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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950: Even SCARIER Web Dev Nightmares (Spooky Stories Pt. 2)
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
Submit your Spooky Stories
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949: Web Dev HORROR Stories + Spooky Trivia! (Spooky Stories Pt. 1)
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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948: Zed is Ready For Primetime
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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947: S-Tier MCP Servers for Developers
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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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.
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