Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat

The Future of Front-End, Vim Wars, and Raising Gamer Kids w/ Nick Taylor

Recorded live at All Things Open, Robbie and guest co-host Jason Torres talk with Nick Taylor about Kubernetes mishaps, DevRel life, front-end nostalgia, CSS wizardry, arcade emulators, and why taste and creativity still matter in an AI-accelerated world.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(03:26) - Wine rating & review: Cupcake Prosecco
(09:42) - Casinos, arcades, and emulator nostalgia
(11:45) - Favorite video games and gaming with kids
(16:25) - Hot Take: git rebase vs. git merge
(19:58) - Fellow tech podcasters and community shoutouts
(22:48) - Law & Order appreciation
(24:00) - Life at conferences and returning to ATO
(24:49) - "The Commits" Awards
(26:13) - Hot Take: Is HTML a programming language?
(26:24) - Hot Take: Is CSS a programming language?
(29:20) - AI’s impact on front-end and who still stands out
(32:05) - Nick’s shift from front-end to Kubernetes and security
(36:40) - How efficient is AI really?
(37:55) - Robbie’s experience using AI in daily work
(40:28) - Why no USB-B?
(41:23) - Customizing MCPs vs. following the spec
(44:15) - What Nick would do if not in tech
(45:03) - Plugs

Links

ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
Monster Energy: https://www.monsterenergy.com/
Laracon: https://laracon.us/
Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/
YAML: https://yaml.org/
Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/
The Kubernetes Podcast with Nick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhToH2KgMtk
All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/
Guinness: https://www.guinness.com/
Jolt Cola: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolt_Cola
del Lago Casino: https://dellagoresort.com/
React: https://react.dev/
NESticle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NESticle
XBOX: https://www.xbox.com/
Super Mario: https://mario.nintendo.com/
NESticle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NESticle
Just Dance: https://justdancenow.com/
Rihanna: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihanna
PS4: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps4/
Star Wars Battlefront: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Battlefront
Lego Fornite: https://www.fortnite.com/@epic/lego-fortnite-odyssey
Clone Hero: https://clonehero.net/
Guitar Hero: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero
Analogue Pocket: https://www.analogue.co/pocket
Oculus: https://www.oculus.com/
Meta Quest 3: https://www.meta.com/quest/quest-3/
Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/
VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/
Neovim: https://neovim.io/
GitKraken: https://www.gitkraken.com/
Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen
Terminal.shop: https://www.terminal.shop/
Dax: https://x.com/thdxr/
GitHub Universe: https://githubuniverse.com/
Tomorrow.fm Podcast: https://tomorrow.fm/
Law & Order SVU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit
Vincent D'Onofrio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_D'Onofrio
Daredevil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daredevil_(TV_series)
Render Conf: https://www.renderatl.com/
So I Married an Axe Murderer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_I_Married_an_Axe_Murderer
HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/
CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
Ep 120: Throwback Frameworks, Tailwind Fandom, and CSS with Jhey Tompkins: https://whiskey.fm/throwback-frameworks-tailwind-fandom-and-css-with-jhey-tompkins
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink/
Jason Lengstorf: https://x.com/jlengstorf
Web Dev Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Iz-Fnk_eTkZvSNWXW_TKZ2UwVirT2M
Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/
Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/
Vercel: https://vercel.com/
Claude: https://claude.ai
AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/
McAfee: https://www.mcafee.com/
1Password: https://1password.com/
Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/
Ep 217: Open Source, Agents, and the Next AI Wave w/ Angie Jones: https://whiskey.fm/open-source-agents-and-the-next-ai-wave-w-angie-jones
Kubernetes the Hard Way: https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way
Sam Altman: https://x.com/sama
TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
OpenAI: https://openai.com
Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/
IBM: https://www.ibm.com/
NVidia: https://www.nvidia.com/
Goose: https://block.github.io/goose/
MCP Dev Summit: https://mcpdevsummit.ai/
Playwright: https://playwright.dev/

Connect with Jason

GitHub: https://github.com/jasonetorres
X / Twitter: https://x.com/TasonJorres

Connect with Nick

Website: https://nickyt.online/
X / Twitter: https://x.com/nickytonline

Connect with the hosts

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink

Subscribe and stay in touch

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Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot

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00:46:00

Nov 27, 2025 7:0 AM

Explicit

From Librarian to Developer: w/ Roxy Rodriguez-Becker

Recorded live at All Things Open, Robbie and guest co-host Jason Torres talk with Roxy Rodriquez-Becker about her journey from educator and librarian to aspiring developer, the community supporting her transition, navigating motherhood and advocacy, and how her son’s medical challenges inspired her to build a life-changing G-tube feeding app.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Working Edit
(01:03) - Wine rating and review: San Simeon Cabernet Sauvignon
(02:35) - Meet Roxy
(03:04) - From teaching and libraries to tech
(05:38) - How Roxy is learning to code
(06:24) - Inside the “Chosen One” series
(07:35) - The support systems behind Roxy's move to coding
(09:14) - Navigating a public job hunt and being in the spotlight
(11:30) - Roxy’s advice for getting out of your comfort zone
(12:43) - Roxy’s background in content creation
(14:35) - How Roxy juggles parenting, work, and learning to code
(16:51) - How her son’s medical journey inspired the Tube Feed app
(28:03) - Why advocating for yourself is harder than advocating for others
(30:00) - What pulled Roxy back into tech
(32:01) - Growing up Cuban and Catholic
(35:30) - How Roxy's upbringing shapes how she raises her kids
(36:33) - Why Roxy chose software engineering specifically
(38:33) - Robbie's biggest strength and biggest weakness
(39:27) - Guilty pleasure TV shows
(40:43) - What success looks like for Roxy
(42:41) - Where to find Roxy online

Links

San Simeon Cabernet Sauvignon: https://www.sansimeonwines.com/

Costco: https://costco.com
Tube Feed: https://tubefeedratecalculator.vercel.app/
Magnolia Conf: https://magnoliaconf.com/
freeCodeCamp: https://www.freecodecamp.org/
#100Devs: https://100devs.org/
Chosen One: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chosen_One_(2023_TV_series)
All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/
Torc: https://torc.dev
Roxy's Treating LinkedIn Like a Blog: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/roxana-rodriguez-becker_100devs-momswhocode-womenintech-activity-7287884373817802755-KOub
OpenAI: https://openai.com
Law & Order SVU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit
NBC Peacock: https://www.nbc.com/networks/peacock
Below Deck: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Below_Deck
The Real Housewives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Housewives
The Bachelor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bachelor_(American_TV_series)
Love Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Island_(American_TV_series)

Connect with Jason

GitHub: https://github.com/jasonetorres
X / Twitter: https://x.com/TasonJorres

Connect with Roxy

Website: https://roxanarodriguezbecker.com/
X / Twitter: https://x.com/roxanacodes

Connect with the hosts

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink

Subscribe and stay in touch

Website: https://whiskey.fm
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf
Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot

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00:44:21

Nov 20, 2025 7:0 AM

Explicit

How to Build a Career When the Rules Keep Changing w/ Taylor Desseyn & Jason Torres

Recorded live at All Things Open, Robbie talks with Taylor Desseyn and Jason Torres about the future of tech careers, AI’s impact on hiring, and why relationships still matter more than résumés. They share insights from years in recruiting and community building, stressing that genuine connection—not cold applications—opens doors in today’s market.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(01:48) - A toast to Busch Light
(05:46) - Meet Taylor and Jason
(08:14) - Is now a good time to get into tech?
(13:12) - How AI is reshaping the tech job market
(16:07) - Standing out in a crowded industry
(20:36) - Can open source help you get hired?
(23:48) - Will Shane Beamer head to Virginia Tech?
(25:13) - Do pro athletes really make too much money?
(26:47) - Should politicians be paid like CEOs?
(30:43) - What it means to be an authentic creator
(34:07) - How Torc is chasing greatness
(38:01) - Is AI killing organic content growth?
(39:26) - Parenting, perspective, and balance
(42:20) - Where to connect with Taylor and Jason online

Links

Busch Light: https://www.busch.com/
Ep 216: Why Open Source Might Be Your Best Career Move w/ Shruti Kapoor: https://whiskey.fm/why-open-source-might-be-your-best-career-move-w-shruti-kapoor
Jason Lengstorf: https://jason.energy/
Costco: https://www.costco.com
The Office: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_(American_TV_series)
Dragonberry Bacardi: https://www.bacardi.com/us/en/our-rums/dragonberry-rum/
Goldschlager: https://www.sazerac.com/our-brands/sazerac-brands/goldschlager.html
Jagermeister: https://www.jagermeister.com/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/
Guidance Counselor 2.0 podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/career-counseling/id1256154656?mt=2
Ep 493 - Pretending to Have The Job Before You Get It w/ Josh Cirre, DevRel @ Laravel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-493-pretending-to-have-the-job-before-you-get/id1256154656?i=1000729870607
Cobol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL
React: https://react.dev/
X: https://www.x.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com
Discord: https://discord.com
Taylor's All Things Open talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEV7TO7UEBU
Mr. Beast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MrBeast
Kai Cenat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Cenat
All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/
.NET: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/
Java: https://www.java.com/
React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/
Taylor's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@tdesseyn
Slack: https://slack.com/
South Carolina Gamecocks: https://gamecocksonline.com/
Shane Beamer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Beamer
Virginia Tech: https://www.vt.edu/
James Franklin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Franklin_(American_football_coach)
Pennsylvania State University: https://www.psu.edu
LaNorris Sellers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaNorris_Sellers
Patrick Mahomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes
Kansas City Chiefs: https://www.chiefs.com/
NVidia: https://www.nvidia.com/
Apple: https://apple.com
Elon Musk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/
DHH: https://x.com/dhh/
Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/
Bain: https://www.bain.com/
McKinsey: https://www.mckinsey.com/
Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/
Barstool Sports: https://www.barstoolsports.com/
Syntax: https://syntax.fm/
Sentry: https://Sentry.io/
CodeRabbit: https://www.coderabbit.ai/
Torc: https://torc.dev
Torc Community: https://torc.dev/community
Torc Discord: https://torc.dev/discord

Connect with Taylor

Website: https://linktr.ee/taylordesseyn
X / Twitter: https://x.com/tdesseyn

Connect with Jason

GitHub: https://github.com/jasonetorres
X / Twitter: https://x.com/TasonJorres

Connect with the hosts

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink

Subscribe and stay in touch

Website: https://whiskey.fm
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf
Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot

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00:43:38

Nov 13, 2025 7:0 AM

Explicit

Open Source, Agents, and the Next AI Wave w/ Angie Jones

Recorded live at All Things Open, Robbie Wagner and guest co-host Jason Lengstorf talk with Angie Jones about AI, coding models, and the evolving landscape of open source. They unpack the importance of community-driven tooling, skill gaps in using AI, the future of agentic systems, and why open communities matter in shaping technology.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(01:18) - Wine rating & review
(03:30) - Hot Take: Claude vs ChatGPT
(04:20) - Hot Take: Is HTML a programming language?
(04:56) - Hot Take: Is CSS a programming language?
(05:31) - Hot Take: Is AI to blame when people do dumb shit with it?
(09:50) - How open source shaped Angie’s career
(14:54) - The problem with AI training on open source data
(23:02) - What is MCP and why does it matter?
(25:10) - Using MCP when you don’t follow every part of the spec
(26:25) - Are we building new walled gardens inside MCP?
(31:16) - Building DevRel in a rapidly-changing AI landscape
(36:06) - Conference season stress & preparing new talks
(39:41) - Where to find Angie online

Links

Ep 175: Decentralized Identity: The Future of Privacy and Security with Angie Jones: https://whiskey.fm/decentralized-identity-the-future-of-privacy-and-security-with-angie-jones
Block: https://block.xyz/
MCP: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/
Claude: https://claude.ai
ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/
CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/
Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/
NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/
GooseAI: https://goose.ai/
Sam Altman: https://x.com/sama
Peter Thiel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel
Marc Andreessen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen
Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/
Ember: https://emberjs.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com
Kent C. Dodds: https://kentcdodds.com/
Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/
Safari: https://www.apple.com/safari/
Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/
DevRelCon: https://developerrelations.com/devrelcon/devrelcon-new-york-2025/
Angie's keynote at DevRelCon: https://developerrelations.com/talks/devrels-biggest-stage-yet/

Connect with Jason

Website: https://jason.energy/
X / Twitter: https://x.com/jlengstorf

Connect with Angie

Website: https://angiejones.tech
X / Twitter: https://x.com/techgirl1908

Connect with the hosts

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink

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Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot

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00:41:17

Nov 6, 2025 7:0 AM

Explicit

Why Open Source Might Be Your Best Career Move w/ Shruti Kapoor

Recorded at All Things Open 2025, Robbie Wagner and guest co-host Jason Lengstorf chat with developer-turned-creator Shruti Kapoor about her leap from Slack and PayPal to YouTube, the joys and pitfalls of open source, and eternal web dev debates.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(01:37) - Wine rating & review: Fre Sparkling Brut
(06:33) - Hot Take: git rebase vs. git merge
(09:11) - Hot Take: Is HTML a programming language?
(09:41) - Hot Take: Is CSS a programming language?
(10:20) - Hot take: classes vs. functional components
(11:13) - Hot Take: Remix, TanStack, or Next.js?
(15:02) - Hot Take: console.log vs debugger
(16:11) - Hot Take: Were React server components a mistake?
(20:42) - How open source changed Shruti’s career
(22:23) - The real value of contributing to open source
(26:05) - What is the React Foundation and why it matters
(28:58) - Highlights from React Conf and new features
(31:01) - From Slack engineer to independent creator
(34:34) - Choosing what content to make (and why)
(37:58) - Shruti’s dog, discipline, and life lessons
(40:01) - What would Shruti do if not in tech?
(40:30) - Where to find Shruti online

Links

Fre Sparkling Brut: https://www.frewines.com/
Wes Bos: https://wesbos.com/
Syntax: https://syntax.fm/
Slack: https://slack.com/
PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com
React: https://react.dev/
JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/
CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
Ember: https://emberjs.com/
TanStack: https://tanstack.com/
Next.js: https://nextjs.org/
Remix: https://remix.run/
Astro: https://astro.build/
VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/
All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/
GitHub: https://github.com/
React Conf: https://conf.react.dev/
React Foundation: https://react.dev/blog/2025/10/07/introducing-the-react-foundation
Linux Foundation: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/
Vercel: https://vercel.com/
Google Home: https://home.google.com/welcome/
Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen
ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
MCP: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/
Shruti's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@shrutikapoor08
16 Common React useEffect Mistakes You’re Making: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGOPO2V6MHI

Connect with Jason

Website: https://jason.energy/
X / Twitter: https://x.com/jlengstorf

Connect with Shruti

Website: https://shrutikapoor.dev/
X / Twitter: https://x.com/shrutikapoor08

Connect with the hosts

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink

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Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot

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00:42:07

Oct 30, 2025 7:0 AM

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Rust Is Overrated w/ Naman Goel

This week, Robbie and Adam talk with Naman Goel about the origins and evolution of StyleX, how it integrates with React and other frameworks, and the pros and cons of different programming languages like Rust, TypeScript, and Swift. They dive into the challenges of building performant, type-safe styling systems, the surprising complexity of theme APIs, designing for developer experience, and more.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(02:26) - Whiskey rating & review: Glenfiddich 12 Year Old single malt Scotch
(09:13) - South Park, spy thrillers & sleeper hits you missed
(11:20) - Flow vs TypeScript
(14:59) - How CSS shaped Naman’s perspective on type systems
(18:45) - How StyleX works—and why it’s different from Tailwind
(21:02) - Tailwind Merge vs StyleX props: performance smackdown
(22:16) - Real-world use case: when and why you’d want to merge styles
(25:45) - Inside the making of StyleX and its powerful theming system
(32:56) - Robbie and Adam wrangle Vue transitions in Astro
(36:09) - GIF or JIF? SPA or “spa”?
(40:36) - Building StarPod.dev: streaming audio across pages
(42:30) - Can you reduce client-side router noise?
(46:03) - Should you spec your idea or just blog it?
(47:18) - Naman’s journey into writing web specs
(48:44) - What is link delegation?
(52:39) - Hot Take: Is Rust overrated?
(01:02:17) - The dream language Naman wishes someone would build
(01:04:57) - Are AI-generated programming languages just around the corner?
(01:05:53) - A spicy take on CSS syntax and readability
(01:06:27) - Is CSS finally catching up to StyleX?
(01:07:43) - Plugs & where to follow Naman

Links

Glenfiddich 12 Year Old single malt Scotch: https://shop.us.glenfiddich.com/products/glenfiddich-12-year-old
South Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park
Dungeons & Dragons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_&_Dragons
Alien Earth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien:_Earth
Ozark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozark_(TV_series)
Jason Bateman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Bateman
Black Rabbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rabbit
Slow Horses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Horses
Slow Horses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Horses
Typescript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
StyleX: https://stylexjs.com/
React: https://react.dev/
Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/
SolidJS: https://www.solidjs.com/
Svelte: https://svelte.dev/
Vue: https://vuejs.org/
Astro: https://astro.build/
QuickJS: https://github.com/quickjs-ng/quickjs
Ember: https://emberjs.com/
Angular: https://angular.dev/
Vanilla Extract: https://vanilla-extract.style/
Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/
PHP: https://www.php.net/
Figma: https://www.figma.com/
Theme UI: https://theme-ui.com/
Stitches: https://stitches.dev/
Starpod.dev: https://starpod.dev/
Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/
Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/
Livewire: https://laravel-livewire.com/
Jason Miller - Application Holotypes: A Guide to Architecture Decisions: https://jasonformat.com/application-holotypes/
morphdom: https://github.com/patrick-steele-idem/morphdom
HTMX: https://htmx.org/
React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/
CSS-Tricks: https://css-tricks.com/
Swift: https://www.swift.org/
Python: https://www.python.org/
C++: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp
Go: https://go.dev/
esbuild: https://esbuild.github.io/
OCaml: https://ocaml.org/
Prettier: https://prettier.io/
Haskell: https://www.haskell.org/
Elm: https://elm-lang.org/
CoffeeScript: http://coffeescript.org/
LightningScript: https://lightningscript.dev/
Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/
Chris Coyier: https://x.com/chriscoyier
React Summit: https://reactsummit.com/
Solenoid: https://github.com/nmn/solenoid

Connect with Naman

Website: https://nmn.sh/
X / Twitter: https://x.com/naman34
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/nmn.bsky.social

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01:10:10

Oct 23, 2025 7:0 AM

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npm Worms & RubyGems Coups: Trust Issues in Open Source

This week, Robbie, Chuck, and Adam talk about the worst whiskey they’ve tasted, Tailwind as a “state management library,” and recent security scares in open source. Also — dependency hygiene, developer visa drama, and whether inflated tech salaries are finally being reckoned with.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(02:14) - Whiskey rating & review: Evan Williams Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
(13:00) - What's with all the recent web dev security issues?
(28:39) - Is Tailwind secretly the worst state management library?
(32:45) - Visa chaos: H-1Bs, gold cards, and reverse immigration
(40:51) - Are tech salaries being intentionally driven down?
(49:45) - Adam’s AI experiment with Claude + Parallelize
(54:09) - Why AI should specialize (and stop trying to do everything)
(54:44) - Best AI tools right now
(01:01:16) - Chuck’s VPN chaos + funny wifi names
(01:04:04) - Plugs

Links

GoDaddy: https://www.godaddy.com/
Bob Parsons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Parsons
Intuit: https://www.intuit.com/
Evan Williams Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey: http://evanwilliams.com/straight-bourbon
Wrigley Chew: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrigley_Company
Bazooka: https://www.bazookajoe.com/
Juicy Fruit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juicy_Fruit
Cinnamon Toast Crunch: https://www.cinnamontoastcrunch.com/
Jack Daniel's: https://www.jackdaniels.com/
Crown Royal Black: https://www.crownroyal.com/canadian-whisky/crown-royal-black
Suntory World Whiskey Ao: https://house.suntory.com/ao-whisky
Fresca Mixed: https://www.frescamixed.com/
All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/
Ken Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/
JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
Ruby: https://www.ruby-lang.org/
NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/
Blockchain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain
pNPM: https://pnpm.io/
Ransom: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117438/
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/
WordPress: https://wordpress.org
David Cramer: https://x.com/zeeg
Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/
Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/
SemVer: https://semver.org/
Google: https://www.google.com/
Snowpack: https://www.snowpack.dev/
Socket.io: https://socket.io/
Guillermo Rauch: https://x.com/rauchg
Socket.dev: https://socket.dev/
Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/
David K Piano: https://x.com/DavidKPiano
Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/
Next.js: https://nextjs.org/
OpenAI: https://openai.com
Amazon: https://amazon.com
Jason Lengstorf: https://x.com/jlengstorf
Perl: https://www.perl.org/
Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/
Cobol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL
Jarred Sumner: https://x.com/jarredsumner
Bun: https://bun.com/
Zig: https://ziglang.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
Claude: https://claude.ai/
Codex: https://openai.com/codex/
Opencode: https://opencode.ai/
Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/
Ep 92: Hot Takes, Bun, and Zig with Jarred Sumner: https://whiskey.fm/hot-takes-bun-and-zig-with-jarred-sumner
Neovim: https://neovim.io/
Bolt: https://bolt.new/
Lovable: https://lovable.dev/
Spec Kit: https://github.com/github/spec-kit
South Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park
Proton VPN: https://protonvpn.com/
HBO Max: https://www.hbomax.com/
Raspberry Pi: https://www.raspberrypi.com
Stephen King: https://stephenking.com/
Cujo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cujo
Nerdy.dev: https://nerdy.dev/
Starpod.dev: https://starpod.dev/
Como FC: https://comofootball.com/

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Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink

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01:05:48

Oct 16, 2025 7:0 AM

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Is CSS a Programming Language? w/ Kevin Powell

This week, Robbie and Adam talk with Kevin Powell about the quirks and complexities of CSS, from Tailwind and Flexbox to AI’s failure to write decent styles. While sipping some Crown Royal Black, they dig into weird web history, emerging CSS specs, toast milestones, and the beauty of clean code.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(02:51) - Whiskey rating & review: Crown Royal Black
(07:54) - Hot Take: Is CSS a programming language?
(09:54) - Hot Take: Was CSS-in-JS a mistake?
(10:53) - Hot Take: Grid vs Flexbox
(12:31) - Hot Take: Tailwind vs vanilla CSS?
(16:05) - Kevin's favorite place to write CSS
(17:45) - What CSS feature scares Kevin the most?
(19:20) - Kevin's first CSS pre-processor
(22:40) - CSS features that are taking too long to ship
(27:22) - text-box-trim vs margin-trim
(29:53) - Why attr() is a game-changer for CSS
(31:18) - NPM package chaos and security concerns
(32:16) - The “billion laughs” CSS attack
(33:19) - Why can't AI write CSS?
(36:52) - Wake-and-bake? Kevin’s sourdough & kombucha hobby
(38:42) - Kevin’s homebrewing and water shortage woes
(40:28) - Hobbies, football, and making time for fun
(42:44) - What would Kevin do if not in tech?
(44:41) - Kevin's favorite CSS typo
(45:58) - Rebuilding Tailwind from scratch
(46:53) - Vanilla CSS vs. Tailwind: Who wins a coding race?
(50:08) - Plugs

Links

Crown Royal Black: https://www.crownroyal.com/canadian-whisky/crown-royal-black
All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/
General Musings: https://www.youtube.com/@GeneralMusings
Frontend Masters: https://frontendmasters.com/
Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/
Ken Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/
JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
Figma: https://www.figma.com/
CSS Grid: https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_grid.asp
Flexbox: https://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_flexbox.asp
Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/
Grok: https://grok.com/
CodePen: https://codepen.io/
VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com
Emmet: https://emmet.io/
Vue: https://vuejs.org/
Saas: https://sass-lang.com/
Stylus: https://www.npmjs.com/package/stylus
TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
CoffeeScript: http://coffeescript.org/
Sarah Soueidan: https://twitter.com/SaraSoueidan
Shepherd: https://www.shepherdjs.dev/
NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/
Swatch: https://swatch.dev/
Colorzilla: https://www.colorzilla.com/
TinyColor: https://bgrins.github.io/TinyColor/
CrowdStrike: https://www.crowdstrike.com/
Ember: https://emberjs.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/
Chris Coyier: https://x.com/chriscoyier
Virginia Tech: https://www.vt.edu/
The Eagles: https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/
Saquon Barkley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saquon_Barkley
Adam Wathan: https://x.com/adamwathan/
Kevin on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/kevinpowell

Connect with Kevin

Website: https://www.kevinpowell.co/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/kevinpowell.co
Courses: https://www.kevinpowell.co/courses/

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Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink

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00:51:55

Oct 9, 2025 7:0 AM

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TalkShop Show w/ Macho Man Randy Standards

This week, Robbie and Adam talk with Dave "Macho Man Randy Standards" Rupert about whiskey, web culture, and the quirks of building side projects. They dive into the shifting landscape of the web—AI-driven development, spec-driven workflows, RSS’s decline, and the joy (and pain) of creative tinkering.

In this episode:
(00:00) - Intro
(03:21) - Whiskey rating and review: Suntory World Whiskey Ao
(16:30) - Is the open web in decline?
(17:16) - How we search and learn in 2025
(22:31) - Discovering Strudel
(24:44) - Dave’s Strudel vibe-coding experiment
(27:15) - The promise and limits of AI in programming
(28:39) - Getting into spec-driven development
(34:11) - The pain of publishing apps
(36:51) - Weird camera quirks across platforms
(40:19) - Could you code on a horse?
(41:35) - Voice-based vibe-coding
(42:45) - Making coding approachable for kids
(45:54) - Side hustles and money outside tech
(52:04) - Dave's shoutout to Storybook
(58:49) - Plugs

Links

ShopTalk Show: https://shoptalkshow.com/
Suntory World Whiskey Ao: https://house.suntory.com/ao-whisky
Jim Beam Pineapple: https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineapple
Descript: https://www.descript.com/
Taco Bell Chili Cheese Burrito: https://www.tacobell.com/newsroom/taco-bell-rewinds-to-the-2000s-with-decades-y2k-menu-featuring-iconic-fan
McDonald's McRib: https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/mcrib.html
Pringles: https://www.pringles.com/
JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
Astro: https://astro.build/
Vue: https://vuejs.org/
Svelte: https://svelte.dev/
Mitosis: https://github.com/BuilderIO/mitosis
React: https://react.dev/
SolidJS: https://www.solidjs.com/
Trent Walton: https://trentwalton.com/
CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
Google Amp: https://developers.google.com/amp
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/
The Verge: https://www.theverge.com
Google Amp: https://developers.google.com/amp
Kottke: https://kottke.org/
GitHub: https://github.com/
Strudel: https://strudel.cc/
Lincoln Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_Park
Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/
Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot
Bolt: https://bolt.new/
Lovable: https://lovable.dev/
Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/
Deloitte: https://www.deloitte.com/
Intel: https://www.intel.com/
Coder: https://coder.com/
Kiro: https://kiro.dev/
Peppeteer: https://pptr.dev/
Electron: https://www.electronjs.org/
MacOS: https://www.apple.com/macos/
Linux: https://www.linux.org/
Fuji: https://global.fujifilm.com/
Lomography: https://www.lomography.com
iPad: https://www.apple.com/ipad/
Vim: https://www.vim.org/
Warp Code video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3jFHfIvyf8
Pico 8: https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php
Lua: https://www.lua.org/
COBOL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL
Spike LEGO Education: https://spike.legoeducation.com/
South Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park
Jeff Bezos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Bezos
Elon Musk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
Home Depot: https://www.homedepot.com/
Hassle Free Home: https://myhasslefreehome.com/
Storybook: https://storybook.js.org/
Brad Frost: https://x.com/brad_frost
Riverside: https://riverside.com/
FAST: https://fast.design/
Obsidian: https://obsidian.md/
Notion: https://www.notion.com/
All Thing Open: https://2025.allthingsopen.org/

Connect with Dave

Website: https://daverupert.com/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davatron5000.bsky.social

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Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink

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01:00:07

Oct 2, 2025 7:0 AM

Explicit

Agents of Chaos: Whiskey Experiments and the Future of IDEs

This week, Chuck and Adam talk about flavored whiskeys, offbeat experiments, and the chaos of tech culture. They discuss AI workflows, Warp vs. IDE debates, and the realities of coding culture, from bleeding-edge hype to WordPress drudgery. Plus, Chuck shares updates on life in Italy.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(03:33) - Whiskey rating and review: Jack Daniel's Tennessee Apple and Honey
(13:57) – Experimenting with mixing whiskeys
(18:16) – Honey on the rim: a sweet idea?
(19:15) – Food, culture, and Chuck’s life in Italy
(28:44) – FOMO on agents and AI hype
(31:32) – Current AI workflows
(32:04) – Warp Code update and its bizarre promo video
(37:27) – IDEs vs. plugins: what’s the future?
(44:29) – Chuck and Adam on their current jobs

Links

Jack Daniel's Tennessee Apple: https://www.jackdaniels.com/whiskey/tennessee-apple
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey: https://www.jackdaniels.com/en-us/whiskey/tennessee-honey
MythBusters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters
Jim Beam Pineapple: https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineapple
Wild Turkey American Honey: https://www.americanhoney.com/
Hudson House Distillery: https://www.thehudsonhouseny.com/
Burt Bacharach: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Bacharach
Mike's Hot Honey: https://mikeshothoney.com/
Claude Code: https://claude.com/product/claude-code
Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/
Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/
Warp: https://www.warp.dev/
LM Studio: https://lmstudio.ai
Mac Mini: https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/
Opencode: https://opencode.ai/
Dax: https://x.com/thdxr/
Warp Code: https://www.warp.dev/blog/introducing-warp-code-prompt-to-prod
Zed: https://zed.dev/
WordPress: https://wordpress.org
Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/
Joomla: https://www.joomla.org/
JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/
BMW: https://www.bmwusa.com/
Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/
Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/
Remix: https://remix.run/
React: https://react.dev/
Darknet Diaries: https://darknetdiaries.com/
Jack Rhysider: https://x.com/jackrhysider
All Thing Open: https://2025.allthingsopen.org/

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Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink

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00:48:22

Sep 25, 2025 7:0 AM

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DevRel, Linux, and the Shrinking Path for Junior Developers w/ Ali Diamond

This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Ali Diamond about her journey through tech, cybersecurity, and community building. They sip tequila, swap hot takes on programming languages and developer culture, and dig into the realities of junior engineering paths, DevRel’s evolution, and how passion—not tools—shapes meaningful work.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(02:39) - Tequila rating & review: Espolon Tequila Blanco
(13:46) - From tequila to other favorite drinks
(16:11) - Hot Take: Why junior engineers should focus on - fundamentals
(18:57) - Hot Take: MacOS or Linux?
(22:25) - Ali’s take on Linux flavors (and her own twist)
(25:22) - Hot Take: Is DevRel really dead?
(27:28) - Software developer vs. software engineer: does it matter?
(31:45) - Hot Take: Rails vs Laravel
(35:14) - The shrinking path for junior developers
(47:34) - Life outside coding: Ali’s passions and projects
(54:34) - Ali’s journey into tech and family background
(57:40) - Plugs & where to find Ali online

Links

Espolon Tequila Blanco: https://www.espolontequila.com/
Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/
Java: https://www.java.com/
Lua: https://www.lua.org/
Spindrift: https://drinkspindrift.com/
Costco: https://www.costco.com
All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/
The Net Gala: https://x.com/_thenetgala
1942 Tequila: https://www.donjulio.com/our-tequilas/don-julio-1942-tequila
Clase Azul: https://claseazul.com/
Fresca Mixed: https://www.frescamixed.com/
LaCroix: https://www.lacroixwater.com/
Diet Coke: https://www.coca-cola.com/us/en/brands/diet-coke
Monster: https://www.monsterenergy.com/
Celsius: https://www.celsius.com/
Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/
Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/
MacOS: https://www.apple.com/macos/
Linux: https://www.linux.org/
Andriod: https://www.android.com/
iPhone: https://www.apple.com/iphone/
Vim: https://www.vim.org/
VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/
Omarchy: https://omarchy.org/
DHH: https://x.com/dhh/
Arch Linux: https://archlinux.org/
Debian: https://www.debian.org/
Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com/
Kali: https://www.kali.org/
Twitch: https://twitch.tv
CactusCon: https://www.cactuscon.com/
Ep 114: Privacy, Cyber Crime Stories, and Tech with Jack Rhysider: https://whiskey.fm/privacy-cyber-crime-stories-and-tech-with-jack-rhysider
Laravel: https://laravel.com/
PHP: https://www.php.net/
Scala: https://www.scala-lang.org/
Guillermo Rauch: https://x.com/rauchg
Vercel: https://vercel.com/
Taylor Otwell: https://x.com/taylorotwell
Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/
WordPress: https://wordpress.org
React: https://react.dev/
LeetCode: https://leetcode.com/
NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/
Mark Zuckerberg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg
Mad Money: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Money
Bill Gates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates
Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/
Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/
YAML: https://yaml.org/
Smiski: https://smiski.com/
Brandon Sanderson: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/
Game of Thrones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones
Lore Olympus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lore_Olympus
Webtoon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webtoon
Invincible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invincible_(TV_series)
The Boys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_(TV_series)
Burning Man: https://burningman.org/
Coachella: https://www.coachella.com/
Nine Inch Nails: https://www.nin.com/
Go: https://go.dev/
MIT: https://www.mit.edu
Pokemon Go: https://pokemongolive.com/
Stanford University: https://www.stanford.edu/
UC Berkeley: https://www.berkeley.edu/
Harvard University: https://www.harvard.edu/

Connect with Ali

Website: https://ali.dev/
X / Twitter: https://x.com/endingwithali
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/endingwithali
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hak5

Connect with the hosts

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink

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00:59:59

Sep 18, 2025 7:0 AM

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Is Cracker Barrel a JS Framework?

This week, Robbie and Adam talk about JavaScript trends, from the overuse of hooks to frameworks chasing sameness, and why Cracker Barrel’s rebrand feels like a frontend metaphor. They dive into tech nostalgia, from retro consoles to old-school LAN parties, and debate AI’s role in therapy and modern workflows.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(01:09) - Whiskey rating & review: WhistlePig Small Batch Rye
(05:48) - Growing plants and bottom watering
(09:43) - Robbie’s dog dental woes
(11:40) - Pet insurance frustrations
(16:59) - Is Cracker Barrel a JavaScript framework?
(19:09) - Do people create negative attention on purpose?
(20:59) - Fashion flashbacks: JNCOs, scene kids, and pajamas
(23:38) - Retro gaming consoles and analog nostalgia
(27:17) - Evergreen updates vs. LAN party days
(30:18) - Hot Take: Can ChatGPT be your therapist?
(34:24) - What Robbie and Adam are watching
(39:05) - Parenting in the digital age
(40:58) - Framework overload, naming struggles, and AI tools
(45:35) - What's exciting about fall this year
(49:10) - Football and the stock market
(54:03) - Gardening and plant hacks
(56:12) - Halloween plans

Links

WhistlePig Small Batch Rye: https://www.whistlepigwhiskey.com/
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/
Norlan: https://norlanglass.com/
Sagamore Spirit: https://sagamorespirit.com/
Cracker Barrel: https://www.crackerbarrel.com/
JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
Otis Spunkmeyer: https://www.otisspunkmeyer.com/
Donald Trump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
JNCO: https://jnco.com/
Target: https://www.target.com/
Stussy: https://www.stussy.com/
Wu Wear: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan#Clothing_line
Hot Topic: https://www.hottopic.com/
Commodore 64: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64
Nintendo: https://www.nintendo.com/
Mini NES: https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Entertainment-NES-Classic-Controller-Included/dp/B07P875QTN
Mini SNES: https://www.amazon.com/SNES-Nintendo-Classic-Mini-Entertainment-System/dp/B073BVHY3F
Mini Sega Genesis: https://asia.sega.com/genesismini/
Analogue: https://www.analogue.co/
Nintendo: https://www.nintendo.com/
Mario Kart World: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/mario-kart-world-switch-2/?srsltid=AfmBOopTg6wc7TCfLihURMUgYx554jK-li2JTJ33ocBEGS9nEEcnO_Ev
8BitDo: https://www.8bitdo.com/
Playstation: https://www.playstation.com/
Switch 2: https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/
Super Mario Odyssey: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/super-mario-odyssey-switch/
Halo: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/halo/
South Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park
ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
Today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Today_(American_TV_program)
The Last of Us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_(TV_series)
Bluey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluey_(TV_series)
AFV: https://www.afv.com/
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_Clubhouse
Rolie Polie Olie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolie_Polie_Olie
Toy Story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story
Star Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars
Jurassic Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park
The Force Awakens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens
The Mandalorian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian
The Book of Boba Fett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Boba_Fett
Andor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andor_(TV_series)
Lego Star Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars
Skeleton Crew: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Skeleton_Crew
Jude Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_Law
CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
Qoder: https://qoder.com/
Kiro: https://kiro.dev/
Amazon: https://amazon.com
Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/
Saquon Barkley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saquon_Barkley
Chipotle: https://www.chipotle.com/
Sum 41: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sum_41
Clues by Sam: https://cluesbysam.com/

Connect with the hosts

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink

Website: https://whiskey.fm
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf
Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot

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01:01:56

Sep 11, 2025 7:0 AM

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Dial-Up Is Dead, Long Live Adam Argyle

This week, Robbie and Adam talk about CascadiaJS, Adam’s new role at Shopify, and why tech interviews are so broken. They explore accessibility in front-end dev, the sameness of modern frameworks, and whether AI is the future of engineering or just another hype cycle.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(02:46) - Whiskey rating & review: Jim Beam Pineapple
(07:00) - CascadiaJS preview + speaker lineup
(13:27) - Adam's new role at Shopify
(20:47) - Are React hooks officially dead?
(21:41) - The dev interview process is broken + interview tips
(31:01) - Gradient.style
(35:09) - Hot Take: no more React clones
(36:53) - Adam's OpenAI interview and NPM nightmares
(40:03) - AI and the future of web development
(52:06) - Dial-up is dead
(53:39) - Physical vs. digital media
(1:00:39) - Cracker Barrel’s makeover

Links

Jim Beam Pineapple: https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineapple
Taylor Swift: https://www.taylorswift.com/
Travis Kelce: https://x.com/tkelce
New Heights: https://www.youtube.com/@newheightshow
Jim Beam Pineapple: https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineapple
CascadiaJS: https://cascadiajs.com/
Vue.js: https://vuejs.org/
Carter Rabasa: https://carter.rabasa.com/
IBM: https://www.ibm.com/
Slack: https://www.slack.com/
Kent C. Dodds: https://kentcdodds.com/
CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
Kevin Whinnery: https://www.kevin.mn/
Deno: https://deno.com/
OpenAI: https://openai.com/
ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
Charlie Gerard: https://charliegerard.dev/
Annie Sexton: https://bsky.app/profile/anniesexton.com
Shruti Kapoor: https://shrutikapoor.dev/
React: https://react.dev/
Big Sky Dev Con: https://bigskydevcon.com/
All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/
Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/
Vercel: https://vercel.com/
Ep 194: Static, Dynamic, Generative: What’s Next for the Web? w/ Guillermo Rauch: https://whiskey.fm/static-dynamic-generative-whats-next-for-the-web-w-guillermo-rauch
LeetCode: https://leetcode.com/
Michael Jackson: https://x.com/mjackson
Remix: https://remix.run/
React: https://react.dev/
Knockout: https://knockoutjs.com/
Discord: https://discord.com
HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/
Adam's resume: https://nerdy.dev/resume
Gradient.style: https://gradient.style/
Colorzilla: https://www.colorzilla.com/
Svelte: https://svelte.dev/
Wes Bos: https://wesbos.com/
Kiro: https://kiro.dev/
Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/
Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/
Claude: https://claude.ai
Warp: https://www.warp.dev/
Zed: https://zed.dev/
Fireship: https://www.youtube.com/@fireship
Shepherd: https://www.shepherdjs.dev/
Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/
Adam's LLM chat prototype: https://nerdy.dev/llm-chat-prototype
NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/
Alanis Morissette: https://alanis.com
Lex Fridman: https://lexfridman.com/
ASAP Rocky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASAP_Rocky
Ken Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/
Lincoln Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_Park
Austin Powers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Powers
Sonos: https://www.sonos.com/
Google Home: https://home.google.com/welcome/
Beyond Tellerrand: https://beyondtellerrand.com/
Teenage Engineering K.O. II: https://teenage.engineering/store/ep-133
Elvis Presley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley
Final Fantasy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy
Cracker Barrel: https://www.crackerbarrel.com/
Logan's Roadhouse: https://logansroadhouse.com/

Connect with Adam

Website: https://nerdy.dev/
X / Twitter: https://x.com/argyleink

Connect with Chuck and Robbie

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd

Website: https://whiskey.fm
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf
Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot

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01:03:36

Sep 4, 2025 3:0 AM

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Will Frameworks Survive? Web Development in an AI-Driven World w/ Typecraft and Robert Jackson

This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Typecraft and Robert Jackson about everything from Japanese rice whiskey to the future of software engineering. They dig into Robert’s open source journey, his insights on MCP and AI, and whether frameworks will remain relevant in an LLM-driven world. They also explore how AI changes the way new developers learn, the importance of systems thinking, and why open source sharpens both technical and soft skills.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(02:19) - Whiskey rating & review: Ohishi Whisky Ex Brandy Cask
(14:09) - Hot take: GPT-5 vs Claude Sonnet 4
(22:34) - Framework computers and modular desktops
(29:37) - How open source shapes careers
(36:25) - Will frameworks survive the rise of AI code?
(46:53) - Kids and tech
(47:51) - The great Buffalo Wild Wings detour
(49:16) - How Robert turned fitness into a priority

Connect with Typecraft

Website: https://typecraft.dev/
X / Twitter: https://x.com/typecraft_dev

Connect with Robert

Website: https://www.rwjblue.com/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rwjblue.com

Connect with Chuck and Robbie

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd

Website: https://whiskey.fm
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf
Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot

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01:00:26

Aug 28, 2025 3:0 AM

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Live from Big Sky Dev Con: Code Debates, Content Insights, and What's Next for Web Development

Live from Big Sky Dev Con, Robbie is joined by Aaron Francis, Ken Wheeler, and Typecraft to discuss HTML and CSS programming status, React’s future, app security failures, NPM’s weak spots, content creation hooks, survival tech fantasies, and balancing big tech ambitions with family life.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(00:55) - Whiskey rating and review: Undammed Distilling Co. Shields River - Single (Malt ) -Whiskey
(03:52) - Is HTML a programming language?
(05:30) - Is CSS a programming language?
(06:34) - Will classes make a comeback in React?
(10:02) - The Tea app fiasco
(15:10) - When NPM flags critical code as malicious
(20:36) - Turning technical know-how into content people actually want
(26:32) - One piece of tech to survive in the Montana wilderness
(29:37) - Balancing family life, content creation, and work
(35:06) - The pros and cons of working from home
(38:49) - Predicting the tech debates of 2030
(45:59) - One piece of advice you wish you’d been given

Links

Aaron Francis: https://x.com/aarondfrancis
Ken Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/
Typecraft: https://typecraft.dev/
Undammed Distilling Co.: https://undammedspirits.com/
HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/
JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
HTMX: https://htmx.org/
Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/
React: https://react.dev/
Michael Jackson's tweet about React Hooks: https://x.com/mjackson/status/1937979887815692465
PHP: https://www.php.net/
Vercel: https://vercel.com/
Remix: https://remix.run/
Firebase: https://firebase.google.com/
Stripe: https://stripe.com/
Twilio: https://www.twilio.com/
Stylus: https://www.npmjs.com/package/stylus
NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/
MIT: https://www.mit.edu
Tea: https://www.teaforwomen.com/
Numerical Recipes: https://numerical.recipes/
Numerical Recipes: https://numerical.recipes/
Google: https://www.google.com/
Linux: https://www.linux.org/
Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/
Mark Twain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
SQLite: https://www.sqlite.org/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/
WeChat: https://www.wechat.com/
iPhone: https://www.apple.com/iphone/
MapQuest: https://www.mapquest.com/
Verizon: https://www.verizon.com/
Apple Maps: https://www.apple.com/maps/
Google Maps: https://translate.google.com/
Meta Quest 3: https://www.meta.com/quest/quest-3/
Replit: https://replit.com/
Adam Wathan: https://x.com/adamwathan/
DHH: https://x.com/dhh/
Taylor Otwell: https://x.com/taylorotwell
Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/
The Go-Giver by Bob Burg: https://www.amazon.com/Go-Giver-Expanded-Little-Powerful-Business/dp/1591848288

Connect with Chuck and Robbie

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd

Subscribe and stay in touch

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Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603
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Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot

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00:49:55

Aug 14, 2025 7:0 AM

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Error 500: Our Lives

This week, Robbie and Chuck talk about whiskey on Mondays, parenting chaos, and Chuck’s hot-water disaster. They dive into open-source dependency drama, including the Stylus package getting flagged as malicious, and the TEA app’s massive data leak. They question the stability of NPM, the illusion of software licensing security, and the ethics of data deletion. They also explore how AI is transforming development workflows—sometimes usefully, sometimes hilariously wrong.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(01:07) - Whiskey review & rating: Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye Whiskey
(08:15) - Robbie’s domestic chaos & Chuck’s plumbing nightmare
(13:55) - The Stylus debacle and the fragility of NPM
(19:05) - Insurance headaches, contractor woes, and house stress
(25:16) - Mac Minis, podcast metrics, and behind-the-scenes
(29:09) - Europe drinks better than we do
(30:37) - Tea's data breach
(35:33) - Using AI for real-world dev problems (and plumbing fixes)
(43:01) - Your data is never really deleted
(46:23) - Why podcast metrics are kind of a scam
(47:44) - Big Sky Dev Con live episode
(49:28) - Chuck’s moving to Italy
(50:09) - Jedi Survivor, Destiny 2, and gaming on the road
(55:37) - Plugs

Links

Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye Whiskey: https://catoctincreekdistilling.com/roundstone
Rittenhouse: http://heavenhilldistillery.com/rittenhouse-rye.php
Copper Fox Distillery: https://www.copperfoxdistillery.com
Dax: https://x.com/thdxr/
AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/
HashiCorp: https://www.hashicorp.com/
IBM: https://www.ibm.com/
Sagamore Spirit: https://sagamorespirit.com/
Stylus: https://www.npmjs.com/package/stylus
npm 'accidentally' removes Stylus package, breaks builds and pipelines: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/npm-accidentally-removes-stylus-package-breaks-builds-and-pipelines/
Tea: https://www.teaforwomen.com/
Tea encouraged its users to spill. Then the app's data got leaked: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/02/nx-s1-5483886/tea-app-breach-hacked-whisper-networks
NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/
Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/
CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
npm left-pad incident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npm_left-pad_incident
FakerJS: https://fakerjs.dev/
David Cramer: https://x.com/zeeg
MIT: https://www.mit.edu
Granted insurance: https://www.grantinsurance.com/
7-Eleven: https://www.7-eleven.com/
Accenture: https://www.accenture.com/
Opera Mini: https://www.opera.com/mini
DHH: https://x.com/dhh/
Lex Fridman Podcast: https://lexfridman.com/podcast/
Mac Mini: https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/
Ember: https://emberjs.com/
Big Sky Dev Con: https://bigskydevcon.com/
HTMX: https://htmx.org/
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink/
Typecraft: https://typecraft.dev/
iPhone: https://www.apple.com/iphone/
Firebase: https://firebase.google.com/
SQL: https://www.mysql.com/
Supabase: https://supabase.com/
Postgres: https://www.postgresql.org/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/
Claude: https://claude.ai/
Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/
TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
Vercel: https://vercel.com/
Shepherd: https://www.shepherdjs.dev/
Cypress: https://www.cypress.io/
Playwright: https://playwright.dev/
React: https://react.dev/
ART19: https://art19.com/
Malort: https://malort.com/
Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen
Ken Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/
Jedi Survivor: https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/jedi-survivor
Jedi: Fallen Order: https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/jedi-fallen-order
Switch 2: https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/
Destiny 2: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/destiny
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: https://indianajones.bethesda.net/en-US
Tears of the Kingdom: https://zelda.nintendo.com/tears-of-the-kingdom/
FIFA: https://www.fifa.com/
Breath of the Wild: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Breath_of_the_Wild
Mario Kart World: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/mario-kart-world-switch-2/?srsltid=AfmBOopTg6wc7TCfLihURMUgYx554jK-li2JTJ33ocBEGS9nEEcnO_Ev
Donkey Kong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong
Ocarina of Time: https://www.zeldadungeon.net/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Ocarina_of_Time
Anagram: https://danabra.mov/
George Clooney: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clooney
Elon Musk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

Connect with Chuck and Robbie

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd

Subscribe and stay in touch

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00:57:06

Aug 7, 2025 7:0 AM

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Modern Web Dev Meets 2000s Flip Phone: What Could Go Wrong?

This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Tom Barrasso about building modern web apps for $15 flip phones, and the challenges of building for ultra-low-end devices. Tom shares his journey from building a podcast app during the pandemic to working in developer relations at CloudMosa. They dive into digital minimalism, the surprisingly advanced features of today’s flip phones, and what it’s like to work remotely while traveling the globe.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(01:07) - Meet Tom Barrasso
(02:54) - Whiskey rating & review: Johnny Walker Black
(12:07) - Hot Take: Tailwind or vanilla CSS
(12:26) - Hot Take: Fit rebase or merge?
(13:13) - Hot Take: VS Code sidebar left or right?
(13:33) - Hot Take: Were smartphones a mistake?
(16:04) - Is switching to a flip phone easier today?
(21:17) - Increasingly expensive fast food
(22:58) - A brief history of flip phones
(29:13) - Building for devices the modern web forgot
(34:17) - How AI fits into developing for feature phones
(39:28) - Language quirks, accents, and phonetic texting
(42:34) - Tips for digital nomads and Tom’s global travels
(50:15) - Workplace politics
(55:21) - What would Tom do if not in tech?
(59:04) - Plugs

Links

Johnnie Walker Black: https://www.johnniewalker.com/en-us/our-whisky/core-range/johnnie-walker-black-label
CloudMosa: https://www.cloudmosa.com/
Cloud Phone: https://www.cloudphone.tech/
Opera Mini: https://www.opera.com/mini
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/
Xiamoi: https://www.mi.com/
Jack Daniel's: https://www.jackdaniels.com/
Tennessee Honey: https://www.jackdaniels.com/whiskey/tennessee-honey
University of Massachusetts Amherst: https://www.umass.edu/
Macallan: https://www.themacallan.com/
Tailwind: https://tailwindcss.com/
Git: https://github.com/GIT
GitHub: https://github.com/
C++: https://www.w3schools.com/cpp/
VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/
Nokia: https://www.nokia.com/
AirPods: https://www.apple.com/airpods/
Uber: https://www.uber.com/
Chipotle: https://www.chipotle.com/
Taco Bell: https://www.tacobell.com/
McDonald's: https://www.mcdonalds.com/
Motorola Razr: https://www.motorola.com/us/en/family/razr
Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/
Java: https://www.java.com/
Verizon: https://www.verizon.com/
T-Mobile: https://www.t-mobile.com/
Blackberry: https://www.blackberry.com/
Google: https://www.google.com/
Firefox: https://www.firefox.com/
KaiOS: https://www.kaiostech.com/
Geophone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophone
Vercel: https://vercel.com/
Joe Rogan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Rogan
Boostrap: https://getbootstrap.com/
Smashing Magazine: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/
Apple Watch: https://www.apple.com/watch/
JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
Kindle: https://amazon.com/kindle
ES3: https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_versions.asp
Ember: https://emberjs.com/
KaiOS.dev: https://kaios.dev/
TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
Claude: https://claude.ai/
Docker: https://www.docker.com/
Angular: https://angular.dev/
React: https://react.dev/
Chuck E. Cheese: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_E._Cheese
ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/
Whisper: https://openai.com/index/whisper/
Google Translate: https://translate.google.com/
The Muppets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppets
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
PillPack: https://www.pillpack.com/
IKEA: https://www.ikea.com/
PHP: https://www.php.net/
Samsung: https://www.samsung.com/
Bitcoin: https://bitcoin.org/
The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly: https://www.amazon.com/Inevitable-Understanding-Technological-Forces-Future/dp/0143110373
Sam Altman: https://x.com/sama
Wired: https://www.wired.com/

Connect with Tom

Website: https://barrasso.me/
GitHub: https://github.com/Tombarr

Connect with Chuck and Robbie

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd

Subscribe and stay in touch

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Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot

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01:03:42

Jul 31, 2025 7:0 AM

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From the Rickhouse: Tech Talk, Social Media Use, and Netflix with The Primeagen

The Primeagen is known for embracing controversy. He returns to the podcast for a conversation on a range of topics like masculinity, social media, and pornography. He also opens up about his father’s passing and his journey growing up with a single mother.

Michael Paulson aka The Primeagen, Software Engineer at Netflix, is an influential figure in the tech community. He shares his thoughts on React's evolution and the impact it has on web applications and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of Netflix and the problem-solving initiatives he led. He also discusses social media use and explains how he leverages platforms like Twitter, Twitch, and YouTube to express his thoughts while fostering an engaging online community.

In this episode, The Primeagen talks to Robbie and Chuck about his views on frameworks like React, the perils of pornography, and how he is saving Netflix millions of dollars.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Welcome to Whiskey Web and Whatnot
(01:39) - Introduction to The Primeagen
(04:21) - A whiskey review - Spirits of French Lick William Dalton Single Barrel Bourbon
(14:13) - Tech hot takes
(44:49) - The Primeagen talks about limiting social media use
(56:38) - What The Primeagen would do if he wasn’t in tech
(01:02:25) - The Primeagen’s take on pornography
(01:18:09) - The influence of The Primeagen's father's passing
(01:21:48) - How The Primeagen saved Netflix millions of dollars

Quotes

[18:50] - “It feels like React, at this point, is in this state where it’s the industry standard, but I don’t feel like people are happy with it.” ~ The Primeagen

[24:45] - “When people start relying on you as some sort of open source provider, you do still have some level of obligation.” ~ The Primeagen

[35:26] - “The thing about Bun is that I really like it. It’s just not 1.0.” ~ The Primeagen

Links

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01:36:19

Jul 24, 2025 7:0 AM

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From the Rickhouse: Why Svelte Might Just Outdo React w/ Rich Harris

In this special International Whiskey Day episode of Whiskey Web and Whatnot, hosts RobbieTheWagner, and Charles William Carpenter III are joined by special guest Rich Harris.

They share a toast with Lagavulin Offerman Edition whiskey and dive into a discussion covering a range of topics from Rich's journey in software development, his work on the Svelte framework, to his thoughts on cheese, fermented foods, and brewing kombucha.

The conversation transitions into deeper tech discussions about TypeScript, the evolution of web development tools, the balance between developer experience and user experience, and the upcoming features in Svelte 5. Rich also shares personal anecdotes from his career in journalism and his passion for cooking and skiing.

The episode concludes with insights into the overabundance of tech conferences and a note on the upcoming Svelte Summit.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Welcome to the International Whiskey Day Special
(00:48) - Meet Rich Harris: The Man Behind Svelte
(01:28) - The Great Cheese Debate: To Love or Not to Love
(02:40) - Brewing Kombucha: A Fermented Adventure
(03:59) - Whiskey Tasting: The Lagavulin Offerman Edition Experience
(07:29) - Rating the Whiskey: From Smoky Notes to Leather Hints
(10:34) - Exploring Smoky Whiskeys and Beyond
(11:57) - Hot Takes on Tech: TypeScript, Tailwind, and More
(24:51) - The Evolution of Digital Journalism and Development Tools
(27:40) - Git Practices and the GraphQL Debate
(30:29) - The Developer's Dilemma: Tool Selection and User Experience
(31:17) - The Spicy Segment: A Critical Look at ES Build
(33:11) - Developer Experience vs. User Experience: A Shift in Priorities
(34:24) - The Evolution of Svelte: From Speed to Ease of Use
(40:34) - Introducing Svelte 5: A Ground-Up Rewrite
(50:03) - Beyond Tech: Dream Jobs and Personal Passions
(56:54) - The Global Developer Conference Scene
(59:18) - Final Thoughts and Svelte Promotion

Links

Connect with our hosts

Robbie Wagner: https://twitter.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://twitter.com/CharlesWThe3rd

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01:00:58

Jul 17, 2025 7:0 AM

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From FAANG to Fired: The Illusion of Stability in Big Tech w/ Adam Argyle

This week, Robbie and special guest co-host Adam Argyle talk about life after layoffs, the myth of job security at big tech companies, and what it really means to build meaningful things on the web.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(01:23) - Whiskey: Chicken Cock Rye
(02:45) - From FAANG to fired: the illusion of stability in Big Tech
(14:49) - How HTML and CSS are replacing JavaScript, one feature at a time
(23:13) - Robbie’s role at HashiCorp
(26:47) - What is AI actually good at?
(53:30) - Taste, tools, and the art of building with (or without) AI
(57:32) - Waking and baking
(58:54) - Robbie on raising twins
(01:03:05) - Why Robbie left Amazon
(01:04:25) - Where tech is headed: AI, burnout, and the future of creativity
(01:09:20) - Plugs

Links

Chicken Cock: https://chickencockwhiskey.com/
Seinfeld: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinfeld
Norlan Glass: https://norlanglass.com/
Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/
South Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park
Amazon: https://amazon.com
TanStack: https://tanstack.com/
Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/
Shopify: https://www.shopify.com
Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/
Lady Bird: https://ladybird.org
Mozilla: https://www.mozilla.org/
Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/
Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/
Apple: https://apple.com
Westworld: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(TV_series)
Dead Space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Space
Awwwards: https://www.awwwards.com/
Vue: https://vuejs.org/
Safari: https://www.apple.com/safari/
Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/
Figma: https://www.figma.com/
Lodash: https://lodash.com/
HashiCorp: https://www.hashicorp.com/
Ember: https://emberjs.com/
Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/
Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/
Firebase Studio: https://firebase.studio/
Zed: https://zed.dev/
NotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google.com/
ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
Claude: https://claude.ai
Cline: https://cline.bot/
Deno: https://deno.com/
Sam Altman: https://x.com/sama
DeepSeek: https://www.deepseek.com/
Dia: https://www.diabrowser.com/
Warp: https://www.warp.dev/
Honda Accord: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Accord
Silicon Valley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)
Bitcoin: https://bitcoin.org/en/
Catch Me If You Can: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_Me_If_You_Can
Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot
Ken Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/
MySpace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace
GitHub: https://github.com

Connect with Adam

Website: https://nerdy.dev/
X / Twitter: https://x.com/argyleink

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Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd

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01:10:19

Jul 3, 2025 7:0 AM

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The One Rye to Rule Them All w/ Kendall Miller & Rishi Malik

This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Kendall Miller and Rishi Malik about their startup Friday Deployment Spirits, and creating whiskey for developers. They discuss the art of making good whiskey, bourbon vs rye, coding in the age of AI, and much more.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(00:53) - Meet Rishi and Kendall
(03:01) - Whiskey rating and review: Friday Deployment Generative A Rye
(21:27) - Hot take: Is HTML a programming language?
(25:56) - Hot Take: Bourbon or Rye?
(27:13) - Is deploying on a Friday bad?
(37:57) - Payment systems, Web3, and blockchain
(45:44) - The art of making whiskey
(51:39) - MCP security for the AI age
(55:40) - What happened to Chartreuse?
(57:26) - Plugs

Links

Friday Deployment: https://fridaydeployment.co/
CTO Lunches: https://ctolunches.com/
Maybe Don't AI: https://www.maybedont.ai/
Wolves Whiskey: https://wolveswhiskeyca.com/
Heaven Hill Distillery: http://heavenhilldistillery.com/
Angels Envy: https://www.angelsenvy.com/
Laphroaig: https://www.laphroaig.com/
Buffalo Trace: https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/
Malort: https://malort.com/
Sagamore Spirit: https://sagamorespirit.com/
Guillermo Rauch: https://x.com/rauchg
Willett: https://www.kentuckybourbonwhiskey.com/
Midwinter Night's Dram: https://highwest.com/pages/a-midwinter-nights-dram
ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
Typescript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
Brenne Whiskey: https://www.houseofmalt.co.uk/brand/brenne/
Seinfeld: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinfeld
Mad Men: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Men
Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/
Norlan: https://norlanglass.com/
Office Space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Space
Stripe: https://stripe.com/
Privy: https://www.privy.io/
Coinbase: https://www.coinbase.com/
React: https://react.dev/
Venmo: https://venmo.com/
Cash App: https://cash.app/
Laravel: https://laravel.com/
JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
jQuery: https://jquery.com/
Jim Beam: https://www.jimbeam.com/
Fernet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernet
Fireball: https://www.fireballwhisky.com/
Jagermeister: https://us.jagermeister.com/
Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/
Aviation Gin: https://www.aviationgin.com/
Ryan Reynolds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Reynolds
Costco: https://www.costco.com/
Boodles Gin: https://boodlesgin.com/
Tanqueray: https://www.tanqueray.com/en-row
The Botanist Gin: https://www.thebotanist.com/

Connect with Kendall

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendallamiller/

Connect with Rishi

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishilmalik/

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Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd

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00:58:54

Jun 26, 2025 7:0 AM

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Father's Day Drinking w/ Typecraft

This week, Robbie talks with Typecraft about the chaotic joys of fatherhood, the realities of raising twins, and various dad-related hot takes. They also discuss their tech carries and conference talks, including Typecraft's Vim nerdery and Robbie’s sarcastic ode to underappreciated HTML features.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(02:05) - Beer selections
(03:11) - Newborns and parenting
(07:34) - Robbie's transition to HashiCorp
(12:11) - Home ownership and the volatile housing market
(15:19) - Hot Take: tall socks vs ankle socks
(16:41) - Hot Take: New Balance vs Nike
(17:29) - Hot Take: gas vs charcoal grills
(18:41) - Efficient scheduling as parents
(20:09) - Education costs
(23:24) - Hot Take: parking forward vs backward
(24:13) - Hot Take: baseball vs football
(25:59) - The real point of golf
(28:39) - The chaotic joys of parenting
(33:05) - Big Sky Dev Con and other confs
(34:55) - Typecraft's Big Sky talk
(39:26) - Robbie's Big Sky talk
(42:02) - The state of AI in coding
(58:46) - Black Mirror and Star Trek
(01:00:16) - Plugs

Links

Aaron Francis: https://x.com/aarondfrancis
Michelob Ultra: https://www.michelobultra.com/
Sip of Sunshine IPA: https://www.lawsonsfinest.com/beer/sip-sunshine/
Apple Watch: https://www.apple.com/watch/
Claude: https://claude.ai
Amazon: https://amazon.com
HashiCorp: https://www.hashicorp.com/
IBM: https://www.ibm.com/
Ruby on Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/
PHP: https://www.php.net/
Bitcoin: https://bitcoin.org/en/
Target: https://www.target.com/
New Balance: https://www.newbalance.com/
Nike: https://www.nike.com/
Big Green Egg: https://biggreenegg.com/
ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
Big Sky Dev Con: https://bigskydevcon.com/
React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/
Rails World: https://rubyonrails.org/world/
Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen
Vim: https://www.vim.org/
Robert Beene: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beene/
Teladoc: https://www.teladochealth.com/
Typecraft on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@typecraft_dev
Google: https://google.com
VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/
OpenAI: https://openai.com
ART19: https://art19.com/
Gamma: http://gamma.app/
Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/
Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/
Next.js: https://nextjs.org/
Astro: https://astro.build/
Neovim: https://neovim.io/
Avante: https://github.com/yetone/avante.nvim
Claude Code: https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code
Typescript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
ES6: https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_es6.asp
Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com
React: https://react.dev/
DoorDash: https://www.doordash.com/
Black Mirror: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085059/
Star Trek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek

Connect with Typecraft

Website: https://typecraft.dev/
X / Twitter: https://x.com/typecraft_dev

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Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd

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01:01:26

Jun 19, 2025 7:0 AM

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Will AI Kill the Joy of Coding?

This week, Robbie and Chuck review Barrell Craft Spirits' Cranky Kong, and talk about the AI boom, how senior devs are (or aren’t) using it, and what the future of software jobs might look like. They also discuss the rise of "celebrity developers", job market shifts, real estate economics, and parenting twins.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(01:20) - Whiskey rating & review: Barrell Craft Spirits Private Release "Cranky Kong" Rye Whiskey
(07:28) - The Taco Bell Cantina Challenge
(10:51) - Claude 4, Windsurf, and the AI arms race
(13:50) - Will AI kill the joy of coding?
(16:18) - Monorepos and missing changelogs
(20:27) - Prompting vs programming
(21:53) - UBI, real estate, and a broken system
(27:48) - The evolving world of celebrity developers
(38:46) - OpenAI’s new device and the future of screens
(41:49) - Parenting and newborn chaos
(49:51) - Chuck's move and studio setup
(53:22) - TV picks and recommendations

Links

Barrell Craft Spirits Private Release "Cranky Kong" Rye Whiskey: https://www.barrellbourbon.com/
Sagamore Spirit: https://sagamorespirit.com/
Taco Bell: https://www.tacobell.com/
Chick-fil-A: https://www.chick-fil-a.com/
White Castle: https://www.whitecastle.com/
Claude: https://claude.ai
Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/
OpenAI: https://openai.com
Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/
Vite: https://vite.dev/
Zach Lloyd's LinkedIn post about AI: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zachlloyd_anyone-else-having-a-hard-time-getting-their-activity-7333511252666662913-RK7g/
DHH - Coding should be a vibe!: https://world.hey.com/dhh/coding-should-be-a-vibe-50908f49
Astro: https://astro.build/
Vercel: https://vercel.com/
Starlight Tailwind: https://github.com/withastro/starlight/tree/main/examples/tailwind
Ember: https://emberjs.com/
GitHub: https://github.com
Sam Altman: https://x.com/sama
WALL-E: https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-280395a4-d5ef-4dd0-bd09-d91c31593d3d
Idiocracy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/
Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink/
Amazon: https://amazon.com
Guillermo Rauch: https://x.com/rauchg
PHP: https://www.php.net/
Laravel: https://laravel.com/
Maserati: https://www.maserati.com/
Honda: https://automobiles.honda.com/
OpenAI's new screenless device: https://www.theverge.com/news/672357/openai-ai-device-sam-altman-jony-ive
Jony Ive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jony_Ive
Syntax: https://syntax.fm
React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/
Rodecaster Pro: https://rode.com/en-us/interfaces-and-mixers/rodecaster-series/rodecaster-pro
Electro-Voice RE20: https://products.electrovoice.com/na/en/re20/
13 Reasons Why: https://www.netflix.com/title/80117470
Dan Abramov: https://danabra.mov/
HBO: https://www.max.com/
The White Lotus: https://www.hbo.com/the-white-lotus
Ryan Reynolds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Reynolds
Mint Mobile: https://www.mintmobile.com/
Apple TV+: https://tv.apple.com/
The Last of Us: https://www.hbo.com/the-last-of-us
The Handmaid's Tale: https://www.hulu.com/series/the-handmaids-tale
Grey's Anatomy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413573/
NCIS: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364845/
Mark Harmon: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001319/
Law & Order: SVU: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203259/

Connect with Chuck and Robbie

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd

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00:59:54

Jun 12, 2025 7:0 AM

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Stop Fixing Things That Aren't Broken

This week, Robbie and Chuck talk about the unintended chaos of “move fast and break things” in both software and startups. From Riverside glitches to Tesla’s overengineered wipers, they explore how updates can derail otherwise stable experiences. They unpack the economics of getting laid off, the pressure to build a personal brand in tech, and the strange fate of dev tools. Plus, Robbie shares his latest app ideas.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(02:27) - Whiskey rating and review: Old Grand-Dad 16 Year Straight Bourbon Whiskey
(13:27) - When updates break what worked
(20:21) - Are devs prioritizing personal brands?
(23:13) - The strange economics of getting laid off
(28:39) - Is GitLab trash?
(30:25) - Robbie’s ADHD app and vibe coding plans
(34:05) - Debt, 401k, and emergency funds
(35:30) - Prepping for Big Sky Dev Con
(38:26) - UPS shipping woes
(44:10) - React Miami and difficulties taking a podcast on the road
(48:58) - Whiskey + Girl Scout cookies (and other pairings)
(54:05) - Should open source have a franchise model?
(55:28) - Work, paternity leave, and the IBM acquisition
(57:15) - Tesla shopping for a family of five
(61:08) - Movies and TV

Links

Old Grand-Dad: https://www.beamdistilling.com/our-brands/old-grand-dad-bourbon
Wild Turkey: https://www.wildturkeybourbon.com/
Riverside: https://riverside.fm/
Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/
Arc: https://arc.net/
Silicon Valley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)
Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/
Shark Tank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_Tank
GitHub: https://github.com
Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/
Typescript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/
VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/
OpenAI: https://openai.com
Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/
Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/
Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot
Deno: https://deno.com/
Node: https://nodejs.org/
GitLab: https://gitlab.com/
Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/
Fresca: https://www.coca-cola.com/us/en/brands/fresca-sparkling-soda
Shepherd: https://www.shepherdjs.dev/
ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
Claude: https://claude.ai
Warp: https://www.warp.dev/
Big Sky Dev Con: https://bigskydevcon.com/
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink/
HTMX: https://htmx.org/
Carson Gross: https://x.com/htmx_org/
Ruby: https://www.ruby-lang.org/
UPS: https://www.ups.com
Amazon: https://amazon.com
React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/
Typecraft: https://typecraft.dev/
Jason Lengstorf: https://x.com/jlengstorf
Web Dev Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Iz-Fnk_eTkZvSNWXW_TKZ2UwVirT2M
Mux: https://www.mux.com/
Aaron Francis: https://x.com/aarondfrancis
Terminal Coffee: https://www.terminal.shop/
Syntax: https://syntax.fm
Sentry: https://Sentry.io/
David Cramer: https://x.com/zeeg
Girl Scouts: https://www.girlscouts.org/
Carlyle House: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlyle_House
Ken Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/
Whiskey Library: https://mwlpdx.com/
Jack Rose: https://www.jackrosediningsaloon.com/
Gumroad: https://gumroad.com
Supabase: https://supabase.com/
McDonald's: https://www.mcdonalds.com/
HashiCorp: https://www.hashicorp.com/
IBM: https://www.ibm.com/
Model X: https://www.tesla.com/modelx
Elon Musk: https://x.com/elonmusk
Rivian: https://rivian.com/
Why Women Kill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Women_Kill
Lucy Liu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Liu
American Psycho: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Psycho_(film)
Paramount Plus: https://www.paramountplus.com/
Yellowstone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_(American_TV_series)
1883: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1883_(TV_series)
Faith Hill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Hill
Tim McGraw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_McGraw
Game of Thrones: https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones

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The Myth of Perfect Code w/ Marc Backes

This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Marc Backes about Vue vs. React, work-life balance, and the realities of messy codebases. They also sip an Evan Williams Single Barrel, debate inbox zero, and discuss Marc’s adventures in coffee roasting and pilot training.