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

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


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