Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

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.

1007 episodes

Language: en-us

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Episodes

1006: Can AI Make Good Design?

1006: Can AI Make Good Design?

May 20, 2026

35m

Wes and Scott talk about whether AI can actually create good design, or if it just remixes the same patterns over and over. They dig into AI-generated UX, design systems, YouTube thumbnails, Google’s ...
1005: Programatic and Skill based Video Creation with Remotion

1005: Programatic and Skill based Video Creation with Remotion

May 18, 2026

43m

Scott and Wes are joined by Jonny Burger, creator of Remotion, to talk about the explosion of programmatic video, going from 125k to 800k installs per day, and how AI and a new HTML-in-Canvas Chrome s...
1004: TanHacked

1004: TanHacked

May 13, 2026

23m

Scott and Wes break down the “Mini Shai-Hulud” supply chain attack that compromised TanStack and other popular npm packages through a clever GitHub Actions cache poisoning exploit; a self-propagating ...
1003: Skills Skills Skills

1003: Skills Skills Skills

May 11, 2026

25m

Scott and Wes chat all things agent skills for web developers, sharing their favorites for everything from CSS animations and HTML generation to logo extraction, marketing copy, and video creation. Wh...
1002: The Real Pricing of LLMs

1002: The Real Pricing of LLMs

May 6, 2026

52m

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about LLM usage-based pricing, security risks from malicious code in interviews, staying current in a fast-moving dev landscape, ...
1001: Managing Deadlines + Stress

1001: Managing Deadlines + Stress

May 4, 2026

33m

Scott and Wes tackle the all-too-real stress of crunch time as a web developer—how to handle looming deadlines, avoid sloppy shortcuts, and stay methodical when everything feels like it’s falling apar...
1000: Syntax Episode 1,000!

1000: Syntax Episode 1,000!

April 29, 2026

1h 12m

Wes and Scott celebrate 1000 episodes of Syntax, reflecting on how the podcast started, the team behind it, memorable moments, listener stats, inside jokes, and how the show has evolved over time—from...
999: Writing Maintainable CSS

999: Writing Maintainable CSS

April 27, 2026

50m

Scott and Wes break down what makes CSS truly manageable—from preventing style leaks and embracing fluid layouts to choosing the right methodology, whether that’s utility CSS, component-scoped styles,...
998: How to Fix Vibe Coding

998: How to Fix Vibe Coding

April 22, 2026

44m

Wes and Scott talk about making AI coding more reliable using deterministic tools like fallow, knip, ESLint, StyleLint, and Sentry. They cover code quality analysis, linting strategies, headless brows...
997: Rating and Roasting Your Projects

997: Rating and Roasting Your Projects

April 20, 2026

53m

Scott and Wes dig into a huge batch of community-submitted projects, from JSON tools and CSS editors to AI agents, view transitions, and everything in between. It’s a rapid-fire showcase of what devel...
996: 10 New CSS and HTML APIs

996: 10 New CSS and HTML APIs

April 15, 2026

31m

Wes and Scott talk about the latest CSS and browser features, including the Grid Lines API for masonry layouts, HTML in Canvas, name-only container queries, CSS random, search-text styling, and more. ...
995: Next.js Vendor Lock-in No More

995: Next.js Vendor Lock-in No More

April 13, 2026

1h 4m

In this episode, Scott and Wes sit down with Tim Neutkens and Jimmi Lai from the Next.js team to dig into the new Adapters API, what it takes to run Next.js across platforms like Cloudflare and Netlif...
994: AI Sucks At CSS

994: AI Sucks At CSS

April 8, 2026

1h 0m

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about AI struggles with CSS and design workflows, learning vs relying on AI, debugging web performance, beginner soldering setups...
993: It’s Been A Hell Of Week

993: It’s Been A Hell Of Week

April 6, 2026

38m

Scott and Wes break down a chaotic week in dev news — the Claude Code source leak, a nasty Axios npm supply chain hack, and Railway’s private cache exposure — plus how to keep these nightmare scenario...
992: Migrating Legacy Code Just Got Easier

992: Migrating Legacy Code Just Got Easier

April 1, 2026

29m

Wes and Scott talk about migrating large codebases with AI — how to plan framework and language moves, establish patterns, handle templating changes, test thoroughly, safely deploy, and more. Show N...
991: Vite’s bet on Cloudflare (VOID Framework)

991: Vite’s bet on Cloudflare (VOID Framework)

March 30, 2026

38m

Vite just launched Void, a fullstack JavaScript framework and cloud platform that bundles together routing, SSR, auth, an ORM, and nearly everything you’d expect from a modern meta-framework — all bui...
990: Vite Is Taking Over (Vite+)

990: Vite Is Taking Over (Vite+)

March 25, 2026

33m

Wes, Scott, and CJ talk about Vite+, a unified JavaScript toolchain that combines linting, formatting, task running, monorepos, and more. They break down its evolution, open-source shift, performance ...
989: State of JS 2025

989: State of JS 2025

March 23, 2026

1h 4m

Scott and Wes dig into the latest State of JS survey results, breaking down which JavaScript libraries, frameworks, and tools are rising, falling, or holding steady in the ever-shifting JS ecosystem. ...
988: Cloudflare’s Next.js Slop Fork

988: Cloudflare’s Next.js Slop Fork

March 18, 2026

47m

Wes and Scott talk with Steve Faulkner about vinext, a Vite-powered Next.js fork. They dive into AI coding workflows, agent browsers, code quality, and what modern dev tooling looks like in an AI-firs...
987: Remote Coding Agents

987: Remote Coding Agents

March 16, 2026

47m

Scott and Wes break down the world of remote coding agents — what they are, why you’d want one, and all the different ways you can run them, from Cursor Cloud and Claude Code to an old laptop sitting ...