930: Text Editor Keybindings, WASM Replacing Docker, LLM apathy and hosting mini apps

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

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

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about VS Code vs Cursor, navigating promotions and job titles, database fundamentals, avoiding decision paralysis, how AI is shaping frameworks, and more! Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:56 Brought to you by Sentry.io 06:24 Moving from VS Code to Cursor without losing your shortcuts 12:13 Should you bring up a senior promotion at a new job? 16:32 Relying on LLMs vs. learning database fundamentals 20:42 Overcoming decision paralysis in programming 25:00 What to do when your code gets too messy 27:39 Could Wasm replace Docker and Kubernetes? 32:14 Organizing mini-apps in Express: monorepo, micro frontends, or something else? 38:49 Will AI lock us into React and make new frameworks irrelevant? 46:57 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Sick Picks Wes and Scott: Niimbot Shameless Plugs Subscribe to Syntax on YouTube 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 have another potluck for you.
0:03.5	We had so many awesome questions that we wanted to take an opportunity to, yeah, to answer those.
0:08.6	And if you have questions for us, for our potluck episodes, they happen once every month, usually.
0:14.6	This time we get two.
0:16.0	And we answer your questions on the show here.
0:18.3	So head on over to syntax.fm and ask a question. There's a link right up there on the show here. So head on over to syntax.com and ask a question.
0:22.3	There's a link right up there in the top nav.
0:25.2	We're going to be covering all kinds of stuff today from if you're moving from VS code to something like cursor.
0:30.0	How do you handle weird things that might happen?
0:32.9	Key bindings, keeping things in sync?
0:35.6	Will WASM replace Docker?
0:38.1	Getting promotions.
0:39.9	Is LLM puking out React?
0:42.8	Are we done?
0:44.7	Is that it?
0:46.1	Yeah, is that it?
0:47.0	Is this it?
0:47.9	Or hosting mini apps inside of a larger app?
0:51.6	My name is Scott Jolensky.
0:52.9	I'm a developer from Denver and with me as always is
0:55.2	West Boss. This show is presented by Century at century.com. SENTRI dot I-O, S-E-N-T-R-Y. Man,
1:03.7	Sentry is just absolutely cooking lately and there's almost too much stuff to keep up with,
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