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

Subscribe and stay in touch

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Veteran web developers RobbieTheWagner and Charles William Carpenter III 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.