In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about the lessons they learned while launching the new Syntax website including launching now, transcription bugs, error monitoring, black text on black backgrounds, and more.

Show Notes

• 00:10 Welcome to Syntax
• 01:41 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
• 02:43 Don’t wait. Launch!
• 04:28 Transcript bug
• Most Powerful Speech-to-Text API | Deepgram

09:01 Error monitoring is a must

12:36 Timestamp error

16:20 Black text on black background might hide things

17:33 WASM Vercel file system

21:18 Things have gotten easier to launch

PlanetScale: The world’s most advanced database platform — PlanetScale

23:36 Switching from OpenAI to Anthropic Claude and AI Responses aren’t always JSON

25:34 Local dev is fast

Navigation API

31:37 Mind your payloads

32:41 GitHub Milestones

33:57 Almost forgot the Robots.txt

36:17 Chron job timeout

Inngest

40:06 TypeScript errors don’t need to be zero to launch

42:25 GitHub Actions pipeline bug

43:23 Basic testing will do

Playwright

44:56 Have a designer to work with

Airbase

52:07 Sick Picks

Sick Picks

• Scott: Dog Poop Bags With Dispenser

Wes: Resistance band

Shameless Plugs

• Scott: Sentry

Wes: Wes Bos Courses

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