In this potluck episode, Wes and Scott answer your questions about modern full-stack stacks, Node.js backend options, managing database indexes, developer burnout, handling toxic bosses, and more!
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
02:36 What’s your go-to Node.js backend in 2025?
Polka
06:18 Do you proactively manage database indexes—or fix the ... Show More
Jun 1
1009: 54% AI-Generated and Climbing — State of AI
Scott and Wes react to the freshly released State of AI 2026 survey, covering everything from skyrocketing AI adoption and the rise of coding agents to the pain points, job security fears, and big philosophical questions developers are wrestling with right now. Show Notes 00:00 W ... Show More
54m 32s
May 27
1008: Diffs, Trees, and VS Code 2.0
Scott and Wes sit down with Alex Sexton and Amadeus De Marzi from Pierre Computer to dig into the gnarly performance challenges behind building blazing-fast code review tools, covering virtualization, progressive rendering, and why GitHub’s UI feels so sluggish. They also chat ab ... Show More
59m 56s
May 25
1007: 8 Tech Choices to Lock In Before Agentmaxxing
Wes and Scott talk about the foundational decisions that make AI-assisted coding actually work—database schemas, validation, routing, CSS structure, and more. They explore why consistency matters more than specific tools, and how a little upfront planning can keep agents from tur ... Show More
17m 1s
Aug 2025
Live from Big Sky Dev Con: Code Debates, Content Insights, and What's Next for Web Development
Live from Big Sky Dev Con, Robbie is joined by Aaron Francis, Ken Wheeler, and Typecraft to discuss HTML and CSS programming status, React’s future, app security failures, NPM’s weak spots, content creation hooks, survival tech fantasies, and balancing big tech ambitions with fam ... Show More
49m 55s
Jul 2025
Amazon, Google and Vibe Coding with Steve Yegge
Supported by Our Partners• WorkOS — The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS.• Statsig — The unified platform for flags, analytics, experiments, and more.• Sonar — Code quality and code security for ALL code.—Steve Yegge is known for his writing and “rants”, including th ... Show More
1h 33m
Sep 2025
From managing people to managing AI: The leadership skills everyone needs now | Julie Zhuo (Facebook VP, Sundial CEO, The Making of a Manager author)
Julie Zhuo is the former VP and Head of Design at Facebook (now Meta), author of the bestselling book The Making of a Manager, and co-founder of Sundial, an AI-powered data analysis company. Also, my first-ever podcast guest over 3 years ago!In our conversation, we discuss:1. The ... Show More
1h 36m
Nov 2024
How to Do Product Discovery Right with Pawel Huryn, 175K+ on LinkedIn, Senior PM and Author
<p>This episode is a masterclass in modern product management—featuring cutting-edge frameworks, actionable strategies, AI integration, competitive edge tactics, and aligning product goals with overarching business objectives.</p><p></p><p>In today's episode, we cover:</p><p></p> ... Show More
1h 32m
Feb 2018
The Future of React with Dan Abramov (The React Podcast #3)
In this episode Michael Jackson talks with Dan Abramov, author of Redux and create-react-app, about the responsibility that comes with being an influential voice for React, how future versions of React will leverage requestIdleCallback to schedule work, and the possibility of a f ... Show More
36m 25s
Aug 2024
Forging Minecraft's scripting API
Raphael Landaverde & Jake Shirley work on Minecraft full-time. How cool is that?! On this episode, they join Jerod to tell us all about the web tech that drives Minecraft’s scripting infrastructure, how they incrementally change a massive / always-moving target, the best / worst ... Show More
58 m
