In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Andrew Lisowski about working on Descript, web streams vs local storage, using state machines, writing CSS with Radix, monorepos, and more.

Show Notes

00:35 Welcome
01:07 What is Descript?
Descript | All-in-one video & podcast editing, easy as a doc.
Work — Sandwich
02:21 Who is Andrew Lisowski?
Andrew Lisowski (@HipsterSmoothie) / X
hipstersmoothie.com
Descript (@DescriptApp) / X
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04:51 How does Descript interact with the webcam?
08:52 Web streams vs local first
Web Streams Explained — Syntax Podcast 587
10:06 How are you exporting video?
GitHub - Yahweasel/libav.js: This is a compilation of the libraries associated with handling audio and video in ffmpeg—libavformat, libavcodec, libavfilter, libavutil, libswresample, and libswscale—for emscripten, and thus the web.
Riverside.fm - Record Podcasts And Videos From Anywhere
14:40 How does Descript deal with recording fails?
17:17 How does Descript design and build the UI?
19:37 What did you like about state machines?
XState - JavaScript State Machines and Statecharts
24:12 How are you writing your CSS with Radix?
Themes – Radix UI
Home | Open UI
30:30 How does the marketing site’s tech stack compare?
31:44 Playwright vs Cypress
Fast and reliable end-to-end testing for modern web apps | Playwright
JavaScript Component Testing and E2E Testing Framework | Cypress
36:26 What tech do you use for monorepos?
37:01 What’s your build tool?
Workspaces | Yarn - Package Manager
Turbo
webpack
40:18 Moving to the web means moving things to the backend
41:37 Descript focuses AI tools on helping creators
Eye Contact: AI Video Effect | Descript
50:50 Supper Club questions
Topre Switch Mechanical Keyboards
REALFORCE | Premium Keyboard, PBT, Capacitive Key Switch
Iosevka
Github Dark High Contrast - Visual Studio Marketplace
56:21 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

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