This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Ben Holmes—Astro core team alum and now at Warp—about the rapid evolution of developer tools, the promise and quirks of AI-powered coding, and why he’s betting big on terminal UX.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(02:09) - Warp and dev tools
(04:20) - Whiskey intro and rating: Heaven Hill Grain To Glass Kentucky Straight Rye
(15:47) - Hot Take: inferred types vs explicit types
(17:11) - What Cursor AI gets right (and wrong)
(23:12) - Pros and cons of Windsurf
(25:02) - Hot Take: git rebase vs git merge
(27:27) - Vim Motions and The Vim Gym
(30:45) - Hot Take: sidebar on the left or right in VS Code
(34:40) - Specialize or generalize?
(44:01) - Frameworks vs doing your own thing
(48:21) - The MBA journey
(52:06) - Ben's connection to Peloton
(53:12) - Plugs

Links

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Website: https://bholmes.dev/
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