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.
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Scott and Wes ditch Electron and Tauri for GPUI, the GPU accelerated Rust UI framework from the Zed team. They get into its React-like API, styling that feels a lot like Tailwind, GPUI Kit components, the community fork drama, and the tiny desktop apps Scott has built with it.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
GPUI
01:24 Electron, Tauri, and the Trouble With Web Views
04:05 Enter GPUI: Why We Don’t Take Money to Talk About Tools
05:32 Brought to you by Sentry.io
05:59 What GPUI Is: GPU Accelerated, Cross Platform, Native All the Way Down
06:50 A React Like API in Rust: Divs, Flex, and Chained Methods
09:35 Components, Props, and State in GPUI
Scott’s GPUI Demo Gist
11:21 How Much of CSS Does GPUI Actually Reimplement?
12:52 Flexbox Everywhere, But Where Is CSS Grid?
14:17 Where Does Your App Logic Live? No RPC Layer Needed
15:53 Render vs RenderOnce: Stateful and Static Components
16:57 GPUI Kit: The shadcn of GPUI
18:46 GPUI CE: The Community Fork and Ecosystem Tension
21:29 Apps Scott Built With GPUI: Gendo, File Bro, and Mr. Space
22:48 Why Tiny Utility Apps Should Stay Tiny
24:25 File Bro: File Automations a la Hazel
25:27 Mr. Space: Building a macOS Window Manager
27:05 The Downsides: No Native UI Elements and No Browser DOM
Scott’s Rust Best Practices Skill
29:56 Testing GPUI Apps With Jev and the Accessibility Tree
gpui-agent
30:39 GPUI Mobile: Experimental, But It Works
GPUI Kit Mobile Docs
gpui-mobile
31:52 Final Verdict: GPUI for Personal Desktop Software
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1042: Is the Jev Hype Overblown?
Monday, September 28, 2026 • Duration 01:22:03
Is Jev actually a leap forward for classification or just hype and fake demos? We dig in, plus Claude Code’s new AGENTS.md support, TinyCast (the free, open-source Raycast alternative), an iPhone Fold simulator in Xcode, and a stack of dev tools you’ll want to try
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:17 The iPhone Fold Simulator and Foldable Web APIs
Features behind a flag
Syntax Meetup in San Francisco
07:03 Claude Code Finally Supports agents.md
Changelog
11:42 Using Your Claude Subscription Inside PI
13:07 Raycast Pricing Changes and the Rise of Tinycast
18:24 Our Most Used Raycast Features
21:22 Browser Hopping: Back on Helium After Ditching Dia
22:12 1Password’s Redesign and Reliability Problems
23:11 Jev Explained: A Model That Only Answers Questions
31:59 CJ’s Jev Chat Bot Demo With MCP Tools
36:09 The Kevs in the Room: Open Source Jev Alternatives
Cloudflare’s Kev
Jared Palmer’s Kev
45:39 What We’ve Actually Built With Jev So Far
Jev Benchmarks
51:59 Brought to you by Sentry.io
52:55 GPUI Kit: Building Native Rust Desktop Apps
58:07 Antfu’s DevFrame: A Framework for Building Dev Tools
59:45 Where Is the Line on Using AI in Video Editing?
Runwayml Upscaling
01:06:00 AI Upscaled Security Photos and Internet Detectives
01:08:07 Qwen Image 2.1 and Real Transparent Backgrounds
01:10:18 AI Generated Posters Don’t Have to Be Horrible
01:13:28 Orca: A GUI for Wrangling Your Fleet of Agents
01:15:37 Grok 4.7 First Impressions and Its Pricing
01:18:58 Waiting on Google and Microsoft’s Big Models
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1041: What are normies using AI for?
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 • Duration 47:21
Scott and Wes talk about how non-developers are actually using AI today. They also cover the stuff they don’t think holds up, like AI-staged listings and automated marketing.
Show Notes
00:00 Intro
00:38 Welcome to Syntax!
Wes’ post about using AI
01:50 Finding Parts With AI: Van Buckles and Weird Bolts
03:59 Brought to you by Sentry!
04:37 Fixing Printers, Drivers, and Annoying Home Network Stuff
Skylight Calendar
05:32 Rescuing E-Waste: Flashing a Broken Skylight Calendar
08:42 Red Tape, Permits, and Filling Out Awful PDF Forms
09:57 Self-Hosting Made Easy: Updating Your NAS and Docker Containers
11:18 Fighting Home Assistant Rot With Agents
13:20 Inbox and Calendar Management for a Family of Six
18:05 AI in Real Estate and Property Staging
Real Estate Canada subreddit
21:10 Using Agents for Video Editing and Multicam Automation
23:53 GFX.computer: Building Better Infographics
25:59 Things That Won’t Hold Up: Generated Text and Automated Marketing
30:27 Home Lab Management Over Tailscale and SSH
32:46 3D Printing Parts With Nurb: Stands, Cases, and Airflow
Nurb
34:51 MCP Servers for Software You Only Use Occasionally
36:58 Travel Planning: Great at Logistics, Terrible at Taste
39:31 Proposals and Job Applications: Everybody Sounds the Same
42:14 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs
Sick Picks
Scott: Nomadix Backpack
Wes: Silicone chair socks
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1040: Developing for the iPhone Duo
Monday, September 21, 2026 • Duration 01:33:32
Scott, Wes, and CJ break down developing for the iPhone Duo with the Device Posture and Viewport Segments APIs, plus the React 19.3 release and Pi’s new Radius platform. Also on deck: Tailwind joining Shopify, Shopify going back to native, Homebrew 7, Aeropeek, and Meta’s Muse Agent.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:05 React 19.3
05:30 Pi announces Radius
15:26 iPhone Duo Initial Reactions
iPhone Duo for developers
22:35 Developing for the iPhone Duo
Viewport Segments API
Device Posture API
WebKit Standards Positions
Jen Simmons’ post
32:16 Syntax Meetup in SF
32:52 Brought to you by Sentry!
33:10 Tailwind Labs is joining Shopify
35:36 Native is the Future of Mobile at Shopify
40:23 Herdr remote agents
46:13 Homebrew 7 Released
50:55 Meta Muse AI Agent
01:00:19 Scott’s Switzerland Trip
ZurichJS Conference
01:07:25 Mic FX from Teenage Engineering
01:10:46 Three.js conference Badge
More amazing badges
01:13:29 Don’t let anyone take away your big box of cables
01:16:22 Aerospace Tiling Manager
AeroPeek
01:24:26 Scott’s new backpack
01:26:52 Claude, change this button to blue
Hacker News post
01:31:23 Knap markdown template language
Comark plugin
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1039: Should You Quit Your Job?
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 • Duration 01:00:37
Scott and Wes dig into a listener mailbag full of AI questions: how to bill freelance work when the tools make you faster, whether coding still matters in interviews, and if the AI bubble is about to pop. Plus sandboxing your agents, managing block-based CMS chaos, and what it takes to leave a stable job when you’re risk averse.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:09 Freelance Billing in the Age of AI: Who Gets the Speed Savings?
04:33 Value Based Pricing and Leveling Up Your Skills
06:37 Will Writing Code Become Irrelevant in Job Interviews?
Ghostty, Superlogical
Better Auth
11:05 Finding Human Answers in a Sea of AI Slop
14:57 Trust and Community Are the New Currency
15:49 Nobody Watches Conference Talks Anymore
AI Engineer
18:18 Is the AI Bubble Going to Pop?
The AI Bubble Survives on $1.65 Trillion in Hidden Debt
24:07 Where Is All the Software AI Was Supposed to Build?
26:19 AI Fatigue: When All You Do Is Review Code
True Cost of AI Coding
30:03 Managing Large Block Based CMS Systems
Fimo
Sanity
38:57 Taking the Leap: Leaving a Stable Job as a Risk Averse Dev
43:45 Sandboxing Your Agents Instead of Running YOLO Mode
CJ’s Video: Every Developer Should Know This
Docker
45:38 Will AI Companies Fingerprint and Ad Target You?
Colemak
Web Audio API
Brave on X
49:36 Labeling YouTube Exclusive Episodes for Podcast Listeners
52:16 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs
Sick Picks
Scott: Sandpaper Pads, Jellyfin, Apps2Samsung
Wes: Hisense TV
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1038: OpenAI Releases GPT 6 Astra
Monday, September 14, 2026 • Duration 01:25:20
Wes and CJ dig into OpenAI’s GPT‑6 Astra; the massive jump in computer use, the wild Blender MCP 3D demos, and whether all the AGI talk actually holds up. Plus Hugging Face’s robot duck, Vitest 5 and the arrest behind the shai‑hulud supply chain attacks
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
00:52 30 Years of JScript: How Microsoft Cloned JavaScript
03:28 Ryan Dahl’s Fight to Free the JavaScript Trademark
05:48 The Rise of Micro Ducks and DIY Robotics
13:58 VeriSign Is Killing Third Level .name Domains
18:31 How Many Domains Do You Own? Registrar Pricing and Transfers
21:00 GPT-6 Astra Is Here: Is This Actually AGI?
Exploding 3D Rendering
Formula 1 Rendering
Astra in Three.JS
23:40 Computer Use: Letting AI Draw Our Thumbnail in MS Paint
Astra Using MS Paint
33:10 Can AI Edit Video? The DaVinci Resolve MCP Hype
40:18 Blender, 3D Workflows and the Death of Educational Content
47:45 Audacity 4: A Long Overdue Facelift
52:31 Ripping CDs and Owning Your Music Library Again
55:35 Vitest 5: Faster Tests, Benchmarks and Trace View
59:45 Brought to you by Sentry.io
01:00:24 Prompt Injecting Claude Opus 5 With a Malicious Zip File
01:05:46 The Shai-Hulud Hackers Got Arrested: How They Slipped Up
01:09:15 The VS Code Documentary Is Out (and Wes Is In It)
01:11:14 216 Million Spy TVs: LG Is Watching and Listening
Disconnect Your LG TV Now
01:17:05 Roku, Walmart and What Your Data Profile Really Knows
01:19:12 Google AI Mode Shows Products 21% More Expensive
01:22:31 Agentic Shopping and the Sameness of AI Taste
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1037: WebMCP is here (and you should care)
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 • Duration 56:30
Scott and Wes talk about WebMCP with Sarah Drasner and Dominic Farolino from the Chrome team, which is the new W3C standard that lets your site hand real tools to an agent. They cover the security model, headless and multi-tab agents, and how to wire it into an app you’ve already shipped.
Show Notes
00:00 Intro
00:46 Welcome to Syntax!
01:18 What Is WebMCP and How Is It Different from MCP?
02:32 WebMCP for UI: Enabling Agents to Use Websites Directly
06:05 Brought to you by Sentry!
06:43 Is This Just a Chrome Thing? W3C Standards and Open Development
11:49 WebMCP Security: Annotations, Hints, and Multi-Layered Defense
15:26 Best Use Cases: E-Commerce, Video Editing, and Complex UIs
16:27 The WebMCP Challenge: 5,000 Entries and Creative Applications
19:20 Headless WebMCP: Running Agents in the Background
22:43 Multi-Tab Scenarios: Using WebMCP Across Multiple Sites
24:23 WebMCP and Security: Safe Origin Policy and Agent Containment
28:09 Performance and Core Web Vitals for the Agentic Web
38:11 The Future of Web Monetization: Ads, Commerce, and Agent Payments
Universal Commerce Protocol
x402
40:53 Building an Agent Platform: Extensions, Harnesses, and Browser Vendor Roles
45:19 Support from Anthropic, Safari, Firefox, and Other Players
49:11 Getting Involved: Origin Trial, Community Feedback, and the W3C Spec
Ora
52:45 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs
Sick Picks
Scott:
Wes:
Dominic: Steven Pinker: The Sense of Style
Sarah: Vintage Story
Shameless Plugs
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Dominic: X account
Sarah: 25% discount with code Community25 at AGNTCon
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1036: Cursor & OpenAI Break Up
Monday, September 7, 2026 • Duration 01:12:19
The messy breakup is official; as of November 12, OpenAI's models are getting pulled from Cursor, and we're digging into who's really to blame (and why Wes called it). Plus pnpm 12 goes full Rust, Mitchell Hashimoto drops Superlogical, ~700 AI agents attack Hugging Face, and Zod 4.5's compiled schemas get up to 9x faster.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
00:33 pnpm 12 Rust Re-Write
02:45 Zod 4.5 brings Schema Compilation
Zod 4.5 launch post
05:22 Brought to you by Sentry!
07:14 Cursor OpenAI Break Up
Michael Truell’s post
15:35 vGPU - WebGPU library for agents
TypeGPU
Main differences between vgpu and TypeGPU
22:32 Omarchy Security Issues and Linux Chat
Omarchy
Security issue in Omarchy
Close three paths from an unprivileged session to root commit
CachyOS
36:38 Scott Bought an M5 Ultra Mac Studio
44:45 Superlogical is a new terminal multiplexer
48:31 Zurich JS
48:55 Katamari Object Library
52:05 ThreeUI - Three.js library
55:36 Hugging Face Hack Analyzed / Updates
METR & Redwood Research investigation
Brief independent investigation of agents’ behavior
About the Hugging Face attack
Postmortem of the HuggingFace hack
01:00:46 llms.txt used to pwn devs
01:03:56 Running Isolated Code Poll
01:05:47 OpenShot 4.0 - OSS Video Editor
Blick editor
01:09:06 Lake America
01:11:24 Ox Alpha is GLM 5.3
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1035: Why everyone is moving to Stylex?
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 • Duration 26:36
Meta’s StyleX compiles thousands of styles into a few reusable class names at build time—zero runtime, fully type-safe. Scott and Wes break down why it’s suddenly everywhere, and why it might be the best CSS tool for AI agents.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
Syntax Ep 650
San Francisco Syntax Meetup
02:18 What Is StyleX and How Does It Work?
04:27 The Difference Between StyleX and Other CSS Scoping Methods
06:03 What People Are Saying: StyleX Is Superior for AI Agents
Jared Palmer
Adam Hutchinson
Aiden Bai
Syntax Ep 658
11:30 Type Safety and Design System Constraints
12:46 No Runtime Dependency: All Computed at Build Time
13:49 Brought to you by Sentry.io
14:13 Reusable Styles: Import, Export, and Auto-Import
17:53 Composability and Overriding Styles With JavaScript Objects
18:24 It Sucks to Write by Hand
19:25 Modern CSS Properties and Waiting for Implementation
20:58 Nested CSS and Nested Selectors Are Tricky
22:24 Alternatives: Panda CSS and CSS Modules
Syntax Ep 807
24:41 The Auto-Complete Experience: Why StyleX Shines for Agents
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1034: Omarchy Quattro Release
Monday, August 31, 2026 • Duration 01:15:47
Grokbot actually earns its keep, Cursor takes a swing at GitHub with Origin, and Omarchy Quattro ships pre-wired for nine coding agents. Plus: the GitHub outage post-mortem, a compromised Rust crate, native app vibe-coding with Dactyl, and CAD skills for your AI via nurb.dev
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
00:26 Brought to you by Sentry.io
00:37 Grok’s New Agentic App: Grokbot
12:51 GitHub’s Major Outage and Postmortem
16:42 Cursor’s Origin: A GitHub Competitor
22:59 Omarchy: The Linux Distro for Nerds
29:21 CachyOS: Another Arch-Based Alternative
31:12 The $10 Million Omarchy Foundation
34:54 Dactyl: Native iOS and Android Development in the Browser
44:19 Nurb: AI-Powered 3D CAD Design
49:36 Security Stories: Supply Chain Attacks and Model Cheating
49:43 Rust Supply Chain Attack
51:34 Every Model Cheats: AI Benchmark Findings
53:13 Felony Bench: Ranking AI Models by Crimes Committed
54:19 Casio’s Smart Dumb Watch
58:43 Everything I Own Is Owned: Reverse Engineering USB Devices with AI
01:08:05 The Mystery 0x Alpha Model
01:13:48 Dactyl Returns Something
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