925: Scott & CJ’s Fave Productivity Apps & Web Apps

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Js, Technology, Css, Html5, Tech News, Webdevelopment, News, Javascript, Html

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Scott and CJ go full productivity nerd, swapping notes on their favorite web apps for writing, coding, planning, and more. From terminals to to-do lists to dumb phones, it’s a deep dive into the tools powering their workflows. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:35 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 01:56 Text to speech or speech to text. 02:20 Superwhisper. 08:29 Kiro. 16:16 CJ’s current editor preference. 17:59 Finding the right editor. 18:47 Terminals. 20:22 Ghostty. 24:16 Note-taking. 26:32 Obsidian. 30:24 Logseq. 31:03 Todo lists. 31:08 Tweek.so 34:42 Trello. 37:25 Notion Calendar. 38:55 Email. 43:21 FairEmail. 43:43 Dumb phones. 45:10 Olauncher 47:39 Audio Bookshelf. 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to syntax today. We are talking about some of our favorite productivity apps and just generally apps that we use around our computer to get stuff done. I'm a big fan of this. And as you are about to hear, CJ has a different position. It's going to be a lot of fun. I have a lot of cool stuff to share. And there's a brand new text editor, IDE, whatever, on the table that I have absolutely been loving that we will get deep into.
0:27.8	My name is Scott Tolensky.
0:28.9	I'm a developer from Denver, and with me is CJ.
0:32.6	Hello.
0:33.2	CJ, also a developer from Denver.
0:35.3	And before we get started with this, let's talk about productivity.
0:39.4	Now, one thing that I hate is spending a lot of time trying to figure out why something went wrong.
0:46.4	There's a lot of reasons why it's hard to figure out.
0:48.8	You get into situations where the error doesn't really lead you to exactly where the problem is.
0:54.2	It gives you maybe some clues.
0:55.7	Maybe it just gives you a bunch of junk.
0:57.8	Or maybe perhaps you don't even know the error is happening because you just don't have
1:03.0	that type of visibility.
1:04.1	And this is where a tool like Sentry comes into place.
1:08.0	Sentry is the best tool for finding bugs, fixing bugs, making sure that you're able to
1:14.4	see what happens.
1:15.5	And with their new Sear platform, you're able to really get to the core issue of anything
1:21.8	that's going on regardless of what's happening.
1:24.9	It has been fantastic to use.
1:27.5	And honestly, it's the thing I'm most stoked about in Century these days.
1:32.1	Well, not these days.
1:33.3	I mean, there's a lot of stuff I'm still stoked about.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Wes Bos, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Wes Bos and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.