In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about why Threads, Instagram, and all things Facebook have what seems like really messy HTML and CSS?
Show Notes 00:10 Welcome
Scott on Threads
Wes on Threads
00:35 Threads has got divs
02:42 Tight scoping
09:44 Avoids specificity
10:37 Dealing with ad blockers and scraping
15:45 Divs are free, ... Show More
Oct 28
1051: Mourning the Death of Code
Scott and Wes tackle your potluck questions, from passing context between Claude Code and Codex to whether AI-generated skills are any good. Plus high-fidelity Figma builds, WebSerial reconnects on an ESP32, AG-UI vs WebMCP, a listener who thinks Syntax is too pro-AI, and Scott’s ... Show More
58m 6s
Oct 26
1050 - Everyone Is Hacking Their TV
Wes, Scott, and CJ run through the week’s biggest web dev news: everyone’s hacking their TVs, VoidZero open-sourced its Void framework with Cloudflare deploys, OpenCode got hacked, and Anthropic built its own git replacement. Plus DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Cloudflare’s security audit ... Show More
1h 19m
Oct 21
1049: WTF is a Software Factory?
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 wheth ... Show More
57m 33s
Aug 2022
Instagram’s identity crisis
If you think Instagram sucks now, it’s by design. Vox's Rebecca Jennings and Platformer's Casey Newton explain.
This episode was produced by Victoria Dominguez, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Hady Mawajdeh and Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Se ... Show More
26m 6s