934: We Built a Real-Time, Local-Data, Competitive Coding Game

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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