of a open source project? 10:01 What was the inspiration for Socket? Introducing “safe npm”, a Socket npm Wrapper - Socket 16:22 How does Socket detect possible security issues? Removed packages event-source-polyfill protestware attack john wick spam attack 18:55 How many projects are you injesting for Socket to scan? 26:00 What kinds of things are people trying to inject in code? CS253 Web Security 29:54 How do I hook Socket up to my project or GitHub? 32:08 Do we still need to use shrink wrap? 36:34 How did you implement the torrent spec in JavaScript for WebTorrent? WebTorrent Desktop WebTorrent FAQ 43:11 Why did you build Wormhole? Wormhole 47:33 How expensive is it to maintain Wormhole? Riverside.fm - Record Podcasts And Videos From Anywhere 50:37 What do you think of decentralized code repos? Radicle Project Fugu Fugu Tracker 54:29 Understanding passkeys 56:15 Supper Club questions GitHub Theme - Visual Studio Marketplace Web Serial API - Web APIs | MDN 01:03:04 Sick Picks Sick Picks Harry Potter audio books Shameless Plugs ChatGPT Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 15 Dec 2023 - 1h 07min - 706 - 704: Stump'd JS + CSS Interview Questions
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott try to stump each other with JavaScript and CSS interview style questions including CSS contain, naming the 7 parts of Houdini, what ARIA stands for, 5 limitations of serverless, and more.
Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:31 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:01 Explain CSS Contain and why it exists? 07:27 In CSS Grid, how would I make a grid of 3 equal columns with 20 pixels between them? Wes Bos on X: 🔥 A visual guide to getting equal width columns in CSS Grid / X 10:31 Which of the following elements are fake? 13:00 Which of the following HTML tags are deprecated? 16:38 What is the samp element? 17:27 Name the 7 parts of CSS Houdini 21:07 In JavaScript for loop with 10 items, how can you exit a loop early? 22:34 What is the difference between a pseudo element and a pseudo class? 25:59 How could you implement CSS :has with JavaScript? 27:56 What are two attributes that would make an SVG more accessible? 29:43 How can you stop your process from exiting if you have an unhandled rejection? 32:27 How do you prevent flex children from getting squished? 34:40 In TypeScript, what does using keyof and typeof together do? 37:19 What does ARIA stand for? 37:39 Name 5 limitations that a serverless or edge function have over tradtional long running server? 40:38 Write an item using Flex code, not grow to fill it’s container, or shrink, and the item will take up only the space based on it’s content size. 42:03 If I’m building an application that needs to announce a change to the user, how would I do that? 43:46 Name the 5 different Git elements methods on a document? 45:39 What does the CSS prospective property do? 48:23 Sick picks Sick Picks Scott: Pushpin hangers Wes: Niimbot Label Maker, Bearclaw Screws) Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry Wes: Wes Bos Courses Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 13 Dec 2023 - 57min - 705 - 703: The Observer Pattern
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott give a high level overview of the observer pattern, what is the observer, what are downsides to too many observers, and more.
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Mon, 11 Dec 2023 - 19min - 704 - 702: New + Proposed JS APIs for 2024
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through new and proposed JavaScript APIs including ones related to regex, sourcemaps, structured clone, temporal, JSON modules, and more!
Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:26 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:55 RegExp Escaping Proposal tc39/proposal-regex-escaping: Proposal for investigating RegExp escaping for the ECMAScript standard 05:25 Intl.DurationFormat tc39/proposal-intl-duration-format 07:55 Standardized Sourcemaps tc39/source-map-rfc: RFCs for the source map debug format. 10:43 Structured Clone structuredClone() global function - Web APIs | MDN 12:54 Temporal Hasty Treat - Temporal Date Objects in JavaScript Tracking issue for syncing with IETF standardization work (req’d before implementers can ship unflagged) · Issue #1450 · tc39/proposal-temporal 20:59 FindLast and findLastIndex tc39/proposal-array-find-from-last: Proposal for Array.prototype.findLast and Array.prototype.findLastIndex. 22:27 JSON modules tc39/proposal-json-modules: Proposal to import JSON files as modules 24:46 Regex Modifiers RegExp Modifiers - June 2022.pptx - Microsoft PowerPoint Online 26:50 Array Grouping tc39/proposal-array-grouping: A proposal to make grouping of array items easier 30:48 Array Methods tc39/proposal-change-array-by-copy: Provides additional methods on Array.prototype and TypedArray.prototype to enable changes on the array by returning a new copy of it with the change. 6 or so New Approved and Proposed JavaScript APIs 32:12 Promise.withResolvers 35:08 Function.prototype.memo tc39/proposal-function-memo: A TC39 proposal for function memoization in the JavaScript language. 37:48 Node has a Proposed ESM Detection flag 39:54 Node has navigator.userAgent 41:29 Built in .env support 42:52 Permissions model & test runner continues to be worked on 44:06 HTML Web charts Proposal: Web Charts · Issue #9295 · whatwg/html 45:39 autopause Add autopause attribute to media elements to allow automatic pausing of media · Issue #9793 · whatwg/html 46:30 Meta Tag for AI generated content Proposal: Meta Tag for AI Generated Content · Issue #9479 · whatwg/html Schema.org - Schema.org Syntax × Sentry Swag Store – Syntax × Sentry Shop Syntax - A Tasty Treats Podcast for Web Developers. 50:13 Poster frame HTML Video Element: Proposal for adding [srcset] + [posterset] + [sizes] on video element as well [posterset] on source elements · Issue #9812 · whatwg/html 50:57 Popover invoker Popover does not know what triggered it · Issue #9111 · whatwg/html 51:25 Autocomplete on ‘contenteditable’ Elements Autocomplete on ‘contenteditable’ Elements · Issue #9065 · whatwg/html 52:17 Sick Picks Sick Picks Scott: Escaping Twin Flames cult documentary Wes: Lao Gan Ma spicy Chili Oil Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry Wes: Wes Bos Courses Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 06 Dec 2023 - 55min - 703 - 701: A11y Treats - Labels & Roles
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott explain ARIA, aria-label, Roles, and the overall importance of accessibility in your web projects.
Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:18 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:44 What is ARIA? WAI-ARIA Roles | MDN An in-depth guide to ARIA roles - The A11Y Project 02:48 What is aria-label? // A button with an ARIA role and label 06:36 What’s the difference between a title and aria-label on a button? 08:34 Are you really going to get sued if your website isn’t accessible? 11:53 What are Roles for? 16:33 6 different types of Roles 21:25 What is aria-labelledby? I agree to the Terms and Conditions. 23:13 Checking your code for accessibility eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y - npm WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools Polypane 24:31 Feedback and future show ideas Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 04 Dec 2023 - 27min - 702 - 700: Payload is Rails for JS with TypeScript, React and Drizzle (James Mikrut)
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with James Mikrut about Payload, how Payload isn’t just a CMS, where Payload fits in a tech stack, why they picked Drizzle for an ORM, what Payload Cloud is, and where’s the Rails for JavaScript?
Show Notes 00:31 Welcome 02:00 Who is James Mikrut and what’s the idea behind Payload? 05:22 Payload isn’t just a CMS Payload Payload on GitHub Payload on Twitter Payload on YouTube 09:08 Where does Payload fit in the tech stack? KeystoneJS Supabase Retool 11:22 Is Payload using TypeScript? 13:44 Why did you pick Drizzle? Drizzle ORM 18:08 Do you have to maintain MongoDB and Drizzle? SvelteKit 26:31 Does Payload have visual editing elements? 30:34 Do you build a custom UI for users? 35:10 What is Payload Cloud? 38:12 Where is the Rails for JavaScript? Next.js by Vercel Laravel Spark Deploy your Laravel PHP application painlessly RedwoodJS: The App Framework for Startups | RedwoodJS.com 41:39 How do you manage contributions from open source? 43:46 GitHub + AI 48:18 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry Error Management Magic: Introducing the Sentry Plugin for Payload 50:26 Supper Club questions Shameless PlugsHit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - 55min - 701 - 699: Potluck × TypeScript's Longevity × Canvas-Rendered Apps × Learning Rust × Executing Untrusted JS Code
In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions, including: Will TypeScript ever go away? Should I write canvas-rendered web apps? How can I execute untrusted JS code in node? How can I use continuous integration with WordPress? Any advice for learning Rust?
Show Notes 00:09 Welcome 01:16 How to ask questions for potluck episodes Ask a question for Syntax potluck episodes 02:19 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 04:34 Will TypeScript ever go away? Migrating millions of lines of code to TypeScript 08:12 What is your opinion on entirely canvas-rendered web apps, such as those built with Flutter? Flutter on the Web Flutter Gallery html2canvas - Screenshots with JavaScript 13:43 Tailscale VPN is cool Tailscale · Best VPN Service for Secure Networks Tunnel | Zero Trust App Connector | Cloudflare 16:36 What is Bandcamp? Bandcamp Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud 18:56 How can I execute untrusted JS code with node? WebAssembly Cloudflare Workers® Deno, The next-generation JavaScript runtime Fastly 23:46 I’d love to get your thoughts on modern devops and continuous integration for building out WordPress websites. Supper Club × Fabian Kägy - Modern WordPress - Blocks, Page builders, Headless, Custom Fields Vite | Next Generation Frontend Tooling Alpine.js 30:39 How do I orchestrate color adapting icons for use inline and in background images? svg.wesbos.com svg.wesbos.com/cat.svg 35:53 Are there any publicly available libraries for web components? Shoelace: A forward-thinking library of web components. Open UI 40:20 What’s a good project idea for learning Rust? Tauri Apps 45:17 Do you ever plan to do more podcasts with Scott’s wife or another psychologist / psychiatrist? 47:02 Have you tried MongoDB vector search for AI embeddings? Atlas Vector Search | MongoDB Vector Database for Vector Search | Pinecone Xata 49:44 Syntax highlighting in VS Code Comment tagged templates - Visual Studio Marketplace 52:38 Sick Picks Sick Picks Scott: The Spider-Man of Paris (2023) - IMDb Wes: Amazon.ca : instant read digital thermometer Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry Wes: Wes Bos Courses Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 29 Nov 2023 - 56min - 700 - 698: Why You Should Be Using CSS @Layers
What are @Layers in CSS, when and where should you be using them, how do you write them, and who’s using them already?
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Mon, 27 Nov 2023 - 26min - 699 - 697: What is DevRel with Salma Alam-Naylor
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Salma Alam-Naylor all about her role in DevRel, what’s involved in working in DevRel, avoiding burnout, which platforms to focus on, and so much more.
Show Notes 00:31 Welcome 01:07 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:52 New jobs and onboarding 03:34 What is Devrel? 11:34 How much of devrel is using your own product? Dogfooding the service? 14:49 What are things devrel people do? 20:32 Devrel burnout issues 24:53 Once you put a number on something, you’re measuring that number 29:31 Is there any way to know if devrel is working? 33:47 How could someone get into devrel? 37:37 What platforms should you focus on? 44:12 What’s something devrel gets wrong? 47:50 What do you think about speaking at conferences? 51:58 What do you use to stay up on with tech? 53:59 Sick picks Sick Picks Wikipedia on Hell.com Web Archive of Hell.com Fffffound https://twitter.com/webdesignmuseum Shameless Plugs Follow Salma on Twitch Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 24 Nov 2023 - 59min - 698 - 696: How to Build a Website or App
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer a listener’s question about their process for building a website in 2023. Do you start with design? With code? How do you decide on which CMS or if you need a CMS? How do you choose a backend framework? And where do you host it?
Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 02:12 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 03:06 How do you build a website? 04:57 Start with the design Figma Design Systems with Brad Frost 11:12 Choose a Frontend / Components Pug EJS React Svelte Remix Storybook 25:16 Real data or fake data? Polypane DrizzleORM 29:34 Do you need a CMS or not? Statamic Syntax 254: Headless CMS Break Down & Roundup WordPress.org Astro 35:16 Choosing a backend language or framework 39:56 Testing 44:50 Where do you host your website? Vercel Netlify Drop Glitch CodePen 50:04 Sick Picks Sick Picks Scott: Chip clips Wes: Soft close used toilet seat Amazon Warehouse Deals Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry Wes: Wes Bos Courses Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 22 Nov 2023 - 55min - 697 - 695: 5 New CSS Features You Should Know
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about 5 new CSS features :nth-child(4 of .neat), CSS Motion Path, Scroll Snap, Scroll Driven Animations, and Margin Trim.
Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:10 :nth-child(4 of .neat) selector list argument of :nth-child and :nth-last-child CSS pseudo-classes | Can I use 06:43 CSS Motion Path 10:38 Scroll Snap Practical CSS Scroll Snapping 14:36 Scroll Driven Animations Scroll-driven Animations Supper Club × Bramus Van Damme on CSS 16:58 Margin Trim Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 20 Nov 2023 - 24min - 696 - 694: What's Up With Angular with Mark Techson
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Mark Techson about the recent Angular announcements and updates. How did Angular implement signals? What’s new in Angular 17? How does Angular handle CSS or UI component libraries?
Show Notes 00:30 Welcome 01:11 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:39 What’s changing with Angular? Special Angular Event Angular 03:19 What happened to Angular.js, and what’s happening now? StackBlitz Analog | Analog Supper Club × Self Hosted Backend-as-a-service with Brandon Roberts 08:19 What makes Angular special? 13:21 How did Angular implement signals? 17:17 What is a computed value? 18:54 What’s new in Angular 17? 25:10 What’s the meta framework story with Angular? Angular Material UI component library CDK | Angular Material Angular - Angular elements overview 27:40 Adding close to the metal if statements 31:03 View transitions 32:34 How does Angular handle CSS? 39:31 How does Angular integrate with UI component libraries? 41:07 What are headless components? 41:45 Does Angular work well with web components? 42:43 Supper Club Questions Accessibility in Visual Studio Code Technology Radar Thoughtworks RedMonk – The developer-focused analyst firm Mermaid | Diagramming and charting tool 49:38 Sick Picks Sick Picks Godot Engine - Free and open source 2D and 3D game engine Shameless Plugs #goodmorningwithmark on Twitter #goodmorningwithmark on YouTube Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 17 Nov 2023 - 55min - 695 - 693: Lessons Learned & Bugs Fixed from Launching Syntax.fm
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about the lessons they learned while launching the new Syntax website including launching now, transcription bugs, error monitoring, black text on black backgrounds, and more.
Show Notes 00:10 Welcome to Syntax 01:41 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:43 Don’t wait. Launch! 04:28 Transcript bug Most Powerful Speech-to-Text API | Deepgram 09:01 Error monitoring is a must 12:36 Timestamp error 16:20 Black text on black background might hide things 17:33 WASM Vercel file system 21:18 Things have gotten easier to launch PlanetScale: The world’s most advanced database platform — PlanetScale 23:36 Switching from OpenAI to Anthropic Claude and AI Responses aren’t always JSON 25:34 Local dev is fast Navigation API 31:37 Mind your payloads 32:41 GitHub Milestones 33:57 Almost forgot the Robots.txt 36:17 Chron job timeout Inngest 40:06 TypeScript errors don’t need to be zero to launch 42:25 GitHub Actions pipeline bug 43:23 Basic testing will do Playwright 44:56 Have a designer to work with Airbase 52:07 Sick Picks Sick Picks Scott: Dog Poop Bags With Dispenser Wes: Resistance band Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry Wes: Wes Bos Courses Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 15 Nov 2023 - 56min - 694 - 692: You Need Stale While Revalidate
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott explain what Stale While Revalidate is, why you should use it, and explore whether you should use it all the time on all the things.
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Mon, 13 Nov 2023 - 22min - 693 - 691: Cloudflare Workers Are Next Level With Rita Kozlov And Brendan Irvine-Broque
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Rita Kozlov And Brendan Irvine-Broque about Cloudflare Workers, Cloudflare AI, browser rendering API, Cloudflare’s D1 database, WinterCG, miniflare, and more!
Show Notes 00:32 Welcome 01:53 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:20 What are Cloudflare Workers? Announcing WinterJS Cloudflare Workers® Puppeteer | Puppeteer 06:23 How long did Workers take to ship? 07:31 Can you run your entire business on Cloudflare Workers? 10:52 Interesting use cases for Cloudflare Workers 12:33 What makes the edge important? 18:05 Managing GDPR compliance 19:02 What are the tradeoffs of building with Cloudflare Workers? Cloudflare Queues 20:22 How does Workers pricing work? 26:54 What are situations where you might need longer times? 28:50 Browser rendering API Browser Rendering docs 29:43 What is Cloudflare D1 database product? Cloudflare D1 31:05 Cloudflare Hyperdrive Hyperdrive “Serverless” Databases 34:27 Cloudflare Workers don’t use a Node.js runtime Introducing workerd: the Open Source Workers runtime 37:13 What is WinterCG? WinterCG 45:09 Will we ever see a standard for server routing? TCP sockets · Cloudflare Workers docs 49:30 What is miniflare? 🔥 Miniflare · Miniflare 54:05 Can I run Python on Cloudflare? 55:49 Cloudflare AI Partnering with Hugging Face to make deploying AI easier Cloudflare + AI WebGPU API Cache · Cloudflare Workers docs 57:04 Supper Club questions 59:38 Sick Picks Sick Picks Get a bench scrape Shameless Plugs Cloudflare Discord Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 10 Nov 2023 - 1h 04min - 692 - 690: How To Dark Mode and Beyond
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about the process they are using for extending the Syntax website with themes, including a dark mode and secret custom themes. They also talk about issues encountered with theming and CSS, including flashes of un-themed content.
Show Notes 00:00 Syntax + Sentry Announcement! 01:35 Welcome 02:23 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 03:16 How to implement a theme 10:27 Writing the CSS 11:38 Glasses wearers protip 13:02 Class on the body and server side rendering issue 14:02 CSS Variables 15:05 Color variables in CSS 21:07 Working in half pixel sizes 22:40 Variable usage 25:23 Naming variables after what they style 30:42 Component level variables 33:27 Using zones 38:41 Themes should be defined as light or dark 39:20 Issues: Moving from light to dark 42:29 Issues: Drop shadow in dark mode 44:00 Issues: Flash of unthemed content 44:40 Issues: Opacity values 49:45 Issues: SVG need change color 55:56 Help is on the way! 59:57 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× website/src/styles/themes/level-up.css at v2 The 2023 State of CSS Survey Part 2 × CSS Frameworks × Tooling × Browser Usage “color-contrast” | Can I use… Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc The Future of CSS: Easy Light-Dark Mode Color Switching with light-dark() – Bram.us ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Kala (@engineer.everything) Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Wed, 08 Nov 2023 - 1h 04min - 691 - 689: You Should Be Using JavaScript Maps & Sets
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about why you should be using JavaScript maps sets, whether you can access them directly, what makes them great, and what weak versions of both are.
Show Notes 00:26 Welcome 01:34 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:54 What makes Maps a spicy buffalo object? 07:46 API of Map 08:51 Looping over items in a Map 09:27 Can you change the size of a map after it’s been created? 10:07 Can you access properties directly? 12:13 Where have we used a map as a cache? 13:32 What makes a set an array honey garlic array? 17:28 When should you be using sets instead of an array? Proposed Highlight API is built on Sets 21:47 Can you spread sets like an array? 22:40 Weak versions of map and set WeakMap and Garbage collection Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Mon, 06 Nov 2023 - 28min - 690 - 688: Ex-npm Employee Making a New Package Manager?! Vlt with Darcy Clarke
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Darcy Clarke about his career path in tech, working with Wes back in the day, why he decided to build vlt volt, and the biggest sick pick list yet!
Show Notes 00:32 Welcome 01:38 Building a tweet wall back in the day 08:54 How did you land at npm? npm 19:40 Why do we need another package manager and registry? 22:11 What is vlt volt? vlt: a new home for open source vlt /vōlt/ (@vltpkg) / X Shipping ESM with Mark Erikson Bun Yarn Nx 27:18 Do you see a future where we don’t pre-compile before shipping? 29:32 Why would pnpm be faster than npm? 31:14 What are the problems with symlinking? 33:08 What’s happening with Yarn? Verdaccio Cloudsmith jfrong Sonatype socket.dev Snyk.io Dependency Confusion 37:42 What do you think about config files? antfu Config of File Nesting for VS Code The massive bug at the heart of the npm ecosystem WebTorrent 41:02 VS Code tip - file nesting patterns 41:59 How does on-prem registry work? 47:29 Where does Socket.dev and Snyk security fit? 52:46 Sick Picks 04:41 How did you get vlt.sh? 05:30 How did you get @Darcy? Sick Picks Flat Coat Goldendoodle Scientific American Nespresso BlackBerry (2023) - IMDb BlackBerry (2023) Letterboxd Matthias Wandel Blink-182 Official Site Moneen Bring Me The Horizon Shameless Plugs vlt: a new home for open source Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 - 1h 09min - 689 - 687: Hosting NextJS × Spicy Sidedishes × Modern Forms × Abandoning TypeScript
In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about hosting NextJS, spicy sidedishes, putting forms in modern websites, why is everyone abandoning TypeScript, CSS Survey follow up, do devs need to be into CSS, and more!
Show Notes 00:10 How to submit a question to Syntax Syntax Potluck Listener Questions 00:45 Syntax meet up in Toronto 02:11 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:36 Vendor lock in with NextJS? Next.js by Vercel Vercel SST Supper Club × Next.js on AWS + Serverless with Dax Raad — Syntax Podcast 589 Cloudflare Pages Netlify Open source Next.js serverless adapter 09:48 🌶️ Spicy Sidedish: Stop calling Firefox the new IE Jen Simmons 16:40 Can you compare Database as a service and provide your recommendation and suggestions? “Serverless” Databases — Syntax Podcast 551 PlanetScale Firebase 20:00 How do I do native forms outside of CMS like WordPress? Builder.io 28:01 Why have Svelte and Turbo abandoned Typescript? 32:17 Why are companies hesitant to migrate to Next? 33:36 Is React Native dead? 38:33 Do I use the keyword “new” when throwing an Error or not? 41:59 touch-action use case Announcing Quina Quina - Menu Announcing Hondo Hondo - a word game in 100 words or less 42:57 Subgrid and the :has selector usage 46:02 Is it okay to be a front end developer and not be as interested in CSS? Tool Academy (American TV series) 51:12 Could you explain what are workers, processes, jobs, tasks, and deamons? 56:29 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Infamous International: The Pink Panthers Story Wes: PowerBlock Adjustable Dumbbells For Home Gym & Commercial Use Syntax episode 3 Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax on TikTok Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyWed, 01 Nov 2023 - 1h 00min - 688 - 686: We Need Your Help With The Secret Sauce
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the secret sauce that’s going into the creation of the new Syntax.fm website including the styling, search, tooling, database, hosting, and more.
Show Notes 00:21:15 Welcome 01:10:11 Where did the name “Secret Sauce” come from? 03:16:00 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 04:32:11 What Syntax.fm is built in? SvelteKit • Web development, streamlined muxinc/media-chrome: Custom elements (web components) for making audio and video player controls that look great in your website or app. Media Chrome Docs 07:24:01 How we’re doing search flexsearch - npm 12:22:20 Styling Prettier · Opinionated Code Formatter PostCSS - a tool for transforming CSS with JavaScript 16:00:05 Tooling Fast, disk space efficient package manager | pnpm 18:55:11 Database Prisma | Next-generation ORM for Node.js & TypeScript 21:11:11 Services Deepgram OpenAI Anthropic \ Introducing Claude 24:34:11 Hosting Vercel: Develop. Preview. Ship. For the best frontend teams PlanetScale: The world’s most advanced database platform — PlanetScale Cloudflare - The Web Performance & Security Company | Cloudflare Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyMon, 30 Oct 2023 - 28min - 687 - 685: Jason Lengstorf on Live Streaming, Creating Content, and Building a Studio Space
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Jason Lengstorf about his journey in video creation, live streaming, and tech education. What’s up with Jason’s new studio? How does he prep for a live stream?
Show Notes 00:32 Welcome 02:21 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:39 Who is Jason Lengstorf? 05:43 Why did you decide to go full time on Learn with Jason? 10:04 Jason’s new YouTube series idea 13:36 Jason gets a special delivery 14:30 What’s in Jason’s new studio? 20:14 What’s the ideal medium for content in 2023? 24:28 Treat decisions as forever, for now. 26:01 Is live streaming as difficult to get into as it seems? 29:21 How do you prepare for a live stream? 32:58 How do you decide what to create? 38:23 How do you feel about React? 40:21 What are your thoughts on AI? 49:08 Supper Club questions 56:25 Sick Picks Sarah Drasner’s Site Animation With Svelte (with Scott Tolinski) — Learn With Jason Gatsby Netlify Jessica Kobeissi ANDREW HUANG Theo Browne Cassidy Williams Bytes - The Best JavaScript Newsletter ZSA Moonlander: ErgoDox EZ Operator Fonts Night Owl SyntaxFM by SyntaxFM MD IO ILME-FX3 | Interchangeable-lens Cameras FE 24-70 mm F2.8 GM Sick Picks Synergy - Share one mouse & keyboard across computers Shameless PlugsLearnWithJason.dev: Learn. Build. Grow. Together.
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Fri, 27 Oct 2023 - 58min - 686 - 684: Spooky Coding Horror Stories 2023 - Part 2
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott relate even more spooky listener submitted coding horrors including crypto copy paste, Big Brother bug, losing $50,000, 2,000 SMS, a $20,000 hour, and more.
Show Notes 00:09 Velcome to Synax 01:09 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:36 Stories are anonymous! 01:57 Crypto copy + paste 03:48 Big Brother Bug 07:00 One of 6 laptops that can fix npm 07:57 Auto-submitting payments 09:42 40,000 orders shipped and refunded 11:16 Dropping the analytics database 11:40 dev was actually production 12:40 Updating the DNS 13:40 Losing ~$50,000 15:30 Clearing 80 million records 16:21 Web chat DDoS 18:00 URL Shortener #$@%# Ontario’s rejected licence plates for 2022 | CP24.com Boonta Vista: A “political” podcast for “smart” people 21:12 Sending an email to 20,000 users 21:42 Moving code to GitHub 23:32 “Lorem sale” 26:08 2,000 SMS messages 27:00 International shipment of kiosks 28:19 Crashing production Slow DB Queries | Sentry Documentation 31:01 Hitting customers credit card limit 32:01 Infinite redirect loop 32:53 My first commit 33:23 Augmented reality game prize mistakes 35:15 A $20,000 hour 35:57 Site went down for 3 days 37:42 Accidentally truncated the prod database 38:48 Off by one error 40:05 Exposing database credentials 42:08 Delete a temp directory on prod 44:51 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Race to the Summit Wes: 100LBS Strong Magnetic Hooks Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyWed, 25 Oct 2023 - 50min - 685 - 683: Spooky Coding Horror Stories 2023 - Part 1
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes relate some spooky listener submitted coding horrors including updates for a large furniture retailer, pull request oversights, disallowing everything in a robots.txt, massive email fail, and more.
Show Notes 00:21 Welcome 01:22 Whetting your whistle 01:52 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:13 Site updates for one of the largest furniture retailers in my country 04:18 The Embarrassing Test Page Incident 05:54 The Pull Request Oversight 08:02 Making changes to a JSON file 13:11 Deploying a “disallow everything” robots.txt 14:45 GDPR Deletion 16:11 Dropping the backing disk for the production postgres 17:05 Accidentally pushing staging code as an update 18:34 Email fail 19:25 Hot mobile app prayers 22:28 Bogus ACH info 23:51 Wiring money error 26:44 Payment gateway test not production Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyMon, 23 Oct 2023 - 31min - 684 - Design Systems with Brad Frost
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Brad Frost about how to implement design systems in small and large scale projects, best practices around naming things, keeping everything in sync across different codebases, and how design systems help projects.
Show Notes 00:32 Welcome 01:02 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:34 Introducing Brad Frost Brad Frost.com Atomic Design by Brad Frost Brad (@brad_frost) on Twitter Brad on LinkedIn Brad on Mastodon Brad on YouTube Brad on GitHub Brad Frost on CodePen Big Medium | Design for What’s Next 06:43 What is a design system? 12:12 How do you keep design and code in sync? Material Design Shopify Polaris Carbon Design System The Design System Ecosystem | Brad Frost 16:13 How do you use Shopify, WordPress, React, etc. through a design system? 19:41 How is CSS handled? 25:40 What’s the benefit of going all in on web components? 29:13 Do small startups need to worry about design systems? 33:03 How do design tokens work? 38:17 How do you deal with pushback on design systems? 41:46 How do you go outside the guidelines? 45:24 What system do you use for naming things? 49:34 How do you best document your language choices? 51:09 Supper Club questions Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller: Donella H. Meadows, Diana Wright: 9781603580557: Amazon.com: Books Miriam Eric Suzanne Zeldman on Web and Interaction Design - Famous for stating the obvious. 57:54 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Rubblebucket Shameless Plugs Frostapalooza! | Brad Frost FROSTAPALOOZA - A Concert Party Happening On August 17th 2024 Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyFri, 20 Oct 2023 - 59min - 683 - 681: What's New in AI for Web Developers
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through recent developments in AI and how they might be useful for developers, whether AI is still worthy of the hype, and whether developer jobs are at risk from AI.
Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 03:10 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 03:49 v0.dev v0 by Vercel 09:28 Anthropic and Claude Claude Syntax Listener Survey 18:02 Facebook’s Meta AI AI at Meta 18:48 Cloudflare AI Large language model (LLM) Speech to text Translation Sentiment Analysis Image classification Embedding 27:24 AI Hardware announced Rewind 29:39 Cloudflare Hugging face Hugging Face – The AI community building the future. StarCoder: A State-of-the-Art LLM for Code Vectorize: a vector database for shipping AI-powered applications 36:28 OpenAI Function calling Function calling and other API updates 38:55 GPT-4V GPT-4V(ision) system card 42:36 GitHub CoPilot 44:03 Are we still on the AI hype train? 48:27 Are our jobs at risk as developers? 52:24 Spotify DJ AI Spotify Debuts a New AI DJ 53:29 ChatGPT plugins ChatGPT plugins 55:19 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Coding App for Kids | codeSpark Academy Wes: Peter Santenello, Roblox Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyWed, 18 Oct 2023 - 1h 00min - 682 - 680: Getting jQuery’d × Honourable Deaths of libraries We Don’t Use Anymore
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about all the libraries we don’t need to use anymore thanks to their features being built into the browsers now.
Show Notes 00:24 Welcome 01:55 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:17 Why did people use jQuery? jQuery lukeed/polka: A micro web server so fast, it’ll make you dance! 05:12 Writing our own jQuery plugins 07:23 AJAX requests jQuery.ajax() 08:29 Express Migrating to Express 5 14:58 Underscore.JS Underscore.js 19:27 Require.js RequireJS 21:06 LeftPad Coder unpublished 17 lines of JavaScript and “broke the Internet” | Ars Technica 23:13 Grid systems 960 Grid System Susy | OddBird 26:24 Sass, Less, etc. Can Vanilla CSS Replace Sass Yet? — Syntax Podcast 603 26:58 Sockets.io Socket.IO 29:50 What else is going to get jQuery’d? Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyMon, 16 Oct 2023 - 32min - 681 - 679: Creator of Swift, Tesla Autopilot & Tensorflow. New AI language Mojo with Chris Lattner
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Chris Lattner about Mojo, a new programming language for AI developers. Should developers learn Python? Where does Mojo run? What is Chris excited about in AI’s future?
Show Notes 00:31 Welcome 01:05 Introducing Chris Lattner Chris Lattner’s Homepage Chris Lattner on Wikipedia Chris Lattner on GitHub Chris Lattner on Twitter Modular (@Modular_AI) / X Modular: AI development starts here Swift.org - Welcome to Swift.org 03:50 What’s the history behind the hardware? 08:10 What’s the difference between a compiled language vs an interpreted language? 12:13 Is Mojo a programming language? Mojo 🔥: Programming language for all of AI 15:12 Are Python libraries compatible with Mojo? 15:26 Why did you choose Python? 16:49 Why is AI so Python focused? 19:19 Should web developers learn Python? 21:40 Where does Mojo run? 25:05 How did you use the flame emoji for the Mojo file extension? 29:05 How does machine learning actually work? 37:36 Will Mojo be open source in some way? 39:16 How do you start developing a new programming language? 43:14 What is the future of developer jobs? 45:30 What are you excited about with AI in the future? 47:24 Supper Club questions Welcome to a World of OCaml 52:59 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Exercise Shameless Plugs Mojo 🔥: Programming language for all of AI Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyFri, 13 Oct 2023 - 55min - 680 - 678: The 2023 State of CSS Survey Part 2 × CSS Frameworks × Tooling × Browser Usage
In this episode of Syntax, it’s part 2 of Wes and Scott’s reactions to the 2023 State of CSS survey including CSS frameworks, tooling, browser usage, SVG and CSS, and the CSS Awards.
Show Notes 00:10 Welcome Reacting to State of CSS Survey — Syntax Podcast 672 State of CSS 2023 01:15 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:29 CSS Frameworks Bootstrap · The most popular HTML, CSS, and JS library in the world. Open Props: sub-atomic styles Lightning CSS 10:57 How happy are you with CSS frameworks? 17:21 Other tools CSS Analytics - Project Wallace 19:34 Top utilities in use 24:48 Browser usage 29:01 CSS usage 33:25 Browser incompatibilities 36:42 SVG and CSS 44:28 Resources for learning CSS Kevin Powell | CSS Evangelist Fireship - Learn to Code Faster LeveUp Tutorials 46:55 Awards Panda CSS - Build modern websites using build time and type-safe CSS-in-JS 50:48 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: A Timeline of the 1970s Heavyweight Boxing Division (Boxing Documentary) / Full Boxing Timelines Wes: NEIKO 10181A Step Drill Bit Set Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyWed, 11 Oct 2023 - 56min - 679 - 677: Home Office Tips
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk through tips for upping your home office vibe, including cable management, lighting, ergonomics, and even roller blade wheels.
Show Notes 00:18 Welcome 00:46 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:13 Creating a great home office Scott’s New Office × The Levelup Lodge — Syntax Podcast 461 Wes’ New Soundproof Office — Syntax Podcast 516 03:22 Lighting 06:08 Clutter and cords Alex Tech 25ft - 1/2 inch Cord Protector Wire D-Line CC-1 Light Duty Floor Cord Cover/Cable Protector Cable Clips WireRun Under Desk Cable Manager 14" 10:33 Clean 13:42 Sound absorption Bose QuietComfort 35 II review Wyze Noise-Cancelling Headphones 19:26 Ergonomics VIVO Single Monitor Height Adjustable Counterbalance Pneumatic Arm Desk Mount Stand 23:17 Roller blade wheels for your chair Office Owl Caster Wheels Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyMon, 09 Oct 2023 - 26min - 678 - 676: Google IDX - VS Code in the Browser with David East
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with David East about Google’s new cloud based full-stack, multiplatform app development workflow, Project IDX.
Show Notes 00:22 Welcome 01:31 Browser in the car 02:16 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:24 Who is David East? David East David East David East (@_davideast) / X Learn from David East’s courses | Frontend Masters Firebase | Google’s Mobile and Web App Development Platform 04:32 What is IDX? Project IDX Flutter - Build apps for any screen Welcome to nix.dev — nix.dev documentation 13:15 What’s the experience of IDX? Nx: Smart, Fast and Extensible Build System 16:42 IDX isn’t just a toy - it’s a dev machine 20:29 What’s the offline mode like? 23:30 How are VS Code extensions handled? 27:03 Is multiplayer or project sharing on the road map? 28:45 How is latency taken care of? 31:43 This could be faster than local dev environment 36:18 Portability of your projects 42:25 What do you think about iPad coding? 44:28 Phone testing with IDX Firebase Test Lab 46:59 How is AI being integrated? 50:23 Supper Club questions Introducing Operator | Fonts by Hoefler&Co. MD IO by Mass-Driver - Future Fonts 55:25 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××CSS
Shameless Plugs The Bad At Css Podcast Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyFri, 06 Oct 2023 - 58min - 677 - 675: Potluck × Bun Thoughts × Guesting on Syntax × Why Rust?
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about Bun, using custom auth headers, the difference between trpc, REST, or GraphQL, documenting your code, why learn Rust, and more!
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00:00 Syntax Survey 00:24 Syntax Meetup 01:02 Welcome 01:24 Scott’s macOS bug Tauri Apps 02:19 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:40 What are your thoughts on Bun? Bun — A fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime Zig Programming Language Deno, The next-generation JavaScript runtime Cloudflare Workers Netlify Connect Storybook Histoire 11:25 How can I add custom auth header for image requests done by the browser? 17:32 What are the differences between trpc, REST, and graphql? 24:48 What kind of teams would use trpc, REST, or graphql? 27:12 Are there any podcast guest opportunities on Syntax? 32:21 With no initial documentation, how do you suggest we document our intricate code, business logic, and integrations? 38:53 Rust didn’t invent this, they’re common paradigms in languages 41:05 Why Rust? Rust Programming Language 43:52 Is Scott still using his Tonal? Tonal 44:42 What did I do to make Fetch rebel against me? Proxyman 50:40 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Glow Up Wes: SendCutSend Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax on TikTok Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyWed, 04 Oct 2023 - 56min - 676 - 674: A11y Treats - Heading Design
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about headings on your website, why you should care, how to structure your headings, and what tooling is there for testing your website?
Show Notes 00:26 Welcome 01:21 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:41 Why do we care about Headings? How-to: Accessible heading structure - The A11Y Project 03:12 Heading design provides an outline for your website 08:45 Using H1 classes? 10:28 Is the logo an H1? 13:03 Giving an ARIA level 17:14 Can headings be visually hidden? 21:00 Benefits of good heading design 22:27 Tooling Heading outlines - ADG HTML Standard Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers HeadingsMap - Chrome Web Store HeadingsMap – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US) Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyMon, 02 Oct 2023 - 28min - 675 - 673: Getting Hired, Interviewing, and Why Recruiters Suck with Taylor Desseyn
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Taylor Desseyn about his work as a job recruiter, how hiring has changed over the last few years, what soft and tech skills developers need, what not to do when applying, and how AI is affecting the hiring process.
Show Notes 00:35 Welcome 01:10 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:35 Who is Taylor Desseyn? taylor desseyn (/tdesseyn) Taylor Desseyn on LinkedIn World-class technical talent on tap | Gun.io taylor desseyn (@tdesseyn) / X Taylor Desseyn 03:49 Why are recruiters just sending emails? 05:26 How much does a recruiter make? 06:44 How have things changed in the last couple of years? 09:22 How can developers stand out when applying? 13:52 What do developers do that cost them jobs? 28:46 What soft skills are employers looking for? 32:01 What tech skills are showing up in job postings? 34:57 Are resumes dead? 40:16 How does Gun.io vet people? World-class technical talent on tap | Gun.io 43:15 How is AI changing hiring? 46:03 What’s working on social media marketing in hiring? 48:33 Supper Club questions 53:39 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Group Chat - Dee Murthy - Watch Painkiller | Netflix Official Site Shameless Plugs Guidance Counselor 2.0 | Podcast on Spotify The Unicorn Finders | Podcast on Spotify Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyFri, 29 Sep 2023 - 56min - 674 - Reacting to State of CSS Survey
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott go over some of the results the State of CSS survey for 2023, including drop-shadow, subgrid, logical properties, media range, and more!
Show Notes 00:25:21 Welcome 01:31:22 Soccer update 03:52:05 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 04:03:18 StateOfCSS.com State of CSS 2023 04:21:11 Top 5 Most Used Features 09:13:09 Drop-shadow 13:00:11 Subgrid 18:31:21 Logical properties 20:11:20 Media range 20:52:11 Object view box 23:10:14 Anchor positioning 28:21:09 Intrinsic sizing keywords 29:32:00 View Transitions API Can I use… Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc Astro Supper Club × Astro 2.0 with Fred Schott — Syntax Podcast 580 31:43:18 Updates to colors in CSS 35:07:05 Accent color, current color 36:36:11 Scroll snap and overscroll behaviour 39:04:22 Touch action 40:16:01 Line clamp or variable font Variable Fonts 45:28:11 Accessibility features 48:33:12 :Has has jumped 49:32:11 @Property 53:52:13 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Kodiak Cakes Strawberries & Cream Oatmeal Packets (Pack of 6) Wes: Food Storage Containers, Baby Food Storage Containers with Lid, Baby Food and Toddler Snack Containers Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax Podcast (@syntaxfm) | TikTok Wes: Web Unleashed 2023 - FITC Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyWed, 27 Sep 2023 - 1h 00min - 673 - Tauri Vs Electron - Desktop Apps with Web Tech
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the building desktop apps using Electron vs Tauri.
Show Notes 00:26 Welcome 00:55 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 01:15 Check my hair app Tauri Apps Electron Hand Mirror on the Mac App Store SoFriendly/2fhey 04:19 What is Tauri? 08:23 The experience of writing apps in Electron vs Tauri 16:17 Electron Forge 20:02 Building the same app in Electron vs Tauri Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyMon, 25 Sep 2023 - 28min - 672 - Anxiety and Uncertainty with Dr. Courtney Tolinski
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Dr. Courtney Tolinski about signs and symptoms of anxiety, what the long term effects are of anxiety, how to know if you need help, and what kinds of things you can do to deal with anxiety and uncertainty.
Show Notes 00:35 Welcome 01:11 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:23 Introducing Dr. Courtney Tolinski Mental Health and Dev ft Dr. Courtney Tolinski - Depression, Anxiety, Imposter Syndrome, Focus, Motivation, Burnout — Syntax Podcast 236 Supper Club × Coding with ADHD with Dr. Courtney Tolinski — Syntax Podcast 532 04:13 What is anxiety? 06:44 Is there a difference between anxiety and just not wanting to do something? 08:58 What kinds of physical symptoms are there? 15:43 What are the longer term effects of anxiety? 17:34 How do you know if you need help with anxiety? 21:05 What can I do to solve my anxiety? Psychology Today Canada: Health, Help, Happiness + Find a Therapist Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking How We Feel Apple Reveals More iOS 17 Features Not Available Until Later This Year - MacRumors Meditation and Sleep Made Simple - Headspace Bearable Symptom Tracker, Mood Journal, & Health App BreathingApp — Personal breathing trainer for a better health 30:15 How can we recognize anxiety triggers? 33:26 What advice do you have for dealing with uncertainty? 37:54 How can I deal with keeping up with everything and feeling like I’m falling behind? 43:02 Navigating big life decisions 51:39 Supper Club questions Being Well Podcast with Dr. Rick Hanson and Forrest Hanson Celebrity Book Club with Steven & Lily on Apple Podcasts Criminality 58:01 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Fullstar Compact Vegetable Chopper - Vegetable Cutter, Food Chopper, Veggie Chopper, Onion Chopper, Vegetable Chopper With Container, Vegetable Slicer, Vegetable Cutter, Mandoline Slicer (6 Inserts): Home & Kitchen Shameless Plugs Learning Differently (@learning.differently) • Instagram photos and videos Zarlengo Foundation Learning Evaluation Center| Denver, Colorado Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyFri, 22 Sep 2023 - 1h 01min - 671 - The Svelte + SvelteKit Show
In this episode of Syntax, Wes reviews his experience building with Svelte and SvelteKit including templating, data fetching, actions, managing state, request handlers, and more.
Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:12 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:11 What is Svelte vs SvelteKit From React To SvelteKit — Syntax Podcast 390 Hasty Treat - Wes & Scott Look At Svelte 3 — Syntax Podcast 173 Svelte • Cybernetically enhanced web apps SvelteKit • Web development, streamlined 05:59 Templating in Svelte 18:20 Data fetching in SvelteKit 25:23 Actions 28:58 State 32:41 Binding values 36:18 Hooks 37:25 Request handlers Special elements • Docs • Svelte website/src/actions/anchor.ts at v2 · syntaxfm/website website/src/actions/click_outside.ts at v2 · syntaxfm/website 39:23 Svelte Actions 42:26 Popover API 45:33 Routing 47:22 Layouts 50:08 Styling 57:09 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Aqara Smart Lock U100 Wes: Headphones Replacement Ear Pads,Compatible for Bose Quietcomfort QC15 QC25 QC35 35 ii-(Black Floral) Shameless Plugs Scott: Sentry Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyWed, 20 Sep 2023 - 1h 02min - 669 - Hacking the Tonal - Proxying, Intercepting + Debugging Traffic?
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about how you can intercept and debug traffic going out from your computer or other internet connected devices in your home, or your garage!
Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:55 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 02:17 Scott’s story of wanting to intercept data Tonal 06:36 Other examples 08:38 Different types of traffic 14:52 TCP vs UDP 16:07 Why would you want to run a proxy? 24:20 Applications to use Charles Web Debugging Proxy • HTTP Monitor / HTTP Proxy / HTTPS & SSL Proxy / Reverse Proxy Proxyman · Native, Modern Web Debugging Proxy · Inspect network traffic from Mac, iOS, Android devices with ease Intercept, debug & mock HTTP with HTTP Toolkit mitmproxy - an interactive HTTPS proxy Wireshark · Go Deep Little Snitch Capturing Modes - Fiddler Everywhere Hacksore on Twitter How I Hacked my Car :: Programming With Style Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyMon, 18 Sep 2023 - 35min - 668 - Supper Club × How To Get Your First Dev Job With Stuart Bloxham
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Stuart Bloxham about how he learned to code, what his interview process was like when applying for a job, how he found the time to make it all work, and his thoughts on bootcamps and ways to learn.
Show Notes 00:36 Welcome Stuart Bloxham on GitHub Stuart Bloxham on LinkedIn 02:09 How did you decide to be a web developer? 08:22 Did you have clarity when your kid was born? 10:20 What was the interview process like? 18:25 What and how did you learn? 20:28 What’s the state of bootcamps in 2023? 22:03 How important have soft skills been? 25:14 How do you know when you’re ready to apply for a job? 35:24 Do you like coding? 37:49 How did you find the time to make it all work? 41:42 How did you deal with burnout? 43:06 Supper Club questions 45:34 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Flowerhorn cichlid Shameless Plugs Stuart Bloxham’s Portfolio Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyFri, 15 Sep 2023 - 48min - 667 - Hackweek Projects - Realtime Markdown Editor and a Hardware Recording Button
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott review the projects they built during Sentry’s Hackweek: a realtime Markdown multiplayer editor, and a hardware recording button.
Show Notes 00:11 Welcome 00:57 What is a hack week? 01:55 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 03:42 Scott’s project: a multiplayer editor Liveblocks | Collaborative experiences in days, not months PartyKit | Everything is better with friends BlockNote - Javascript Block-Based text editor | BlockNote Dev toolkit for building collaborative editors – Tiptap microsoft/monaco-editor: A browser based code editor syntaxfm/hackweek-md-multiplayer-editor: Sentry.io Hackweek Submisison - A multiplayer editor for .md files that comits directly to GitHub Convex | The fullstack TypeScript development platform The Everything App 13:57 Multiplayer is so much easier 19:56 Wes’ project: A recording button Oracle VM VirtualBox Run Windows on Mac – Parallels Desktop 19 Virtual Machine for Mac Karabiner-Elements folivora.ai - Great Tools for your Mac! Home Assistant The World’s Leading 2D and 3D Platform | Unity Pro Free Trial SendCutSend | Online Laser Cutting and Waterjet Cutting blender.org - Home of the Blender project - Free and Open 3D Creation Software 42:31 Learning to skateboard 43:59 F1 documentary follow up 45:30 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: BetterDisplay: Unlock your displays on your Mac! Wes: LOVIMAG Magnetic Hooks Heavy Duty Shameless Plugs Scott: Syntax on TikTok Wes: @WesBos on X.com Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyWed, 13 Sep 2023 - 51min - 666 - CSS Nesting is Here!
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the arrival of CSS nesting. What is CSS nesting? How does CSS nesting work? And does it work in all browsers?
Show Notes 00:24 Welcome 02:31 What’s up with CSS nesting? "CSS Nesting just landed in Firefox 117 which puts it at 100% browser support! You can start using it today — here are 11 examples on how it works 👇 04:10 How does CSS nesting work? 09:23 What the ampersand does in nesting 21:05 It works with media queries 25:29 How does it work on all the browsers? 29:32 Lightning CSS Lightning CSS Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on BlueskyMon, 11 Sep 2023 - 31min
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