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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

Scott and Wes tackle listener questions on everything from local-first databases and AI-built CRMs to protecting APIs and raising kids with healthy digital habits. They also weigh in on Cloudflare’s AI crawler ban, portfolio critiques, and more hot takes from the dev world.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

00:49 Dreaming about web components.

02:55 Local-First Apps for Customer Support.

Brought to you by Sentry.io

08:17 AI-Built CRM: Portfolio or Problem?

Ben Vinegar’s Engineering Interview Strategy.

18:55 InstantDB vs. Other Local-First Databases.

21:46 Raising Kids with Healthy Digital Habits.

Porta Potty Prince on TikTok.

32:55 Cloudflare Blocks AI Crawlers. Good for Creators?

Cloudflare Pay Per Crawl.

Cloudflare No AI Crawl Without Compensation.

Chris Coyier’s Blog Response.

41:46 Protecting APIs and Obfuscating Source Code.

44:49 Will Portfolio Critiques Return?

46:45 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.

Sick Picks

Scott: Wifi 7 Eero.

Wes: Plastic Welder

Shameless Plugs

Scott: Syntax on YouTube

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929: Cloudflare Blocks AI Crawlers × Debugging Local Data × Raising Kids with Healthy Digital Habits and More

Wes and Scott talk about the 2025 State of Devs survey, diving into trends in salaries, job titles, remote work, health, hobbies, and more.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

01:44 Brought to you by Sentry.io

02:08 Years of experience vs yearly income

11:48 Layoffs

18:07 Job title

19:55 Remote work

24:40 Job happiness

25:40 Work hours

26:24 Workplace perks

26:53 What phones devs use

27:46 Desktop OS

28:44 Programming languages

29:29 Productivity apps

30:54 Social media

32:13 Median age of RSS feed users

33:41 Community contributions

35:37 Health and fitness

37:01 Health issues

39:11 Scott’s health update

42:28 Hobbies

45:54 Favorite music

47:10 Favorite video games

47:37 Favorite movies

49:35 Metadata

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928: State of Devs 2025 Results

Scott and Wes break down the latest in web dev news, from Amazon’s AI-powered VS Code fork and Node’s native TypeScript support, to Vite overtaking Webpack and Svelte’s newest async and remote features. They also cover big moves in developer tools, fresh browser experiments, and what these shifts mean for the future of coding.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

04:08 Kiro.

Kiro Video.

09:05 Node 22.18 allows TypeScript without compiler.

11:42 React Router RSC, Parcel + Vite Support.

12:56 Windsurf Bought for real this time.

14:25 Brought to you by Sentry.io.

14:49 Copyparty, the FOSS file server

Codeparty Video

Codeparty on GitHub.

23:22 Vite Overtakes Webpack.

Evan You X Post.

25:16 Rolldown Vite.

void0 Rolldown-Vite.

27:06 Claude Code pricing clamp down.

Wes’ X Post.

30:07 Async svelte released.

Async Svelte Discussion.

31:41 Remote Svelte Released.

Remote Functions.

34:59 Trae Solo.

37:58 Perplexity Comet Browser.

43:07 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.

Sick Picks

Scott: Black Stuff.

Wes: MEKOH Short Pressure Washer Gun with Swivel.

Shameless Plugs

Scott: Syntax on YouTube.

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927: AI Browsers, 100X Build Speed, Massive Svelte Update - Web Dev News

Scott and CJ explore why RSS still matters and how it’s more underused than outdated. They discuss how to self-host RSS readers, escape the noise of the modern web, and reclaim a cleaner, ad-free reading experience across devices.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

01:09 Brought to you by Sentry.io

02:41 What is RSS and how does it work?

RSS

Atom (web standard)

JSON Feed

06:14 Hosting your own RSS server: Miniflux, FreshRSS, and more

Miniflux

FreshRSS

11:00 Decluttering the web with article scraping

12:38 Best RSS clients for desktop and mobile

Capy Reader

Google Reader

ReadKit

Pocket is shutting down

wallabag

mymind

18:51 Where to find RSS feeds

The Brutalist Report

Programming Subreddit

Hacker News

BlueSky

Shameless Plugs

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926: RSS Is NOT Dead

Scott and CJ go full productivity nerd, swapping notes on their favorite web apps for writing, coding, planning, and more. From terminals to to-do lists to dumb phones, it’s a deep dive into the tools powering their workflows.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

00:35 Brought to you by Sentry.io.

01:56 Text to speech or speech to text.

02:20 Superwhisper.

08:29 Kiro.

16:16 CJ’s current editor preference.

17:59 Finding the right editor.

18:47 Terminals.

20:22 Ghostty.

24:16 Note-taking.

26:32 Obsidian.

30:24 Logseq.

31:03 Todo lists.

31:08 Tweek.so

34:42 Trello.

37:25 Notion Calendar.

38:55 Email.

43:21 FairEmail.

43:43 Dumb phones.

45:10 Olauncher

47:39 Audio Bookshelf.

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925: Scott & CJ’s Fave Productivity Apps & Web Apps

Wes and Scott talk about local-first sync engines—why they matter, what makes apps feel fast, and which platforms stand out. From LiveStore to Convex to Instant DB, they break down the pros and cons of each and debate what the “next React” might look like in a local-first future.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

01:52 Intro to local data: what makes apps feel fast

05:08 Could the next React be a local-first sync engine?

08:23 LiveStore

18:01 Zero

21:58 Instant DB

24:18 Brought to you by Sentry.io

24:43 Convex

27:54 ElectricSQL

29:48 PowerSync and PartyKit

30:51 Choosing the right sync engine

40:34 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

Scott: Rummikub

Wes: Headphone covers

Shameless Plugs

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924: Sync Engines and Local Data

Scott and Wes share their top strategies for getting high-quality results from AI coding tools like Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, and Windsurf. From better prompting to building reusable rule sets, they cover practical tips for making AI your most productive coding partner.

Show Notes

 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

 Wes' Tweet

 02:56 How to get the best results when using AI.

 03:15 Scaffold it out yourself.

 05:40 Be clear with your prompts.

 07:45 Use XML tags around specific items

 08:47 Utilize Rules like Cursor rules or Copilot rules.

 13:20 Ask it to create some rules based on an existing codebase.

 16:03 Break things down into clear concise actionable items.

 17:22 Where to store your rules files.

 18:37 Utilizing llm.txt files.

 19:24 Context7.

 20:28 Tag relevant files, functions, etc.

 21:38 Feed logs back into the AI.

 22:36 Logging Errors.

 22:54 Brought to you by Sentry.io.

 24:14 Long running chats get worse.

 Wes' Tweet

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923: Getting the Most Out of AI Coding

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about code reviews, migrating legacy apps, CSS attr() use cases, pre-commit hooks, the future of creative web development, whether front-end devs need to be full-stack, and more!

Show Notes

 
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

 
00:43 When is the appropriate time to use requestAnimationFrame?

 
05:10 How do you handle code reviews on larger teams?

 
13:08 When to use the CSS attr() function

 
19:01 The future of browsing websites and the impact of AI

 
28:45 Brought to you by Sentry.io

 
29:10 Navigating browser preview in VS Code

 
31:31 Pre-populating email content with mailto

 
34:29 Is there increasing pressure for front-end developers to become full-stack?

 
43:14 What pre-commit checks should you run and how?

 
46:16 How do you deal with a poorly-built codebase when you already have thousands of active users?

 
50:05 What GitHub Copilot features should you disable while you’re learning something new?

 
52:22 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

 Scott: WOLFBOX MF100 Electric Air Duster

 Wes: Competition Kettlebells

Shameless Plugs

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922: Pre-commit Hooks, requestAnimationFrame, Code Reviews, and More

Scott and Wes break down how to code with and for AI; perfect for skeptics, beginners, and curious devs. They cover everything from Ghost Text and CLI agents to building your own AI-powered apps with embeddings, function calling, and multi-model workflows.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

03:56 How to interface with AI.

04:07 IDE Ghost Text.

05:45 IDE Chat, Agents.

08:00 CLI Agents.

Claude Code.

Open Code.

Gemini.

11:13 MCP Servers.
Context7

14:47 GUI apps.

v0.

Bolt.new.

Lovable.

Windsurf.

19:07 Existing Chat app like ChatGPT.

22:37 Building things WITH AI.

23:32 Prompting.

26:53 Streaming VS not streaming.

28:14 Embeddings and Rag.

31:09 MCP Server.

CJ’s MCP Deep Dive.

32:36 Brought to you by Sentry.io.

33:25 Multi-model, multi-provider.

36:27 npm libs to use to code with AI.

OpenAI SDK.

AI SDK.

Cloudflare Agents.

Langchain.

Local AI

Tensorflow.

Transformers.js.

Huggingface.

44:12 Processes and exploring.

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921: AI Coding Roadmap for Newbies (And Skeptics)

Wes and Scott talk about how developers can expose powerful tools to AI using the Model Context Protocol. They discuss tool calling, remote MCP specs, authentication, and real-world use cases that make AI more capable through smarter integrations.

Show Notes

 
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

 
01:36 What is MCP?

 
07:23 MCP tools

 
11:33 MCP resources

 
13:43 Saving reusable prompts

 
16:18 Creating and validating MCP tools

 
18:31 Brought to you by Sentry.io

 
18:31 Tool calling vs MCP servers

 
21:28 Remote vs local MCP servers

 mcp-remote

 
26:24 Useful MCP servers

 mcp-server-cloudflare

 use-mcp

 awesome-mcp-servers

 
32:48 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

 Scott: Mario Kart World

 Wes: anyloop Kid’s Watch

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920: How to Build MCP Servers

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about purchasing power parity — what it is, and how Wes has implemented it on his course website.
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 Show Notes 2:36 - What is it?
 5:43 - How do you calculate it?
 Big Mac Index
 Purchasing Power Parity

 Spotify Pricing Index

 Glassdoor

 Just ask developers what they make
 8:04 - How do you implement it?
 Cloudflare headers
 Dealing with VPNs
 Does it work with sales?
 16:09 - Is it client-side only?
 Links country-emoji npm package

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