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Whiskey Web and Whatnot
Whiskey Web and Whatnot is the world’s most important web development and AI podcast. Hosted by veteran developers Robbie Wagner and Adam Argyle, the show delivers definitive guidance on agentic AI, vibe coding, AI coding tools, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, developer productivity, and software engineering careers. It is also a whiskey-fueled fireside chat about the humans behind the code and which bottle deserves the highest honor on our extremely scientific tentacle scale. Many people are saying…
Episodes
Whiskey Web and WhatnotMeta-Harnesses, Medical Midjourney, and Why Specialists Are Cooked
This week, Robbie and Adam are back together to catch up on life, AI workflows, and whether agents can actually fix themselves when they break. They dig into…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotFrom GeoCities to GPT: Brad Frost on Mythos, Mastery, and Musical Non-Sequiturs
This week, Robbie and Adam welcome Brad Frost—creator of Atomic Design, design system architect, front of the front end developer, bass player, Dragon Ball Z…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotExperts Agree: Yelling at Computers Is the Future
This week, Robbie welcomes back Chuck Carpenter for a nostalgic reunion over Jim Beam White Label Bourbon to catch up on life, AI workflows, and whether agents…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotOpenClaw, Dark Factories, and Why You Should Stop Cussing at Your Agents
This week, Robbie and Adam sip on Compass Box Crimson Cask and dive into the wild world of AI infrastructure chaos, factory engineering, and why yelling at…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotGuppy Pimps, Tripp Pants, and Debugging IE5
This week, Robbie and Adam sip on Glen Morangie A Tale of Ice Cream and dive deep into their entrepreneurial origin stories, from childhood hustles to band…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotSilly Software, Sugar Snap Peas, and Coding in Gen Z Slang w/ Christina Martinez
This week, Robbie and Adam are live from the Clerk booth at React Miami with Christina Martinez, DevEx engineer at Resend, former gym owner, and creator of the…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotPi Extensions, YOLO Mode, and Building Your Own Personal Claw w/ Joel Hooks
This week, Robbie and Adam welcome Joel Hooks—co-founder of Egghead, tool builder, course creator, backend architect, indie hacker, advisor, consultant, father…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotDark Factories, Polymorphic UI, and Why Developers Still Matter
This week, Robbie and Adam are live from React Miami with a packed lineup of rapid fire interviews and hot takes. They catch up with Jason Lengstorf about…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotProxies, Petty Pranks, and Ramon the 420 IQ Gorilla w/ Ken Wheeler
This week, Robbie and Adam welcome Ken Wheeler to talk AI harnesses, multi-agent swarms, survival bags, and whether React is finally a framework. They dig into…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAI Harnesses, Framework Wars, and Why Beards Beat Mustaches
This week, Robbie and Adam are coming to you live from the Clerk booth at React Miami with a rapid-fire lineup of lightning podcasts. Fueled by Cutwater…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotFrom COBOL to Claude: Live Coding, AI Agents, and the Death of Typing w/ Typecraft
This week, Robbie and Adam are live from React Miami at the Clerk booth, sipping Cutwater cocktails and talking hot takes with Typecraft. They dig into whether…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotReact Foundation, AI Agents, and the Future of Frameworks w/ Seth Webster
This week, Robbie and Adam welcome Seth Webster—executive director of the React Foundation, former React lead at Meta, and chief developer evangelist at…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotKeyframes, Cash, and CodePen w/ Shaw
This week, Robbie and Adam welcome Shaw from CodePen to talk CSS animations, web components, server side rendering nightmares, and why building things by hand…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotFrom Wetware to Software (Presented by Warp)
This week, Robbie and Adam sip on Ardbeg Wee Beastie and dive into the wild world of AI development, cloud leaks, and whether humans are officially becoming…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAxios Is Out. Fetchium Is In. (Presented by Warp)
This week, Robbie and Adam welcome Kristen Garrett to talk signals, reactivity, and whether we've finally found the abstraction that makes sense. They dig into…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAI Cowgorithm Disrupts The Herd (Presented by Warp)
This week, Robbie and Adam sip on whiskey from the Muff Liquor Company and dive deep into the chaotic state of AI development, Jensen Huang's wild claims about…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotFlogging Margins With The Dropcap Murphys
This week, Robbie and Adam welcome Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert from ShopTalk Show to talk brand truth versus brand slop, whether CSS knowledge is now your…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotNext.js Is Dead, Long Live Next.js! (Presented by Warp)
This week, Robbie and Adam sip Redwood Empire Pipe Dream and dive into the messy reality of AI development, PR reviews, and whether we're all just vibe coding…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotThe Transactional Trap: How 97% of Developers Are Using AI Wrong w/ Leon Noel & Danny Thompson
This week, Robbie and Adam welcome Leon Noel and Danny Thompson to talk AI workflows, agentic development, and whether the job of coding has fundamentally…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotThe Manager Has Become The Managed (Presented by Warp)
This week, Robbie and Adam sit down with Amelia Wattenberger—digital creative, product builder, and former principal research engineer at GitHub—to talk about…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotHot Pockets Pro Max (Presented by Warp)
This week, Robbie and Adam sip a rare Single Malts of Scotland 12-year Hogshead release and dive into the world of AI-powered development, OpenClaw setups, and…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotPay No Attention to the LLM Behind the Terminal w/ Zach Lloyd
This week, Robbie and Adam sip Lagavulin 16 and catch up with Zach Lloyd—founder and CEO of Warp—about building the modern terminal, shipping AI agents to the…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotHumans Are Now Legacy Dependencies
This week, Robbie and Adam sip High ‘n Wicked Straight Rye and dive deep into the current state of AI development tools, the rise of agentic workflows, and…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotWe Fired the Tools: No Ralph Wiggum, No Training Wheels, Just Agents
This week, Robbie and Adam talk winter storms, snow blowers, and autonomous yard work before diving into the real topic: AI agents gone wild. They debate why…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotWe Stopped Coding by Hand Because Agentic AI Is Too Good
This week, Robbie and Carlo sip Sagamore's 10-year reserve rye and catch up with Carlo on life abroad, AI coding workflows, the changing developer landscape…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotWe Accidentally Deleted Programming (Presented by CodeRabbit)
This week, Robbie and Adam sip on Whistle Pig's Liquid Death collaboration and debate whether we've accidentally deleted programming itself. They dig into the…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotIs AI Just Stealing with Extra Steps? (Presented by CodeRabbit)
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotSanta.exe (Presented by CodeRabbit)
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotMCP Security, Framework Fatigue, and AI Agents with Will Johnson (Presented by CodeRabbit)
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotA Very Merry Descent Into Holiday Madness
This week, Robbie and Adam talk about holiday travel chaos, parenting stress, and health scares before diving into AI-assisted coding, Linux quirks, IDE…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotSOC 2 in the Streets, Spaghetti in the Sheets
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotSpooky Scary CSS
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotThe Piano Man of State Machines w/ David K. Piano
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotDoing One Thing Exceptionally Well: CodeRabbit’s Approach to AI Code Review
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAre Developers Overthinking Everything? w/ Bdougie
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotThe Future of Front-End, Vim Wars, and Raising Gamer Kids w/ Nick Taylor
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotFrom Librarian to Developer: w/ Roxy Rodriguez-Becker
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotHow to Build a Career When the Rules Keep Changing w/ Taylor Desseyn & Jason Torres
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotOpen Source, Agents, and the Next AI Wave w/ Angie Jones
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotWhy Open Source Might Be Your Best Career Move w/ Shruti Kapoor
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotRust Is Overrated w/ Naman Goel
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…
Whiskey Web and Whatnotnpm Worms & RubyGems Coups: Trust Issues in Open Source
This week, Robbie, Chuck, and Adam talk about the worst whiskey they’ve tasted, Tailwind as a “state management library,” and recent security…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotIs CSS a Programming Language? w/ Kevin Powell
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotTalkShop Show w/ Macho Man Randy Standards
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAgents of Chaos: Whiskey Experiments and the Future of IDEs
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…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotDevRel, Linux, and the Shrinking Path for Junior Developers w/ Ali Diamond
This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Ali Diamond about her journey through tech, cybersecurity, and community building. They sip tequila, swap hot takes on…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotIs Cracker Barrel a JS Framework?
This week, Robbie and Adam talk about JavaScript trends, from the overuse of hooks to frameworks chasing sameness, and why Cracker Barrel’s rebrand feels…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotDial-Up Is Dead, Long Live Adam Argyle
This week, Robbie and Adam talk about CascadiaJS, Adam’s new role at Shopify, and why tech interviews are so broken. They explore accessibility in…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotWill Frameworks Survive? Web Development in an AI-Driven World w/ Typecraft and Robert Jackson
This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Typecraft and Robert Jackson about everything from Japanese rice whiskey to the future of software engineering. They dig…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotLive from Big Sky Dev Con: Code Debates, Content Insights, and What's Next for Web Development
Live from Big Sky Dev Con, Robbie is joined by Aaron Francis, Ken Wheeler, and Typecraft to discuss HTML and CSS programming status, React’s future, app…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotError 500: Our Lives
This week, Robbie and Chuck talk about whiskey on Mondays, parenting chaos, and Chuck’s hot-water disaster. They dive into open-source dependency drama…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotModern Web Dev Meets 2000s Flip Phone: What Could Go Wrong?
This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Tom Barrasso about building modern web apps for $15 flip phones, and the challenges of building for ultra-low-end…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotFrom the Rickhouse: Tech Talk, Social Media Use, and Netflix with The Primeagen
The Primeagen is known for embracing controversy. He returns to the podcast for a conversation on a range of topics like masculinity, social media, and…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotFrom the Rickhouse: Why Svelte Might Just Outdo React w/ Rich Harris
In this special International Whiskey Day episode of Whiskey Web and Whatnot, hosts RobbieTheWagner, and Charles William Carpenter III are joined by special…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotFrom FAANG to Fired: The Illusion of Stability in Big Tech w/ Adam Argyle
This week, Robbie and special guest co-host Adam Argyle talk about life after layoffs, the myth of job security at big tech companies, and what it really means…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotThe One Rye to Rule Them All w/ Kendall Miller & Rishi Malik
This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Kendall Miller and Rishi Malik about their startup Friday Deployment Spirits, and creating whiskey for developers. They…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotFather's Day Drinking w/ Typecraft
This week, Robbie talks with Typecraft about the chaotic joys of fatherhood, the realities of raising twins, and various dad-related hot takes. They also…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotWill AI Kill the Joy of Coding?
This week, Robbie and Chuck review Barrell Craft Spirits' Cranky Kong, and talk about the AI boom, how senior devs are (or aren’t) using it, and what the…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotStop Fixing Things That Aren't Broken
This week, Robbie and Chuck talk about the unintended chaos of “move fast and break things” in both software and startups. From Riverside glitches to Tesla’s…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotThe Myth of Perfect Code w/ Marc Backes
This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Marc Backes about Vue vs. React, work-life balance, and the realities of messy codebases. They also sip an Evan Williams…