699: Potluck × TypeScript's Longevity × Canvas-Rendered Apps × Learning Rust × Executing Untrusted JS Code
Nov 29, 2023•57 min
Episode description
In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions, including: Will TypeScript ever go away? Should I write canvas-rendered web apps? How can I execute untrusted JS code in node? How can I use continuous integration with WordPress? Any advice for learning Rust?
Show Notes- 00:09 Welcome
- 01:16 How to ask questions for potluck episodes
- Ask a question for Syntax potluck episodes
- 02:19 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
- 04:34 Will TypeScript ever go away?
- Migrating millions of lines of code to TypeScript
- 08:12 What is your opinion on entirely canvas-rendered web apps, such as those built with Flutter?
- Flutter on the Web
- Flutter Gallery
- html2canvas - Screenshots with JavaScript
- 13:43 Tailscale VPN is cool
- Tailscale · Best VPN Service for Secure Networks
- Tunnel | Zero Trust App Connector | Cloudflare
- 16:36 What is Bandcamp?
- Bandcamp
- Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud
- 18:56 How can I execute untrusted JS code with node?
- WebAssembly
- Cloudflare Workers®
- Deno, The next-generation JavaScript runtime
- Fastly
- 23:46 I’d love to get your thoughts on modern devops and continuous integration for building out WordPress websites.
- Supper Club × Fabian Kägy - Modern WordPress - Blocks, Page builders, Headless, Custom Fields
- Vite | Next Generation Frontend Tooling
- Alpine.js
- 30:39 How do I orchestrate color adapting icons for use inline and in background images?
- svg.wesbos.com
- svg.wesbos.com/cat.svg
- 35:53 Are there any publicly available libraries for web components?
- Shoelace: A forward-thinking library of web components.
- Open UI
- 40:20 What’s a good project idea for learning Rust?
- Tauri Apps
- 45:17 Do you ever plan to do more podcasts with Scott’s wife or another psychologist / psychiatrist?
- 47:02 Have you tried MongoDB vector search for AI embeddings?
- Atlas Vector Search | MongoDB
- Vector Database for Vector Search | Pinecone
- Xata
- 49:44 Syntax highlighting in VS Code
- Comment tagged templates - Visual Studio Marketplace
- 52:38 Sick Picks
- Scott: Sentry
- Wes: Wes Bos Courses
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