Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the reasons your node_modules folder gets so large, and what you can do to help keep the file size down. Show Notes 00:24 Welcome 00:51 The punching bag of Javascript DaisyDisk 02:03 Spoiler alert - it’s text 04:49 What actually increases the size? 07:29 Types 09:27 Polyfills 11:09 Raycast Snip..

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Adam Argyle about a ton of new CSS features that have arrived or are coming soon, as well as his new site Gradient.style. Show Notes 00:34 Welcome 01:05 Guest introduction Adam on Bluesky Adam on Twitter 01:48 CSS buckets New CSS Relative Units · January 6, 2023 03:16 rex rch ri..

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about your options for hosting your app including some of the big players, but also others you may not have heard of. Show Notes 00:11 Welcome 01:06 Explaining basic concepts in hosting providers 07:55 How is hosting priced? 10:09 The big names in hosting Amazon Web Services Google Cloud Microso..

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Signals - what are signals and why is everyone talking about them suddenly? Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:40 Chipping away at projects 03:20 WTF are signals? Signals Framework reimagined for the edge! - Qwik SolidJS · Reactive Javascript Library Zone Vanilla 09:03 What are the boundaries on sign..

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Dylan Jhaveri about his work at Mux, how Mux ingests and spits out video, and where Mux fits in a tech stack for developers working with video and audio. Show Notes 00:36 Welcome 01:27 Who is Dylan Jhaveri? Dylan (@dylanjha) The Internet’s video infrastructure | Mux Mux Player 03..

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about UI elements and best practices with UI elements, as well as UI elements that exist in browsers. Show Notes 00:10 Welcome 01:10 Making demos for fun 02:47 Why we’re talking UI elements 03:48 Bad UI elements in the browser Syntax 602: Modals, Popups, Popovers, Lightboxes Progress 10:47 Decen..

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..