Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats
The Syntax Giveaway Site - Codes, Bots, Tech Stack and More!
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk about the tech stack they used to create the Syntax giveaway site for the Sentry + Syntax announcement week. What were the features of the site, how’d they generate proper codes, and how’d they stop developers from hacking the system?
Show Notes- 00:07 How to do a giveaway and distribute it?
 - 04:26 Building in the spirit of Syntax
 - 05:44 The tech stack
 - SvelteKit • Web development, streamlined
 - Prisma | Next-generation ORM for Node.js & TypeScript
 - Syntax × Sentry MMXXIII | Product Blog • Sentry
 - PlanetScale: The world’s most advanced database platform
 - My Places - Google My Maps
 - sveltekit-basic-auth/hooks.server.ts at main · ghostdevv/sveltekit-basic-auth
 - Voucherify: Free Random Codes Generator
 - 09:48 Hosted on Vercel
 - Vercel
 - 13:04 What are the features of the site?
 - 19:10 Generating the codes properly
 - 26:48 Releasing locked coupon codes
 - 29:13 Client to server side connections
 - 32:56 Stopping developers from gaming the giveaway
 - 46:29 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××
 
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 - LevelUpTutorials Instagram
 - Wes’ Instagram
 - Wes’ Twitter
 - Wes’ Facebook
 - Scott’s Twitter
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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats