npm Worms & RubyGems Coups: Trust Issues in Open Source

Whiskey Web and Whatnot · Oct 16, 2025 · 1h 5m

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…