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In this potluck episode, Scott and Wes answer developer questions on topics like finding truthful web development advice online, checking for null values in TypeScript, HTML tags for ecommerce, browser recommendations, lock files, sync engines, AI hype fatigue, lack of 3D web adoption, a bad app investment story, and more.
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Discussion of using AI agents like Cursor for web development, focusing on the new agent mode for automating tasks.
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Discussion with Wind Surf CEO and VP of Product about the company's history, coding AI tools like Wind Surf, and the future of software development
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Discussion on running TypeScript code in Node.js without needing compilation, now that Node supports type stripping. Covers limitations, tools like TSX and Deno, and the much smoother developer experience working with TypeScript.
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Wes and Scott discuss the State of JS survey results, including popularity of frameworks, tools and features.
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Deno Sync enables building fast, real-time web apps with local data syncing and the ability to bring your own Postgres database.
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In this 2025 web development predictions episode, Scott and Wes make guesses about what will happen in AI, React, CSS, Svelte, servers, and more over the next couple years.
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Scott and Wes play a game of Stump'd, asking each other advanced web development questions on topics like JavaScript, CSS, Node.js and TypeScript.
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Topics covered include durable objects, PartyKit, anchor positioning browser support, importance of visual appeal, preferred hosting providers, new :has CSS selector, will CSS ever be "complete", issues with using MDX, recommended headless CMS, and a hockey podcast.
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Wes and Scott recap the key events in web development during 2024 and assess the accuracy of their 2023 predictions, including React ecosystem updates, the resurgence of Blue Sky, major improvements in CSS reducing reliance on JS, conferences attended, and changes coming to the Syntax podcast lineup.
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Discussion of new features in Svelte 5 including runes, unified state APIs, declarative $state, $derived, $effect, $inspect, snippets, and more.
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Discussion on different ways to store data locally in the browser for things like user preferences, allowing app usage before signup, faster data access, privacy, persisting data on refresh, and storing auth tokens.
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Zach Jackson explains ByteDance's web infrastructure and Module Federation which allows dynamically linking parts at runtime
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In this episode Wes and Scott discuss video streaming in 2025 - how HLS streaming works, transcoding and hosting video files, CDNs, player libraries like MediaChrome, and various video platform options.
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Discussion on how to go beyond surface level skills and really dive deep on a topic through real projects, reading docs, consuming niche content and more.
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Tips and recommendations for improving audio and video quality on calls and recordings with packages at different price points.
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In this potluck episode, Scott and Wes answer questions around debugging migrations with Sentry, signing apps for distribution, speeding up builds, permanent redirect SEO implications, full stack frameworks, cookie behavior, loading state UX, and technical interviews.
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Discussion on using the new speculation rules API for prefetching and prerendering pages to improve website performance, inspired by the fast McMaster Carr site.
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In this episode, Matt Perry discusses Framer Motion and MotionOne, and how they simplify web animations. He shares how the project evolved from previous animation libraries, and announces that Framer Motion is now an independent open source project called Motion.
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Scott and Wes summarize the 2023 State of Frontend survey from over 5,000 responses, analyze current framework usage trends and discuss where front end development may be heading in the future.
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Discussion on setting up and using Cloudflare tunnels to securely expose local web servers and home media servers over the internet with custom domains and access controls.
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Cassidy Williams and Harold Kirschner discuss new GitHub Copilot capabilities announced at GitHub Universe 2022, including multi-file editing, custom instructions, VS Code API access, and more.
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This episode covers different approaches to state management in JavaScript, including reducer-based, mutation-based and atom-based state. Buzzwords like reactive state, stores, immutability vs mutability, state updaters and more are also explained.
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Wes and Scott discuss strategies for finding, evaluating and integrating JavaScript packages and libraries into projects.
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Scott Jehl discusses his background in web development and responsive design at Filament Group agency, opinions on web components for UI patterns, styling complexities, design systems, and how they are used in site builds today.
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Holiday gift guide with favorite picks across multiple categories like games, clothing, desk items, and more.
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Wes Boss and Scott Tolinski have a casual conversation sharing their real-world experiences of owning and driving electric vehicles.
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The job market has cooled considerably compared to the red hot 2021-2022 period but opportunities still exist, especially in back-end and data. Standing out requires strategic follow-ups, customization and showcasing relevant experience.
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Scott and Wes answer audience questions about web development tools and techniques
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Scott and Wes discuss GitHub's AI announcements from GitHub Universe conference, including Copilot updates to match Cursor features, new AI marketplace, workspace improvements and text-to-code generator Spark.
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Andrea Giammarchi discusses PyScript, a project to run Python code in the browser using WebAssembly. He talks about creating the LinkedDOM library to have a DOM API in Node.js, how WebAssembly enables running languages besides JS in browsers, and potential improvements like a central garbage collector.
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Web developers share horror stories of production mishaps like deleting databases, breaking sites, and more.
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Scott and Wes read community submitted horror stories about web development mistakes.
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Discussion with Søren Bramer Schmidt, cocreator of Prisma, on new features like going local first, Typed SQL, common SQL mistakes, GraphQL status, serverless databases, and upcoming hosted Postgres.
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Scott and Wes discuss the productivity tools and techniques they use for password management, to-do lists, snippets, mind mapping, note taking, writing scripts, email, habit tracking, and more.
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CJ talks about Hono, a modern JavaScript framework for building web APIs, showing why you should use it over Express. He covers Hono's familiar Express-like API, wide platform support, built-in helpers, JSX support, routing, validation, RPC client, testing, and more.
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Marcy Sutton discusses core web accessibility concepts like semantic HTML, keyboard support, and testing methodologies. She also covers advanced ARIA tools, career advice, and emphasizes collaborating with users.
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Discussion on key things to consider when evaluating a JavaScript framework to use
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How to effectively utilize AI tools like Copilot and Claude to improve workflows for web developers
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Tanner Lindsley discusses TanStack Start, a new fullstack framework built on TanStack Router, and his vision for robust client-side apps that can incrementally adopt server rendering and capabilities. He shares unique perspectives on React Server Components, type safety, middleware, and more.
