Scott and Wes dish out some tasty advice to developers who are new to web development. How do you get better? How do you deal with imposter syndrome?
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1019: LGTM, Ship It: The AI Code Review Problem
This episode tackles the growing pains of AI-assisted development, from the struggle of reviewing thousands of lines of agent-generated code to the mounting technical debt when teams merge PRs without meaningful human review. Scott and Wes also dig into local models, whether juju ... Show More
39m 20s
Jul 6
1018: Google fires Workspace CLI Creator
Google fires the engineer behind its Workspace CLI tool, OpenAI previews GPT-5.6 with three new model tiers, and Astro 7 lands with a full Rust rewrite. Plus: Coinbase cuts token costs with smarter routing, and more in this week’s Syntax Live Show Notes 00:00 Intro 00:34 Welcome ... Show More
1h 17m
Jul 1
1017, We need to stop calling it “AI”
Scott and Wes raid the listener mailbag to settle the pnpm vs. npm debate, decode how web standards sneak into your browser, and ask the big one: is “AI” even intelligent, or just fancy autocomplete? Plus Stack Overflow nostalgia, the Shadcn head-scratcher, and why big design sys ... Show More
56m 44s
Feb 2025
Scott’s Career Advice: Imposter Syndrome, Startups & Networking
Today, we’re kicking off a special two-part series all about careers—navigating them, advancing them, maybe even surviving them.
In this episode, Scott talks about navigating imposter syndrome, how to know if working for a startup is worthwhile, and shares his best networking a ... Show More
14m 3s
Sep 2024
Episode 208 - Why most new developers struggle: The missing skills you need
In this episode of Front End Happy Hour, Ryan Burgess, Jem Young, Brian Holt, and Dan DiGangi dive deep into the challenges faced by junior developers as they embark on their coding journeys. From the importance of curiosity and continuous learning to the often overlooked non-tec ... Show More
49m 51s
Oct 2025
Mind the Gaps: Teaching Devs, Taming Acronyms, and Surviving Imposter Syndrome with Tim Corey
We met Tim Corey at Microsoft Build, surrounded by people throwing around acronyms like MCP and pretending we all knew what it meant. Turns out, we weren't alone. In this episode, we talk about the gaps in learning that nobody tells you about, the power of teaching what you just ... Show More
1h 4m
Oct 2021
Overcoming The Imposter Syndrome
In this episode, in our Mindful Monday segment, we get a few tips on overcoming the Impostor Syndrome.
Go to https://7goodminutes.com/podcast/impostor-syndrome for full show notes.
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