Scott and Wes talk about the benefits of owning your own PaaS (platform as a service), the main alternatives in the space, and ways to make passion projects more financially viable.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:12 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
01:56 What is a PaaS?
NGINX
04:21 Challenges with payment structures.
Render
07:02 What is ... Show More
Jan 28
974: Clawdbot (Moltbot), Agents and the Age of Personal Software
Wes and Scott talk about building hyper-specific personal software with AI. They explore personal agents, home automation, JSON-as-a-database, and how LLMs unlock fast, custom apps that reduce friction and replace bloated SaaS. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:53 What is pe ... Show More
46m 11s
Jan 26
973: The Web’s Next Form: MCP UI (with Kent C. Dodds)
Scott and Wes sit down with Kent C. Dodds to break down MCP, context engineering, and what it really takes to build effective AI-powered tools. They dig into practical examples, UI patterns, performance tradeoffs, and whether the future of the web lives in chat or the browser. Sh ... Show More
48m 59s
Jan 21
972: These Things Make Your App Feel Like Crap on Mobile
Wes and Scott talk about why mobile web apps often feel “janky” compared to native—and how to fix it. They cover input zooming, accidental horizontal scroll, pointer/user-select quirks, frame rate consistency, full-page refreshes, and more. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01: ... Show More
38m 29s
Jan 2024
Vision Pro Needs Apps, Amazon Alexa+, More TSMC Arizona Issues, + More!
Timestamps:
0:00 BREAKING: THERE IS NEWS
0:07 Vision Pro missing apps
1:21 Amazon Alexa+ incoming
2:40 Further TSMC fab delays
4:00 Grammarly
4:40 QUICK BITS INTRO
4:53 Zuck's AGI plans
5:26 BMW getting robot
6:15 Assistive tech training house
6:46 Microsoft's free AI reading tu ... Show More
8m 51s
Jun 2023
Digital Identity w/ ENS Domains
Always mixing business and education, Khori has major experience managing for-profits and non-profits, with a big love for tech and always being an early adopter. Developing an interest in distributed ledger tech, and being passionate about decentralized inclusion and identity, h ... Show More
1h 17m
Feb 2024
TIP609: Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb
On today’s episode, Clay reviews Nassim Taleb’s book – Fooled by Randomness.
Nassim Taleb is a Lebanon-born American mathematician and statistician whose work concerns problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty. He’s very well known for his popular books, including The ... Show More
1 h
Feb 2024
Nvidia hits $2 Trillion, Gemini bias, Reddit goes public + more!
Timestamps:
0:00 godspeed, tech news fan
0:10 Nvidia's $2 trillion, new Nvidia App
2:00 Gemini image gen, Stable Diffusion 3
4:10 Reddit's IPO, AI deal with Google
6:04 QUICK BITS INTRO
6:14 Vision Pro glass cracks
7:04 iPhone 15 battery twice as good
8:02 Vending machines with f ... Show More
11m 41s
Feb 2024
The Single Hardest Entrepreneurial Habit | Ep 677
“You can't have any kind of habitual habits or output if the one thing that starts or ends your day is variable.” Today, Alex (@AlexHormozi) emphasizes the importance of maintaining a stable sleep routine for entrepreneurs to optimize their energy levels, make better judgments, a ... Show More
12m 51s
<p></p><p><strong>I've just launched a </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdNXaHHVnVntg5gpveB-5_Q"><strong>new YouTube channel</strong></a><strong>!! The concept? </strong>I take real businesses struggling to stand the f*ck out, provide my positioning/branding/lea ... Show More
