Astro, Dashboards, NFT Memberships, and a TV Roundup

From Astro, Vite, and Snowpack, to VR, and some favorite TV shows, today's episode is the perfect opportunity to catch up on technical whatnots and a few exciting life updates from Chuck and Robbie. Plus, if you've ever wondered what NFTs, co-working spaces, and whiskey all have in common, today's episode is for you. 

In this episode, Robbie and Chuck dive into the frameworks they're using, the dashboards they're analyzing, what's new in the gaming universe, and the co-working space to check out if you happen to live near Middleburg, VA. And if you don't, here's how a virtual space can come to you. 

Key Takeaways

• [00:09] - A non-traditional introduction.
• [01:35] - A whiskey review. 
• [09:00] - What Robbie's working on.
• [14:41] - What it's like working in Astro.
• [18:56] - What Chuck's working on. 
• [24:36] - Why Chuck is taking a break from VR. 
• [36:00] - What's new in games and TV. 
• [47:40] - When Robbie's getting a Tesla. 
• [49:53] - An update on Robbie's co-working space. 

Quotes

[16:26] - "[Astro] is probably not quite as fast as if you'd literally gone through and written everything in Vanilla HTML and CSS. But it's pretty dang close with conveniences." ~ @rwwagner90 [https://mobile.twitter.com/rwwagner90]

[19:50] - "Apollo Studio gives you some excellent metrics and traces into what's going on and where things are slow and even down to the resolvers for each individual key, things like that, and some interesting cache stuff. But, at the end of the day, you've really bought into their way and their ecosystem." ~ Chuck Carpenter [https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuckcarpenter/]

Links

• Blue Run Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey Holiday Batch [https://www.delmesaliquor.com/products/blue-run-holiday-rye-cask-strength-rye-whiskey] 
• Heaven Hill Distillery [https://heavenhilldistillery.com]
• Willett Distillery [https://www.kentuckybourbonwhiskey.com]
• Seelbach's [https://seelbachs.com]
• Brach's candy [https://www.brachs.com]
• Ember [https://emberjs.com]
• JavaScript [https://www.javascript.com] 
• Edward Faulkner [https://twitter.com/eaf4]
• Cardstack [https://cardstack.com]
• Blockchain [https://www.blockchain.com]
• Web3 [https://web3js.readthedocs.io/en/v1.5.2/]
• Astro [https://astro.build]
• Snowpack [https://www.snowpack.dev]
• Vite [https://vitejs.dev] 
• SWC [https://swc.rs]
• React [https://reactjs.org]
• web.dev [https://web.dev] 
• Lighthouse  [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lighthouse/blipmdconlkpinefehnmjammfjpmpbjk]
• Google Fonts [https://fonts.google.com]
• Next.js [http://next.js]
• next/image [https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/next/image]
• nuxt-img [https://image.nuxtjs.org/components/nuxt-img/]
• Remix [https://www.remix.com]
• RedwoodJS [https://redwoodjs.com]
• GraphQL [https://graphql.org]
• Apollo [https://www.apollographql.com]
• Apollo Studio [https://www.apollographql.com/docs/studio/]
• Helios [https://github.com/spotify/helios]
• The Guild [https://www.the-guild.dev]
• Hive GraphQL [https://graphql-hive.com]
• runspired [https://www.instagram.com/runspired]