998: How to Fix Vibe Coding
From Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats by Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski - Full Stack JavaScript Web Developers
April 22, 2026 · 45 min
About this episode
Wes and Scott discuss improving AI coding reliability through deterministic tools and strategies.
Wes and Scott talk about making AI coding more reliable using deterministic tools like fallow, knip, ESLint, StyleLint, and Sentry. They cover code quality analysis, linting strategies, headless browsers, task workflows, and how to enforce better patterns so AI stops guessing and starts producing maintainable, predictable code. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! Losing two clients in one week 04:49 Code quality tools jscpd.dev knip.dev fallow.tools wallace 14:11 Finding and using components Storybook AI 17:28 Brought to you by Sentry.io 17:42 Finding bugs Sentry CLI Spotlight 19:55 Formatting and linting Vite+ ESLint StyleLint clint 25:41 Headless browsers agent-browser chrome-devtools-mcp Lightpanda 32:11 Tasks and todos dex beads 33:32 Docs Context7 34:22 TanStack Code Mode 36:01 Getting AI to use these tools 38:18 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs Sick Picks Scott: Leaf Two Razor Wes: Puzzles Shameless Plugs Phases.fm Podcast Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads
People in this episode
Hosts: Wes Bos, Scott Tolinski
Topics covered
- AI coding
- code quality
- linting strategies
- deterministic tools
- task workflows
- maintainable code
Keywords
- AI coding
- code quality
- linting
- Sentry
- ESLint
- StyleLint
- headless browsers
- task workflows
Sponsors
Sentry
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Phases.fm, Syntax
Products: ESLint, StyleLint, fallow, knip, jscpd.dev, Storybook, Vite, Lightpanda, agent-browser, chrome-devtools-mcp
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