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Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

Full Stack Developers Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski dive deep into web development topics, explaining how they work and talking about their own experiences. They cover from JavaScript frameworks like React, to the latest advancements in CSS to simplifying web tooling.

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

In this potluck episode, Wes and Scott answer your questions about paid vs. free SSL, the state of frontend jobs, headless WordPress trade-offs, organizing TypeScript types, and more!

Show Notes

 
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

 
00:51 Recapping the GitHub Meetup

 
05:14 Is there any real benefit to picking a paid SSL over Let's Encrypt?

 
08:03 Is the pure frontend role disappearing?

 
11:17 Is the gravy train over for software devs?

 
20:48 How Scott automates versioning with GitHub Actions 
 
changesets 

 
Intro to using changesets 

 
zero-svelte 

 graffiti

 
25:16 Brought to you by Sentry.io

 
25:41 Thoughts on VS Code alternatives and the rise of Zed

 
33:01 Should I switch to headless WordPress or continue rolling my own PHP templates?

 
37:33 How do you organize TypeScript types in a frontend project?

 
40:55 How do I continue to level up as a developer?

 
45:36 Stay in a comfortable job or embrace new challenges?

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956: Should I Keep Using WordPress?

Scott and Wes break down SvelteKit’s new remote functions and why they finally solve the long-standing pain of page-level data in Svelte. They cover queries, forms, batching, caching, and all the clever RPC ergonomics that make Svelte’s approach feel surprisingly powerful and refreshingly simple.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

00:45 Lots of RPC library options.

01:22 Svelte’s Page-Level Data Always Felt Off

02:12 Progress on the new Syntax site.

03:47 Remote functions explained.

Svelte Remote Functions Docs.

04:15 Make a .remote.ts file.

05:07 Querying data.

07:52 Brought to you by Sentry.io.

08:17 Svelte’s leg up on React.

10:13 Query Arguments.

11:39 The benefits of Standard Schema.

13:13 Refreshing Queries.

13:29 query.batch

15:18 Form function.

21:13 Enhance.

22:31 Refresh.

23:16 Command query.

24:25 Prerender.

25:22 Caching.

27:44 My Local Cache Service Worker.

31:23 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.

Sick Picks

Scott: CoffeeSock ColdBrew Filter, Chemex Filter.

Wes: Bosch Dishwasher.

Shameless Plugs

Scott: Syntax on YouTube

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955: SvelteKit has solved data loading

Live from GitHub Universe, Wes and Scott talk with Tanner Linsley about the latest from TanStack, including TanStack DB’s local-first syncing, new routing ideas, and fresh perspectives on server components and “magic” directives. They explore performance, incremental adoption, and what’s next for the rapidly growing TanStack ecosystem — plus a few spicy takes along the way.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

01:12 What’s new in the TanStack universe?

01:57 Introducing TanStack DB: local-first sync engine

05:17 How syncing and transactions actually work in TanStack DB

07:03 Next.js 16 Workflows: durable functions and the directive debate

08:46 Brought to you by Sentry.io

09:41 Tanner’s case for fewer “magic directives”

12:36 TanStack’s approach to React Server Components

14:30 The momentum of leading an ecosystem

15:38 Top-secret TanStack project in the works

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954: Fullstack TanStack! The Scoop with Tanner Linsley

Scott and Wes sit down with Jared Palmer of GitHub (formerly of Vercel) to unpack all the biggest announcements from GitHub Universe 2025. They dive into the future of developer workflows with agents, how GitHub is rethinking project interfaces, and where there’s still room to improve the dev experience.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

GitHub Universe Recap.

00:21 Who is Jared Palmer?

01:19 The developer workflow with agents.

03:33 Opening ongoing tasks in VS Code.

06:08 The benefit of agnostic agents.

07:04 GitHub’s biggest opportunities for improvement.

09:38 What’s your interface of choice for a new project?

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953: Why v0 creator left Vercel to fix GitHub (GOAT Jared Palmer)

Live from GitHub Universe, Wes, Scott, and CJ talk about the latest AI and developer tools from GitHub, including Agent HQ, Copilot integrations, and the new mission control for agents. They also share stories from the Syntax meetup, hack their conference badges, and debate AI’s role in coding.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

03:39 This year’s GitHub Universe badges were next-level

07:35 Keynote recap: GitHub Agents, Copilot, and Mission Control

18:21 Brought to you by Sentry.io

20:33 Plan Mode and the future of collaborative coding

23:40 Cursor’s new trick: firing off agents straight from Slack

25:32 Copilot Metrics Dashboard and agent analytics

27:53 Effortless MCP integration and custom agent workflows

31:35 Wrapping up GitHub Universe 2025

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952: VS Code, GitHub & Copilot - UNIVERSE 25 Announcements + Reactions

Scott and Wes dive into Remix 3, exploring how it embraces native web standards like Events, Signals, and Streams to become a truly full-stack framework. They unpack what “LLM-ready,” thin APIs, and a standards-based approach mean for the future of web development.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

03:21 Uses the platform - native Events, Signals, Streams, Fetch

04:16 Remix 3, Fully Fullstack.

04:57 LLM‑ready + thin APIs

05:53 Brought to you by Sentry.io.

06:18 My previous predictions.

07:44 The value of ‘Standards Based’.

09:13 Component model - JSX/TSX; state = variables; call this.render()

11:56 Adding reactivity to Remix.

15:15 Event‑based architecture - custom events, EventTarget, interactions

20:52 Context & type‑safe access.

22:46 Composing interaction logic within events.

24:25 Signals - AbortSignal to cancel async ops

25:21 Benefits of standards - bring your own tools/libraries

Michael Asnong X Post.

26:42 CSS - built‑in CSS prop; Svelte‑like scoping

28:34 Server - Web Request/Response, Web Streams across runtimes

31:23 Frames - async URL‑addressable components with fallbacks

33:07 Tooling - ESM; use Vite or esbuild

34:47 Routing - code‑based named routes

35:57 Questions/Concerns - manual rendering vs reactivity

38:47 URL Pattern API - modern, fast routing foundations

41:33 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.

Sick Picks

Scott: MoCA 2.5 Network Adapter

Wes: Bosch Dishwasher

Shameless Plugs

Scott: Syntax on YouTube.

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951: A first look at Remix 3

In part 2 of this year’s Spooky Stories special, Wes and Scott discuss the most chilling developer horror stories—from six-month-old unprocessed donations and runaway dog-food orders to vanishing databases, DNS disasters, code that literally tore apart a mall’s ventilation system, and more!

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

01:33 A Bug Beyond the Grave

04:16 NHL SPOOKS

06:36 White Space Ghost Faced

10:54 Over Order Nightmare

16:50 Alaskian

21:16 Brought to you by Sentry.io

22:50 Rackspace’d Out

25:02 Fired

26:52 WordPress Woes

33:21 What does the P in VPS stand for?

34:18 Beyond the Grave II

35:39 The Hottest Hot Fix

37:54 Bad Redirect

40:03 Instead of Making Money, You Spend Money!

41:26 Certbot Certain Death

43:55 It’s Always DNS

50:02 Cache Ruins Everything Around Me

51:52 Fiber F-Up

56:18 More Spooky Stories

Don’t Drink and Deploy 😬 | Spooky Dev Stories Pt. 1

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950: Even SCARIER Web Dev Nightmares (Spooky Stories Pt. 2)

It’s that time of year again, Scott (as Dracula) and Wes (as a big bad shark) return for their annual Spooky Stories special! They’re joined by a mysterious guest for a round of creepy coding trivia and chilling true tales of web dev gone wrong; dropped databases, haunted passwords, and more. Beware: these are real developer horror stories.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

00:05 Scott’s vampire costume.

00:38 New to live-streaming.

00:54 AWS Outage.

01:50 What is Spooky Stories?

02:01 (Wes is wearing a shark costume)

02:34 Brought to you by Sentry.io.

03:30 PHP MyHeadache.

06:23 A Browser Hack.

08:30 Browser Hack Gameshow & Special Guest!

17:01 Ghost Password.

21:32 Just A Patch.

24:12 Don’t drink and Deploy.

34:47 Discount.

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949: Web Dev HORROR Stories + Spooky Trivia! (Spooky Stories Pt. 1)

Wes and Scott talk about what makes Zed—the hot new editor built in Rust—fast, beautiful, and finally ready for primetime. From Git UI to extensions and AI tools, they break down what Zed gets right, what it still lacks, and whether it’s time to finally ditch VS Code.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

Syntax San Francisco Meetup

We need your Spooky Stories

02:37 Brought to you by Sentry.io

04:07 What is Zed?

06:46 Zed UI: fast and clean

10:17 General editor experience

11:44 Extensions marketplace

17:53 Git UI

22:03 Problems UI

26:01 Real-time collaboration

Remote Development

27:39 Command prompt tricks and built-in tools

31:03 Zed’s AI features

AI Coding Sucks

37:08 What kept Scott away—and why he’s back

40:33 What’s still missing

Text Manipulation Kung Fu for the Aspiring Black Belt

46:43 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

Scott: Zojirushi 5.0 Liter Water Boiler

Wes: Syntax Keycaps

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948: Zed is Ready For Primetime

Scott and Wes break down the top-tier MCP servers developers are using right now. From browser automation to debugging superpowers, they explore how these servers are changing what’s possible in modern dev workflows.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

01:52 Brought to you by Sentry.io.

02:46 Submit your Spooky Stories!

03:37 Syntax San Francisco Meetup.

04:11 S-Tier MCP Servers.

04:17 Sentry MCP Server (not sponsored).

05:01 Pause, what the heck is an MCP server.

05:45 Back to the Sentry MCP.

07:07 Spotlight JS.

09:08 ElevenLabs MCP hack.

11:19 Docs Tools.

11:29 Context7.

15:55 GitHub MCP Registry.

16:10 Nuxt MCP Server.

16:25 Svelte MCP Server.

20:35 Cloudflare MCP Servers.

22:34 Chrome Dev Tools (Playwright) MCP Server.

25:17 Stripe MCP Server.

27:55 Mastra.

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888: You Need a Monorepo × Client Only React × TanStack + More

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