1010: No one cares anymore?

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, Technology, News

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Scott and Wes dig into the messy reality of modern front-end work, from struggling to find skilled devs and navigating team chaos to questioning code quality, testing, and even whether AI is stealing the joy of programming. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax 01:06 The Challenge of Finding Skilled Front-End Developers 05:11 Understanding Design Mode and Its Applications 10:33 Navigating Team Dynamics and Code Quality 12:37 The Importance of Testing Strategies 13:39 Learning and Growing as a Developer 18:11 Consolidating Multiple Animation Libraries 21:16 Draw UI with Code Only 22:38 Avoiding Interview Scams 26:40 Embracing Change in Tech Careers 32:21 Why People Don’t Do Software Updates 41:04 AI Kills my Joy of Programming 49:18 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Sick Picks Scott: USB LED Light Wireless Carplay Adapter Wes: Shameless Plugs Scott: Phases Podcast Wes: Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads

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0:00.0	Welcome to syntax today. We got a potluck episode. That's where you bring the questions.
0:04.1	We bring the answers. Some awesome stuff we're talking about today. What is document.
0:07.9	design mode even for? Did you even know that this was a browser standard?
0:13.1	Feeling anxious about the future of your career. Feeling sad that I care so much about the code.
0:19.5	Does that even matter anymore? right? Should I update?
0:22.8	As we got a weiner wrote in and said, I'm not updating anything anymore, you know, no more
0:27.6	updating. I'm sticking with what I have. Refactoring. Someone's got motion and G-sap. What do you do in
0:36.1	that situation, right? Should you refactor into one?
0:40.4	And finally, I just want my team members to care. My team members genuinely do not care about
0:47.2	integration versus end to end and all these things. How do I get them to care so that we can
0:52.3	write better code at the end of the day?
0:59.4	If you got a question, go to syntax.fm and click the potluck button, submit it to us.
1:03.9	If you got a question or you got anything you want us to cover, type it in the box.
1:05.5	We'll answer it on an upcoming episode.
1:07.0	All right.
1:09.7	So let's get into the first question here. It's from Way.
1:11.3	Why is it so hard to find good front-end devs?
1:15.5	My company is hiring, but everyone I interview doesn't know the difference between PNG and JPEG
1:21.5	or what the purpose of a bundler is.
1:24.6	It feels like everyone out there just knows a little bit of React and has very little in the way of web fundamentals.
1:32.3	My gosh, yeah.
1:35.3	Front end is hard.
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