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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

946: We Got Roasted for Our Websites — Fair

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, Technology, News

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about why devs neglect their own websites, hosting shady projects (hypothetically), AI rules in version control, balancing side projects and family life, and more! Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:43 Why devs neglect their own websites (and how to convince your parents coding is a real job) 07:04 AirPods, Nothing Ear, and the ANC struggle 10:22 Shipping Syntax merch from Canada 12:43 Scott’s update on Omarchy and Linux laptop life 18:05 What to do when a user account gets hacked (and how to prevent it) 21:33 Should you commit LLM context files and AI-generated docs to Git? 25:27 How to balance career, side projects, and family life 29:25 Building and hosting a “legally dubious” website 33:27 Best practices for dealing with images 42:46 Where to find Wes’ awesome wallpapers 44:19 Can you trust services with a generous free tier? ServerlessHorrors 50:32 Do we still use GIFs? 52:23 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs 55:59 Brought to you by Sentry.io Sick Picks Scott: Mkv-Quicklook Wes: Momofuku Sweet & Savory Korean BBQ Sauce 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

What's up, everybody? Before we get started, I want to tell you about two things. First of all,

0:04.1

coming to San Francisco and we want you to be there. Second of all, we need your spooky web

0:08.1

development stories for our Halloween episode. So October 27th, we're going to be at the, what is it,

0:16.0

the bear bottle brewing company in San Francisco. You're going to want to come and hang out with us.

0:22.3

We're going to have merch.

0:23.2

We're going to have beer.

0:23.9

We're going to have Scott. We're going to have CJ. I'm going to be there. Unfortunately, the whole team's going to be there. It's going to be a hoot. So go to syntax. Out of FM4 slash meetup. It's free, but you do have to grab a ticket. so go grab it now. And then also, spooky stories. Do you have a story where you absolutely

0:40.0

screwed the pooch? a ticket, so go grab it now. And then also, spooky stories. Do you have a story where you

0:39.4

absolutely screwed the pooch? Do you have a story where you deleted a database, where you

0:44.6

deployed the wrong website, where you let a domain name expire, some awful story around

0:50.9

building for the web? We want to hear it it and we will read them out on the upcoming

0:56.5

spooky story episode. So go to syntax.com forward slash spooky and submit your questions.

1:02.1

We'll keep you anonymous. Don't worry. Nothing to worry there. Don't worry. Do not worry.

1:07.6

Do not worry. Everything will be okay. What's up, Wes? I'm ready to get. We got some

1:13.0

really good potluck questions around free tier pricing. Should you be concerned with the $20 a month?

1:19.9

We apparently we spooked a whole bunch of people. So questions around like source set and

1:23.9

image sizes, image formats. What should I be doing here? What should I do with

1:29.2

5,000 users? It's kind of at an inflection point where you get your wallpapers from West. How is

1:35.0

Omar Chi doing, Scott? And a whole bunch of questions about web development in general.

1:40.1

Ready to get on into it. First question from SABsk.

1:47.8

I visited the website.

1:49.2

It's of all three of you,

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