Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat

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 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.

Recorded live at All Things Open, Robbie and guest co-host Jason Torres talk with Roxy Rodriquez-Becker about her journey from educator and librarian to aspiring developer, the community supporting her transition, navigating motherhood and advocacy, and how her son’s medical challenges inspired her to build a life-changing G-tube feeding app. In this episode: (00:00) - Working Edit (01:03) - Wine rating and review: San Simeon Cabernet Sauvignon (02:35) - Meet Roxy (03:04) - From teaching and libraries to tech (05:38) - How Roxy is learning to code (06:24) - Inside the “Chosen One” series (07:35) - The support systems behind Roxy's move to coding (09:14) - Navigating a public job hunt and being in the spotlight (11:30) - Roxy’s advice for getting out of your comfort zone (12:43) - Roxy’s background in content creation (14:35) - How Roxy juggles parenting, work, and learning to code (16:51) - How her son’s medical journey inspired the Tube Feed app (28:03) - Why advocating for yourself is harder than advocating for others (30:00) - What pulled Roxy back into tech (32:01) - Growing up Cuban and Catholic (35:30) - How Roxy's upbringing shapes how she raises her kids (36:33) - Why Roxy chose software engineering specifically (38:33) - Robbie's biggest strength and biggest weakness (39:27) - Guilty pleasure TV shows (40:43) - What success looks like for Roxy (42:41) - Where to find Roxy online Links San Simeon Cabernet Sauvignon: https://www.sansimeonwines.com/ Costco: https://costco.com Tube Feed: https://tubefeedratecalculator.vercel.app/ Magnolia Conf: https://magnoliaconf.com/ freeCodeCamp: https://www.freecodecamp.org/ #100Devs: https://100devs.org/ Chosen One: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chosen_One_(2023_TV_series) All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/ Torc: https://torc.dev Roxy's Treating LinkedIn Like a Blog: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/roxana-rodriguez-becker_100devs-momswhocode-womenintech-activity-7287884373817802755-KOub OpenAI: https://openai.com Law & Order SVU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit NBC Peacock: https://www.nbc.com/networks/peacock Below Deck: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Below_Deck The Real Housewives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Housewives The Bachelor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bachelor_(American_TV_series) Love Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Island_(American_TV_series) Connect with Jason GitHub: https://github.com/jasonetorres X / Twitter: https://x.com/TasonJorres Connect with Roxy Website: https://roxanarodriguezbecker.com/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/roxanacodes 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.

Recorded live at All Things Open, Robbie talks with Taylor Desseyn and Jason Torres about the future of tech careers, AI’s impact on hiring, and why relationships still matter more than résumés. They share insights from years in recruiting and community building, stressing that genuine connection—not cold applications—opens doors in today’s market. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (01:48) - A toast to Busch Light (05:46) - Meet Taylor and Jason (08:14) - Is now a good time to get into tech? (13:12) - How AI is reshaping the tech job market (16:07) - Standing out in a crowded industry (20:36) - Can open source help you get hired? (23:48) - Will Shane Beamer head to Virginia Tech? (25:13) - Do pro athletes really make too much money? (26:47) - Should politicians be paid like CEOs? (30:43) - What it means to be an authentic creator (34:07) - How Torc is chasing greatness (38:01) - Is AI killing organic content growth? (39:26) - Parenting, perspective, and balance (42:20) - Where to connect with Taylor and Jason online Links Busch Light: https://www.busch.com/ Ep 216: Why Open Source Might Be Your Best Career Move w/ Shruti Kapoor: https://whiskey.fm/why-open-source-might-be-your-best-career-move-w-shruti-kapoor Jason Lengstorf: https://jason.energy/ Costco: https://www.costco.com The Office: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_(American_TV_series) Dragonberry Bacardi: https://www.bacardi.com/us/en/our-rums/dragonberry-rum/ Goldschlager: https://www.sazerac.com/our-brands/sazerac-brands/goldschlager.html Jagermeister: https://www.jagermeister.com/ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/ Guidance Counselor 2.0 podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/career-counseling/id1256154656?mt=2 Ep 493 - Pretending to Have The Job Before You Get It w/ Josh Cirre, DevRel @ Laravel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-493-pretending-to-have-the-job-before-you-get/id1256154656?i=1000729870607 Cobol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL React: https://react.dev/ X: https://www.x.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com Discord: https://discord.com Taylor's All Things Open talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEV7TO7UEBU Mr. Beast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MrBeast Kai Cenat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Cenat All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/ .NET: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/ Java: https://www.java.com/ React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/ Taylor's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@tdesseyn Slack: https://slack.com/ South Carolina Gamecocks: https://gamecocksonline.com/ Shane Beamer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Beamer Virginia Tech: https://www.vt.edu/ James Franklin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Franklin_(American_football_coach) Pennsylvania State University: https://www.psu.edu LaNorris Sellers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaNorris_Sellers Patrick Mahomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes Kansas City Chiefs: https://www.chiefs.com/ NVidia: https://www.nvidia.com/ Apple: https://apple.com Elon Musk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ DHH: https://x.com/dhh/ Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/ Bain: https://www.bain.com/ McKinsey: https://www.mckinsey.com/ Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/ Barstool Sports: https://www.barstoolsports.com/ Syntax: https://syntax.fm/ Sentry: https://Sentry.io/ CodeRabbit: https://www.coderabbit.ai/ Torc: https://torc.dev Torc Community: https://torc.dev/community Torc Discord: https://torc.dev/discord Connect with Taylor Website: https://linktr.ee/taylordesseyn X / Twitter: https://x.com/tdesseyn Connect with Jason GitHub: https://github.com/jasonetorres X / Twitter: https://x.com/TasonJorres 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.

Recorded live at All Things Open, Robbie Wagner and guest co-host Jason Lengstorf talk with Angie Jones about AI, coding models, and the evolving landscape of open source. They unpack the importance of community-driven tooling, skill gaps in using AI, the future of agentic systems, and why open communities matter in shaping technology. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (01:18) - Wine rating & review (03:30) - Hot Take: Claude vs ChatGPT (04:20) - Hot Take: Is HTML a programming language? (04:56) - Hot Take: Is CSS a programming language? (05:31) - Hot Take: Is AI to blame when people do dumb shit with it? (09:50) - How open source shaped Angie’s career (14:54) - The problem with AI training on open source data (23:02) - What is MCP and why does it matter? (25:10) - Using MCP when you don’t follow every part of the spec (26:25) - Are we building new walled gardens inside MCP? (31:16) - Building DevRel in a rapidly-changing AI landscape (36:06) - Conference season stress & preparing new talks (39:41) - Where to find Angie online Links Ep 175: Decentralized Identity: The Future of Privacy and Security with Angie Jones: https://whiskey.fm/decentralized-identity-the-future-of-privacy-and-security-with-angie-jones Block: https://block.xyz/ MCP: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/ Claude: https://claude.ai ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/ CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/ All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/ Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/ NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/ GooseAI: https://goose.ai/ Sam Altman: https://x.com/sama Peter Thiel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel Marc Andreessen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com Kent C. Dodds: https://kentcdodds.com/ Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/ Safari: https://www.apple.com/safari/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ DevRelCon: https://developerrelations.com/devrelcon/devrelcon-new-york-2025/ Angie's keynote at DevRelCon: https://developerrelations.com/talks/devrels-biggest-stage-yet/ Connect with Jason Website: https://jason.energy/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/jlengstorf   Connect with Angie Website: https://angiejones.tech X / Twitter: https://x.com/techgirl1908 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.

Recorded at All Things Open 2025, Robbie Wagner and guest co-host Jason Lengstorf chat with developer-turned-creator Shruti Kapoor about her leap from Slack and PayPal to YouTube, the joys and pitfalls of open source, and eternal web dev debates. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (01:37) - Wine rating & review: Fre Sparkling Brut (06:33) - Hot Take: git rebase vs. git merge (09:11) - Hot Take: Is HTML a programming language? (09:41) - Hot Take: Is CSS a programming language? (10:20) - Hot take: classes vs. functional components (11:13) - Hot Take: Remix, TanStack, or Next.js? (15:02) - Hot Take: console.log vs debugger (16:11) - Hot Take: Were React server components a mistake? (20:42) - How open source changed Shruti’s career (22:23) - The real value of contributing to open source (26:05) - What is the React Foundation and why it matters (28:58) - Highlights from React Conf and new features (31:01) - From Slack engineer to independent creator (34:34) - Choosing what content to make (and why) (37:58) - Shruti’s dog, discipline, and life lessons (40:01) - What would Shruti do if not in tech? (40:30) - Where to find Shruti online Links Fre Sparkling Brut: https://www.frewines.com/ Wes Bos: https://wesbos.com/ Syntax: https://syntax.fm/ Slack: https://slack.com/ PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com React: https://react.dev/ JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/ CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ TanStack: https://tanstack.com/ Next.js: https://nextjs.org/ Remix: https://remix.run/ Astro: https://astro.build/ VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/ All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/ GitHub: https://github.com/ React Conf: https://conf.react.dev/ React Foundation: https://react.dev/blog/2025/10/07/introducing-the-react-foundation Linux Foundation: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/ Vercel: https://vercel.com/ Google Home: https://home.google.com/welcome/ Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ MCP: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/ Shruti's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@shrutikapoor08 16 Common React useEffect Mistakes You’re Making: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGOPO2V6MHI Connect with Jason Website: https://jason.energy/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/jlengstorf   Connect with Shruti Website: https://shrutikapoor.dev/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/shrutikapoor08 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 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.