921: AI Coding Roadmap for Newbies (And Skeptics)

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.Show Notes00:00 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.Context714:47 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 AITensorflow.Transformers.js.Huggingface.44:12 Processes and exploring.Hit us up on Socials!Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn ThreadsWes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn ThreadsScott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn ThreadsRandy: X Instagram YouTube Threads.