1016: More Bots Than Humans

Wes, Scott, and CJ break down the latest web dev news. From AI agents and coding tools to Deno Desktop, Nub, and predictive UX. They also discuss bot-filled social media, remote work debates, and a slick 3D bookstore experience.

Show Notes

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00:00 Intro

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00:35 Welcome to Syntax!

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01:43 Codex Design Smell

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03:55 More Bots Than Humans

• Bot vs Human (radar.cloudflare.com/traffic#bot-vs-human)

• Post-smoke test software era (x.com/code_star/status/2068796597077729597?s=20)

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12:38 Social Media Is Nothing But Bots

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19:55 Brought to you by Sentry (sentry.io/syntax)

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20:38 Vercel Launches Agent Framework

• Introducing Flue (x.com/FredKSchott/status/2066962296119959581)

• Flue (flueframework.com)

• Introducing eve (x.com/vercel/status/2067180054979936413)

• vercel.com/blog/introducing-eve

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36:14 We Want Local AI Agents

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47:22 Deno Desktop

• Deno Desktop App (docs.deno.com/runtime/desktop)

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01:01:40 Nub Replaces Bun

• Introducing Nub (x.com/colinhacks/status/2067295292945567756)

• Nub (nubjs.com)

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01:06:04 ForsightJS Predicts User Intent

• ForesightJS v4 (foresightjs.com)

• PointerEvent: getPredictedEvents() method (developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Point…)

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01:12:43 Is WFH Fraud?

• Remote work is fraud (x.com/HarryStebbings/status/2068862030166282597)

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01:18:38 3D Book Store Explorer

• 3D Book Store (reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1uaw1ky/built_a_3…)

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