9 months ago Syntax Podcast

A first look at Remix 3

Scott and Wes dive into Remix 3, exploring how it embraces native web standards like Events, Signals, and Streams to become a truly full-stack framework. They unpack what “LLM-ready,” thin APIs, and a standards-based approach mean for the future of web development.

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
03:21 Uses the platform - native Events, Signals, Streams, Fetch
04:16 Remix 3, Fully Fullstack.
04:57 LLM‑ready + thin APIs
05:53 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
06:18 My previous predictions.
07:44 The value of 'Standards Based'.
09:13 Component model - JSX/TSX; state = variables; call this.render()
11:56 Adding reactivity to Remix.
15:15 Event‑based architecture - custom events, EventTarget, interactions
20:52 Context & type‑safe access.
22:46 Composing interaction logic within events.
24:25 Signals - AbortSignal to cancel async ops
25:21 Benefits of standards - bring your own tools/libraries
- Michael Asnong X Post.
26:42 CSS - built‑in CSS prop; Svelte‑like scoping
28:34 Server - Web Request/Response, Web Streams across runtimes
31:23 Frames - async URL‑addressable components with fallbacks
33:07 Tooling - ESM; use Vite or esbuild
34:47 Routing - code‑based named routes
35:57 Questions/Concerns - manual rendering vs reactivity
38:47 URL Pattern API - modern, fast routing foundations
41:33 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.