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So stoked for this! Don't forget to tune in to the premiere in about 40 minutes!

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Tune in March 6th 10AM ET

ITS HAPPENING!!!! Get your bracket picks in before it starts!

A photo of all the things you can win if you win the MadCSS bracket challenge. $1500 worth of stuff for first prize including one of every single thing from the syntax store, one of all the MadCSS exclusive merch AND a $69 taco bell gift card.

A photo of the MadCSS tournament bracket. Including all 16 participants and all 8 round 1 match ups.

Who do you think will win the March MadCSS tournament?

Fill out your bracket before March 6th for a chance to win some really dope stuff: madcss.com

Agreed. Hono is hands down the best for JS / TS APIs right now.

The JS ecosystem leaves a lot to be desired. Most frameworks are just routing systems with a little bit of data loading sprinkled on top. Something closer to Laravel / Rails like AdonisJS would be ideal but many devs are already bought in to React/Next.js. Nothing comes close to combining the 2.

Nice! I haven't given it a try yet but it looks really compelling.

If you were building a full stack JS framework from scratch today, what would you add that is missing from Next.js, SvelteKit, Nuxt, Tanstack Start and Solid Start?

The lack of route level middleware in Next.js has always bugged me.

Claude added the feature to vinext in under an hour!

Unlikely to be merged in but vinext being vite based makes things like this possible!

Code: github.com/w3cj/vinext/...
Demo: vinext-route-proxy-examples.cj-syntax.workers.dev

search results suck right now, use THIS instead YouTube video by Syntax

I have been using SearXNG as my daily driver search engine and it's been great!

I show what it is and how to set it up in my latest video

I also take a look at Perplexica - a self hosted AI answer engine that uses SearXNG under the hood

watch 🍿: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pNM...

😄 I'll be hosting / refereeing / setting the challenges! We had to have someone on the inside and not competing to make it fair for the others.

Crazy! Glad I have the alt text as backup. The more you know 🌈

i took this picture, further proof we live in a simulation

me neither! was a little after 10pm

don't think so, just late at night on the way to the C terminal

The last car on The Denver International Airport Automated Guideway Transit System at night with no passengers. The ceiling lights are orange and blue. The train tunnel can be seen out of the window.

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dev containers are amazing

i slept on them way too long

i show everything you need to know to get started in my latest video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPMA...

devcontainer-features/src/firewall at main · w3cj/devcontainer-features Contribute to w3cj/devcontainer-features development by creating an account on GitHub.

check out all the available options here: github.com/w3cj/devcont...

example devcontainer.json with claude code and firewall

i created a dev container firewall feature that makes it super easy to lock down the network inside a dev container

includes tons of allow lists like Github APIs / npm registry as well as AI APIs / tools

this devcontainer.json is all you need for running sand-boxed claude code

writing javascript as fast as possible YouTube video by Syntax

watch me try to break a world record

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NCN...

feeling behind as a programmer YouTube video by Syntax

the best programmers are the ones that can adapt and constantly learn / progress while everything is changing around them

for me, 2026 will be the year of "just enough AI"™️, less hype, less FOMO, more building / shipping

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-_7...

oops, you're a programmer now | everything you should know YouTube video by Syntax

I break down the basics of files, file paths, extensions and types in my latest video -> youtu.be/z8bllh74Lck?...

File extensions and file paths being considered "advanced" is crazy to me. Modern OS's hide these by default and the lack of computer literacy here is a real problem for new devs especially vibe coders.

oops, you're a programmer now | a guide YouTube video by Syntax

Whether you've been tricked into becoming a programmer (by AI) or are intentionally looking to dive into the world of computers and programming, my latest video will get you started.

Watch 🍿: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8bl...

Working on Debug December Days 6 - 12 | Syntax Bytes w/ CJ YouTube video by Syntax

I'm live over on @syntax.fm to work on the @sentry.io Debug December challenges.

www.debugdecember.com

Tune in everywhere you get your live streams.

twitch.tv/syntaxfm

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f8G...

See you in the chat.

I'm working on moving my dev environment fully to a VM or container. Any tips / tools I should look into?

I basically never want to run npm install or compile binaries on my local machine ever again.

building todo apps is so hard these days

scaffolded a new app, tried to start it, promise error, tried to apply db migrations, could not locate the sqlite bindings file, tried to build sqlite, node gyp compile error, re-installing xcode command line tools, ETA 23 minutes

syntaxfm - Twitch Debug December | Days 1 - 5 | Syntax Bytes w/ CJ

CJ is live to solve the @sentry.io Debug December Day 1 - 5 challenges.

twitch.tv/syntaxfm

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICBK...

See you in the chat.

Advent of Code | Day 3 and Day 4 Explained | JavaScript / TypeScript YouTube video by Syntax

In his latest video, @w3cj.com explains how he solved Advent of Code Day 3 and Day 4 with JavaScript / TypeScript.

Watch 🍿: youtu.be/PVbLd6zOVhg

CodingGarden - Twitch [TS] Advent of Code Day 3 && 4 | !faq | !commands

I'm LIVE on twitch to do Advent of Code Day 3 && 4.

See you in the chat - www.twitch.tv/codinggarden