Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

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.

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1049: WTF is a Software Factory?

21 oktober 2026 · 58 min
Afspelen

Scott and Wes talk with Adam Jacob about software factories: what they actually are, why they’re unique to each team, and how to build trust in agent-generated code. They dig into Swamp Club, black box testing, domain driven design, adversarial review for accessibility, and whether unit tests still earn their keep. Lees meer

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

01:10 What Is Swamp Club and Adam Jacob’s Background

02:37 Scott’s Personal Automations: Cleaning Folders and Filing Sentry Bugs

03:28 Where Does This Fit If You Already Run Claude Code?

07:22 Brought to you by Sentry.io

07:46 Swapping Models and APIs: Flipping the Agent Loop Inside Out

09:40 Pricing and Bringing Your Own Inference

10:18 What Is a Software Factory, Really?

14:50 Shipping 2,500 PRs a Month: Trust, Automation, and Black Box Testing

16:55 Software Factory or Slop Factory? A Perception Problem

19:06 How Big Companies Can Start: Give Five People Permission to Break the Rules

24:16 Who Has Actually Pulled This Off So Far?

25:54 What Do You Do With 10,500 Engineers?

28:56 The Vibe Coded Adobe Suite: When Does This Stop?

30:24 Personal Software: What If Software Got Smaller, Not Bigger?

33:51 Testing With AI: Black Box, Integration, and Deleting Your Unit Tests

39:03 How Do You Validate Trust in a Factory?

39:30 Domain Driven Design Gives Your Agent a Vocabulary

43:12 Adversarial Review: Accessibility, Lighthouse, and Fixing the Machine

46:17 Why Skills Alone Aren’t Enough

49:00 Figuring It Out Together: Engineers, Not the Labs, Know Their Systems

53:53 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

Adam: Dell XPS-14 running Linux with Omachy, Lorna Shore

Shameless Plugs

Adam: Swamp Club, Swamp Club Discord

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1048: Deno Is Dead

19 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 40 min
Afspelen

Deno is shutting down and the team is heading to Cloudflare — Scott, Wes, and CJ break down what that means for the runtime, JSR, and workerd. Plus OpenCode 2.0 on durable objects, TanStack Start 1.0, SubQ Snap, Gemini 4 Argon, and Wes’s accidental $50 photo frame movement. Lees meer

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

Gemini 4 Argon is out

01:31 Deno Is Shutting Down: The Team Joins Cloudflare

06:23 Why Bun Spelled the End of Deno

12:24 OpenCode 2.0: Durable Objects, Code Mode and Hot Reloading Plugins

OpenCode 2.0

Ryan Vogel runs OpenCode 2.0 inside a tweet

20:24 Where Should Your Agent Actually Run?

21:41 Talorys: A Personal AI Agent on the Cloudflare Free Tier

22:42 I Accidentally Started a $50 Photo Frame Movement

27:05 Agent Driven Open Source: Dozens of Pull Requests From Bots

Simeon Griggs hacks his Peloton

35:11 SubQ Snap: A Cheaper, Smarter Decision Model Than Jev

41:26 AirDrop Reverse Engineered: Continuity on Linux

T4T5: AirDrop fully reverse-engineered on Linux

44:47 Brought to you by Sentry.io

45:24 TanStack Start 1.0 Is Officially Stable

TanStack announces Start 1.0 is officially stable

fsearch

FinderSearch

Kuro: Tinycast file search is now 15–90× faster

55:23 The FFF vs fsearch Twitter Drama

Dmitriy Kovalenko compares fff to fsearch

59:34 Model Roundup: Hands On With Gemini 4 Argon

01:08:01 Zen Garden: Ranking Models on Their 3D Taste

01:12:49 Muse Wonder From Meta

Meta AI on Muse Spark open weights

01:15:15 EmbeddingGemma 2 and Why Embeddings Power Better Search

Sundar Pichai introduces EmbeddingGemma 2

01:18:32 Claude Haiku 5.5 Gains Thinking Levels

Claude announces Haiku 5.5

Introducing Claude Haiku 5.5

01:20:19 Grok Bot Leaks a CEO’s Bank Balance Into Company Slack

Shane Mac: An AI agent posted my bank balances in Slack

01:24:18 CJ’s Whirlwind Tour: A Commodore 64 Keycap Font

01:25:08 Lightbulb Computer: A Projector Screwed Into Your Ceiling

01:29:11 Recomps and Decomps: Running PS5 Games on Linux and Windows

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1047: Adobe has a big problem

14 oktober 2026 · 35 min
Afspelen

Someone just clean-room ported seven Adobe apps to Rust, and Wes is shocked at how good it is. Scott and Wes break down what it gets right, what’s still missing, and why copying software is easy but inventing what comes next is the hard part. Lees meer

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

00:12 Adobe Is in Trouble: A Clean Room Port of the Entire Suite

ArtCraft

02:22 Scott’s Long Running Adobe Grudge Since 2017

03:42 Figma Is Not a Raster Tool: Why Every Alternative Falls Short

04:40 Opening Real Photoshop Files: Masks, Half Tones and Blend Modes

PhotoCraft Github

06:30 What Clean Room Porting Actually Means

09:54 A Familiar Interface, Entirely Built in Rust

10:15 Don’t Trash the Whole Thing Over One or Two Bugs

12:14 What’s Missing: Artboards and the Tiny UI Interactions

13:53 Where Are the Vibe Coded Photoshops? Four Months Later

14:33 Figma’s Locked Down MCP and the Backlash

17:22 Dylan’s Clap Back at Anthropic’s Own Closed Ecosystem

18:08 The Real Photoshop Replacement Will Be a New Way of Working

21:35 Good UI Is Still the Moat

22:28 Caring About Your Project Past Two Days

23:05 Audio Crackles and Paper Cuts: The Bugs Only Humans Chase

24:56 Brought to you by Sentry!

26:28 Copying Is Easy: The Hard Part Is Inventing What Comes Next

27:28 DaVinci Resolve Keeps Shipping Useful Releases

28:26 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

Scott: KWS V2 Rack

Wes: Insta360 Luna

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1046: The Pi Updates are insane

12 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 40 min
Afspelen

Scott, Wes, and CJ break down the latest Pi updates, including durable long-running agents, Codemode, and MCP support, then debate whether pull requests are dead in favor of issues. Plus Supabase picks up Turso, Screen Studio 4 drops, JavaScript Composites bring value-based equality, and a stack of new AI models from Google, OpenAI, Cloudflare, and more. Lees meer

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax Weekly

00:46 example.com gets a facelift

Oliver Dunk’s post

IANA’s reply

04:37 The death of pull requests

Sindre Sorhus’ post

Dave Kiss’ post

SWC’s post

Andreas Kling’s post

Yusuke Wada’s post

Wes’ NiimBlue PR

JSON Alexander

12:46 pi v1.0

24:14 Brought to you by Sentry!

25:08 Turso Joining Supabase

28:13 Screen Studio Updates

Screen Studio 4.0 upscaling

33:24 Svelte 3.0 Release

35:32 Effect 4.0

38:14 Alchemy

Cloudflare’s Programmatic configuration

42:59 Foldkit

44:10 OpenAI Dev Day Announcements

Dots

Rahim Nathwani’s reply regarding Luna

Plugin Extensions

Sites in ChatGPT

56:40 Cloudflare Clef Decision Model

01:01:25 Gemini 4 Argon

Google’s announcement post

01:09:04 Flux 3 Image Model

01:11:50 Claude Mods

01:13:44 Muse Gadgets

Nat Friedman’s post

01:17:27 Nvidia Lyra 2.0 World Model

01:27:30 Game Recomps and Decomps

01:30:54 JS Composite Type

01:35:00 RFC 1149 Auction

First implementation of the Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol

01:37:49 eslint cssicorn

01:39:15 Syntax Meetup

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1045: Who can actually max out 5 AI subscriptions?

7 oktober 2026 · 52 min
Afspelen

Scott and Wes answer listener questions about what replaced blogging, what to do while your AI agent works, and who should pay for token costs. They also cover keeping agents from going off the rails, getting your team excited about AI, and staying motivated when AI takes the fun out of coding. Lees meer

Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:40 Welcome to Syntax!

01:37 What’s the Modern Day Equivalent of Blogging?

08:35 What Should You Be Doing While Your Agent Works?

Vibe Stretch

13:23 Brought to you by Sentry!

14:02 How Much Should Your Employer Cover for Token Spend?

18:32 Tracking What You Actually Burn with Codex Bar

20:26 How Do You Code HTML Emails in 2026?

25:22 How Do You Keep an Agent From Going Off the Rails?

Swamp Club

30:23 Steering an Agent Mid Turn: Which Harness Does It Best?

32:44 How Do I Get My Engineers Interested in AI?

35:48 Beyond Telegram: Better Interfaces for Non Coding Agents

38:41 Staying Motivated When AI Takes the Fun Parts of Coding

41:55 Killing Rogue Node Processes and Restarting Your Machine

44:12 Custom Internal Harnesses: Worth It or a Token Hog?

47:47 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

Scott: Driving Rogue

Wes: Amazon Basics Electric Screwdriver

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1044: Ruby on Rails is Dead

5 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 21 min
Afspelen

Scott, Wes, and CJ ask whether Ruby on Rails is really dead (and whether Rust is just Rails you don't have to read), then dig into Meta's new Muse agent, which is free, comes with its own VM, and is already reading messages nobody asked it to. Plus: upm, a tiny TypeScript npm replacement, Opus 5.5 moonlighting as a motion designer, Tart VMs on Apple Silicon, and a foundry for gloriously bad web fonts. Lees meer

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome

01:11 upm is a tiny fast npm

Pooya Parsa’s launch post

07:34 Zuck cooked with Muse
Mark Zuckerberg’s post

Safety and Security in Muse

Privacy concerns

Ray Wong’s post

19:21 Ruby on Rails is Dead

27:55 loco - Rails for Rust

31:06 Brought to you by Sentry!

33:12 How should new developers learn?

41:40 Opus 5.5 First Impressions

Stephan Livera’s motion graphics with Opus 5.5

Kenn Ejima’s single prompt motion graphics

Andras Bacsai’s Coolify motion graphics

Tyler Shukert’s Supabase motion graphics

Ben Vinegar’s Modem motion graphics

Wes’ gym builder

GFX

58:27 Tart - virtualization toolset for Apple Silicon

01:01:43 jevgrep
is-jeven

01:06:49 SHOW ME YOUR RACK

01:09:04 Chrome gets responsive iframe resizing

01:10:25 Bastardica - bastard web font foundry

01:14:23 Sonnet 5.5 Released

01:16:37 OpenAI Dev Day

01:20:02 Syntax SF Meetup

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1043: I’m Using GPUI For Everything

30 september 2026 · 33 min
Afspelen

Scott and Wes ditch Electron and Tauri for GPUI, the GPU accelerated Rust UI framework from the Zed team. They get into its React-like API, styling that feels a lot like Tailwind, GPUI Kit components, the community fork drama, and the tiny desktop apps Scott has built with it. Lees meer

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

GPUI

01:24 Electron, Tauri, and the Trouble With Web Views

04:05 Enter GPUI: Why We Don’t Take Money to Talk About Tools

05:32 Brought to you by Sentry.io

05:59 What GPUI Is: GPU Accelerated, Cross Platform, Native All the Way Down

06:50 A React Like API in Rust: Divs, Flex, and Chained Methods

09:35 Components, Props, and State in GPUI

Scott’s GPUI Demo Gist

11:21 How Much of CSS Does GPUI Actually Reimplement?

12:52 Flexbox Everywhere, But Where Is CSS Grid?

14:17 Where Does Your App Logic Live? No RPC Layer Needed

15:53 Render vs RenderOnce: Stateful and Static Components

16:57 GPUI Kit: The shadcn of GPUI

18:46 GPUI CE: The Community Fork and Ecosystem Tension

21:29 Apps Scott Built With GPUI: Gendo, File Bro, and Mr. Space

22:48 Why Tiny Utility Apps Should Stay Tiny

24:25 File Bro: File Automations a la Hazel

25:27 Mr. Space: Building a macOS Window Manager

27:05 The Downsides: No Native UI Elements and No Browser DOM

Scott’s Rust Best Practices Skill

29:56 Testing GPUI Apps With Jev and the Accessibility Tree

gpui-agent

30:39 GPUI Mobile: Experimental, But It Works

GPUI Kit Mobile Docs

gpui-mobile

31:52 Final Verdict: GPUI for Personal Desktop Software

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1042: Is the Jev Hype Overblown?

28 september 2026 · 1 uur 22 min
Afspelen

Is Jev actually a leap forward for classification or just hype and fake demos? We dig in, plus Claude Code’s new AGENTS.md support, TinyCast (the free, open-source Raycast alternative), an iPhone Fold simulator in Xcode, and a stack of dev tools you’ll want to try Lees meer

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

01:17 The iPhone Fold Simulator and Foldable Web APIs

Features behind a flag

Syntax Meetup in San Francisco

07:03 Claude Code Finally Supports agents.md
Changelog

11:42 Using Your Claude Subscription Inside PI

13:07 Raycast Pricing Changes and the Rise of Tinycast

18:24 Our Most Used Raycast Features

21:22 Browser Hopping: Back on Helium After Ditching Dia

22:12 1Password’s Redesign and Reliability Problems

23:11 Jev Explained: A Model That Only Answers Questions

31:59 CJ’s Jev Chat Bot Demo With MCP Tools

36:09 The Kevs in the Room: Open Source Jev Alternatives

Cloudflare’s Kev

Jared Palmer’s Kev

45:39 What We’ve Actually Built With Jev So Far

Jev Benchmarks

51:59 Brought to you by Sentry.io

52:55 GPUI Kit: Building Native Rust Desktop Apps

58:07 Antfu’s DevFrame: A Framework for Building Dev Tools

59:45 Where Is the Line on Using AI in Video Editing?

Runwayml Upscaling

01:06:00 AI Upscaled Security Photos and Internet Detectives

01:08:07 Qwen Image 2.1 and Real Transparent Backgrounds

01:10:18 AI Generated Posters Don’t Have to Be Horrible

01:13:28 Orca: A GUI for Wrangling Your Fleet of Agents

01:15:37 Grok 4.7 First Impressions and Its Pricing

01:18:58 Waiting on Google and Microsoft’s Big Models

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1041: What are normies using AI for?

23 september 2026 · 47 min
Afspelen

Scott and Wes talk about how non-developers are actually using AI today. They also cover the stuff they don’t think holds up, like AI-staged listings and automated marketing. Lees meer

Show Notes

00:00 Intro

00:38 Welcome to Syntax!

Wes’ post about using AI

01:50 Finding Parts With AI: Van Buckles and Weird Bolts

03:59 Brought to you by Sentry!

04:37 Fixing Printers, Drivers, and Annoying Home Network Stuff

Skylight Calendar

05:32 Rescuing E-Waste: Flashing a Broken Skylight Calendar

08:42 Red Tape, Permits, and Filling Out Awful PDF Forms

09:57 Self-Hosting Made Easy: Updating Your NAS and Docker Containers

11:18 Fighting Home Assistant Rot With Agents

13:20 Inbox and Calendar Management for a Family of Six

18:05 AI in Real Estate and Property Staging

Real Estate Canada subreddit

21:10 Using Agents for Video Editing and Multicam Automation

23:53 GFX.computer: Building Better Infographics

25:59 Things That Won’t Hold Up: Generated Text and Automated Marketing

30:27 Home Lab Management Over Tailscale and SSH

32:46 3D Printing Parts With Nurb: Stands, Cases, and Airflow

Nurb

34:51 MCP Servers for Software You Only Use Occasionally

36:58 Travel Planning: Great at Logistics, Terrible at Taste

39:31 Proposals and Job Applications: Everybody Sounds the Same

42:14 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

Scott: Nomadix Backpack

Wes: Silicone chair socks

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1040: Developing for the iPhone Duo

21 september 2026 · 1 uur 34 min
Afspelen

Scott, Wes, and CJ break down developing for the iPhone Duo with the Device Posture and Viewport Segments APIs, plus the React 19.3 release and Pi’s new Radius platform. Also on deck: Tailwind joining Shopify, Shopify going back to native, Homebrew 7, Aeropeek, and Meta’s Muse Agent. Lees meer

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

01:05 React 19.3

05:30 Pi announces Radius

15:26 iPhone Duo Initial Reactions

iPhone Duo for developers

22:35 Developing for the iPhone Duo

Viewport Segments API

Device Posture API

WebKit Standards Positions

Jen Simmons’ post

32:16 Syntax Meetup in SF

32:52 Brought to you by Sentry!

33:10 Tailwind Labs is joining Shopify

35:36 Native is the Future of Mobile at Shopify

40:23 Herdr remote agents

46:13 Homebrew 7 Released

50:55 Meta Muse AI Agent

01:00:19 Scott’s Switzerland Trip

ZurichJS Conference

01:07:25 Mic FX from Teenage Engineering

01:10:46 Three.js conference Badge

More amazing badges

01:13:29 Don’t let anyone take away your big box of cables

01:16:22 Aerospace Tiling Manager

AeroPeek

01:24:26 Scott’s new backpack

01:26:52 Claude, change this button to blue

Hacker News post

01:31:23 Knap markdown template language

Comark plugin

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