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Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

Full Stack Developers Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski dive deep into web development topics, explaining how they work and talking about their own experiences. They cover from JavaScript frameworks like React, to the latest advancements in CSS to simplifying web tooling.

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

This episode tackles the growing pains of AI-assisted development, from the struggle of reviewing thousands of lines of agent-generated code to the mounting technical debt when teams merge PRs without meaningful human review. Scott and Wes also dig into local models, whether jujutsu really beats git, how freelancers should price work in the AI era, and getting your team on board with external libraries.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

00:45 Understanding AI-Generated Code

06:24 The Challenges of Code Review in AI Development

11:21 What the heck are local models?

CJ’s Guide to Local AI

16:09 Exploring New Tools: Jujutsu and Beyond

20:35 Exploring Version Control Innovations

22:18 Pricing Strategies in the Age of AI

24:52 webkit-box-reflect not in the browsers.

27:44 The Angular vs. React Debate

31:46 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs.

Sick Picks

Scott: Huggingface Reachy Mini Robot

Wes: Bose QC35

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1019: LGTM, Ship It: The AI Code Review Problem

Google fires the engineer behind its Workspace CLI tool, OpenAI previews GPT-5.6 with three new model tiers, and Astro 7 lands with a full Rust rewrite. Plus: Coinbase cuts token costs with smarter routing, and more in this week’s Syntax Live

Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:34 Welcome to Syntax!

01:46 Google fires Workspace CLI Creator

12:30 GPT 5.6 Is Coming

19:59 GLM 5.2 Released

23:23 Astro 7 Rust Re-write

32:46 Cursor Announces iOS App

35:08 Scott’s Workflow: Herdr + Mosh + Termius + Tailscale

40:33 Coinbase Reduces AI Cost with Model Routing

44:22 wayfinder-router - Local AI Routing CLI

48:16 Token efficiency in models and harnesses

Martin Woodward on X

52:34 performativeUI - react components for AI startups

54:31 Brought to you by Sentry.io

55:21 Reachy Mini Robot

01:02:21 FUTO Keyboard Swipe for Android

01:05:40 CSS Quake

01:07:35 HTML Invoker API is Baseline Available

01:13:17 Cloudflare Temporary Accounts for AI Agents

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1018: Google fires Workspace CLI Creator

Scott and Wes raid the listener mailbag to settle the pnpm vs. npm debate, decode how web standards sneak into your browser, and ask the big one: is “AI” even intelligent, or just fancy autocomplete? Plus Stack Overflow nostalgia, the Shadcn head-scratcher, and why big design systems are sleeping on modern HTML.

Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:44 Welcome to Syntax!

01:51 Exploring CSS Component Approaches

07:30 Brought to you by Sentry

08:09 The Advantages of PNPM over NPM

12:31 Nostalgia and Growth through Stack Overflow

Wes’ Stack Overflow

Scott’s Stack Overflow

19:13 The Evolution of Podcasting and Video Content

23:34 Understanding the Proposal Process for Web Standards

TC39 Process

TC39 Active proposals

Stage 3 examples

CSS Working Group Issues

CSS Specifications

CSS Agenda+

Chrome Platform Status

Mozilla Standards Positions

WebKit Standards Positions

Web Platform Tests

HTML Issues

HTML pull requests

HTML Living Standards

TypeScript Issues

TypeScript pull requests

TypeScript Iteration Plans

TypeScript blog

Node Issues

Node pull requests

Node recent releases

Node release schedule

28:25 Understanding AI: The Misconception of Intelligence

33:26 The Role of Modern Web Features in Design Systems

39:20 Navigating AI in Software Development: Two Camps of Engineers

47:05 The Importance of Fundamentals in the Age of AI

49:15 Scams in the Tech Industry: A Cautionary Tale

53:34 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

Scott:Warhammer 40000 minitures

Wes: Baby gate

Shameless Plugs

Scott:

Wes:

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1017, We need to stop calling it “AI”

Wes, Scott, and CJ break down the latest web dev news. From AI agents and coding tools to Deno Desktop, Nub, and predictive UX. They also discuss bot-filled social media, remote work debates, and a slick 3D bookstore experience.

Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:35 Welcome to Syntax!

01:43 Codex Design Smell

03:55 More Bots Than Humans

Bot vs Human

Post-smoke test software era

12:38 Social Media Is Nothing But Bots

19:55 Brought to you by Sentry

20:38 Vercel Launches Agent Framework

Introducing Flue

Flue

Introducing eve

eve

36:14 We Want Local AI Agents

47:22 Deno Desktop

Deno Desktop App

01:01:40 Nub Replaces Bun

Introducing Nub

Nub

01:06:04 ForsightJS Predicts User Intent

ForesightJS v4

PointerEvent: getPredictedEvents() method

01:12:43 Is WFH Fraud?

Remote work is fraud

01:18:38 3D Book Store Explorer

3D Book Store

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1016: More Bots Than Humans

Is the web dead, or just evolving? Wes Bos breaks down his JS Nation Amsterdam talk on agentic interfaces, why chat won’t replace everything, how Web MCP lets agents interact with your existing sites, and what “Clicks and Clankers” really means for the future of UI.

Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:33 Welcome to Syntax!

00:46 Wes’s Talk: Agentic Interfaces at JS Nation

01:37 Is the Web Dead? Chat vs. Traditional UI

03:13 No UI, Voice UI, and the Smart Home Vision

04:00 What Is Web MCP and How It Works

05:10 Clicks and Clankers: When to Click vs. Prompt

06:57 The Future of Shopping and the Open Web Problem

08:46 Delegating the Boring Stuff: Groceries and Expense Categorization

11:55 MCP Apps and the Happy Path Problem

12:55 Brought to you by Sentry.io

13:23 Generative UI: Can the LLM Make a Better UI Than You?

14:54 Smart Home Dashboards and the Jarvis Dream

17:24 Is the Web Dead? Final Thoughts

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1015: Browsers and UIs are dead. Everything is chat

Scott, Wes, and CJ reunite fresh off a trip to Amsterdam to chat conferences, burnout, and whether Anthropic actually uses AI. They also dig into a packed bag of sick picks and tech news, including HTML streaming in Chrome, an image-to-ASCII generator, and a wild Arch Linux supply chain attack.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

02:15 Anthropic Doesn’t Use AI

Thariq’s Tweet

Tweet Response

06:15 Taste and Vision in Prompting Output

10:50 Wes and Scott’s Slide Decks

18:05 Amsterdam Trip Recap

26:09 Are Conferences worth it?

27:21 Amsterdam Trip Recap

31:17 Fable 5 First Impressions

33:45 Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Banned

41:45 IRL Events Are Great For Burnout

45:12 Brought to you by Sentry.io

45:52 HTML Streaming now in Chrome

55:47 Image to ASCII Generator

The Mitos Repo

01:01:31 Find Modern Module Replacements

01:05:55 Scott is Using MacOS / iOS Betas

01:09:25 Xiaomi OpenCode Fork and Mimo 2.5 Pro

01:14:06 Agent Dashboards

01:21:39 Arch Linux Supply Chain Attack

01:23:47 Should we train coding only models?

01:31:37 Thanks!

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1014: Anthropic doesn’t use AI

Live at JSNation in Amsterdam, Scott, Wes, and CJ break down Cloudflare’s acquisition of VoidZero, the company behind Vite, Vitest, Rolldown, and Oxc. They dig into why this is genuinely exciting, not scary, covering what it means for the open source tooling you already use, Cloudflare’s growing tip-to-tail stack, and why infrastructure might be the one thing LLMs can never sherlock

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax! Live from JS Nation Amsterdam

00:35 The Big News: Cloudflare Acquires VoidZero

01:06 First Reactions: Is This a Good Thing?

01:57 Vite+ Overview: Who’s Using It

03:07 Why Would Cloudflare Want This?

03:38 The Void Framework: Cloudflare’s Vite Plugin

04:31 VoidZero’s Void Hosting Product (Built on Cloudflare)

04:53 Cloudflare Now Has Everything: Tip to Tail

05:57 What Cloudflare Is Still Missing (Auth)

06:20 Infrastructure as the Last LLM Frontier

07:27 Vendor Lock-In: The Trade-Off Worth Making?

08:09 Wrangler is Bad.

09:00 Vite’s Impact on Web Dev

09:22 AI Acquiring Engineers: What It Says About the Industry

10:10 Behind the Scenes: Who Knew Before the Announcement

10:40 Recap: Everything Stays Open Source, MIT Licensed

11:06 The $1M Vite Ecosystem Fund

11:35 Wrap Up

12:14 Brought to you by Sentry.io

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1013: Cloudflare Acquires VoidZero

Scott and Wes sit down with Jake Archibald from Mozilla to unpack how web standards actually get made at Firefox. From browser features and developer feedback to the drama around the Prompt API. They discuss Interop 2026, the future of web APIs, and what it’s really like shaping the web after a career spanning both Google and Mozilla.

Show Notes

 
00:00 The Importance of Sunscreen

 
02:29 Welcome to Syntax!

 
04:35 Transitioning from Google to Mozilla

 
06:00 Brought to you by Sentry.io

 
06:43 Mozilla’s Current Position and Development Priority

 HTML Sanitizer API

 
08:35 Feature Implementation and Developer Feedback

 
13:12 JPEG XL and AVIF: The Future of Image Formats

 
18:06 Balancing User Features and Web Standards

 
20:56 Navigating the AI Translation Dilemma

 
23:03 Understanding the Prompt API Controversy

 
32:56 Rethinking the Future of Prompt APIs

 
39:00 Exploring Local Models and User Control

 
44:04 The State of Firefox DevTools

 
45:42 Browser Stability and Developer Editions

 
47:39 Introduction to the Heading Offset API

 
51:14 Interop APIs and Their Importance

 Headingoffset & Headingreset attributes

 
54:10 Developer Feedback and Browser Features

 Developer Signals

 
58:05 Animating Display None and Its Challenges

 
01:00:44 HTML and Canvas: Opportunities and Concerns

 
01:04:01 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

 Scott:

 Wes:

 Jake:

 Clues by Sam

Shameless Plugs

 Scott:

 Wes:

 Jake:

 Bluesky

 Mastodon

 Threads

 LinkedIn

 YouTube

 X 

 Insatgram

 Tiktok

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1012: Who Decides What Ships on the Web?

Scott and Wes sit down with Ben Vinegar, former Syntax GM and founder of Modem.dev, to geek out over terminal-maxxing, from SSH-based development and tmux workflows to AI-powered coding agents. Ben also demos two of his open source tools: Hunk, a slick terminal code reviewer with 4k+ GitHub stars, and TermDraw, a terminal-based diagramming tool that posts directly to your agent.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

00:49 Introduction to Modem and AI Project Management

01:40 Exploring Terminal Usage and Productivity

04:26 Setting Up Remote Development Environments

08:38 The Power of TMUX in Development

11:20 What makes TMUX splitting different?

12:46 Integrating AI with Terminal Workflows

14:56 The Future of Terminal Applications

17:31 Balancing GUIs and Terminal Interfaces

getfresh.dev

Ben’s talk at AI Engineer Miami

24:39 Navigating Development Tools and Environments

26:44 The Balance of Security and Convenience in Coding

30:27 Cautionary Tales: The Risks of YOLO Mode

33:53 Innovative Tools for Enhanced Coding Experience

34:09 Hunk: Terminal code review.

41:39 TermDraw: A New Way to Visualize Code and Ideas

46:22 The Dynamics of Open Source Contributions

48:31 Visualizing Code: Tools and Techniques

50:54 Podcasting and Editing Processes

State of Agentic Coding.

Podguy: Agent-driven post-production workflow for video podcasts

56:23 Introducing Modem: A Product Intelligence Platform

01:01:39 Connecting Feedback to Product Development

01:03:15 Sick Picks

Sick Picks

Ben: Nirvanna: The Band - The Show - The Movie, Timecrimes

Shameless Plugs

Ben: https://modem.dev/

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1011: tmux + Terminal Maxxing with Ben Vinegar

On this episode, Scott and Wes dig into the messy reality of modern front-end work, from struggling to find skilled devs and navigating team chaos to questioning code quality, testing, and even whether AI is stealing the joy of programming.

Show Notes

 
00:00 Welcome to Syntax

 
01:06 The Challenge of Finding Skilled Front-End Developers

 
05:11 Understanding Design Mode and Its Applications

 
10:33 Navigating Team Dynamics and Code Quality

 
12:37 The Importance of Testing Strategies

 
13:39 Learning and Growing as a Developer

 
18:11 Consolidating Multiple Animation Libraries

 
21:16 Draw UI with Code Only

 
22:38 Avoiding Interview Scams

 
26:40 Embracing Change in Tech Careers

 
32:21 Why People Don’t Do Software Updates

 
41:04 AI Kills my Joy of Programming

 
49:18 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

 Scott:

 USB LED Light

 Wireless Carplay Adapter

 Wes:

Shameless Plugs

 Scott:

 Phases Podcast

 Wes:

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1015: Browsers and UIs are dead. Everything is chat

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