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934: We Built a Real-Time, Local-Data, Competitive Coding Game
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Scott, Wes, and CJ dive into SynHax, Scott’s Hackweek project for code battles. They discuss live coding duels, referee controls, and the surprisingly simple tech stack that delivers instant updates and audience engagement.
Show Notes
00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
01:50 Brought to you by Sentry.io
02:30 What is SynHax?
This Button Broke Our Brains (CSS Challenge)
04:21 The Stack
SvelteKit
Postgres
Drizzle
Zero Sync
Better Auth
Syntax 931: How to make good choices when starting a coding project
07:39 How it works
15:03 The battle experience
28:28 Fun details
34:12 Creating new battles & the admin dashboard
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