Episode 19 - Type Systems and Type Checking

The episode is inspired by research I conducted a few years ago in which I interviewed hundreds of other senior engineers and architects building web applications at scale.I begin by introducing the concept of micro frontends and discussing when to use them versus relying on more ...  Show more

In this episode, we'll cover what AI agents are, how they work, common agentic implementation patterns, and how agents manage their context window. Enjoy! 

Wes and Scott tackle TypeScript trivia, from combining string literal types to unraveling the mystery of d.ts files. Join them as they challenge each other on conditional types, interfaces, triple-slash directives, and TypeScript records. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! ...  Show more

In this video I explore the type of languages, compiled, garbage collected, interpreted, JIT and more. 

Today we continue the 2020 AI Rewind series, joined by friend of the show Sameer Singh, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at UC Irvine.  We last spoke with Sameer at our Natural Language Processing office hours back at TWIMLfest, and was the perfect pe ...  Show more

In this episode, I'll be discussing the capabilities and limitations of ChatGPT, an advanced language AI model. I'll go over its power to understand and respond to natural language, and its applications in tasks such as language translation and text summarization. However, I ...