1011: tmux + Terminal Maxxing with Ben Vinegar
Scott and Wes sit down with Ben Vinegar, former Syntax GM and founder of Modem.dev, to geek out over terminal-maxxing, from SSH-based development and tmux workflows to AI-powered coding agents. Ben also demos two of his open source tools: Hunk, a slick terminal code reviewer with 4k+ GitHub stars, and TermDraw, a terminal-based diagramming tool that posts directly to your agent.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
00:49 Introduction to Modem and AI Project Management
01:40 Exploring Terminal Usage and Productivity
04:26 Setting Up Remote Development Environments
08:38 The Power of TMUX in Development
11:20 What makes TMUX splitting different?
12:46 Integrating AI with Terminal Workflows
14:56 The Future of Terminal Applications
17:31 Balancing GUIs and Terminal Interfaces
getfresh.dev
Ben’s talk at AI Engineer Miami
24:39 Navigating Development Tools and Environments
26:44 The Balance of Security and Convenience in Coding
30:27 Cautionary Tales: The Risks of YOLO Mode
33:53 Innovative Tools for Enhanced Coding Experience
34:09 Hunk: Terminal code review.
41:39 TermDraw: A New Way to Visualize Code and Ideas
46:22 The Dynamics of Open Source Contributions
48:31 Visualizing Code: Tools and Techniques
50:54 Podcasting and Editing Processes
State of Agentic Coding.
Podguy: Agent-driven post-production workflow for video podcasts
56:23 Introducing Modem: A Product Intelligence Platform
01:01:39 Connecting Feedback to Product Development
01:03:15 Sick Picks
Sick Picks
Ben: Nirvanna: The Band - The Show - The Movie, Timecrimes
Shameless Plugs
Ben: https://modem.dev/
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761: Cloudflare Analytics Engine, Workers + more with Ben Vinegar
Scott and Wes dive into Cloudflare’s Analytics Engine and Workers with special guest Ben Vinegar, Syntax’s General Manager. Tune in as they explore Clickhouse, data tracking, infrastructure costs, and transitioning from software products to managing a podcast.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:17 Who is Ben Vinegar?
Episode 434 with Ben.
02:21 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
04:00 Cloudflare analytics engine.
Counterscale.dev.
Episode 634 with Armin.
09:08 What is clickhouse?
11:01 Can Clickhouse be used for things outside of analytics tracking?
13:46 What kind of events are you able to track?
15:00 How do you assign values to track?
Counterscale Schema.
18:40 Data type limitations.
19:55 The troubles with sampling data.
23:57 Sample intervals.
24:24 Pricing for these services.
25:34 How it actually runs.
27:31 Infrastructure costs and pricing models.
30:19 Running production apps in Cloudflare.
31:49 Cloudflare and HonoJS.
32:47 One year with Sentry and Ben’s role with Syntax.
Episode 600 with David.
39:33 How does it feel going from a software project to a media project?
Syntax Team.
43:00 How do you sell Syntax to Sentry?
48:37 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs
Sick Picks Ben: Randy’s YouTube, Boom.
Shameless Plugs Ben: Counterscale.dev
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Ben Vinegar × Distributed Tracing and TypeScript Migrations
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Ben Vinegar about his work with Sentry, their migration to TypeScript, and advice for running JavaScript on other websites.
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Show Notes Ben Vinegar
00:20 Guest introduction
05:58 Seeing bug reports from Sentry
07:38 Distributed tracing for full stack developers
12:16 Amazon X Ray
AWS Xray
15:32 Using Tracing
19:40 Sponsor: Kontent by Kentico
20:58 Cloudflare Worker Integration
22:30 How does Sentry have open source and a business?
Heroku
App Platform
Media Temple
Dreamhost
WordPress Calypso
32:30 Sponsor: Hashnode
34:07 What is the tech stack of Sentry?
38:20 Sentry switching to TypeScript
Sentry switching to TypeScript
44:36 Running JavaScript on other websites
51:24 Sponsor: Sentry
53:08 Sick Picks
××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: Last Seen
Wes: SEOUL Sisters Korean Kimchi Seasoning
Ben: Worst Scene / Best Scene
I Was There Too
Shameless Plugs Scott: LevelUp Tutorials
Wes: Wes Bos Tutorials
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