904: React vs Svelte × Windsurf Worth $3B × Typescript as Const × Layout Shift Tricks × More

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and CJ answer your questions about OpenAI’s $3B Windsurf acquisition, the evolving role of UI in an AI-driven world, why good design still matters, React vs. Svelte, and more!

Show Notes

• 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
  • Devs Night Out
• 02:35 OpenAI acquires Windsurf for $3B
  • Windsurf
  • Ep 870: Windsurf forked VS Code to compete with Cursor. Talking the future of AI + Coding
• 05:20 What is the future of UI now that AI is such a heavy hitter?
• 08:45 Handling spam submissions on websites
  • Cloudflare Turnstile
• 14:18 Duplicating HTML for desktop and mobile websites?
• 17:03 Is it okay to use a JSON file for simple website data?
• 19:04 How to handle anonymous and duplicate users
  • Better-Auth
• 21:55 Working with TypeScript Object.keys() and “any” vs “@ts-ignore”
• 25:51 Brought to you by Sentry.io
• 26:38 What is the difference between React and Svelte?
• 30:24 How should you name your readme file?
• 31:55 How do you find time to refactor code?
• 35:20 Best practices for testing responsiveness
  • Polypane
• 39:19 Avoiding layout shift with progressive enhancement
• 46:56 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

• CJ: Portable Chainsaw
• Wes: White Lotus

Shameless Plugs

• CJ: Nuxt
• Wes: Full Stack App Build | Travel Log w/ Nuxt, Vue, Better Auth, Drizzle, Tailwind, DaisyUI, MapLibre

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