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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

Wes and Scott talk about building hyper-specific personal software with AI. They explore personal agents, home automation, JSON-as-a-database, and how LLMs unlock fast, custom apps that reduce friction and replace bloated SaaS.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

01:53 What is personal software (and why it matters)

04:49 Using AI agents to build hyper-specific apps for yourself

Clawdbot

ClawdHub

13:43 Supercharging your dev workflow with Tailscale

19:06 Privacy when working with LLMs

MLX-Audio

21:39 Brought to you by Sentry.io

22:21 Real-world personal app ideas

39:14 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

Scott: FTPManager

Wes: Roku Streaming Stick

Shameless Plugs

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974: Clawdbot (Moltbot), Agents and the Age of Personal Software

Scott and Wes sit down with Kent C. Dodds to break down MCP, context engineering, and what it really takes to build effective AI-powered tools. They dig into practical examples, UI patterns, performance tradeoffs, and whether the future of the web lives in chat or the browser.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

00:44 Introduction to Kent C. Dodds

02:44 What is MCP?

03:28 Context Engineering in AI

04:49 Practical Examples of MCP

06:33 Challenges with Context Bloat

08:08 Brought to you by Sentry.io

09:37 Why not give AI API access directly?

12:28 How is an MCP different from Skills

14:58 MCP optimizations and efficiency levers

16:24 MCP UI and Its Importance

19:18 Where are we at today with MCP

24:06 What is the development flow for building MCP servers?

27:17 Building out an MCP UI.

29:29 Returning HTML, when to render.

36:17 Calling tools from your UI

37:25 What is Goose?

38:42 Are browsers cooked? Is everything via chat?

43:25 Remix3

47:21 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

Kent: OneWheel

Shameless Plugs

Kent: http://EpicAI.pro,http://EpicWeb.dev,http://EpicReact.dev

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973: The Web’s Next Form: MCP UI (with Kent C. Dodds)

Wes and Scott talk about why mobile web apps often feel “janky” compared to native—and how to fix it. They cover input zooming, accidental horizontal scroll, pointer/user-select quirks, frame rate consistency, full-page refreshes, and more.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

01:11 Brought to you by Sentry.io

02:57 Zooming inputs

06:11 Horizontal scrolling

08:49 Proper use of pointer-events: none, and user-select: none

11:27 Allowing zoom on everything

16:37 Cleaning up the “jank”

19:48 Full page refresh

24:05 Slow loading times

29:50 Cumulative layout shift

32:47 Address bars and viewport units

Dynamic Viewport Units

35:34 Full-width scroll traps

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972: These Things Make Your App Feel Like Crap on Mobile

Is Stack Overflow actually dying, and what does that mean in an AI-driven dev world? Scott and Wes break down the latest web dev news, from Firefox’s AI crossroads and Apple’s browser engine changes to new tools, docs, and spicy browser updates.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

02:36 Stack Overflow is Officially Dead

05:40 AI’s Impact on Software Development

07:56 Brought to you by Sentry.io

08:20 Micro QuickJS for Embedded Systems

13:03 Open Workers: A Cloudflare Alternative

20:09 React Aria has new Docs

24:12 Firefox and the AI Dilemma

The Mozilla Announcement

31:11 Apple’s Browser Engine Changes

Using alternative browser engines in Japan.

36:12 Fractured JSON for Better Readability

37:45 New Chrome Permissions Dialogue

Chrome Network Access

41:15 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

Scott: TRMNL E-Ink Display

Wes: ACEBOTT

Shameless Plugs

Scott: Syntax on YouTube

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971: Stackoverflow and Firefox are Dead?

Wes and Scott answer your questions about whether Git GUIs beat the terminal, balancing accessibility with experimental web projects, blocking malicious traffic, smart home setups, why Anthropic bought Bun, navigating tricky team dynamics, and more!

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

00:51 Why did Anthropic buy Bun?

07:33 Should you use Git GUIs or the terminal?

lazygit

12:54 How to make better coding videos

v_framer

Recut

DaVinci Resolve

Shure MV7+

20:31 How do you handle a difficult dev teammate?

24:16 Brought to you by Sentry.io

24:41 Creative and experimental code vs accessible code

Using luminance instead of lightness

Color contrast checker

Auto color

31:51 Smart home setups we actually use

35:37 How do you block bad bots and ISPs?

Bad ASN list

38:02 What is SAP UI and why is it everywhere?

SAP UI5 Demo Kit

41:28 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

Scott: Inside Archaeology

Wes: ProfessorBoots

Shameless Plugs

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970: Why Did Anthropic Buy Bun?

Scott and Wes sit down with Dimitri Mitropoulos to explore the wild edges of TypeScript—from running Doom in the type system to building tools like Typeslayer. They dig into Turing-complete types, performance limits, and what the future might hold for TypeScript and programming languages as a whole.

Show Notes

 
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

 
00:27 Dimitri Mitropoulos Introduction

 
01:29 What is Doom in TypeScript?

 
03:10 TypeScript Types and Turing Completeness

 
04:06 Project Overview and Challenges

 
04:57 ASCII Art and Visual Representation

 
06:50 Performance Issues with TypeScript

 
09:27 Brought to you by Sentry.io

 
09:51 Typeslayer Tool Introduction

 
16:19 Building in Tauri

 
20:54 Challenges around packaging

 
24:03 Future of TypeScript and AI

 
27:40 Is the Go-based compiler significantly faster?

 TSperf

 
30:23 Should there be something to follow Typescript?

 
36:27 Staying up to date with WASM.

 
37:08 SquiggleConf Overview

 
38:26 Hosting a conference

 
40:45 What are your thoughts on Zig?

 
45:07 Vibe coding as an end goal

 
50:01 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

 Dimitri: pullfrog

Shameless Plugs

 Dimitri: Michigan TypeScript on YouTube

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969: This guy is nuts (TypeScript Doom)

Wes and Scott talk about setting realistic goals for the new year, building habits through small, sustainable changes, creating systems that actually stick, and why incremental progress beats big resolutions every time.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

00:26 Wes: Stand more

06:55 Wes: Learn to wake up early

10:04 Scott: Embrace daily TODOs

Tweek

14:18 Brought to you by Sentry.io

14:43 Wes: Better email management

19:14 Scott: Become more minimal

22:13 Wes: Get faster at typing

26:55 Scott: Listen to more self-help books

30:18 Scott: Track long-term habits

31:36 Scott (and Wes): Ship more things

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968: Habits and Changes We Want to Make in 2026

Wes and Scott talk about their bold predictions for web development in 2026, from WebGPU-powered design and modern CSS breakthroughs to JavaScript standards, AI-driven tooling, security risks, the future of frameworks, workflows, and more!

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

00:49 WebGPU and 3D experiences will finally take off

Lando Norris

01:30 Web design will make a comeback

Raycast

shaders.com

04:03 Light mode returns (yes, really)

07:06 Modern CSS standards are about to have a huge year

CSS Wrapped

Graffiti

13:15 Will the Temporal API finally ship everywhere in 2026?

14:18 The rise of the standard stack

16:18 Are we headed toward standardized RPC?

19:41 What’s next (and what’s not) for React

21:07 Why we’ll see more security failures in web dev

22:35 SvelteKit 3 lands in 2026

22:53 Where developer tooling is headed next

Oxc

Biome

26:44 More big acquisitions

Anthropic

Bun

28:02 2026: the year of durable compute

30:57 Frameworks will matter less as AI gets better

33:34 End-to-end AI workflows become the norm

36:04 Brought to you by Sentry.io

37:21 Personalized software for everyday people

39:11 MCP and MCP UI will pop

42:24 Developer skills will fall off

46:20 Crappy software will continue

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967: What’s Going to Happen in Web Dev During 2026

Wes and Scott revisit their 2025 web development predictions, grading hits and misses across AI, browsers, frameworks, CSS, and tooling. From Temporal and AI coding agents to React, Vite, and vanilla CSS, they reflect on what actually changed, what stalled, and what it all means heading into 2026.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

866: 2025 Web Development Predictions

01:26 Temporal API will ship in the browser

03:33 On-device AI becomes common

06:14 WebGPU unlocks fast local machine learning

TypeGPU

07:10 Models will plateau

10:32 Is there an actual use case for video and photo gen AI?

13:27 Text to UI tools get really good

16:25 Framework choice will matter less

18:53 Web components in Standard Stack, Web Awesome takes off

21:37 AI browsers and Copilot Workspace-style tools will become normal

22:56 AI browsera will become inevitable, OpenAI will launch a browser

27:51 Relative color will feel fully “safe to use”

29:02 Vanilla CSS will make a comeback

30:33 Brought to you by Sentry.io

30:58 CSS mixins and functions spec solidifies

CSS Custom Functions and Mixins Module Level 1

33:25 Container style queries will ship everywhere

CSS if statements

35:40 Vertical centering jokes will stubbornly persist

36:20 VS Code will reach feature parity with Cursor

38:47 More VS Code forks will appear

39:46 React Compiler drops Babel

40:34 React server components will pop

42:17 Remix re-emerges as something new

43:17 React Native will have its time

44:21 TanStack Start and Tanstack will pop

45:46 SvelteKit gets more granular data loading

46:06 Local first apps will take off

46:43 Bun keeps doing “wild but loved” non-standard features, Bun will launch a platform-as-a-service

48:22 Vite stays king

51:07 Laravel will release a CMS

52:44 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

Scott: DARKBEAM Flashlight UV Black Light

Wes: WOOZOO Fan

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966: A Look Back at Web Dev in 2025

Scott and Wes break down the biggest web platform features that reached Baseline in 2025, separating the genuinely useful APIs from the niche and forgettable ones. From same-document view transitions and the Popover API to Promise.try, content-visibility, and modern CSS goodies, they share what’s actually ready to use today.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

01:37 24 new web APIs that reached baseline in 2025.

01:49 Same-document view transitions for single-page applications.

05:28 abs()

08:22 Brought to you by Sentry.io.

09:20 JSON Module Scripts.

10:10 Popover API.

13:07 Base64 to UInt8Array.

Better Binary Batter Mixing

16:11 @starting-style

Scott’s A CSS Only Accordion with 

Scott’s Mobile Nav

17:39 allow-discrete

21:31 Promise.try

22:51 content-visibility

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973: The Web’s Next Form: MCP UI (with Kent C. Dodds)

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