Is jQuery Really Dead? And Other Hot Takes w/ Travis Wagner

Whiskey Web and Whatnot · Mar 6, 2025 · 57m

This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Travis Wagner about his career move from Universal Music to Crunchyroll and the nuances of backend development. They discuss a wide range of hot takes, including whether jQuery is still relevant in 2025.In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (01:05) - Meet Travis Wagner (02:41) - Whiskey intro and rating: Finger Lakes Distilling McKenzie Rye Whiskey (15:04) - Implicit vs Explicit types (16:58) - Tailwind vs Vanilla CSS (19:22) - Is YAML good or bad? (20:24) - Thoughts on Python and semicolons (25:19) - Git Rebase vs Git Merge (28:24) - Does GitHub history help…