Whiskey Web and Whatnot The Future of Front-End, Vim Wars, and Raising Gamer Kids w/ Nick Taylor
Nov 27, 2025
47:00
Recorded live at All Things Open, Robbie and guest co-host Jason Torres talk with Nick Taylor about Kubernetes mishaps, DevRel life, front-end nostalgia, CSS wizardry, arcade emulators, and why taste and creativity still matter in an AI-accelerated world.
In this episode:
- (00:00) - Intro
- (03:26) - Wine rating & review: Cupcake Prosecco
- (09:42) - Casinos, arcades, and emulator nostalgia
- (11:45) - Favorite video games and gaming with kids
- (16:25) - Hot Take: git rebase vs. git merge
- (19:58) - Fellow tech podcasters and community shoutouts
- (22:48) - Law & Order appreciation
- (24:00) - Life at conferences and returning to ATO
- (24:49) - "The Commits" Awards
- (26:13) - Hot Take: Is HTML a programming language?
- (26:24) - Hot Take: Is CSS a programming language?
- (29:20) - AI’s impact on front-end and who still stands out
- (32:05) - Nick’s shift from front-end to Kubernetes and security
- (36:40) - How efficient is AI really?
- (37:55) - Robbie’s experience using AI in daily work
- (40:28) - Why no USB-B?
- (41:23) - Customizing MCPs vs. following the spec
- (44:15) - What Nick would do if not in tech
- (45:03) - Plugs
Links
- ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
- Monster Energy: https://www.monsterenergy.com/
- Laracon: https://laracon.us/
- Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/
- YAML: https://yaml.org/
- Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/
- The Kubernetes Podcast with Nick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhToH2KgMtk
- All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/
- Guinness: https://www.guinness.com/
- Jolt Cola: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolt_Cola
- del Lago Casino: https://dellagoresort.com/
- React: https://react.dev/
- NESticle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NESticle
- XBOX: https://www.xbox.com/
- Super Mario: https://mario.nintendo.com/
- NESticle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NESticle
- Just Dance: https://justdancenow.com/
- Rihanna: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihanna
- PS4: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps4/
- Star Wars Battlefront: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Battlefront
- Lego Fornite: https://www.fortnite.com/@epic/lego-fortnite-odyssey
- Clone Hero: https://clonehero.net/
- Guitar Hero: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero
- Analogue Pocket: https://www.analogue.co/pocket
- Oculus: https://www.oculus.com/
- Meta Quest 3: https://www.meta.com/quest/quest-3/
- Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/
- VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/
- Neovim: https://neovim.io/
- GitKraken: https://www.gitkraken.com/
- Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen
- Terminal.shop: https://www.terminal.shop/
- Dax: https://x.com/thdxr/
- GitHub Universe: https://githubuniverse.com/
- Tomorrow.fm Podcast: https://tomorrow.fm/
- Law & Order SVU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit
- Vincent D'Onofrio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_D'Onofrio
- Daredevil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daredevil_(TV_series)
- Render Conf: https://www.renderatl.com/
- So I Married an Axe Murderer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_I_Married_an_Axe_Murderer
- HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/
- CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
- Ep 120: Throwback Frameworks, Tailwind Fandom, and CSS with Jhey Tompkins: https://whiskey.fm/throwback-frameworks-tailwind-fandom-and-css-with-jhey-tompkins
- Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink/
- Jason Lengstorf: https://x.com/jlengstorf
- Web Dev Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Iz-Fnk_eTkZvSNWXW_TKZ2UwVirT2M
- Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/
- Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/
- Vercel: https://vercel.com/
- Claude: https://claude.ai
- AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/
- McAfee: https://www.mcafee.com/
- 1Password: https://1password.com/
- Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/
- Ep 217: Open Source, Agents, and the Next AI Wave w/ Angie Jones: https://whiskey.fm/open-source-agents-and-the-next-ai-wave-w-angie-jones
- Kubernetes the Hard Way: https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way
- Sam Altman: https://x.com/sama
- TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
- OpenAI: https://openai.com
- Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/
- IBM: https://www.ibm.com/
- NVidia: https://www.nvidia.com/
- Goose: https://block.github.io/goose/
- MCP Dev Summit: https://mcpdevsummit.ai/
- Playwright: https://playwright.dev/
Connect with Jason
- GitHub: https://github.com/jasonetorres
- X / Twitter: https://x.com/TasonJorres
Connect with Nick
- Website: https://nickyt.online/
- X / Twitter: https://x.com/nickytonline
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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