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

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