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Nov 9, 2026 1 hr 35 min

1054: Reddit Closing it’s Doors

from Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Hosted by Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers

Wes, Scott, and CJ are back with two weeks of news: Reddit is forcing everyone to log in, r/opensource bans anything AI, and CSS-Tricks is independent again. Plus Anomaly's Hex dictation app, Mitchell Hashimoto's Rex terminal, TanStack Redact, Cloudflare's TypeScript port to Rust, Vercel's Agent Desktop, the new touchscreen MacBook Pros, a flood of CVEs, and a certificate authority whose private key was the number 4. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:11 Anomaly’s Hex Dictation App 05:00 The Battle to Own Your Computer 07:45 Raycast’s iOS Keyboard 10:11 The New AI Design Meta 11:05 Rex: A Next Gen Terminal 17:37 Rex Remote Hosts and Scripting 22:55 Reddit Is Closing Its Doors 28:46 Bots and Captchas 33:29 r/opensource Bans AI 37:41 CSS-Tricks Has a New Owner 41:08 Brought to you by Sentry! 41:34 Silent Dictation Glasses Silent dictation with Airpods Silent dictation on Mac 45:49 Arc Is Dead 49:42 Pico CSS Is Unmaintained 50:49 TanStack Redact 52:37 tsrs: TypeScript in Rust 55:34 Vercel’s Agent Desktop Launch post Cua 59:26 Agents in a macOS VM 01:00:38 Claude Is Back in OpenCode 01:01:41 Touchscreen MacBook Pros 01:11:21 Discord Goes Discoverable AnswerOverflow 01:13:31 Notification Overload 01:14:50 Security Roundup 01:15:33 What Is a CVE? Common Vulnerabilities and Exposure CVE Tracker 01:18:01 PHP, Linux and GitLab CVEs 01:22:18 Abliterated Models 01:23:38 eMudhra’s Private Key Was 4 eMudhra’s CA keys cracked in milliseconds mitmproxy 01:31:09 Apple Music’s iPod 404 Page 01:33:18 Norway’s Best Toilets Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads

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