883: Web Vitals Explained
What are Web Vitals, and why should you care? Scott and Wes break down metrics like LCP, FCP, CLS, and INP, explaining what they measure, how they impact your site’s performance, and how to track them...
10 Mar 202522min
882: Aaron Francis is putting PHP in Your JS Files
Wes and Scott talk with Aaron Francis about Fusion for Laravel, a new way to seamlessly integrate PHP into JavaScript. They discuss how Fusion expands on Inertia, its potential for React support, and ...
5 Mar 202554min
881: What Happened to Remix. Worth Using Axios? Client Only Next.js?
Scott and Wes answer your listener questions! They debate Axios vs. Fetch, discuss whether Next.js is overkill without a backend, talk htmx and Alpine, dive into tech career transitions, and tackle ev...
3 Mar 20251h 7min
880: Creator of Home Assistant: Web Components, Self Hosting and Home Hacking
Wes and CJ talk with Paulus Schoutsen, creator of Home Assistant, about the future of smart homes, AI-powered automation, and open-source innovation. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:29 Wha...
26 Feb 202558min
879: Fullstack Cloudflare
Wes and CJ break down everything Cloudflare—from Workers and R2 Storage to Hyperdrive and AI Gateway. Get the scoop on what makes Cloudflare tick, the quirks of their ecosystem, and whether vendor loc...
24 Feb 202558min
878: You Are Sleeping On Nuxt, Nitro and Vue w/ Daniel Roe
Wes and Scott talk with Daniel Roe about Nuxt and Nitro, demystifying the UnJS ecosystem, serverless deployments, open-source sustainability, and the future of full-stack web development. Show Notes ...
19 Feb 202558min
877: Tailwind 4
Tailwind 4.0 is here, and Scott and Wes break down all the spicy new features, from CSS-powered configs to first-class container queries. Plus, they dig into Tailwind Oxide, @property magic, and wheth...
17 Feb 202525min
876: MIDI & Music in the Browser
Wes and Scott talk about the Web Audio and Web MIDI APIs, diving into how they enable powerful music and sound manipulation in the browser. They explore MIDI messaging, synthesizing audio, creative co...
12 Feb 202548min
