Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat

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 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 Whiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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/ 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 Whiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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/ 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 Whiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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 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 Whiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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 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 Whiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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 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 Whiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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 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 Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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 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 Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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 Links Ohishi Whisky Ex Brandy Cask: https://ohishiwhisky.com/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ MCP: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/ 30 Rock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_Rock Alec Baldwin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Baldwin ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ Opus: https://www.anthropic.com/claude/opus Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/ Neovim: https://neovim.io/ Arch Linux: https://archlinux.org/ Apple: https://apple.com Ollama: https://ollama.com/ DHH: https://x.com/dhh/ Ruby on Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/ Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/ Buffalo Wild Wings: https://www.buffalowildwings.com/ Hot Ones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Ones McDonald's: https://www.mcdonalds.com/ MyFitnessPal: https://www.myfitnesspal.com/ MacroFactor: https://macrofactorapp.com/ 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 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 Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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 givenLinksAaron Francis: https://x.com/aarondfrancisKen 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/JavaScriptCSS: 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/1937979887815692465PHP: 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/stylusNPM: https://www.npmjs.com/MIT: https://www.mit.eduTea: 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_TwainSQLite: 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/taylorotwellTailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/The Go-Giver by Bob Burg: https://www.amazon.com/Go-Giver-Expanded-Little-Powerful-Business/dp/1591848288Connect with Chuck and RobbieRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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) - PlugsLinksCatoctin Creek Roundstone Rye Whiskey: https://catoctincreekdistilling.com/roundstoneRittenhouse: http://heavenhilldistillery.com/rittenhouse-rye.phpCopper Fox Distillery: https://www.copperfoxdistillery.comDax: 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/stylusnpm '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-networksNPM: 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/JavaScriptnpm left-pad incident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npm_left-pad_incidentFakerJS: https://fakerjs.dev/David Cramer: https://x.com/zeegMIT: https://www.mit.eduGranted insurance: https://www.grantinsurance.com/7-Eleven: https://www.7-eleven.com/Accenture: https://www.accenture.com/Opera Mini: https://www.opera.com/miniDHH: 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/ThePrimeagenKen Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/Jedi Survivor: https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/jedi-survivorJedi: Fallen Order: https://www.ea.com/games/starwars/jedi-fallen-orderSwitch 2: https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/Destiny 2: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/destinyIndiana Jones and the Great Circle: https://indianajones.bethesda.net/en-USTears 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_WildMario Kart World: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/mario-kart-world-switch-2/?srsltid=AfmBOopTg6wc7TCfLihURMUgYx554jK-li2JTJ33ocBEGS9nEEcnO_EvDonkey Kong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_KongOcarina of Time: https://www.zeldadungeon.net/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Ocarina_of_TimeAnagram: https://danabra.mov/George Clooney: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_ClooneyElon Musk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_MuskConnect with Chuck and RobbieRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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) - PlugsLinksJohnnie Walker Black: https://www.johnniewalker.com/en-us/our-whisky/core-range/johnnie-walker-black-labelCloudMosa: https://www.cloudmosa.com/Cloud Phone: https://www.cloudphone.tech/Opera Mini: https://www.opera.com/miniAmazon: https://www.amazon.com/Xiamoi: https://www.mi.com/Jack Daniel's: https://www.jackdaniels.com/Tennessee Honey: https://www.jackdaniels.com/whiskey/tennessee-honeyUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst: https://www.umass.edu/Macallan: https://www.themacallan.com/Tailwind: https://tailwindcss.com/Git: https://github.com/GITGitHub: https://github.com/C++: https://www.w3schools.com/cpp/VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.comReddit: 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/razrMicrosoft: 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/GeophoneVercel: https://vercel.com/Joe Rogan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_RoganBoostrap: 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/JavaScriptKindle: https://amazon.com/kindleES3: https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_versions.aspEmber: 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._CheeseChatGPT: 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_MuppetsFacebook: 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/0143110373Sam Altman: https://x.com/samaWired: https://www.wired.com/Connect with TomWebsite: https://barrasso.me/GitHub: https://github.com/TombarrConnect with Chuck and RobbieRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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 dollarsQuotes[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 PrimeagenLinksThe Primeagen YouTubeThe Primeagen TwitterThe Primeagen TwitchThe Primeagen InstagramThePrimeTimePrimeSpirits of French Lick William Dalton Single Barrel BourbonStitzel-Weller DistilleryPappy Van WinkleBubbaliciousW.L. Weller AntiqueWindowsAppleXboxTwitterGoogleOracleReactSvelteHashiCorpDavid Heinemeier HanssonWarren BufferingRustVoodoo DoughnutNode JSBunChatGPTLinuxViteAstroNetflixThe Dvorak KeyboardAmazonStadiaConnect with Chuck and RobbieRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd Subscribe and stay in touchWebsite: 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 Whiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund. 

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 PromotionLinksRich Harris: https://twitter.com/Rich_Harris Svelte: https://svelte.dev/ Connect with our hostsRobbie Wagner: https://twitter.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://twitter.com/CharlesWThe3rd Subscribe and stay in touchApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 Whiskey Web and Whatnot: https://whiskey.fm Whiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund/⁠.

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) - PlugsLinksChicken Cock: https://chickencockwhiskey.com/Seinfeld: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeinfeldNorlan Glass: https://norlanglass.com/Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/South Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_ParkAmazon: https://amazon.comTanStack: https://tanstack.com/Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/Shopify: https://www.shopify.comMicrosoft: https://www.microsoft.com/Lady Bird: https://ladybird.orgMozilla: https://www.mozilla.org/Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/Apple: https://apple.comWestworld: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(TV_series)Dead Space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_SpaceAwwwards: 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.aiCline: https://cline.bot/Deno: https://deno.com/Sam Altman: https://x.com/samaDeepSeek: https://www.deepseek.com/Dia: https://www.diabrowser.com/Warp: https://www.warp.dev/Honda Accord: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_AccordSilicon 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_CanCopilot: https://github.com/features/copilotKen Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/MySpace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyspaceGitHub: https://github.comConnect with AdamWebsite: https://nerdy.dev/X / Twitter: https://x.com/argyleinkConnect with Chuck and RobbieRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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) - PlugsLinksFriday 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/rauchgWillett: https://www.kentuckybourbonwhiskey.com/Midwinter Night's Dram: https://highwest.com/pages/a-midwinter-nights-dramChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/Typescript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/Brenne Whiskey: https://www.houseofmalt.co.uk/brand/brenne/Seinfeld: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeinfeldMad Men: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_MenTailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/Norlan: https://norlanglass.com/Office Space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_SpaceStripe: 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/JavaScriptjQuery: https://jquery.com/Jim Beam: https://www.jimbeam.com/Fernet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FernetFireball: 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_ReynoldsCostco: https://www.costco.com/Boodles Gin: https://boodlesgin.com/Tanqueray: https://www.tanqueray.com/en-rowThe Botanist Gin: https://www.thebotanist.com/Connect with KendallLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendallamiller/Connect with RishiLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishilmalik/Connect with Chuck and RobbieRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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) - PlugsLinksAaron Francis: https://x.com/aarondfrancisMichelob 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.aiAmazon: https://amazon.comHashiCorp: 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/ThePrimeagenVim: 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_devGoogle: https://google.comVS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/OpenAI: https://openai.comART19: 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.nvimClaude Code: https://www.anthropic.com/claude-codeTypescript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ES6: https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_es6.aspAnthropic: https://www.anthropic.comReact: https://react.dev/DoorDash: https://www.doordash.com/Black Mirror: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085059/Star Trek: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_TrekConnect with TypecraftWebsite: https://typecraft.dev/X / Twitter: https://x.com/typecraft_devConnect with Chuck and RobbieRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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 recommendationsLinksBarrell 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.aiWindsurf: https://windsurf.ai/OpenAI: https://openai.comGemini: 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-50908f49Astro: https://astro.build/Vercel: https://vercel.com/Starlight Tailwind: https://github.com/withastro/starlight/tree/main/examples/tailwindEmber: https://emberjs.com/GitHub: https://github.comSam Altman: https://x.com/samaWALL-E: https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-280395a4-d5ef-4dd0-bd09-d91c31593d3dIdiocracy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagenAdam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink/Amazon: https://amazon.comGuillermo Rauch: https://x.com/rauchgPHP: 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-iveJony Ive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jony_IveSyntax: https://syntax.fmReact Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/Rodecaster Pro: https://rode.com/en-us/interfaces-and-mixers/rodecaster-series/rodecaster-proElectro-Voice RE20: https://products.electrovoice.com/na/en/re20/13 Reasons Why: https://www.netflix.com/title/80117470Dan Abramov: https://danabra.mov/HBO: https://www.max.com/The White Lotus: https://www.hbo.com/the-white-lotusRyan Reynolds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_ReynoldsMint Mobile: https://www.mintmobile.com/Apple TV+: https://tv.apple.com/The Last of Us: https://www.hbo.com/the-last-of-usThe Handmaid's Tale: https://www.hulu.com/series/the-handmaids-taleGrey'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 RobbieRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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 TVLinksOld Grand-Dad: https://www.beamdistilling.com/our-brands/old-grand-dad-bourbonWild 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_TankGitHub: https://github.comMicrosoft: https://www.microsoft.com/Typescript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/OpenAI: https://openai.comCursor: https://www.cursor.com/Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilotDeno: 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-sodaShepherd: https://www.shepherdjs.dev/ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/Claude: https://claude.aiWarp: 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.comAmazon: https://amazon.comReact Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/Typecraft: https://typecraft.dev/Jason Lengstorf: https://x.com/jlengstorfWeb Dev Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Iz-Fnk_eTkZvSNWXW_TKZ2UwVirT2MMux: https://www.mux.com/Aaron Francis: https://x.com/aarondfrancisTerminal Coffee: https://www.terminal.shop/Syntax: https://syntax.fmSentry: https://Sentry.io/David Cramer: https://x.com/zeegGirl Scouts: https://www.girlscouts.org/Carlyle House: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlyle_HouseKen Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/Whiskey Library: https://mwlpdx.com/Jack Rose: https://www.jackrosediningsaloon.com/Gumroad: https://gumroad.comSupabase: 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/modelxElon Musk: https://x.com/elonmuskRivian: https://rivian.com/Why Women Kill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Women_KillLucy Liu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_LiuAmerican 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_HillTim McGraw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_McGrawGame of Thrones: https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thronesConnect with Chuck and RobbieRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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.In this episode:(00:00) - Intro(01:45) - Whiskey review and rating: Evan Williams Single Barrel(09:03) - Hot Take: Inferred types vs explicit types(10:04) - Hot Take: Tailwind vs vanilla CSS(10:59) - Hot Take: Git Rebase vs Git Merge(11:27) - Nested ternaries?(15:58) - Real code vs ideal code(21:43) - Why work/life balance matters(30:28) - Why Marc chose Vue over React(31:19) - Ryan Reynolds speaking at Post/Con(32:40) - Render Atlanta and upcoming conferences(33:48) - Marc's connection to Mexico(34:54) - Discussing different foods(37:09) - Marc's inbox zero strategy(40:26) - Learning to fly(44:06) - Roasting coffee as a hobby(46:13) - Personal branding and standing out(51:19) - PlugsLinksEvan Williams Single Barrel: https://evanwilliams.com/single-barrelVue: https://vuejs.org/Nuxt: https://nuxt.com/Norlan: https://norlanglass.com/Nintendo: https://www.nintendo.com/Switch 2: https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/Double Double Oaked Woodford: https://www.woodfordreserve.com/whiskey/double-double-oaked/Typescript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/React: https://react.dev/jQuery: https://jquery.com/Ryan Reynolds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_ReynoldsPost Con: https://postcon.postman.com/Aviation Gin: https://www.aviationgin.com/Mint Mobile: https://www.mintmobile.com/Render Conf: https://www.renderatl.com/Taco Bell: https://www.tacobell.com/Marc Backes - Achieving Inbox Zero: https://marc.dev/blog/inbox-zeroSuperhuman: https://superhuman.com/Vim: https://www.vim.org/Vue: https://vuejs.org/Vite: https://vite.dev/Terminal Coffee: https://www.terminal.shop/Dax: https://x.com/thdxr/Jack Daniel's: https://www.jackdaniels.com/Kelly Vaughn: https://x.com/kvllyConnect with MarcWebsite: https://marc.dev/X / Twitter: https://x.com/themarcbaConnect with Chuck and RobbieRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.