Syntax Snack Pack: Vite, JSX, and the h1 that broke the web

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A Tasty Treats NEWSLETTER for Web Developers

Issue #44:

Most AI dev tools are secretly in love with Vite — but not all of them
A browser update is about to break your h1 styles - You’ve been warned
A clean little tool to turn tweets into sharable images
Also: web animations, the nicest place on the internet, open source politics, and 3D printers

Is Vite Winning the AI Game?

FROM wes

Evan You tested 7 different AI code generation tools, and Vite was the default for 5. Can you guess which ones don't use Vite?

Default styles for h1 elements are changing

selected by CJ

A lot of sites that depend on browser default styles for headings h1s are going to break... make sure your site is updated before this change rolls out to browsers

JSX Over The Wire — overreacted

cj's find!

Dan Abromov makes the argument that if you start designing your API directly for your front-end, you might as well use JSX/server components instead of JSON.