921: AI Coding Roadmap for Newbies (And Skeptics)
21 July 2025

921: AI Coding Roadmap for Newbies (And Skeptics)

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

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Scott and Wes break down how to code with and for AI; perfect for skeptics, beginners, and curious devs. They cover everything from Ghost Text and CLI agents to building your own AI-powered apps with embeddings, function calling, and multi-model workflows.


Show Notes



00:00 Welcome to Syntax!


03:56 How to interface with AI.


04:07 IDE Ghost Text.


05:45 IDE Chat, Agents.


08:00 CLI Agents.


Claude Code.


Open Code.


Gemini.





11:13 MCP Servers.
Context7



14:47 GUI apps.


v0.


Bolt.new.


Lovable.


Windsurf.





19:07 Existing Chat app like ChatGPT.





22:37 Building things WITH AI.


23:32 Prompting.


26:53 Streaming VS not streaming.


28:14 Embeddings and Rag.


31:09 MCP Server.


CJ’s MCP Deep Dive.


32:36 Brought to you by Sentry.io.





33:25 Multi-model, multi-provider.


36:27 npm libs to use to code with AI.


OpenAI SDK.


AI SDK.


Cloudflare Agents.


Langchain.

Local AI


Tensorflow.


Transformers.js.


Huggingface.











44:12 Processes and exploring.



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