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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

1022: Bun re-written in Rust, Zig team big mad

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats · Jul 20, 2026 · 1:15:16

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CJ and Scott break down the biggest week in web dev: TypeScript 7 ships with a 10x-faster native port, Bun gets rewritten in Rust (much to the Zig team’s dismay), and Better Auth joins Vercel. Plus GPT-5.6 first impressions, Odin 1.0, Cloudflare’s new Workers cache and drag-and-drop deploys, and the OpenCode 2 beta.

Show Notes


00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

00:21 CJ upgraded his homelab network

02:09 TypeScript 7 is 10x faster

11:19 Bun Rust rewrite drama

Zig creator criticizes rewrite




28:18 GPT 5.6 Impressions

Ashley Peachock on X

Matt Shumer on X




40:58 Better Auth Acquired by Vercel

49:51 Grok Build CLI is stealing your code

International Cyber Digest on X




56:00 Cloudflare Worker Cache and Drop

01:01:22 Check out CJ’s latest video I Built an LLM from Scratch

01:03:06 Odin 1.0 Announced

01:05:33 OpenCode 2.0 Beta released

01:07:32 Winamp Skin Museum

01:11:08 CJ’s new MP3 player

01:13:03 Scott’s Robot Update


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