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

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.
• 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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