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- 1045: Who can actually max out 5 AI subscriptions?
Scott and Wes answer listener questions about what replaced blogging, what to do while your AI agent works, and who should pay for token costs. They also cover keeping agents from going off the rails, getting your team excited about AI, and staying motivated when AI takes the fun out of coding.
Show Notes- 00:00 Intro
- 00:40 Welcome to Syntax!
- 01:37 What’s the Modern Day Equivalent of Blogging?
- 08:35 What Should You Be Doing While Your Agent Works?
- Vibe Stretch
- 13:23 Brought to you by Sentry!
- 14:02 How Much Should Your Employer Cover for Token Spend?
- 18:32 Tracking What You Actually Burn with Codex Bar
- 20:26 How Do You Code HTML Emails in 2026?
- 25:22 How Do You Keep an Agent From Going Off the Rails?
- Swamp Club
- 30:23 Steering an Agent Mid Turn: Which Harness Does It Best?
- 32:44 How Do I Get My Engineers Interested in AI?
- 35:48 Beyond Telegram: Better Interfaces for Non Coding Agents
- 38:41 Staying Motivated When AI Takes the Fun Parts of Coding
- 41:55 Killing Rogue Node Processes and Restarting Your Machine
- 44:12 Custom Internal Harnesses: Worth It or a Token Hog?
- 47:47 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs
Sick Picks- Scott: Driving Rogue
- Wes: Amazon Basics Electric Screwdriver
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53 min - 1044: Ruby on Rails is Dead
Scott, Wes, and CJ ask whether Ruby on Rails is really dead (and whether Rust is just Rails you don't have to read), then dig into Meta's new Muse agent, which is free, comes with its own VM, and is already reading messages nobody asked it to. Plus: upm, a tiny TypeScript npm replacement, Opus 5.5 moonlighting as a motion designer, Tart VMs on Apple Silicon, and a foundry for gloriously bad web fonts.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome
- 01:11 upm is a tiny fast npm
- Pooya Parsa’s launch post
- 07:34 Zuck cooked with Muse
- Mark Zuckerberg’s post
- Safety and Security in Muse
- Privacy concerns
- Ray Wong’s post
- 19:21 Ruby on Rails is Dead
- 27:55 loco - Rails for Rust
- 31:06 Brought to you by Sentry!
- 33:12 How should new developers learn?
- 41:40 Opus 5.5 First Impressions
- Stephan Livera’s motion graphics with Opus 5.5
- Kenn Ejima’s single prompt motion graphics
- Andras Bacsai’s Coolify motion graphics
- Tyler Shukert’s Supabase motion graphics
- Ben Vinegar’s Modem motion graphics
- Wes’ gym builder
- GFX
- 58:27 Tart - virtualization toolset for Apple Silicon
- 01:01:43 jevgrep
- is-jeven
- 01:06:49 SHOW ME YOUR RACK
- 01:09:04 Chrome gets responsive iframe resizing
- 01:10:25 Bastardica - bastard web font foundry
- 01:14:23 Sonnet 5.5 Released
- 01:16:37 OpenAI Dev Day
- 01:20:02 Syntax SF Meetup
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1 hr 21 min - 1043: I’m Using GPUI For Everything
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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33 min - 1042: Is the Jev Hype Overblown?
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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1 hr 23 min - 1041: What are normies using AI for?
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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48 min - 1040: Developing for the iPhone Duo
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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1 hr 34 min - 1039: Should You Quit Your Job?
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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1 hr 1 min - 1038: OpenAI Releases GPT 6 Astra
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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1 hr 26 min - 1037: WebMCP is here (and you should care)
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
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- Wes:
- Dominic: X account
- Sarah: 25% discount with code Community25 at AGNTCon
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57 min - 1036: Cursor & OpenAI Break Up
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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