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993: It’s Been A Hell Of Week

Scott and Wes break down a chaotic week in dev news — the Claude Code source leak, a nasty Axios npm supply chain hack, and Railway’s private cache exposure — plus how to keep these nightmare scenarios from hitting your own projects.

Show Notes

  • 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
  • 00:55 Claude Code Leaked!
    • Wes’ X Post
    • Apple Source Code Video
  • 05:42 Burning through Claude Code token limits.
    • Reddit Thread
  • 08:57 Axios hacked!
    • Step Security
    • pnpm Supply Chain Security
    • pnpm minimumReleaseAge
  • 16:13 Pretext blew up!
    • Pretext.js Demos
    • Wes’ Demo
  • 27:24 Railway shared private cache.
    • Railway Incident Report
  • 31:54 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs.

Sick Picks

  • Scott: Kindle Colorsoft Kids
  • Wes: UGREEN 200W 8-Port GaN USB C Charger Block, Wyze Headphones

Shameless Plugs

  • Scott: Syntax on YouTube

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