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/

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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Veteran web developers RobbieTheWagner, Charles William Carpenter III, and Adam Argyle host this informal, whiskey-fueled fireside chat with your favorite web devs. They discuss all things web development including JavaScript, TypeScript, EmberJS, React, Astro, SolidJS, CSS, HTML, Web3, and more. They take a unique approach and focus on getting to know the human side of developers and their hobbies outside of work, all while sampling a new whiskey that they rate on their unique tentacle scale.