Scott and Wes talk with Scott Jehl about the benefits, challenges, and use cases of web components, particularly in design systems and performance.

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(00:00) - Welcome to Syntax!
(00:55) - Scott's background and career
(06:46) - An overview of web components
(09:06) - Why should people care about web components?
(13:16) - Should you write your own web components?
(14:33) - Reactivity in web components
(15:56) - DOM parts
(22:08) - Brought to you by Sentry.io
(22:33) - CSS custom properties
(24:28) - Responsive video
(28:27) - The polyfill use case
(30:55) - Shadow DOM challenges
(36:04) - Web components in design systems
(41:58) - How are people using web components?
(43:25) - Web components and server-side rendering
(45:00) - Scott's thoughts on build tools
(47:33) - Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs

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