In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes are back for another episode of spooky web dev stories — listener-submitted stories about web dev gone wrong.
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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
Dec 2023
Episode 50: Mathias 'Fall in a well' Karlsson - Bug Bounty Prophet
Episode 50: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin catches up with hacking master Mathias Karlsson, and talks about burnout, collaboration, and the importance of specialization. Then we dive into the technical details of MXSS and XSLT, character encodin ... Show More
2h 24m
Dec 2023
Episode 51: Hacker Stats 2023 & 2024 Goals
Episode 51: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, Justin and Joel are back for the last episode of 2023. We discuss some noteworthy news items including a Hacker One Crit, Caido updates, and some Blind CSS. Then we dive into our own personal ‘Hackers Wrapped’ ... Show More
1h 21m
Jul 2023
Episode 27: Top 7 Esoteric Web Vulnerabilities
Episode 27: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast, we've switched places and now Joel is home while Justin is on the move. We break down seven esoteric web vulnerabilities, and talk Cookies, Config File Injections, Client-side path traversals and more. We also ... Show More
1h 20m
Jul 2024
Episode 78: Less Writing, More Hacking - Reporting Efficiency Techniques
Episode 78: In this episode of Critical Thinking - Bug Bounty Podcast we’re talking about writing reports. We share some tips that we’ve learned, and discuss ways that AI can (and can’t) help with that process. We also talk about the benefit of using tools like Fabric, Loom, and ... Show More
1h 6m