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.

991 episodes

Language: en-us

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Episodes

990: Vite Is Taking Over (Vite+)

990: Vite Is Taking Over (Vite+)

March 25, 2026

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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

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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

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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

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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 ...
986: Does Code Quality Matter Anymore?

986: Does Code Quality Matter Anymore?

March 11, 2026

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58m

In this potluck episode, Wes and Scott answer your questions about popover navigation patterns, the Vibrate API on iOS, whether code quality still matters in the AI era, Wes’s evolving Obsidian second...
985: Stop putting secrets in .env

985: Stop putting secrets in .env

March 9, 2026

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47m

Scott and Wes are joined by Phil Miller and Theo Ephraim to talk about Varlock, a new approach to environment variables that adds schemas, validation, and security to the humble .env file. They dig in...
984: How to Make a DOM Library Render Anything w/ Paolo Ricciuti

984: How to Make a DOM Library Render Anything w/ Paolo Ricciuti

March 4, 2026

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49m

Wes and Scott talk with Paolo Ricciuti about Svelte custom renderers and how Svelte actually talks to the DOM. They dig into compiler internals, CSS handling, native bridges, and the realities of main...
983: Why I Chose Electron Over Native (And I’d Do It Again)

983: Why I Chose Electron Over Native (And I’d Do It Again)

March 2, 2026

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37m

Wes and Scott talk about building v_framer, Scott’s custom multi-source video recording app, and why Electron beat Tauri and native APIs for the job. They dig into MKV vs WebM, crash-proof recording, ...
982: Bots Are Ruining the Internet

982: Bots Are Ruining the Internet

February 25, 2026

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49m

Wes and Scott talk about the latest dev news: Node enabling Temporal by default, OpenAI acquiring OpenClaw, TypeScript 6, new TanStack and Deno releases, the explosion of AI agent platforms, and more....
981: Browsers Are Finally Catching Up (Interop 2026)

981: Browsers Are Finally Catching Up (Interop 2026)

February 23, 2026

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51m

Scott and Wes unpack Interop 2026 and the browser features finally aligning across engines, from container style queries and anchor positioning to scroll-driven animations and view transitions. They b...
980: AI Coding Explained

980: AI Coding Explained

February 18, 2026

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52m

Wes and Scott talk about the state of AI coding in 2026—from editors and models to agents, skills, slash commands, MCPs, and more. They unpack what these things actually do, how they overlap, and how ...
979: WebMCP: New Standard to Expose Your Apps to AI

979: WebMCP: New Standard to Expose Your Apps to AI

February 16, 2026

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16m

Scott and Wes unpack WebMCP, a new standard that lets AI interact with websites through structured tools instead of slow, bot-style clicking. They demo it, debate imperative vs declarative APIs, and s...
978: Should A New Coder Use AI?

978: Should A New Coder Use AI?

February 11, 2026

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1h 2m

Wes and Scott answer your questions about AI agents, learning to code with AI, pagination patterns, skilling up from outdated tech stacks, balancing side projects with family life, real-world hacking ...
977: We built a CSS Challenge platform

977: We built a CSS Challenge platform

February 9, 2026

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41m

Scott and Wes break down how they built SynHax, the real-time CSS Battle app powering the upcoming Mad CSS tournament. From SvelteKit and Zero to diffing algorithms, sync conflicts, and a last-minute ...
976: Pi - The AI Harness That Powers OpenClaw W/ Armin Ronacher & Mario Zechner

976: Pi - The AI Harness That Powers OpenClaw W/ Armin Ronacher & Mario Zechner

February 4, 2026

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57m

Wes and Scott talk with Armin Ronacher and Mario Zechner about PI, a minimalist agent harness powering tools like OpenClaw. They unpack why Bash is “all you need,” the risks of agents, workflow adapta...
975: What’s Missing From the Web Platform?

975: What’s Missing From the Web Platform?

February 2, 2026

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50m

Scott and Wes run through their wishlist for the web platform, digging into the UI primitives, DOM APIs, and browser features they wish existed (or didn’t suck). From better form controls and drag-and...
974: Clawdbot (Moltbot), Agents and the Age of Personal Software

974: Clawdbot (Moltbot), Agents and the Age of Personal Software

January 28, 2026

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46m

Wes and Scott talk about building hyper-specific personal software with AI. They explore personal agents, home automation, JSON-as-a-database, and how LLMs unlock fast, custom apps that reduce frictio...
973: The Web’s Next Form: MCP UI (with Kent C. Dodds)

973: The Web’s Next Form: MCP UI (with Kent C. Dodds)

January 26, 2026

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48m

Scott and Wes sit down with Kent C. Dodds to break down MCP, context engineering, and what it really takes to build effective AI-powered tools. They dig into practical examples, UI patterns, performan...
972: These Things Make Your App Feel Like Crap on Mobile

972: These Things Make Your App Feel Like Crap on Mobile

January 21, 2026

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38m

Wes and Scott talk about why mobile web apps often feel “janky” compared to native—and how to fix it. They cover input zooming, accidental horizontal scroll, pointer/user-select quirks, frame rate con...
971: Stackoverflow and Firefox are Dead?

971: Stackoverflow and Firefox are Dead?

January 19, 2026

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46m

Is Stack Overflow actually dying, and what does that mean in an AI-driven dev world? Scott and Wes break down the latest web dev news, from Firefox’s AI crossroads and Apple’s browser engine changes t...