Spooky Scary CSS - Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat

Episode Description

This week, Robbie and Adam talk about Halloween vibes, excellent scotch, and the strange state of modern web development. After rating an Orphan Barrel single malt, they dig into AI coding workflows, agent tools, why one-shot prompts so often fail, and more.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(01:24) - Whiskey rating & review: Orphan Barrel Woven Honor
(07:21) - How AI is (and isn’t) fitting into real dev workflows
(12:01) - The Louvre heist and why bold ideas sometimes work
(17:02) - Anthropic Skills and the future of AI tooling
(19:21) - Why Warp feels like a killer terminal
(20:43) - OpenCode vs. Warp for everyday development
(21:29) - Connecting Cursor and Claude
(22:17) - Navigating AI tools at work
(24:45) - Why AI struggles to follow instructions
(29:51) - Using web components with Preact signals
(30:39) - Are modern web tools over-engineered?
(31:48) - Cucumber, specs, and English as code
(33:43) - Naming the CSS masonry layout problem
(43:32) - Squash vs. merge and automating away the noise
(48:50) - SEO, AIO, and visibility in the age of AI
(53:07) - Does AI understand podcasts at all?
(53:21) - A fun CSS @important alternative
(54:22) - Don't ignore ESLint in PRs
(55:37) - Why gatekeeping helps no one
(57:12) - Don't be afraid to ask for help
(58:04) - Halloween plans
(01:00:10) - Plugs

Links

Orphan Barrel Woven Honor: https://www.orphanbarrel.com/
Ep 223: The Piano Man of State Machines w/ David K. Piano: https://whiskey.fm/the-piano-man-of-state-machines-w-david-k-piano
Nikka Whisky: https://www.nikka.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/
Jira: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
Claude: https://claude.ai/
Python: https://www.python.org/
Beyond Tellerrand: https://beyondtellerrand.com/
CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
Astro: https://astro.build/
Gamma: https://gamma.app/
Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/
Warp: https://www.warp.dev/
Svelte: https://svelte.dev/
Opencode: https://opencode.ai/
Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/
Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot
Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/
ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
IBM: https://www.ibm.com/
TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
Preact: https://preactjs.com/
Starpod.dev: https://starpod.dev/
Andriod: https://www.android.com/
Cucumber: https://cucumber.io/
Ember: https://emberjs.com/
Docker: https://www.docker.com/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/
CSS Grid: https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_grid.asp
JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
Sass: https://sass-lang.com/
Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/
Prettier: https://prettier.io/
ESLint: https://eslint.org/
Ep 212: TalkShop Show w/ Macho Man Randy Standards: https://whiskey.fm/talkshop-show-w-macho-man-randy-standards
Front End Happy Hour Podcast: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/
ShopTalk Show: https://shoptalkshow.com/
Syntax: https://syntax.fm/
We Might Be Drunk: https://wemightbedrunkpod.com/
CascadiaJS: https://cascadiajs.com/
Rick Rubin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rubin
Zombies Ate My Neighbors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombies_Ate_My_Neighbors
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_Always_Sunny_in_Philadelphia
Wayne's World: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne's_World_(film)
Super Mario: https://mario.nintendo.com/
Vite: https://vite.dev/

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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More about Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat

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.