980: AI Coding Explained

980: AI Coding Explained

Wes and Scott talk about the state of AI coding in 2026—from editors and models to agents, skills, slash commands, MCPs, and more. They unpack what these things actually do, how they overlap, and how to use them effectively without overcomplicating your setup. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:39 The tools: editors, terminals, GUIs 05:27 Wes’ and Scott’s current AI setups 13:17 Picking the right model 18:58 How exactly do agents work? 22:32 Subagents and parallel workflows 24:29 Brought to you by Sentry.io 24:54 What goes in agents.md (and what doesn’t) 26:47 Skills vs agents Skills Superpowers 34:03 Slash commands as reusable prompts 36:02 Hooks and keeping your code from going off the rails 38:00 Plugins and bundling your setup 39:24 What MCP is and why it’s powerful 40:54 Cloud agents and running jobs remotely 43:47 Choosing the right AI tool 47:41 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Sick Picks Scott: ULTRALOQ Bolt Fingerprint WiFi Smart Lock Wes: St. Denis Medical Shameless Plugs Syntax YouTube Channel Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads

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992: Migrating Legacy Code Just Got Easier

992: Migrating Legacy Code Just Got Easier

Wes and Scott talk about migrating large codebases with AI — how to plan framework and language moves, establish patterns, handle templating changes, test thoroughly, safely deploy, and more. Show N...

1 Apr 29min

991: Vite’s bet on Cloudflare (VOID Framework)

991: Vite’s bet on Cloudflare (VOID Framework)

Vite just launched Void, a fullstack JavaScript framework and cloud platform that bundles together routing, SSR, auth, an ORM, and nearly everything you’d expect from a modern meta-framework — all bui...

30 Mar 38min

990: Vite Is Taking Over (Vite+)

990: Vite Is Taking Over (Vite+)

Wes, Scott, and CJ talk about Vite+, a unified JavaScript toolchain that combines linting, formatting, task running, monorepos, and more. They break down its evolution, open-source shift, performance ...

25 Mar 33min

989: State of JS 2025

989: State of JS 2025

Scott and Wes dig into the latest State of JS survey results, breaking down which JavaScript libraries, frameworks, and tools are rising, falling, or holding steady in the ever-shifting JS ecosystem. ...

23 Mar 1h 4min

988: Cloudflare’s Next.js Slop Fork

988: Cloudflare’s Next.js Slop Fork

Wes and Scott talk with Steve Faulkner about vinext, a Vite-powered Next.js fork. They dive into AI coding workflows, agent browsers, code quality, and what modern dev tooling looks like in an AI-firs...

18 Mar 47min

987: Remote Coding Agents

987: Remote Coding Agents

Scott and Wes break down the world of remote coding agents — what they are, why you’d want one, and all the different ways you can run them, from Cursor Cloud and Claude Code to an old laptop sitting ...

16 Mar 47min

986: Does Code Quality Matter Anymore?

986: Does Code Quality Matter Anymore?

In this potluck episode, Wes and Scott answer your questions about popover navigation patterns, the Vibrate API on iOS, whether code quality still matters in the AI era, Wes’s evolving Obsidian second...

11 Mar 58min

985: Stop putting secrets in .env

985: Stop putting secrets in .env

Scott and Wes are joined by Phil Miller and Theo Ephraim to talk about Varlock, a new approach to environment variables that adds schemas, validation, and security to the humble .env file. They dig in...

9 Mar 47min

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