Whiskey Web and Whatnot

This week, Robbie and Adam talk about the ethics and economics of AI, and why “stealing with extra steps” feels like the right metaphor for where things are headed. They dig into open source burnout, whether AI replaces developers or just reshapes the job, how tooling and multi-agent systems fit in, and whether the future belongs to niche expertise—or just better prompts.Presented by CodeRabbit: http://coderabbit.link/whiskeyIn this episode:(00:00) - Intro(01:56) - Whiskey rating & review: Old Forester 1897(04:50) - Music taste, Spotify ages, and feeling old(07:29) - Is AI just stealing with extra steps?(19:09) - Ralph vs. Gastown and the rise of agent chaos(28:04) - What is an AI harness?(31:36) - How to stay valuable in an AI-shaped future(36:25) - Does vibe coding feel as satisfying?(39:47) - Is the web heading somewhere dark?(42:02) - Cursor wars, animations, and UX pet peeves(48:48) - Will GitHub projects go full Vibe Kanban in 2026?(54:41) - Holiday reflections and unplugging(58:18) - Staying up late and old routines(01:00:00) - Remembering Robbie’s dog(01:00:58) - 2026 plans, goals, and resolutionsLinksOld Forester: https://www.oldforester.com/Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/Mayday Parade: https://maydayparade.com/Teddy Swims: https://www.teddyswims.com/Post Malone: https://www.postmalone.com/JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScriptGrok: https://grok.com/Adam Wathan: https://x.com/adamwathan/Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/GitHub: https://github.com/Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagenGas Town: https://github.com/steveyegge/gastownRalph: https://github.com/snarktank/ralphClaude: https://claude.aiOpenCode: https://opencode.ai/Matt Pocock - Ship working code while you sleep with the Ralph Wiggum technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IK18goX4X8Python: https://www.python.org/Oh-my-opencode: https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-opencodeBolt: https://bolt.new/Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/Lovable: https://lovable.dev/Same: https://same.new/Ember: https://emberjs.com/Expedition 33: https://www.expedition33.comDestiny 2: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/destinyAnything: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anything-ai-app-builder/id6751247034Swach: https://www.swach.io/Electron: https://www.electronjs.org/Swift: https://www.swift.org/Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilotThe Polar Express: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Polar_Express_(film)React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/Render ATL: https://www.renderatl.com/CascadiaJS: https://cascadiajs.com/All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/CSS Day: https://cssday.nl/Connect with the hostsRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdAdam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleinkSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey 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 bring you the holiday edition of Whiskey Web and Whatnot: random whiskeys, Christmas hot takes, and dev debates. They discuss AI agents, guardrails, prompt-driven development, and whether we’re drifting toward a world where code matters less than outcomes.Presented by CodeRabbit: http://coderabbit.link/whiskeyIn this episode:(00:00) Intro(02:15) Whiskey selections(07:43) Christmas Hot Take: Real tree vs fake tree(12:14) Christmas Hot Take: White lights vs colored lights(15:07) What everyone's watching right now(17:55) What is Ball Pit?(19:58) Video games everyone's playing(21:58) Chuck's overseas shipping challenges(23:09) The modern grocery store experience (and why Chuck refuses to “work there”)(28:18) Are types dead in an AI-first dev world?(45:53) Disney giving money to OpenAI(47:57) Netflix acquiring Warner Bros… what?(48:35) Are AI tools actually worth the cost?(51:30) Just-in-time apps: the future of the web?(54:39) Living in Italy + the language barrier(57:50) Adam’s food analogy: web platform vs React apps(58:15) Fast food tier list(01:00:06) Adam's banjo Christmas tunesLinksThe Nightmare Before Christmas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_ChristmasEmber: https://emberjs.com/South Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_ParkParamount+: https://www.paramountplus.com/Stranger Things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_ThingsSean Combs: The Reckoning: https://www.netflix.com/title/8190678050 Cent: https://x.com/50centToday Show: https://www.today.com/Ball Pit: https://www.ballxpit.com/Breakout: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_(video_game)Risk of Rain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_of_RainSteam: https://store.steampowered.com/Nintendo Switch: https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch/FIFA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_(video_game_series)GOG: http://Gog.comLuna: https://luna.amazon.com/Rue Valley: https://ruevalley.com/Memento: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_(film)Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: https://indianajones.bethesda.net/en-USUncharted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnchartedWhole Foods: https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/Opencode: https://opencode.ai/Warp: https://www.warp.dev/TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/Airtable: https://www.airtable.com/Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/MacOS: https://www.apple.com/macos/Windows: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsLinux: https://www.linux.org/Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/Claude: https://claude.ai/Vite: https://vite.dev/JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScriptCSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Disney: https://www.disney.com/Sora: https://openai.com/sora/Studio Ghibli: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_GhibliOpenAI: https://openai.comScarlett Johansson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_JohanssonHarry Potter: https://www.harrypotter.com/Uber Eats: https://www.ubereats.com/React: https://react.dev/Taco Bell: https://www.tacobell.com/KFC: https://www.kfc.com/Bob's Burgers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob's_BurgersGarth Brooks: https://www.garthbrooks.com/Connect with the hostsRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdAdam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleinkSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey 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 Will Johnson—senior developer advocate at Auth0—about web dev, parenting, and internet culture. They debate whether CSS is a “real” programming language, riff on how modern frameworks can feel over-engineered, and dig into the security risks emerging around AI agents and MCP. Will shares what he’s been learning about MCP security, why he’s cautious with new tools, and how Auth0’s new AI agent offering helps manage identity, permissions, and token safety.Presented by CodeRabbit: http://coderabbit.link/whiskeyIn this episode:(00:00) - Intro(01:49) - Meet Will Johnson(02:19) - Whiskey rating & review: Jameson Triple Triple(07:13) - Hot Take: Git rebase vs git merge(09:42) - Parenting talk: kids, wrestling, and learning consequences(11:57) - Hot Take: Is CSS a programming language?(14:37) - What Will’s working on at Auth0 (AI + MCP security)(16:57) - The most interesting MCP-related hacks and security risks(18:27) - Can “skills” become an attack vector too?(19:47) - Security vulnerabilities, Next.js updates, and patching fatigue(20:48) - How Will’s family got into K-Pop Demon Hunters(25:51) - The Moana live-action trailer “looks like useEffect” (and why)(27:17) - Is React essentially processed American food?(27:58) - Sugar-free Oreos: what are we even doing here?(29:18) - Have we overcomplicated frontend development?(31:32) - Why Rails is the best-engineered dev experience Will has used(32:25) - How Auth0 teams are structured(35:47) - Passkeys explained(41:43) - Plugs and how to connect with Will(43:12) - How AI agents fit into authLinksAuth0: https://auth0.com/Jameson Triple Triple: https://www.jamesonwhiskey.com/en-us/our-whiskey/jameson-triple-triple/Three Sheets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_SheetsJack Daniel's Reserve: https://www.jackdaniels.com/Google Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScriptMCP: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/Next.js: https://nextjs.org/KPop Demon Hunters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPop_Demon_HuntersBritney Spears: https://britneyspears.com/NSYNC: https://nsync.com/B2K: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2KChris Brown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_BrownNetflix: https://netflix.comStanford University: https://www.stanford.edu/Moana: https://movies.disney.com/moanaDak Prescott: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dak_PrescottReact: https://react.dev/Oreo: https://www.oreo.com/jQuery: https://jquery.com/Ken Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/ES6: https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_es6.aspBlingBlingjs: https://github.com/argyleink/blingblingjsAstro: https://astro.build/Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/Laravel: https://laravel.com/Egghead: https://egghead.io/Grok: https://grok.com/1Password: https://1password.com/Google Zanzibar: https://research.google/pubs/zanzibar-googles-consistent-global-authorization-system/AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/Pokemon Go: https://pokemongolive.com/Connect with WillWebsite: https://auth0.com/aiX / Twitter: https://x.com/willjohnsonioConnect with the hostsRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdAdam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleinkSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey 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 about holiday travel chaos, parenting stress, and health scares before diving into AI-assisted coding, Linux quirks, IDE trends, burnout in open source, and more.In this episode:- (00:00) - Intro- (02:07) - Whiskey rating & review: Flaviar & Jack Daniels- (06:02) - Stress gummies, holiday chaos, and why Robbie is fried - (13:05) - Adam on pulling back, burnout, and choosing quality over quantity- (21:02) - Second pour: Flavia SirDavis American Whisky- (21:23) - Building color tools for fun (and sanity) - (21:51) - Is React actually holding us back?- (25:16) - Food, culture, and building with the platform- (27:19) - The worst IDE idea ever- (31:00) - Vibe-coding an iOS app… on iOS- (32:39) - Where AI still completely fails- (34:02) - OpenAI vs. Gemini and the shifting AI landscape- (34:56) - Editors, agents, and AI overload- (38:34) - Space toggles in CSS and weirdly powerful tricks- (42:14) - Are AI tools getting more scatterbrained?- (44:20) - Perspective when everything feels heavy - (46:20) - Learning new skills without burning out- (48:03) - Curiosity is a survival skill- (48:40) - Working through hard seasons in life- (54:14) - TV shows, distractions, and mental breaks- (54:46) - Robbie vs. Lego ordering (again)- (56:05) - Adam’s exhausting travel run - (57:07) - Why kids are basically walking germs- (58:26) - Adam’s Beyond Tellerrand talk- (59:13) - Advent of Code**Links**- Flaviar Bhakta Golden Age Blend: https://flaviar.com/products/bhakta-1928-golden-age-blend-750- Flavia SirDavis American Whisky: https://flaviar.com/products/sirdavis-american-whisky-750- Jack Daniels Single Barrel Rye: https://www.jackdaniels.com/en-us/whiskey/single-barrel-rye- Whiskey Web and Whatnot live episodes from All Things Open 2025: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7uiIY_6TPL-iREDcpUVndAZaz118OE-h- Olly Stress Gummies: https://www.olly.com/- Flaviar Whiskey Advent Calendar: https://flaviar.com/pages/advent-calendar- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: https://www.harrypottertheplay.com/- ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/- Adam's blog post - An Update On My Involvement In Standards: https://nerdy.dev/update-on-my-involvement-in-standards- Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen- Swach: https://swach.io/- Chrome EyeDropper API: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/capabilities/web-apis/eyedropper- Linux: https://www.linux.org/- Wayland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(protocol)- GNOME: https://www.gnome.org/- KDE: https://kde.org/- C++: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp- Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/- Electron: https://www.electronjs.org/- Antigravity: https://antigravity.google/- Adam's color component: https://github.com/argyleink/css-color-component- theCHIVE: https://thechive.com/- Preact: https://preactjs.com/- React: https://react.dev/- Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/- Seinfeld: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinfeld- VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/- Ember: https://emberjs.com/- OpenAI: https://openai.com- Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/- Nano Banana: https://gemini.google/overview/image-generation/- Claude: https://claude.ai/- Opencode: https://opencode.ai/- Warp: https://www.warp.dev/- Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/- Big Pickle: https://opencode.ai/docs/zen/- Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/- CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/- Stranger Things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Things- Chris Coyier: https://x.com/chriscoyier- Wednesday: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wednesday_(TV_series)- LEGO: https://www.lego.com/- WebGL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGL_API- Advent of Code: https://adventofcode.com/- Figma: https://www.figma.com/- Adam's Beyond Tellerrand talk: https://beyondtellerrand.com/events/berlin-2025/speakers/adam-argyle**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 Merch**Enjoying 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 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 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 about Halloween vibes, excellent scotch, and the strange state of modern web development. After rating an Orphan Barrel single malt, they dig into AI coding workflows, agent tools, why one-shot prompts so often fail, and more.In this episode:(00:00) - Intro(01:24) - Whiskey rating & review: Orphan Barrel Woven Honor(07:21) - How AI is (and isn’t) fitting into real dev workflows(12:01) - The Louvre heist and why bold ideas sometimes work(17:02) - Anthropic Skills and the future of AI tooling(19:21) - Why Warp feels like a killer terminal(20:43) - OpenCode vs. Warp for everyday development(21:29) - Connecting Cursor and Claude(22:17) - Navigating AI tools at work(24:45) - Why AI struggles to follow instructions(29:51) - Using web components with Preact signals(30:39) - Are modern web tools over-engineered?(31:48) - Cucumber, specs, and English as code(33:43) - Naming the CSS masonry layout problem(43:32) - Squash vs. merge and automating away the noise(48:50) - SEO, AIO, and visibility in the age of AI(53:07) - Does AI understand podcasts at all?(53:21) - A fun CSS @important alternative(54:22) - Don't ignore ESLint in PRs(55:37) - Why gatekeeping helps no one(57:12) - Don't be afraid to ask for help(58:04) - Halloween plans(01:00:10) - PlugsLinksOrphan Barrel Woven Honor: https://www.orphanbarrel.com/Ep 223: The Piano Man of State Machines w/ David K. Piano: https://whiskey.fm/the-piano-man-of-state-machines-w-david-k-pianoNikka Whisky: https://www.nikka.com/GitHub: https://github.com/Jira: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jiraClaude: https://claude.ai/Python: https://www.python.org/Beyond Tellerrand: https://beyondtellerrand.com/CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Astro: https://astro.build/Gamma: https://gamma.app/Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/Warp: https://www.warp.dev/Svelte: https://svelte.dev/Opencode: https://opencode.ai/Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilotGemini: https://gemini.google.com/ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/IBM: https://www.ibm.com/TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/Preact: https://preactjs.com/Starpod.dev: https://starpod.dev/Android: https://www.android.com/Cucumber: https://cucumber.io/Ember: https://emberjs.com/Docker: https://www.docker.com/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/CSS Grid: https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_grid.aspJavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScriptSass: https://sass-lang.com/Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/Prettier: https://prettier.io/ESLint: https://eslint.org/Ep 212: TalkShop Show w/ Macho Man Randy Standards: https://whiskey.fm/talkshop-show-w-macho-man-randy-standardsFront End Happy Hour Podcast: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/ShopTalk Show: https://shoptalkshow.com/Syntax: https://syntax.fm/We Might Be Drunk: https://wemightbedrunkpod.com/CascadiaJS: https://cascadiajs.com/Rick Rubin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_RubinZombies Ate My Neighbors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombies_Ate_My_NeighborsIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_Always_Sunny_in_PhiladelphiaWayne's World: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne's_World_(film)Super Mario: https://mario.nintendo.com/Vite: https://vite.dev/Connect with the hostsRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdAdam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleinkSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey 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 David K. Piano about state machines, the chaos of overusing React hooks, Tailwind controversies, AI agents, security risks in emerging AI tooling, and why determinism still matters. They also chat about pianos, creativity, and finding grounding outside of tech.In this episode:(00:00) - Intro(01:40) - Whiskey rating & review: Nikka Miyagikyo Single Malt(06:54) - Hot Take: Is useState still dead to David?(08:34) - Hot Take: Was class-based React better?(11:12) - Tailwind tip: Don’t sleep on child selectors(14:47) - Hot Take: Are HTML & CSS programming languages?(17:42) - Is Tailwind " the worst state management library"?(22:24) - How a “simple boolean” exploded into a state tree(24:13) - Debouncing, guarding, and timing transitions in state machines(25:28) - Hot Take: Rails or Laravel(26:19) - Why batteries-included frameworks struggle in JavaScript(29:06) - Will AI push developers toward opinionated frameworks or away from them?(34:44) - What Claude Skills are and why they matter(36:47) - The newest AI hacks and whether you should be worried(42:42) - Why David loves state machines (and how they keep AI on the rails)(50:38) - David's love for the piano and having a non-tech hobby(51:45) - What David would do if not in tech(52:22) - Does playing an instrument make you a better programmer?(57:39) - PlugsLinksNikka Miyagikyo Single Malt: https://www.nikka.com/Glenfiddich 12 Year Old single malt Scotch: https://shop.us.glenfiddich.com/products/glenfiddich-12-year-oldReact Summit: https://reactsummit.com/Cloudflare: https://www.cloudflare.com/Angular: https://angular.dev/Backbone: http://backbonejs.org/Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/Claude: https://claude.aiCSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScriptC++: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cppAstro: https://astro.build/Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/Laravel: https://laravel.com/Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/Python: https://www.python.org/Phoenix: https://www.phoenixframework.org/Elixir: https://elixir-lang.org/Next.js: https://nextjs.org/Tom Preston-Werner: https://x.com/mojomboRedwoodJS: https://redwoodjs.com/PHP: https://www.php.net/Remix: https://remix.run/Rick Rubin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_RubinClaude Skills: https://claude.com/blog/skillsTypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/The "lethal trifecta" in AI browsers: https://bsky.app/profile/f3rmi.bsky.social/post/3m3oe4ky4us2cOpenAI Atlas: https://chatgpt.com/atlas/Dia: https://www.diabrowser.com/Comet: https://www.perplexity.ai/cometChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/Node: https://nodejs.org/Deno: https://deno.com/Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/Opencode: https://opencode.ai/Vite: https://vite.dev/NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/Ep 200: The One Rye to Rule Them All w/ Kendall Miller & Rishi Malik: https://whiskey.fm/the-one-rye-to-rule-them-all-w-kendall-miller-rishi-malikNetflix: https://www.netflix.com/VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.comParasite Eve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite_Eve_(video_game)Stately: https://state.new/Connect with DavidWebsite: https://stately.ai/X / Twitter: https://x.com/DavidKPiano/Connect with the hostsRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdAdam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleinkSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey 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 Nick Taylor talk with Erik Thorelli and Hendrik Krack from CodeRabbit about how they’re rethinking AI-powered code review, why focus beats feature-bloat, the value of transparency, and how CodeRabbit reduces cognitive load for developers while keeping humans meaningfully in the loop. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (00:45) - Wine rating & review (01:43) - What is CodeRabbit? (05:31) - How CodeRabbit actually works: ASTs, tools, and sequence diagrams (09:20) - Open source: free usage, real-world configs, and community behavior (15:05) - What makes CodeRabbit different from other AI code tools (24:57) - Customizing CodeRabbit (32:53) - What's next for CodeRabbit? (39:55) - Where to learn more about CodeRabbit Links CodeRabbit: https://www.coderabbit.ai/ GitHub: https://github.com/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ Ghostty: https://ghostty.org/ iTerm: https://iterm2.com/ Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot Cursor Bugbot: https://cursor.com/bugbot Daneil Roe: https://roe.dev/ VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/ Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ React: https://react.dev/ Next.js: https://nextjs.org/ Vue: https://vuejs.org/ Svelte: https://svelte.dev/ Parks and Recreation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parks_and_Recreation Go: https://go.dev/ Bun: https://bun.com/ Zig: https://ziglang.org/ Mitchell Hashimoto: https://x.com/mitchellh HashiCorp: https://www.hashicorp.com/ IBM: https://www.ibm.com/ Linux Foundation: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/ Silicon Valley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series) OpenAI Dev Day: https://openai.com/devday/ WWDC: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc25/ Assistant UI: https://www.assistant-ui.com/ Connect with Erik Website: https://www.coderabbit.ai/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/esthor Connect with Hendrik LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/climateadvocateaienthusiast/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/HKrackDev 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 Nick Taylor talk with Bdougie (Brian Douglas) about open source’s impact on their careers, the legacy of OpenSauced, and why developer tools succeed—or don’t. They dive into Git philosophy, editor wars, AI’s sometimes-chaotic influence on coding, and how strong frameworks like Rails still shape the ecosystem. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (01:11) - Wine rating & review: Josh Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon (02:46) - The rise and fall of OpenSauced (03:28) - Hot Take: git rebase vs git merge (03:59) - Hot Take: Is HTML a programming language? (04:17) - Hot Take: Is CSS a programming language? (04:53) - Hot Take: Sidebar on the right or left in VS Code? (08:15) - Hot Take: Rails vs Laravel (12:30) - Who’s really to blame when AI goes wrong? (15:07) - The impact of open source on Brian’s career (16:26) - Highlights from Brian's All Things Open talks (20:28) - Building with TypeScript agents (30:04) - Light mode vs dark mode (31:36) - The future of AI coding tools (46:02) - Tips for new developers (48:53) - How to evaluate AI-generated content (50:31) - Iced coffee preferences (50:56) - Brian's game development project (51:51) - Plugs Links Josh Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon: https://www.joshcellars.com/ OpenSauced: https://opensauced.pizza/ GitHub: https://github.com/ Linux: https://www.linux.org/ HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/ VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Jason Lengstorf: https://x.com/jlengstorf Neovim: https://neovim.io/ IntelliJ: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/ WebStorm: https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/ Zed: https://zed.dev/ Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink/ Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/ Laravel: https://laravel.com/ React: https://react.dev/ Opencode: https://opencode.ai/ Claude Sonnet: https://www.anthropic.com/claude/sonnet All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/ Counter-Strike: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Strike Rainbow Six Rogue Spear: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy's_Rainbow_Six:_Rogue_Spear SourceForge: https://sourceforge.net/ Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ GraphQL: https://graphql.org/ Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot Claude Haiku: https://www.anthropic.com/claude/haiku OpenAI: https://openai.com Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ Ollama: https://ollama.com/ CodeRabbit: https://www.coderabbit.ai/ HashiCorp: https://www.hashicorp.com/ Slack: https://slack.com/ Heroku: https://www.heroku.com/ Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/ Homebrew: https://brew.sh/ RenderATL: https://www.renderatl.com/ Codex: https://openai.com/codex/ IBM Granite: https://www.ibm.com/granite Dev-end: https://dev-end.com/ Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/ Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/ Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/ Sniffly.dev: https://sniffly.dev/ Opus: https://www.anthropic.com/claude/opus Python: https://www.python.org/ dltHub: https://dlthub.com DuckDB: https://duckdb.org/ SQL: https://www.mysql.com/ Sora: https://openai.com/sora/ Blue Bottle Coffee: https://bluebottlecoffee.com/ NVidia: https://www.nvidia.com/ Conributor.info: https://contributor.info/ Connect with Nick Website: https://nickyt.online/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/nickytonline Connect with Bdougie Website: https://briandouglas.me/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/bdougieyo 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 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.