Scott and Wes answer your questions about coding in the AI era, atrophying skills from too much autocomplete, whether it’s finally time to leave VS Code, chasing flow state with agents, and which single AI subscription is worth your money. Plus: AT Protocol vs Solid, making your AI config portable across tools, and bringing Shadcn-level UX to server-rendered frameworks.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
00:57 AI-Generated Code: Are My Skills Atrophying?
06:03 Is It Time to Move On from VS Code?
13:19 Hitting Flow State with AI Coding
See Wes’ Post on X
19:15 AT Protocol vs Solid: Decentralized Web Approaches
24:55 Which AI Should You Subscribe To?
30:23 Making Your AI Setup Portable Across Tools
33:56 When to Drop a Tool That Still Works
40:12 UX Quality for Traditional Server-Side Frameworks
FluxUI
GraffitiUI
44:14 Using Hermes and Self-Hosted AI Assistants
49:27 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs
Sick Picks
Scott: ESP32-S3
Wes: Sharge ICEMAG3
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