Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk all things Bluesky, the AT Protocol it’s built in, the terminology of Bluesky, and how the API currently works. Show Notes 00:07 Welcome 00:53 Welcome to the Bluesky Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky 03:14 What could the new Twitter be? 07:56 What is Bluesky? Nostr Bluesky ..

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Zach Lloyd about how Google Sheets works, why Zach wanted to build Warp, why did they use Rust to write Warp in, is Warp going to come to Windows, and more! Show Notes 00:20 Welcome 01:12 Who is Zach Lloyd? Zack on Twitter Zack on LinkedIn Warp Terminal × Next Gen Termina..

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about the tech stack they used to create the Syntax giveaway site for the Sentry + Syntax announcement week. What were the features of the site, how’d they generate proper codes, and how’d they stop developers from hacking the system? Show Notes 00:07 How to do a giveaway and distribute it? 04:26 Bui..

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about RPC, what it means, why are we talking about it now, tRPC, and will RPC take off? Show Notes 00:22 Welcome 01:51 What does RPC mean? 04:52 Why are we talking RPC now? 10:27 Hype around RPC Supper Club × Solid.js with Ryan Carniato — Syntax Podcast 577 11:05 Isn’t this just a REST endpoint? 13:2..

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Donata and Hans Skillrud of Termageddon on GDPR, privacy policies, cookie pop ups, and the various legal and ethical reasons to implement them properly. Show Notes 00:36 Welcome 01:47 Who are Donata and Hans? Donata Stroink-Skillrud Esq., CIPP on Twitter Hans Skillrud on Twitter T..

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about type guards vs type casting, crypto usage, feedback for Syntax, custom status pages, SEO and metadata, uploading images, home automation, and more! Show Notes 00:12 Welcome 01:23 Scott’s new gear MT-48 Volt USB Audio Interfaces 07:36 Are type guards safer and superio..

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about CSS Color Functions, the benefits of dynamic css color, relative color syntax, color contrast, and color mix. Show Notes 00:26 Welcome 00:49 Why we’re talking CSS Color Functions 01:57 Benefits of dynamic CSS color 03:14 Relative color syntax 06:51 Color contrast 09:26 Color mix Tweet us your t..

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Nicholas Zakas about his creation of ESLint, what’s coming up in ESLint, and his work as a coach and mentor for programmers. Show Notes 00:34 Welcome 01:20 Guest introduction Human Who Codes Nicholas C. Zakas (@nzakas@fosstodon.org) Twitter @slicknet nzakas on GitHub @humanwhoco..

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott go through all the features of Sass and decide where we are at with Native CSS alternatives, giving each feature a rating of replaceable, plausible, or missing. Show Notes 00:11 Welcome 01:17 Easter updates 04:17 Getting into Sass 06:03 What is PostCSS? 09:52 CSS Variables 13:49 CSS Nesting CSS Nesti..

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk through the differences between modals, popups, popovers, lightboxes, and dialog boxes. Show Notes 00:31 Welcome 02:25 What’s popping up? 02:59 What’s a modal? 08:33 Pop overs and lightboxes 10:41 Explicit dismiss and light dismiss 11:30 Inert property inert 16:30 Backdrop pseudo element Dialog wit..