Wes and Scott talk with Steve Faulkner about vinext, a Vite-powered Next.js fork. They dive into AI coding workflows, agent browsers, code quality, and what modern dev tooling looks like in an AI-first world.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
02:01 Knowing how to use AI
02:31 The idea behind “slop fork”
vinext
How we rebuilt Next.js with AI in one week
06:27 How to approach a project like this
Super Whisper
07:53 Using markdown as a planning and thinking tool
12:35 Steve’s OpenCode setup
14:31 What agent browsers are and how they work
agent-browser
15:34 Where agent browsers fall short
19:02 Why agents work best with tight feedback loops
21:23 Dealing with poor code quality from AI
23:54 Brought to you by Sentry.io
24:19 Searching for a reliable AI workflow
25:54 What about security?
28:46 When it makes sense to port a framework vs switch
32:03 What an AI-first programming language might look like
33:16 TypeScript in an AI-driven workflow
35:36 Cloudflare and improving developer experience
38:10 Being excited and uneasy about where AI is heading
39:06 Which industries AI disrupts next
41:29 Sick picks + shameless plugs
Sick Picks
Steve: IWC Pilot’s Watch Mark XX
Shameless Plugs
Steve: vinext
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