921: AI Coding Roadmap for Newbies (And Skeptics) from Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

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921: AI Coding Roadmap for Newbies (And Skeptics)

48 minutes Posted Jul 21, 2025 at 11:00 am.

Welcome to Syntax!

How to interface with AI.

IDE Ghost Text.

IDE Chat, Agents.

CLI Agents.

MCP Servers.

GUI apps.

Existing Chat app like ChatGPT.

Building things WITH AI.

Prompting.

Streaming VS not streaming.

Embeddings and Rag.

MCP Server.

Brought to you by Sentry.io.

Multi-model, multi-provider.

npm libs to use to code with AI.

Processes and exploring.

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Scott and Wes break down how to code with and for AI; perfect for skeptics, beginners, and curious devs. They cover everything from Ghost Text and CLI agents to building your own AI-powered apps with embeddings, function calling, and multi-model workflows.

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00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

03:56 How to interface with AI.

04:07 IDE Ghost Text.

05:45 IDE Chat, Agents.

08:00 CLI Agents.

Claude Code.

Open Code.

Gemini.

11:13 MCP Servers.

Context7

14:47 GUI apps.

v0.

Bolt.new.

Lovable.

Windsurf.

19:07 Existing Chat app like ChatGPT.

22:37 Building things WITH AI.

23:32 Prompting.

26:53 Streaming VS not streaming.

28:14 Embeddings and Rag.

31:09 MCP Server.

CJ’s MCP Deep Dive.

32:36 Brought to you by Sentry.io.

33:25 Multi-model, multi-provider.

36:27 npm libs to use to code with AI.

OpenAI SDK.

AI SDK.

Cloudflare Agents.

Langchain.

Local AI

Tensorflow.

Transformers.js.

Huggingface.

44:12 Processes and exploring.

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