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Scott and CJ tour their homelabs, from a fully 3D printed server rack to a custom OPNsense firewall load balancing two ISPs. They dig into Proxmox, Tailscale, Caddy, Synology vs. DIY ZFS storage, Home Assistant, Jellyfin, Immich, Kiwix, and coding over the network with T3 Code and OpenCode. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:56 What’s in Our Homelabs? Servers, Pis and Workhorse Machines TEROW 4 Port 2.5G PoE Switch Proxmox 03:54 Proxmox Explained: A Hypervisor OS for Your Home Lab 05:49 Scott’s Fully 3D Printed Server Rack and Mac Studio Synology DS918+ 11:19 Keeping It Quiet: Server Fans and Noisy NAS Drives 12:58 Networking: Building a Custom OPNsense Firewall oaknode Firewall Appliance 15:08 Load Balancing Two ISPs With SFP+ Fiber AUMOX 10 Port 2.5G Switch 20:07 Wi-Fi Access Points and VLAN Network Segmentation Omada AX5400 WiFi Access Point 21:40 Scott’s Switch and Eero Wi-Fi 7 Mesh Setup UGREEN USB to 2.5G Ethernet Adapter Eero Max 7 25:55 Ditching the ISP Router: PPPoE and Bridge Mode 27:51 Accessing Your Services Remotely With Tailscale 31:08 Local Domains and TLS Certificates With Caddy and Cloudflare 34:37 NAS and Storage: Synology vs. a DIY Setup 38:59 Hot and Cold Storage: Hardware RAID, ZFS and Cockpit Cockpit 45:20 Container Management With OrbStack, Proxmox and Portainer Portainer 47:52 Termix: SSH Into Your Servers From the Browser 48:50 Home Automation With Home Assistant and Apollo Automation Apollo AIR-1 51:02 Flashing Wyze Cams With Thingino for Frigate 52:30 Cloud-Free Smart Devices: ESPHome, Tasmota and Bluetooth Proxies 57:07 Self-Hosted Media: Jellyfin, Audiobookshelf and Immich Seerr 01:02:37 RSS, Read Later and YouTube Archiving With Tube Archivist Miniflux Wallabag 01:04:01 Offline Internet: Wikipedia and Stack Overflow With Kiwix Zim Library Manager 01:05:46 Paperless-ngx for Device Manuals and Documents Paperless NGX 01:07:44 AI Coding Agents: Scott’s Pi Durable Personal Agent 01:09:46 Coding Over the Network With T3 Code and Zed Remote 01:15:39 CJ’s OpenCode, Open WebUI and code-server Setup 01:20:02 What’s in Your Homelab? Roast Our Setups 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

Scott, Wes, and CJ report live from GitHub Universe in San Francisco, breaking down GitHub’s re-architecture for agent-scale traffic, the GitHub Copilot app, Copilot Fusion, Projects, Automations, and AI push protection. Plus hacked conference badges, a USB-C lanyard, and the Syntax macropad. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:08 Syntax Meetup Recap in San Francisco 02:10 Our Best Swag Ever: The USB-C Lanyard 04:11 The Syntax Macropad: How CJ and Wes Built a Web Configurator 07:37 GitHub Universe Swag, Good and Cringe, Plus the Matching Mugs 09:52 Hacking the GitHub Universe Badges: Wes’s Photo Booth Printer 13:15 Scott’s Badge: Pinball, a Bug Shooter and a Music Sequencer 15:34 The Scale of GitHub in 2026: Pushes, Commits and Actions Octoverse: Commits, pushes, reach new highs in 2026 as developers build with agents 17:19 Performance and Reliability: How GitHub Is Re-Architecting for Scale The bridge to agent-scale Git infrastructure 19:49 The GitHub Copilot Desktop App and Team Collaboration 21:10 Copilot Projects: Shared Chat and Agents Across Repos Working with projects in the GitHub Copilot app Managing agent sessions 22:15 Wishing for Sign In with ChatGPT in Copilot 23:37 Copilot Fusion: Single, Cascade and Critique Model Orchestration About GitHub Copilot Fusion Project HydraFusion: Frontier quality via multi-model orchestration 27:22 Session Continuity Across Every Surface: Do We Still Need Editors? Continue a session from another client 29:24 Copilot Automations: Scheduled and Event-Driven Cloud Agents Copilot automations 31:06 Will Enterprise Buy-In Pull People Back to GitHub? 33:09 GitHub Advanced Security: Secret Scanning and AI Push Protection 35:20 Closing Remarks: 1% of the Code We’ll Write in Five Years 36:47 Developer Burnout, Constraints and Reading the YouTube Comments 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

Scott and Wes tackle your potluck questions, from passing context between Claude Code and Codex to whether AI-generated skills are any good. Plus high-fidelity Figma builds, WebSerial reconnects on an ESP32, AG-UI vs WebMCP, a listener who thinks Syntax is too pro-AI, and Scott’s minimal Pi setup. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! Ask a Potluck Question 01:05 How Do You Pass Context When Switching Coding Agents? dex 06:40 Are AI Generated Skills Even Good? 11:53 Getting AI Agents to Nail High Fidelity Figma Designs 17:45 What Technical Skills Should I Focus On Without a CS Background? 20:50 Be Curious: The Photo Frame Hardware Business Example 25:13 Is Syntax Too Pro-AI? Responding to a Listener’s Criticism 30:55 Brought to you by Sentry.io 31:38 Handling WebSerial Reconnects When Flashing an ESP32 EWatch: a programmable ESP32-S3 smartwatch 34:57 Mourning the Death of Code: Feeling Guilty About Hard Won Skills 41:44 AG-UI vs WebMCP: Two Approaches to Agent Integration 47:12 Scott’s Pi Agent Setup: Start Minimal and Add What You Need omp 51:46 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Sick Picks Scott: Cat6 Ethernet Cables Wes: Wall-mount Boom Arm 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

Wes, Scott, and CJ run through the week’s biggest web dev news: everyone’s hacking their TVs, VoidZero open-sourced its Void framework with Cloudflare deploys, OpenCode got hacked, and Anthropic built its own git replacement. Plus DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Cloudflare’s security audit skill, Krea 3, a local LLM speed tester, and Killswitch, an esoteric language designed to break coding agents. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:44 CJ Hacks a Round Thrift Store Photo Frame 02:18 VoidZero Open Sources the Void Framework 06:58 Jev Adds Image Support to Its Decision API 11:18 Local Security Cameras: Frigate and Custom Wyze Firmware 17:41 LLM Speed: Try Local Models Before You Buy Hardware 21:00 Everyone Is Hacking Their TVs With Clean Your TV 24:51 Are These the Final Days of Hardware Hacking With LLMs? 29:24 Reverse Engineer Everything: Skills for Agentic Hacking 31:42 Hacking a Tonal and Building a DIY Digital Resistance Gym 37:24 Brought to you by Sentry.io 38:34 OpenCode Console Hacked: What Happened and Who’s Affected 41:31 Black Market API Tokens and Distillation Attacks 44:13 Should Everyone Get Access to Cyber Models? 47:48 Managing API Keys With Varlock and 1Password 48:45 Anthropic Builds Its Own Git Replacement 55:15 What Are We Losing in the Agentic Era? 01:04:26 Killswitch: A Programming Language Built to Break LLMs 01:06:53 Cheng Lou Turns JavaScript Code Into a Neural Net 01:09:30 Antfu’s Furigana Font for Reading Japanese 01:12:32 Guitoro: Strum a Guitar in the Browser 01:17:39 Playing Snake on Network Switch Lights 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

Scott and Wes talk with Adam Jacob about software factories: what they actually are, why they’re unique to each team, and how to build trust in agent-generated code. They dig into Swamp Club, black box testing, domain driven design, adversarial review for accessibility, and whether unit tests still earn their keep. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:10 What Is Swamp Club and Adam Jacob’s Background 02:37 Scott’s Personal Automations: Cleaning Folders and Filing Sentry Bugs 03:28 Where Does This Fit If You Already Run Claude Code? 07:22 Brought to you by Sentry.io 07:46 Swapping Models and APIs: Flipping the Agent Loop Inside Out 09:40 Pricing and Bringing Your Own Inference 10:18 What Is a Software Factory, Really? 14:50 Shipping 2,500 PRs a Month: Trust, Automation, and Black Box Testing 16:55 Software Factory or Slop Factory? A Perception Problem 19:06 How Big Companies Can Start: Give Five People Permission to Break the Rules 24:16 Who Has Actually Pulled This Off So Far? 25:54 What Do You Do With 10,500 Engineers? 28:56 The Vibe Coded Adobe Suite: When Does This Stop? 30:24 Personal Software: What If Software Got Smaller, Not Bigger? 33:51 Testing With AI: Black Box, Integration, and Deleting Your Unit Tests 39:03 How Do You Validate Trust in a Factory? 39:30 Domain Driven Design Gives Your Agent a Vocabulary 43:12 Adversarial Review: Accessibility, Lighthouse, and Fixing the Machine 46:17 Why Skills Alone Aren’t Enough 49:00 Figuring It Out Together: Engineers, Not the Labs, Know Their Systems 53:53 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Sick Picks Adam: Dell XPS-14 running Linux with Omachy, Lorna Shore Shameless Plugs Adam: Swamp Club, Swamp Club Discord 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

Deno is shutting down and the team is heading to Cloudflare — Scott, Wes, and CJ break down what that means for the runtime, JSR, and workerd. Plus OpenCode 2.0 on durable objects, TanStack Start 1.0, SubQ Snap, Gemini 4 Argon, and Wes’s accidental $50 photo frame movement. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! Gemini 4 Argon is out 01:31 Deno Is Shutting Down: The Team Joins Cloudflare 06:23 Why Bun Spelled the End of Deno 12:24 OpenCode 2.0: Durable Objects, Code Mode and Hot Reloading Plugins OpenCode 2.0 Ryan Vogel runs OpenCode 2.0 inside a tweet 20:24 Where Should Your Agent Actually Run? 21:41 Talorys: A Personal AI Agent on the Cloudflare Free Tier 22:42 I Accidentally Started a $50 Photo Frame Movement 27:05 Agent Driven Open Source: Dozens of Pull Requests From Bots Simeon Griggs hacks his Peloton 35:11 SubQ Snap: A Cheaper, Smarter Decision Model Than Jev 41:26 AirDrop Reverse Engineered: Continuity on Linux T4T5: AirDrop fully reverse-engineered on Linux 44:47 Brought to you by Sentry.io 45:24 TanStack Start 1.0 Is Officially Stable TanStack announces Start 1.0 is officially stable fsearch FinderSearch Kuro: Tinycast file search is now 15–90× faster 55:23 The FFF vs fsearch Twitter Drama Dmitriy Kovalenko compares fff to fsearch 59:34 Model Roundup: Hands On With Gemini 4 Argon 01:08:01 Zen Garden: Ranking Models on Their 3D Taste 01:12:49 Muse Wonder From Meta Meta AI on Muse Spark open weights 01:15:15 EmbeddingGemma 2 and Why Embeddings Power Better Search Sundar Pichai introduces EmbeddingGemma 2 01:18:32 Claude Haiku 5.5 Gains Thinking Levels Claude announces Haiku 5.5 Introducing Claude Haiku 5.5 01:20:19 Grok Bot Leaks a CEO’s Bank Balance Into Company Slack Shane Mac: An AI agent posted my bank balances in Slack 01:24:18 CJ’s Whirlwind Tour: A Commodore 64 Keycap Font 01:25:08 Lightbulb Computer: A Projector Screwed Into Your Ceiling 01:29:11 Recomps and Decomps: Running PS5 Games on Linux and Windows 01:32:23 Open Source Photoshop Clones and the Whole Craft Suite 01:35:25 Audacity 4 and the Case for Forking Old Open Source Apps 01:36:35 PS2 and PSP Games Recompiled to WebAssembly 01:37:39 Bootstrap 6 Alpha Brings Back Real Buttons 01:39:39 Wrapping Up the Live Stream 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

Someone just clean-room ported seven Adobe apps to Rust, and Wes is shocked at how good it is. Scott and Wes break down what it gets right, what’s still missing, and why copying software is easy but inventing what comes next is the hard part. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:12 Adobe Is in Trouble: A Clean Room Port of the Entire Suite ArtCraft 02:22 Scott’s Long Running Adobe Grudge Since 2017 03:42 Figma Is Not a Raster Tool: Why Every Alternative Falls Short 04:40 Opening Real Photoshop Files: Masks, Half Tones and Blend Modes PhotoCraft Github 06:30 What Clean Room Porting Actually Means 09:54 A Familiar Interface, Entirely Built in Rust 10:15 Don’t Trash the Whole Thing Over One or Two Bugs 12:14 What’s Missing: Artboards and the Tiny UI Interactions 13:53 Where Are the Vibe Coded Photoshops? Four Months Later 14:33 Figma’s Locked Down MCP and the Backlash 17:22 Dylan’s Clap Back at Anthropic’s Own Closed Ecosystem 18:08 The Real Photoshop Replacement Will Be a New Way of Working 21:35 Good UI Is Still the Moat 22:28 Caring About Your Project Past Two Days 23:05 Audio Crackles and Paper Cuts: The Bugs Only Humans Chase 24:56 Brought to you by Sentry! 26:28 Copying Is Easy: The Hard Part Is Inventing What Comes Next 27:28 DaVinci Resolve Keeps Shipping Useful Releases 28:26 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Sick Picks Scott: KWS V2 Rack Wes: Insta360 Luna 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

Scott, Wes, and CJ break down the latest Pi updates, including durable long-running agents, Codemode, and MCP support, then debate whether pull requests are dead in favor of issues. Plus Supabase picks up Turso, Screen Studio 4 drops, JavaScript Composites bring value-based equality, and a stack of new AI models from Google, OpenAI, Cloudflare, and more. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax Weekly 00:46 example.com gets a facelift Oliver Dunk’s post IANA’s reply 04:37 The death of pull requests Sindre Sorhus’ post Dave Kiss’ post SWC’s post Andreas Kling’s post Yusuke Wada’s post Wes’ NiimBlue PR JSON Alexander 12:46 pi v1.0 24:14 Brought to you by Sentry! 25:08 Turso Joining Supabase 28:13 Screen Studio Updates Screen Studio 4.0 upscaling 33:24 Svelte 3.0 Release 35:32 Effect 4.0 38:14 Alchemy Cloudflare’s Programmatic configuration 42:59 Foldkit 44:10 OpenAI Dev Day Announcements Dots Rahim Nathwani’s reply regarding Luna Plugin Extensions Sites in ChatGPT 56:40 Cloudflare Clef Decision Model 01:01:25 Gemini 4 Argon Google’s announcement post 01:09:04 Flux 3 Image Model 01:11:50 Claude Mods 01:13:44 Muse Gadgets Nat Friedman’s post 01:17:27 Nvidia Lyra 2.0 World Model 01:27:30 Game Recomps and Decomps 01:30:54 JS Composite Type 01:35:00 RFC 1149 Auction First implementation of the Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol 01:37:49 eslint cssicorn 01:39:15 Syntax Meetup 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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