The Real Pricing of LLMs

In this potluck episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott answer your questions about LLM usage-based pricing, security risks from malicious code in interviews, staying current in a fast-moving dev landscape, a new CSS linter, managing Node environments and tooling without losing your mind, and more! 🔥 Be the ~18,300th person to join our super tasty newsletter https://bit.ly/syntax_snackpack (00:00) - Welcome to Syntax! (01:17) - Copilot’s new usage-based pricing and the end of cheap AI (08:53) - Why Syntax dropped clever ad transitions (10:33) - Debugging issues on the Syntax website with Sentry (12:51) - Brought to you by Sentry.io (13:01) - Getting hacked through a fake recruiter and malicious repos (17:57) - How to catch up after stepping away from dev (25:10) - React components vs native browser APIs (32:41) - New CSS linting tools and Project Wallace updates (36:06) - How to interview developers in the age of AI (41:21) - Managing Node, package managers, and dev environments (46:59) - Sick picks and shameless plugs All links available at https://syntax.fm/1002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: https://x.com/syntaxfm Scott: https://x.com/stolinski Wes: https://x.com/wesbos CJ: https://x.com/CodingGarden Randy: https://www.youtube.com/@randyrektor http://www.syntax.fm Brought to you by Sentry.io #webdevelopment #webdeveloper #javascript #syntax #syntaxfm #webdev