In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the new 16" MacBook Pro and how it performs as a web development machine.
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Mar 4
984: How to Make a DOM Library Render Anything w/ Paolo Ricciuti
Wes and Scott talk with Paolo Ricciuti about Svelte custom renderers and how Svelte actually talks to the DOM. They dig into compiler internals, CSS handling, native bridges, and the realities of maintaining ambitious open source tooling. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! March ... Show More
49m 8s
Mar 2
983: Why I Chose Electron Over Native (And I’d Do It Again)
Wes and Scott talk about building v_framer, Scott’s custom multi-source video recording app, and why Electron beat Tauri and native APIs for the job. They dig into MKV vs WebM, crash-proof recording, licensing with Stripe and Keygen, auto-updates, and the real challenges of shipp ... Show More
37m 40s
Feb 25
982: Bots Are Ruining the Internet
Wes and Scott talk about the latest dev news: Node enabling Temporal by default, OpenAI acquiring OpenClaw, TypeScript 6, new TanStack and Deno releases, the explosion of AI agent platforms, and more. Courtney Tolinski's Podcast Phases: A Parenting Podcast https://phases.fm/ Show ... Show More
49m 14s
Jul 2022
MacBook Air M2 review, Apple betas and James Webb’s space pics
<p>This week on the show, Cherlynn and Devindra dive into Apple’s new MacBook Air M2 and its recent batch of OS betas. It turns out a redesign and a whole new chip makes the MacBook Air even more compelling than before (at least more than the 13-inch MacBook Pro). Also, we chat w ... Show More
1h 14m
Mar 2024
New M3 MacBook Air — What you need to know + OLED iPads are INCOMING! (CultCast #637)
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2453212/open_sms">Send us a text!</a></p><p>This week, Apple dropped the M3 MacBook Air, and the specs look good! But where’s the iPad? Also, we have details on the CRAZY canceled Apple car prototypes a ... Show More
1h 24m
Nov 2021
iOS 15.2 features, AirPods 3 experience, Tim Cook talks crypto
Benjamin is still waiting for his new laptop, but it’s getting closer. Meanwhile, every tech company in Silicon Valley is giving them away. Zac tries out the AirPods 3. Tim Cook provides some surprising opinions on cryptocurrency. And, Apple is trying to use Keynote decks as holi ... Show More
1h 20m
Jun 2022
iOS 16, watchOS 9, macOS Ventura and new MacBook Air impressions
Benjamin and Zac break down all the announcements from Apple’s WWDC 2022 keynote with this bumper episode covering what’s new in iOS 16, watchOS 9, macOS Ventura, iPadOS 16 and more. This week’s event also saw the unveiling of the second-generation of Apple Silicon with the M2 ch ... Show More
2h 47m
Jun 2019
230: Buy Christina a Mac Pro
This week, Bri and Christina cover WWDC, which includes the new Mac Pro, iOS 13, iPad OS, SwiftUI and more. YouTube did bad things but rather than talk about that, we focused on the finer things in life, like Xbox’s new body spray. This episode of Rocket is sponsored by: Squaresp ... Show More
1h 6m
Nov 2020
Apple Macbook Air with M1 review / Apple will reduce App Store cut to 15 percent / end-to-end encryption for RCS in Android
Walt Mossberg joins the show to discuss his experience with Apple's Macbooks with the new M1 chip. Nilay, Dieter, Chris, and Dan discuss The Verge's reviews of the computers. Stories from this week: Trump’s post-election tantrum is holding up federal vaccine planning Virus surges ... Show More
1h 35m