Is jQuery Really Dead? And Other Hot Takes w/ Travis Wagner - Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat

Episode Description

This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Travis Wagner about his career move from Universal Music to Crunchyroll and the nuances of backend development. They discuss a wide range of hot takes, including whether jQuery is still relevant in 2025.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(01:05) - Meet Travis Wagner
(02:41) - Whiskey intro and rating: Finger Lakes Distilling McKenzie Rye Whiskey
(15:04) - Implicit vs Explicit types
(16:58) - Tailwind vs Vanilla CSS
(19:22) - Is YAML good or bad?
(20:24) - Thoughts on Python and semicolons
(25:19) - Git Rebase vs Git Merge
(28:24) - Does GitHub history help your career?
(36:34) - Learning assembly
(39:47) - iTerm vs Ghostty vs Warp
(41:09) - What's wrong with using jQuery in 2025?
(48:17) - Astro and trying out other frameworks
(53:17) - What Travis would do if tech wasn't an option

Links

Universal Music: https://www.universalmusic.com/
Crunchyroll: https://www.crunchyroll.com/
Crablang: https://crablang.org/
Finger Lakes Distilling McKenzie Rye Whiskey: https://fingerlakesdistilling.com/
Sloth Pipe: https://github.com/trvswgnr/sloth-pipe
Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/
Boot.dev: https://www.boot.dev/
Python: https://www.python.org/
iTerm: https://iterm2.com/
Ghostty: https://ghostty.org/
Warp: https://www.warp.dev/
jQuery: https://jquery.com/
Intercooler.js: https://intercoolerjs.org/
HTMX: https://htmx.org/
React: https://react.dev/
Claude: https://claude.ai/

Connect with Travis

Website: https://techsavvytravvy.com/
X / Twitter: https://x.com/techsavvytravvy
GitHub: https://github.com/trvswgnr

Connect with Chuck and Robbie

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

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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.