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863: 2024: A Year in Review

Dec 23, 2024

The hosts reflect on a landmark year for web development, discussing major advancements like Vite 6 and the resurgence of Blue Sky. They reveal their predictions for 2024, including trends in TypeScript and AI tools that enhance coding. Highlights feature hilarious moments from their Terminal Feud game and insights from various tech conferences. The evolution of frameworks like Remix and Solid.js showcases the dynamic nature of the industry. They emphasize the growing role of community engagement and personal connections in the ever-evolving tech landscape.

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Quick takeaways

The Syntax podcast will shift from three episodes a week to two, enhancing the quality and depth of discussions.

2024 saw significant advancements in web development, particularly with React 19 and the stable release of TurboPack improving performance.

AI tools like Cursor gained traction among developers, highlighting ongoing curiosity about their impact on traditional coding practices and efficiency.

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Podcast Format Changes

The podcast will transition from three episodes a week to two, allowing for more flexible and longer discussions. Previously, the format constrained content to specific types each day, which limited exploration of topics. This change aims to enhance content quality by enabling hosts to dedicate adequate time to intriguing subjects. Additionally, this flexibility will open up opportunities for increased video content, aligning with evolving audience preferences.

Intro

2min

Podcast Evolution and Tech Insights

10min

Exciting Developments in Vite and Future Tools

2min

Rediscovering Blue Sky: A New Dawn for Developers

11min

A Humorous Game of Terminal Feud

2min

Experiences from Conferences and Commentary

2min

Web Development Trends and Innovations

18min

Web Development Insights and AI Evolution

18min

Community Engagement and Family Bonding

5min

Scott and Wes look back at 2024 and share highlights from a big year for Syntax and the web dev world. They review their 2024 predictions to see what they got right (and wrong), and break down the major moments in web development from CSS improvements to AI editors and beyond.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:30 Changes to the Syntax podcast.
05:56 What happened this year?
- 06:07 React.
- 06:36 Solid Start.
- 07:04 Tanstack Start.
- 07:43 Remix
- 09:42 AI Editors.
- 11:53 Vite 6.
- 14:02 Bluesky.
- 19:52 CSS.
22:17 What did we do?
- 22:21 React Miami.
  - React Miami Episode.
- 22:26 JSNation Amsterdam.
- 23:55 JSNation US + React Summit.
- 24:57 Terminal Feud.
- 26:28 Laravel + Terminal basketball game.
- 27:02 Syntax San Francisco meetup.
- 27:23 GitHub Universe.
- 28:07 FITC.
- 28:38 153 Syntax Episodes + Video.
29:32 Our 2024 Predictions Reviewed.
- 29:46 Types in JS will have real movement.
- 31:29 Temporal API will ship in 1 browser.
- 32:50 Perf tooling gets easy for everyone to understand.
- 33:29 CSS continues to get better where you need less JS.
- 34:25 Svelte v5 is very fast.
- 34:38 The year of the server in frameworks.
- 35:28 Astro is going to have a good year.
- 36:13 React server components.
- 37:03 Remix moves away from page-based loaders, to component loaders.
- 37:18 Hono will become more ubiquitous.
- 38:28 We will see a route matching Proposal move ahead.
- 39:23 Bun releases full node compat.
- 40:42 We will see a new Linter + formatter entirely replace.
- 42:16 New TypeScript typechecker.
  - Ezno.
- 43:40 Lightning CSS pops - or does it?
- 45:10 You’ll hear more about Rspack and Turbopack.
- 45:51 Vite isn’t going to release anything big in 2024.
- 46:24 Relative color will land in all major browsers.
- 48:14 CSS contrast-color will land in chrome.
- 48:48 Scroll animation landing in 2 browsers.
- 50:03 The year of CSS discovery.
- 51:09 Safari will Ship 3 missing PWA Support.
- 52:11 Firefox usage will continue to slip.
- 56:53 Paid Arc features.
- 57:14 More XR web experiences as Apple releases in Vision Pro.
- 59:55 AI Tooling.
- 01:00:57 Small Models that run in the browser.
- 01:01:38 Apps get Sherlocked by OpenAI.
- 01:02:04 On prem corporate AI.
01:04:49 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.