It’s another potluck episode in which Wes and Scott answer your questions! This month - thoughts on Typescript, e-commerce platforms vs custom, working for agencies, job-hopping and more!
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Yesterday
1048: Deno Is Dead
Deno is shutting down and the team is heading to Cloudflare — Scott, Wes, and CJ break down what that means for the runtime, JSR, and workerd. Plus OpenCode 2.0 on durable objects, TanStack Start 1.0, SubQ Snap, Gemini 4 Argon, and Wes’s accidental $50 photo frame movement. Show ... Show More
1h 40m
Oct 14
1047: Adobe has a big problem
Someone just clean-room ported seven Adobe apps to Rust, and Wes is shocked at how good it is. Scott and Wes break down what it gets right, what’s still missing, and why copying software is easy but inventing what comes next is the hard part. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 0 ... Show More
35m 8s
Oct 12
1046: The Pi Updates are insane
Scott, Wes, and CJ break down the latest Pi updates, including durable long-running agents, Codemode, and MCP support, then debate whether pull requests are dead in favor of issues. Plus Supabase picks up Turso, Screen Studio 4 drops, JavaScript Composites bring value-based equal ... Show More
1h 40m
Oct 2021
Do you know the muffin fairy? (JS Party #195)
Muffin fairies, thumb wars, and fruit transit can only mean one thing: _Explain it Like I'm 5_! We're also covering the news, discussing the effects of remote work, and agreeing it's OK to ignore the frontend dev scene for awhile.
58m 18s
Mar 2022
ONE MORE thing every dev should know (Changelog Interviews #483)
The incomparable Jessica Kerr is back with another grab-bag of amazing topics. We talk about her journey to Honeycomb, devs getting satisfaction from the code they write, why step one for her is "get that new project into production" and step two is observe it, her angst for the ... Show More
1h 14m
Oct 2023
Your JavaScript questions answered
We answer your JavaScript questions covering performance, TypeScript, and the ecosystem with this month’s panel of JavaScript experts: Josh Goldberg, Colby Fayock, Paige Niedringhaus, and Noel Minchow. Links Josh Goldberg https://www.joshuakgoldberg.com https://twitter.com/Joshua ... Show More
36m 15s
Dec 2019
327: Organizing Component Systems
In this week's episode, we follow up on a bunch of your tweets, and then we get super semantic about naming conventions and component organization. And as always, we share a couple cool things like a vehicle upgrade and a feed reader.
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49m 57s
Aug 2022
Tech job interview support group
Struggling through the tech job interview process? We feel you! On this episode, Amal, Nick & Amelia get together to discuss the various ways the interview process disappoints, share their own interview stories, and suggest ways we can improve the process for everyone.
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1h 4m