- 59 minutes 37 seconds1029: The Workflow of the Future With Zed
Nathan Sobo joins Scott and Wes to explain why Zed was built in Rust, how GPUI works, and what happens to editors once agents write most of the code. They also talk about DeltaDB, Zed’s new Git-compatible version control system, and Delta, the collaborative agentic editor it powers.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Start
- 00:35 Welcom to Syntax
- 01:13 The Journey to Zed: Building the Ultimate Tool
- 03:26 Why Rust was chosen for Zed?
- 06:29 Brought to you by Sentry!
- 07:07 Building a UI from scratch in Rust
- 15:55 AI’s role in coding and development
- 18:42 The role of text editors in the age of AI
- 21:52 Delta DB: The vision for collaborative development
- 29:06 The Evolution of Collaborative Coding
- 44:45 The Future of User Interfaces
- 52:42 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs
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12 August 2026, 11:00 am - 1 hour 18 minutes1028: Cloudflare Wallets
Cloudflare is rolling out crypto wallets with claimable handles as identity, and a real React compiler finally landed for regular hooks-based code. Plus: OpenAI's pricing war, Vue Vapor benchmarks, GitHub's new npm malware scanning, and an active supply chain attack hitting 868 packages.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 01:02 Shai Hulud is back!
- 05:27 GitHub scans your npm packages for malware
- 06:42 Your agent has a wallet now
- 12:10 Yet another React compiler?
- 27:19 Scott switched his browser AGAIN!
- 31:56 AI Mental health survey
- 32:29 OpenAI models are becoming cheaper?
- 38:49 GitHub stacked PRs finally arrived
- 41:48 AI video podcasts
- 48:15 Brought to you by Sentry!
- 49:28 News from the TC39 meeting
- 56:58 Qwen 3.8
- 01:02:31 Latest and greatest in CSS and UI libraries
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10 August 2026, 11:00 am - 1 hour 3 minutes1027: The Rise of the Design Engineer
Scott and Wes tackle your questions on the rise of the design engineer, why AI still lacks “taste” (and why it’s about more than just looks), and how to actually write tests in the age of AI-assisted coding. Plus: is AI a bubble about to burst, keeping coding agents efficient in massive codebases, introducing kids to AI, a Linux life update, and more!
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 01:18 The Rise of the Design Engineer Role
- 08:39 Why AI Has No Taste: It’s Not Just How It Looks
- 14:28 Brought to you by Sentry.io
- 14:52 Testing in the AI Era: Are We Using AI to Write Tests?
- 20:09 Is AI a Bubble? Will It Burst?
- 24:35 Negative Public Sentiment Towards AI and Data Centers
- 30:16 Update on Scott Using Omarchy and Linux
- 38:14 Introducing AI to Kids: A Parent’s Perspective with Dr. Courtney
- 49:34 Getting Hired Without AI Experience: How to Catch Up
- 52:53 Keeping Coding Agents Efficient: Token Usage, Speed, and Accuracy
- 57:10 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs
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- Scott: Kitchen Sink Brush
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5 August 2026, 11:00 am - 1 hour 36 minutes1026: OpenAI Agent Hacks Hugging Face
A rogue OpenAI agent allegedly hacks Hugging Face, the React Compiler lands in Rust, and a fresh Rust full-stack framework ships. Scott, Wes, and CJ also dig into Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement, Claude Opus 5, and the campaign to kill the cookie banner.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 01:03 React Compiler Ported to Rust
- 06:39 Vercel releases TS to Native Compiler
- 19:26 Standard Agent Zen Garden
- 29:14 In-House LLM at Netflix
- 34:14 Brought to you by Sentry.io
- 35:15 Anthropic to pay $1.5B over book piracy
- 38:06 Open Weights and American AI Leadership
- 40:27 Kimi K3 Weights Released
- 44:26 Claude 5 Context Engineering
- 45:40 Writing Code For Agents to Read
- 48:02 Gemini 3.6 Flash / 3.5 Flash Cyber
- 50:44 Qwen Image 3.0 Released
- 54:46 Cactus Hybrid - Fine Tune Small Models
- 56:06 topcoat - Rust Full Stack Framework
- 01:01:00 SvelteKit 3 Migration Notes
- 01:05:16 Canvas UI
- 01:07:26 Jelly UI
- 01:09:24 Kill the Cookie Banner
- 01:12:31 Hugging Face Hacked by OpenAI
- 01:21:27 AI Alliance for AI Safety and Security
- 01:24:51 htmx 4: the game for gameboy
- 01:29:00 Stolen Buttons
- 01:29:33 Fonts in Use
- 01:32:39 3d Splats
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3 August 2026, 11:00 am - 1 hour 42 seconds1025: The Open Web's second chance (w/ Dan Abramov)
Dan Abramov joins Scott and Wes to explain AT Protocol, the open standard quietly rebuilding the social web. They get into how it actually works, why it’s way bigger than just Bluesky, and why Dan calls it one of the most interesting ideas on the internet right now.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:45 Welcome to Syntax!
- 01:46 Introduction of Dan Abramov
- 02:55 Understanding AT Protocol and Its Importance
- 06:41 The Relationship Between AT Protocol and Bluesky
- 08:22 Identity and Hosting in AT Protocol
- 11:29 Brought to you by Sentry
- 11:54 Use Cases for AT Protocol
- 13:08 How Content is Managed in AT Protocol
- 19:12 Public Data and Future Extensions of AT Protocol
- 20:33 Schema Flexibility in AT Protocol
- 25:28 Exploring AT Protocol Patterns
- 28:27 Media and Data Integration Challenges
- 31:15 User Experience and Accessibility in AT Protocols
- 32:13 AI Intersections with AT Protocol
- 36:54 Comparing Protocols: Bluesky vs. Mastodon
- 41:43 Decentralization and Crypto Connections
- 44:59 Addressing Abuse and Spam in Protocols
- 48:24 Community Trust and Content Quality
- 51:20 Innovations and Future of AT Protocol
- 55:55 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs
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29 July 2026, 11:00 am - 1 hour 7 minutes1024: Open Models Replace Big AI
A huge week for open models: Inkling (the first big US open-weight model since Gemma 4), Qwen 3.8, and Kimi 3 all dropped. Plus Vue 3.6 RC + Vapor Mode, the slow death of Stack Overflow, a decoy font that blinds AI, and the usual grab bag of fun links.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:44 Welcome to Syntax
- 03:01 Vue.js 3.6 RC Released
- 09:50 Brought to you by Sentry
- 10:35 Rift - new worktree alternative
- 17:46 Every new browser feature
- 23:09 Kimi K3 Released
- 29:33 What are Open Weight Models
- 32:46 Kimi K3 Architecture
- 33:59 Qwen 3.8 Released
- 36:42 Inkling from Thinking Machines
- 40:45 Mole Cleanup App
- 43:21 Moshi Terminal App
- 46:05 RIP Stack Overflow
- 54:10 Scott’s Foot Pedal
- 54:59 Scott’s Feet
- 56:13 Decoy Font
- 59:16 Jurassic Park Computers
- 01:03:59 Ride the Tokyo Trains LIVE
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27 July 2026, 11:00 am - 48 minutes 46 seconds1023: Mosh, Caddy & Tailscale: A Remote Dev Deep Dive
Running your dev process off your main machine doesn’t have to mean the cloud. Scott and Wes break down how to host projects on a box you can reach from any device, close your laptop mid-build, and keep long-running processes alive. They cover Scott’s stack (Mosh, Caddy, Tailscale, Zed, and terminal AI agents like Claude Code), the annoyances of mobile TUIs, and whether it beats staying local.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:36 Welcome to Syntax!
- 01:56 Benefits of Remote Development
- 07:50 Process for Remote Development
- 09:34 Tech Stack for Remote Development
- 15:09 Tools and Alternatives for Remote Development
- 21:16 Exploring Workspaces and Terminal Management
- 30:31 Mobile Terminal Applications and Their Features
- 32:30 Navigating the Terminal Landscape: Tools and Alter
- 35:22 Headless Browsers and Authentication Challenges
- 38:35 Work Trees and Their Use Cases
- 44:21 Cloud Hosting and Local Development Solutions
- 45:28 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs.
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- Scott: Elgato Stream Deck Pedal
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22 July 2026, 11:00 am - 1 hour 15 minutes1022: Bun re-written in Rust, Zig team big mad
CJ and Scott break down the biggest week in web dev: TypeScript 7 ships with a 10x-faster native port, Bun gets rewritten in Rust (much to the Zig team’s dismay), and Better Auth joins Vercel. Plus GPT-5.6 first impressions, Odin 1.0, Cloudflare’s new Workers cache and drag-and-drop deploys, and the OpenCode 2 beta.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 00:21 CJ upgraded his homelab network
- 02:09 TypeScript 7 is 10x faster
- 11:19 Bun Rust rewrite drama
- 28:18 GPT 5.6 Impressions
- 40:58 Better Auth Acquired by Vercel
- 49:51 Grok Build CLI is stealing your code
- 56:00 Cloudflare Worker Cache and Drop
- 01:01:22 Check out CJ’s latest video I Built an LLM from Scratch
- 01:03:06 Odin 1.0 Announced
- 01:05:33 OpenCode 2.0 Beta released
- 01:07:32 Winamp Skin Museum
- 01:11:08 CJ’s new MP3 player
- 01:13:03 Scott’s Robot Update
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- Scott: Reachy Mini
- CJ: Snowsky Echo Mini
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20 July 2026, 11:00 am - 51 minutes 7 seconds1021: We got addicted to an AI model we can't talk about
Dax Raad, co-founder of OpenCode, joins Scott and Wes to talk remote dev servers, OpenCode 2.0, and why his team is “addicted” to AI models they’re not even allowed to name yet.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:43 Welcome to Syntax!
- 01:22 Remote Development Environments and Their Benefits
- 06:24 The Setup: Tmux and Long-Running Sessions
- 07:15 Brought to you by Sentry!
- 08:12 Integrating AI with Personal Projects
- 11:21 Open Code 2.0: Features and Improvements
- 17:15 Software Engineering Methodology and Design Philosophy
- 21:33 Model Routing and AI Integration
- 23:58 The Evolution of AI Models
- 26:23 Comparing Open Source and Proprietary Models
- 28:27 Cost Implications of AI Model Usage
- 30:27 Local vs Cloud AI Model Hosting
- 32:08 Navigating Claude Code and Third-Party Integration
- 35:40 The Future of API Access for AI Models
- 37:27 Regulatory Concerns and AI Safety
- 39:25 Tools and Techniques for AI Coding
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- 45:15 Final Thoughts and Future Directions
- 47:33 Sick Picks and Shameless Plugs
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15 July 2026, 11:00 am - 1 hour 27 minutes1020: Do You Read The Code?
Auto-accept on, brain off? We’re getting into whether anyone actually reads the code they ship anymore — then it’s HTTP’s first new method in 16 years (meet QUERY) and OpenAI’s compute-hungry “Sol Ultra” tier landing in Codex. Bring your hot takes and hang out with us live.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:31 Welcome to Syntax!
- 01:44 World Cup Chat
- 03:21 Do you read the code?
- 16:50 Query: NEW HTTP Method
- 22:39 Github Repos on a CD-ROM
- 29:59 Brought to you by Sentry.io
- 30:35 Gea - compiler-first UI framework
- 41:23 Fable First Impressions
- 49:32 Codex Gets Sol Ultra
- 52:59 Update: Scott’s Robot
- 56:36 Junior Slack Agent
- 01:03:55 Supply Chain Security Updates
- 01:07:40 <usermedia> HTML element
- 01:10:16 Claude Code Auto Accepted Answers after 60 seconds
- 01:13:21 Claude Code Fingerprints Requests to China
- 01:16:24 Responding to Chat
- 01:21:06 Organic Maps
- 01:24:21 Starring the Computer
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13 July 2026, 11:00 am - 39 minutes 20 seconds1019: LGTM, Ship It: The AI Code Review Problem
This episode tackles the growing pains of AI-assisted development, from the struggle of reviewing thousands of lines of agent-generated code to the mounting technical debt when teams merge PRs without meaningful human review. Scott and Wes also dig into local models, whether jujutsu really beats git, how freelancers should price work in the AI era, and getting your team on board with external libraries.
Show Notes
- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 00:45 Understanding AI-Generated Code
- 06:24 The Challenges of Code Review in AI Development
- 11:21 What the heck are local models?
- 16:09 Exploring New Tools: Jujutsu and Beyond
- 20:35 Exploring Version Control Innovations
- 22:18 Pricing Strategies in the Age of AI
- 24:52 webkit-box-reflect not in the browsers.
- 27:44 The Angular vs. React Debate
- 31:46 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs.
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