This week, Robbie and Chuck sip Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Rye, and discuss why SOC 2 compliance is a painful but necessary sign of company maturity. They also dig into AI coding tools, React fatigue, and the growing frustration of modern developer workflows.

In this episode:

(00:00) – Intro
(01:43) – Whiskey rating & review: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Rye
(09:15) – Why SOC 2 compliance is a painful rite of passage
(11:55) – AI-powered workflows and where they break down
(18:55) – Do we still need new frameworks?
(20:58) – Framework fatigue and the React hangover
(26:51) – The reality of building browser extensions
(29:02) – Is Firefox dead?
(29:19) – Who AI-powered browsers are actually for
(31:26) – Why shipping software on Windows is such a mess
(35:15) – Juggling operating systems and hardware setups
(37:22) – Are ultra-expensive PC components actually worth it?
(40:58) – Shipping Swatch across platforms and dealing with Snap
(42:48) – The “Tacolate,” Taco Bell experiments, and questionable food ideas
(46:45) – What is a Bimby cooker?
(52:57) – Robbie’s septic system saga

Links

Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Rye: https://www.jackdaniels.com/whiskey/single-barrel-rye
Winter Olympics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games
World Cup: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup
Vercel: https://vercel.com/
AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/
IBM: https://www.ibm.com/
Claude: https://claude.ai
Opencode: https://opencode.ai/
Grok: https://grok.com/
GitHub: https://github.com/
Open Router: https://openrouter.ai/
Elon Musk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
v0: https://v0.dev/
Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/
Lovable: https://lovable.dev/
Replit: https://replit.com/
ShadCN: https://ui.shadcn.com/
Vue: https://vuejs.org/
React: https://react.dev/
JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
Next.js: https://nextjs.org/
Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/
HTMX: https://htmx.org/
TanStack: https://tanstack.com/
SolidJS: https://www.solidjs.com/
Express: https://expressjs.com/
Omarchy: https://omarchy.org/
Swatch: https://swatch.dev/
Windows: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows
Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/
TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
Safari: https://www.apple.com/safari/
Apple: https://apple.com
Electron: https://www.electronjs.org/
Firefox: https://www.firefox.com/
Dia: https://www.diabrowser.com/
OpenAI Atlas: https://chatgpt.com/atlas/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/
NVidia: https://www.nvidia.com/
Linux: https://www.linux.org/
Mac Mini: https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/
Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com/
LG 5k Display: https://www.lg.com/us/collections/5k-monitors
Apple XDR Display: https://www.apple.com/pro-display-xdr/
Snap: https://snapcraft.io/
Arch Linux: https://archlinux.org/
Taco Bell: https://www.tacobell.com/
Bimby Cooker: https://www.thermomix.com/
Vitamix: https://www.vitamix.com/
ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/
Ep 218: How to Build a Career When the Rules Keep Changing w/ Taylor Desseyn & Jason Torres: https://whiskey.fm/how-to-build-a-career-when-the-rules-keep-changing-w-taylor-desseyn-jason-torres

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