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Explainer on the concept of signals, which are reactive variables that can automatically cause side effects when they update. Signals are missing from base JS but are being proposed. All frameworks have some implementation of signals built in.
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Discussion of the new standard schema effort to standardize data validation across JavaScript validation libraries like Zod, ValleyBot and Arctype.
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Discussion of using AI agents like Cursor for web development, focusing on the new agent mode for automating tasks.
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Deno Sync enables building fast, real-time web apps with local data syncing and the ability to bring your own Postgres database.
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Scott and Wes play a game of Stump'd, asking each other advanced web development questions on topics like JavaScript, CSS, Node.js and TypeScript.
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Wes and Scott recap the key events in web development during 2024 and assess the accuracy of their 2023 predictions, including React ecosystem updates, the resurgence of Blue Sky, major improvements in CSS reducing reliance on JS, conferences attended, and changes coming to the Syntax podcast lineup.
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Discussion on different ways to store data locally in the browser for things like user preferences, allowing app usage before signup, faster data access, privacy, persisting data on refresh, and storing auth tokens.
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Discussion on how to go beyond surface level skills and really dive deep on a topic through real projects, reading docs, consuming niche content and more.
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Discussion on using the new speculation rules API for prefetching and prerendering pages to improve website performance, inspired by the fast McMaster Carr site.
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Discussion on setting up and using Cloudflare tunnels to securely expose local web servers and home media servers over the internet with custom domains and access controls.
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Wes and Scott discuss strategies for finding, evaluating and integrating JavaScript packages and libraries into projects.
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Wes Boss and Scott Tolinski have a casual conversation sharing their real-world experiences of owning and driving electric vehicles.
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Scott and Wes discuss GitHub's AI announcements from GitHub Universe conference, including Copilot updates to match Cursor features, new AI marketplace, workspace improvements and text-to-code generator Spark.
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Scott and Wes read community submitted horror stories about web development mistakes.
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CJ talks about Hono, a modern JavaScript framework for building web APIs, showing why you should use it over Express. He covers Hono's familiar Express-like API, wide platform support, built-in helpers, JSX support, routing, validation, RPC client, testing, and more.
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How to effectively utilize AI tools like Copilot and Claude to improve workflows for web developers
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Wes and Scott discuss various techniques to prevent spam and fraud when developing web apps, including CAPTCHAs, third-party verification services, rate limiting, and manual review.
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Discussion on different login and user verification methods like magic links, OAuth, codes, trusted devices, etc.
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Scott and Wes discuss a Hack Week project where they built a desktop app to automate the Syntax podcast publishing workflow using Svelte, Rust and other technologies.
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Wes explains how he built a receipt printer with JS during Hack Week at Sentry, including connecting it, encoding printer commands, taking screenshots to print complex layouts when alerts come in from Sentry.