988: Cloudflare’s Next.js Slop Fork

Wes and Scott talk with Steve Faulkner about vinext, a Vite-powered Next.js fork. They dive into AI coding workflows, agent browsers, code quality, and what modern dev tooling looks like in an AI-first world.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

02:01 Knowing how to use AI

02:31 The idea behind “slop fork”

vinext

How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week

06:27 How to approach a project like this

Super Whisper

07:53 Using markdown as a planning and thinking tool

12:35 Steve’s OpenCode setup

14:31 What agent browsers are and how they work

agent-browser

15:34 Where agent browsers fall short

19:02 Why agents work best with tight feedback loops

21:23 Dealing with poor code quality from AI

23:54 Brought to you by Sentry.io

24:19 Searching for a reliable AI workflow

25:54 What about security?

28:46 When it makes sense to port a framework vs switch

32:03 What an AI-first programming language might look like

33:16 TypeScript in an AI-driven workflow

35:36 Cloudflare and improving developer experience

38:10 Being excited and uneasy about where AI is heading

39:06 Which industries AI disrupts next

41:29 Sick picks + shameless plugs

Sick Picks

Steve: IWC Pilot’s Watch Mark XX

Shameless Plugs

Steve: vinext

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