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699: Potluck × TypeScript's Longevity × Canvas-Rendered Apps × Learning Rust × Executing Untrusted JS Code

Podcast |: Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats
Publisher |: Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Business,; Careers,; Tech News,; Technology,; Web Development
Categories Via RSS |: News,; Tech News,; Technology
Publication Date |: Nov 29, 2023
Episode Duration |: 00:56:47

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions, including: Will TypeScript ever go away? Should I write canvas-rendered web apps? How can I execute untrusted JS code in node? How can I use continuous integration with WordPress? Any advice for learning Rust?

Show Notes

00:09 Welcome
01:16 How to ask questions for potluck episodes
Ask a question for Syntax potluck episodes
02:19 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
04:34 Will TypeScript ever go away?
Migrating millions of lines of code to TypeScript
08:12 What is your opinion on entirely canvas-rendered web apps, such as those built with Flutter?
Flutter on the Web
Flutter Gallery
html2canvas - Screenshots with JavaScript
13:43 Tailscale VPN is cool
Tailscale · Best VPN Service for Secure Networks
Tunnel | Zero Trust App Connector | Cloudflare
16:36 What is Bandcamp?
Bandcamp
Stream and listen to music online for free with SoundCloud
18:56 How can I execute untrusted JS code with node?
WebAssembly
Cloudflare Workers®
Deno, The next-generation JavaScript runtime
Fastly
23:46 I’d love to get your thoughts on modern devops and continuous integration for building out WordPress websites.
Supper Club × Fabian Kägy - Modern WordPress - Blocks, Page builders, Headless, Custom Fields
Vite | Next Generation Frontend Tooling
Alpine.js
30:39 How do I orchestrate color adapting icons for use inline and in background images?
svg.wesbos.com
svg.wesbos.com/cat.svg
35:53 Are there any publicly available libraries for web components?
Shoelace: A forward-thinking library of web components.
ui.org/">Open UI
40:20 What’s a good project idea for learning Rust?
Tauri Apps
45:17 Do you ever plan to do more podcasts with Scott’s wife or another psychologist / psychiatrist?
47:02 Have you tried MongoDB vector search for AI embeddings?
Atlas Vector Search | MongoDB
Vector Database for Vector Search | Pinecone
Xata
49:44 Syntax highlighting in VS Code
Comment tagged templates - Visual Studio Marketplace
52:38 Sick Picks

Sick Picks

Scott: The Spider-Man of Paris (2023) - IMDb
Wes: Amazon.ca : instant read digital thermometer

Shameless Plugs

Scott: Sentry
Wes: Wes Bos Courses

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