1002: The Real Pricing of LLMs
From Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats by Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers
May 6, 2026 · 53 min
About this episode
Wes and Scott discuss LLM pricing, security risks, and various development tools and practices in this potluck episode.
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! Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 01:17 Copilot’s new usage-based pricing and the end of cheap AI Model multipliers for annual Copilot Pro and Copilot Pro+ subscribers 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 Adib Hanna’s hacking story scammer.md DeskPad 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 csskit 36:06 How to interview developers in the age of AI 41:21 Managing Node, package managers, and dev environments 46:59 Sick picks + shameless plugs Sick Picks Scott: ZEISS Lens Care KeyboardCleanTool Wes: Amaran Halo 100x Shameless Plugs Syntax YouTube Channel Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads…
People in this episode
Hosts: Wes Bos, Scott Tolinski
Topics covered
- LLM pricing
- security risks
- CSS linting
- Node environments
- developer interviews
- staying current in development
Keywords
- LLM
- pricing
- security
- CSS linter
- Node
- developer interviews
- Sentry
Sponsors
Sentry.io
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Syntax, Project Wallace, csskit
Products: Copilot Pro, ZEISS Lens Care, KeyboardCleanTool, Amaran Halo 100x
Books & works: scammer.md
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