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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

961: Keeping Up With The Fast and Furious Web

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, Technology, News

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Scott and CJ go live from JS Nation NYC to talk about how developers can actually stay current without drowning in the constant churn of new tools and trends. They break down how to see through the fluff, focus on why tech exists before adopting it, and build a healthier, curiosity-driven approach to learning in 2025 and beyond. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:39 Scott delivering a non-technical talk at JS Nation. 03:24 Lamenting the frequency of change as developers. 03:46 Understanding why things exist before deciding to learn them. 05:11 Learning styles are a myth? 07:41 First dates and psychology exams. 10:39 Discovering is step one, playing is step two. 13:32 Learn with a project that you actually want. 18:16 Brought to you by Sentry.io. 18:34 Cutting through the noise of new tech. 21:40 Using AI as a learning tool 25:12 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs. Sick Picks Scott: dbrand Ghost Case 2.0 CJ: analog watches 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

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0:00.0

Welcome to Syntax in this episode. I'm going to be talking with Scott, all about keeping up

0:06.5

with the Fast and Furious Web because things are constantly changing. It's hard. It's hard out there.

0:12.1

It's hard out there. Yeah, no kidding. So we're going to talk about tips for keeping up. Like,

0:16.3

what should you be paying attention to? What should you not be paying attention to? Those

0:20.4

kinds of things.

0:21.4

And before we get into it, shout out to J.S. Nation, because as you can see, we're in wonderful New York City.

0:26.6

So big thanks to them for giving us the space to talk about this.

0:29.9

New Jersey City.

0:33.2

Any keen viewer would know that if you can see the skyline, we're not in New York.

0:37.9

Cool.

0:38.5

Let's get into it.

0:39.4

It's so funny giving a non-technical talk at a conference.

0:44.4

I'm typically giving more technical talks.

0:46.6

And so I think it was good.

0:49.0

I was going to be doing the last talk of the day.

0:52.2

And I feel like everybody, after seeing talks all day, might appreciate maybe a less throwing 1,000 APIs or library announcements at you or something.

1:02.3

So, yeah, when I was developing, this was actually like a talk I had given maybe like 10 years ago, maybe not that long ago, maybe like eight years

1:14.2

ago for the first time. And so much has changed on the web, but so much has changed in my career

1:20.0

and my approach. And I was thinking, like, would it be cool to like rethink, well, my phone

1:26.6

just almost bit it, to rethink and re-approach some of those

1:29.8

like ideas so i i took like a look at this this idea of like man throughout my entire career

1:38.0

it's been having to learn things as fast as humanly possible and as deep as I can.

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