In this Potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about meeting IRL, bookmarks, SSG vs SSR, domain privacy, deploying monorepos, and more. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 7 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Zod, a TypeScript-first schema validation with static type inference. How are we using Zod? What do we like? And our thoughts on the Zod ecosystem. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and d...
Nov 07, 2022•24 min
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Dr. Courtney Tolinski about ADHD, how to tell if you have ADHD, issues related to ADHD for computer workers, anxiety vs ADHD, and more. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at logrocket.com/syntax . Appwrite - Sponsor Appwrite is a self-hosted backend-as-a-se...
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott tell more of your scary web dev stories including lorem ipsum mistakes, naming something Skynet, blackouts, Twitch streaming, and more! Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, a...
Nov 02, 2022•44 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes explain more buzz words like schema, promises, async, sync, dom vs shadow dom vs page HTML, props, and more. Appwrite - Sponsor Appwrite is a self-hosted backend-as-a-service platform that provides developers with all the core APIs required to build any application. Get free cloud credits by signing up for early access to the Appwrite Cloud launch . Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. G...
Oct 31, 2022•22 min
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Filipe Ferreira of Sky TV about the tech stack used to deliver streaming TV content, build Apple TV apps, host media, and more. Gatsby - Sponsor Today’s episode was sponsored by Gatsby, the fastest frontend for the headless web. Gatsby is the framework of choice for content-rich sites backed by a headless CMS as its GraphQL data layer makes it straightforward to source website content from anywhere. Gatsby’s opinionated, React-based ...
Oct 28, 2022•52 min
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott tell your spookiest scary web dev stories including spooky render times, push notification hell, dark Friday, and more! Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language an...
Oct 26, 2022•55 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Qwik, a new framework designed for the edge. How are things like hydration, lazy loading, rendering, and optimization handled by Qwik? Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works ...
Oct 24, 2022•25 min
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Scott talks with Alex Johansson about his work on tRPC, how it compares to other tools like GraphQL, and what’s next for tRPC? Polypane - Sponsor If you want to build a great website or web app, there’s a million things you need to take care of: responsive design, accessibility, SEO, Meta tags and page structure, to name just a few. Polypane is the browser for developers with tools that help with literally every part of modern web development, helping you s...
Oct 21, 2022•57 min
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about some of the CSS Trends and Usage for 2022 as documented by the Web Almanac - and give some great cleaning tips along the way. Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build website pages as a set of components. Break pages into sections of components using React, Vue, or whatever you like. Make corresponding Slices in Prismic. Start building pages dynamically in minutes. Get started at prismic.io/syntax . LogRocket - Sp...
Oct 19, 2022•59 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes take Matt Busche’s suggestion and talk all about bookmarklets and scripts to modify or manipulate web pages. MagicBell - Sponsor MagicBell is the the notification inbox for your product. Add a MagicBell to your product for announcements, billing, workflow, and other notifications. The free plan supports up to 100 Monthly Active Users - use the coupon code SYNTAXFM for 10% off the first 12 months. NAME - Sponsor COPY HERE Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 02:02 What are ...
Oct 17, 2022•11 min
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with TJ DeVries about his work on Neovim, programming in Lua, the benefits of RPC, live streaming your work day, and PDE. FireHydrant - Sponsor Incidents are hard. Managing them shouldn’t be. FireHydrant makes it easy for anyone in your organization to respond to incidents efficiently and consistently. Intuitive, guided workflows provide turn-by-turn navigation for incident response, while thoughtful prompts and powerful integrations capt...
Oct 14, 2022•56 min
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about the benefits of sticking to the web platform that is available to you through APIs you may not know about. Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build website pages as a set of components. Break pages into sections of components using React, Vue, or whatever you like. Make corresponding Slices in Prismic. Start building pages dynamically in minutes. Get started at prismic.io/syntax . Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a r...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 2 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes explain what the jargon you hear in JavaScript means. Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sent...
Oct 10, 2022•15 min
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Nikolas Burk from Prisma about the role an ORM plays in a tech stack, how Prisma has changed over the years, ways to query data in Prisma, and how migrations work with Prisma. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you can get a fully managed, production-ready GraphQL API as a service to help you build modern apps faster. You can get started for free in 30 seconds, or if you want to try out the Standard tier for zero cost, use the code “TryHa...
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 3 min
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about whether you should use emoji in naming grid elements, how to estimate project times, responsive design tips, animating gradient backgrounds, and more. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Li...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 2 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the ways they get unstuck when working on the last bit of a project to help push it over the finish line. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern appl...
Oct 03, 2022•22 min
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with bdougie about his work on Open Sauced, thoughts on getting into open source development, and his live streaming set up. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you can get a fully managed, production-ready GraphQL API as a service to help you build modern apps faster. You can get started for free in 30 seconds, or if you want to try out the Standard tier for zero cost, use the code “TryHasura” at this link: hasura.info . We’ve also got an amaz...
Sep 30, 2022•53 min
In this episode of Syntax, Wes talks through all the gear, renovations, and upgrades he’s made to his new home office. Lighting, soundproofing, desk, windows, and more! Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build website pages as a set of components. Break pages into sections of components using React, Vue, or whatever you like. Make corresponding Slices in Prismic. Start building pages dynamically in minutes. Get started at prismic.io/syntax . LogRocket - Sponsor Log...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 11 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about a new framework called Enhance. What is Enhance and how does it differ from other new frameworks like Astro? Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and inte...
Sep 26, 2022•17 min
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Hursh Agrawal of The Browser Company about Scott’s favorite browser, Arc. How do you make a browser in 2022? Will there be a Windows version? And who is the target market for Arc? FireHydrant - Sponsor Incidents are hard. Managing them shouldn’t be. FireHydrant makes it easy for anyone in your organization to respond to incidents efficiently and consistently. Intuitive, guided workflows provide turn-by-turn navigation for incident re...
Sep 23, 2022•46 min
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through what they do to get things done - apps for to do list tracking, calendar blocking, and how they determine a productive day. StoryBlok - Sponsor Storyblok is a headless component-based CMS with a real-time visual editor. It offers the flexibility for developers to craft their perfect tech stack, but it also empowers content creators to make changes independently. The result is that every team has the freedom to quickly and easily create the id...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 4 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk all about GitHub Co-Pilot and whether it’s ethical, secure, worth it, gonna make you dumb, just going to get in your way, or the greatest thing for programmers to use. Sentry - Sponsor Sentry Dex conference is a free, one-day event to share best practices, epic fails, and seasoned insights on how to improve productivity. From controlling chaotic workflows to maintaining stable code, there’s a lot that can drive a developer mad. We’re hosting DEX, the confe...
Sep 19, 2022•24 min
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Thomas Mann about Raycast - an app that can replace Spotlight on your Mac, and do so much more. FireHydrant - Sponsor Incidents are hard. Managing them shouldn’t be. FireHydrant makes it easy for anyone in your organization to respond to incidents efficiently and consistently. Intuitive, guided workflows provide turn-by-turn navigation for incident response, while thoughtful prompts and powerful integrations capture all of your incid...
Sep 16, 2022•58 min
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about what APIs are, the API standards that exist, and walk through the various layers of what goes into making an API. Payments Hub - Sponsor There are hundreds of payments processing companies out there. Hit up developer.paymentshub.com/syntax to learn more about how Payments Hub Developers not only processes ecommerce and in-person payments, but also boards and underwrites your merchants in as little as 90 minutes. We are currently offering Syntax...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 7 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about next generation CSS that you can use today with PostCSS including importing, nesting, variables, media query ranges, custom media queries, and more. Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build website pages as a set of components. Break pages into sections of components using React, Vue, or whatever you like. Make corresponding Slices in Prismic. Start building pages dynamically in minutes. Get started at prismic.io/syntax...
Sep 12, 2022•25 min
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with The Primeagan about his streaming set up, how he decides what to stream, why he makes the kind of content he does, and why he loves Vim. Hasura - Sponsor With Hasura, you can get a fully managed, production-ready GraphQL API as a service to help you build modern apps faster. You can get started for free in 30 seconds, or if you want to try out the Standard tier for zero cost, use the code “TryHasura” at this link: hasura.info . We’ve...
Sep 09, 2022•1 hr 4 min
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about picking the right tech stack, whether useEffect is still useful, benefit to use uses setTimeout, and more! Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, an...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 3 min
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the changes announced by Deno and their thoughts on the changes. Linode - Sponsor Whether you’re working on a personal project or managing enterprise infrastructure, you deserve simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions that allow you to take your project to the next level. Simplify your cloud infrastructure with Linode’s Linux virtual machines and develop, deploy, and scale your modern applications faster and easier. Get started o...
Sep 05, 2022•23 min
In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Steve Ruiz about how he built tldraw, how he manages state, what was done to support mobile, and more. Gatsby - Sponsor Today’s episode was sponsored by Gatsby, the fastest frontend for the headless web. Gatsby is the framework of choice for content-rich sites backed by a headless CMS as its GraphQL data layer makes it straightforward to source website content from anywhere. Gatsby’s opinionated, React-based framework makes the harde...
Sep 02, 2022•56 min
