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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 WhatnotCSS Trig, Cypress, and Software Testing Alternatives
Slow page speeds and bad developer experience are huge pain points. If you can get those two things right, the developer community will likely rally behind…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotSQL vs NoSQL, Web Technologies, and Holiday Recap
If you’re like Robbie and you haven’t dug into SQL since college, learning the basics of SQL vs NoSQL is a great place to start. Working with data isn’t a part…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotThe Case for Adopting TypeScript with Josh Goldberg
Many people dream about being their own boss, but there’s no clear rulebook that outlines how to get there. While self-employment seems glorious to some, it’s…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotBringing Designers and Developers Together with Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz
Working together in a professional environment is easier said than done, especially when teams have conflicting workflows, priorities, and skill sets…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAdvent of Whiskey: Holiday Treats, Final Holiday Trivia, and Quantum Computing
It’s the Advent of Whiskey finale, and Chuck and Robbie keep it casual with more holiday treats, trivia, and traditions. But it wouldn’t be Whiskey Web and…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAdvent of Whiskey: Holiday Trivia Continued and Web Developer Tools
Every developer has a tech stack that they swear by. The perfect stack is usually a combination of convenience and productivity. Robbie released a blog on Ship…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAdvent of Whiskey: More Holiday Trivia and Tech Interviews
Robbie and Chuck think the process is rigged. Memorizing algorithms and solving problems in 30 minutes isn’t good enough to judge someone’s capabilities and…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAdvent of Whiskey: Holiday Trivia, Food History, and YAML
Is YAML a programming language? According to Robbie and Chuck, it’s not. And even though you could code in YAML and add functions to it, doesn’t mean you…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAdvent of Whiskey: Framework Predictions, Voting for WWW on State of JS, and Football
It’s anyone’s guess what the future of front-end frameworks will hold but the developer community on Twitter has its own predictions. Meanwhile, usage numbers…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAdvent of Whiskey: Testing the Hype of ChatGPT, GitLab, and Holiday Trivia
Popularity doesn’t equal quality. We’ve seen it with React and the latest technology to fall victim to this is OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT. ChatGPT is trending…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAdvent of Whiskey: More on State of JS, TV Shows, and Holiday Traditions
Every developer has their limits and Chuck and Robbie share their points of view. Shadow DOM and Custom Elements are the last browser APIs they know in the…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAdvent of Whiskey: State of JS, ChatGPT, and Browser APIs
The State of JS is one of the best ways to get your voice heard and learn about the Javascript ecosystem. The React developers are likely in the majority of…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAdvent of Whiskey: State of JS and Microsoft's Legacy
The Javascript landscape is ever-changing. We can always rely on the State of JS survey to keep up with the latest trends and changes in the space. According…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAdvent of Whiskey: Coding Advent Calendars and the Strangest AI Projects
It’s the season of advent calendars, and coding platforms are launching challenges left and right. If you are waiting for a sign to try a new language or…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotSupabase, Logflare, and Offroading with Chase Granberry
Chase Granberry can be called a serial entrepreneur. He bootstrapped his first software company before selling it and starting the centralized logging service…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotJavascript Games, WTF JS, and a Visit to Phoenix
It’s not a normal day at the office. Robbie and his family are in Phoenix and the Whiskey Web and Whatnot hosts got together to play a losing game of golf and…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotDebating React, Fonts, and Fatherhood with Josh Collinsworth
React isn’t good at anything, except being popular. That’s a bold statement, but it’s one that Josh Collinsworth stands by. It seems like nearly every major…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotFramework Debates, Tech Layoffs, and Starlink
The tech layoff saga continues. The latest company in the hot seat is Twitter. After Elon Musk took control of the company, the platform has been in disarray…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotA11y Hour with Amber Hinds
WordPress powers over 43% of sites on the internet today, making it a powerhouse web technology. Its simplicity attracted bloggers and do-it-yourselfers who…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotFunding Open Source Projects, Leaving Homebrew, and Launching Tea with Max Howell
Working on open source projects is a largely thankless job and a labor of love. The developers behind these projects often juggle full-time jobs to pay their…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotMulti-Page Apps, Prefetch vs Preload, and Web Nostalgia
While multi-page apps (MPAs) seem like a new fixation for the developer community, they're pretty ancient news. If you were browsing the web in the 90s, you…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotTailwind CSS, Headless UI, and Powerlifting with Adam Wathan
Maintaining a CSS codebase can become chaotic pretty quickly and building a new stylesheet for every project can get tedious. Frameworks like Tailwind CSS were…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotNative Apps, Progressive Web Apps, and Media Monopolies
There's a lot to consider before committing to a framework to build a native app. If you choose to build in native, ask yourself whether you're prepared to…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotSolidJS: The Framework Creating a Buzz with Dan Jutan
Every once in a while a new framework rises to popularity and gets the developer community buzzing. One of the frameworks with the most momentum right now is…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotEmbracing New Tech, JavaScript, and the W3WC NFT Launch
The beauty of tech is that it keeps evolving. As a developer, it's important to keep evolving too. Whether that's trying new frameworks, starting side…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotBalancing Engineering Management, Side Hustles, and Porsches with Kelly Vaughn
We all have at least one friend who somehow finds enough hours in a day to have a full-time job and take on several side projects. How can you successfully…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotA11y Hour with Crystal Preston-Watson
Accessibility is like learning a new language, leaving many developers wondering where to start. The answer is pretty simple, start anywhere. But the onus…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotThe Release of Nuxt 3 with Daniel Roe
The best way to win over a developer is to make their job simpler. The release of Nuxt 3 promises an even better developer experience than its former versions…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotHTML Accessibility, Package Managers, and the Whiskey Web and Whatnot NFT
Devs have a lot on their plate, but the key is to find time for what's important. Championing accessibility is only possible if devs prioritize it and a good…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotTech Rants, Supporting Open Source, and Great TV Shows
Building products is hard. And devs can often feel hamstrung by competing priorities. The battle between revenue and quality is ever-present and ongoing. But…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotWeb Frameworks, the Launch of Astro 1.0, and National Parks with Nate Moore
Introducing a new framework can be challenging, especially when developers are loyal to old favorites. But Astro 1.0 is bridging the gap between old and new by…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotA11y Hour with Mark Steadman
Like many developers, Mark Steadman began working in web development with just a couple of goals in mind: write something that runs and passes a test. No major…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotConventional Commits vs. Release-It and Chatting About the Changelog
There are two types of engineers. The "normal" ones who strive to make their day-to-day lives as easy as possible and the Robbie's of the world who strive to…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotEmerging Tech, a Resource Renaissance, and Embracing Ember with Preston Sego
A few years into Preston Sego's coding career, a colleague working on increasing interactivity on the company's interface chose Ember for the endeavor. Years…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotA11y Hour with Eric Bailey
In recent years, accessibility has evolved from a way to avoid legal landmines, to a specialization developers are taking a serious approach to for the sake of…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotDeveloping Orbit and the Future of Cross Framework Solutions with Dan Gebhardt
Years ago, Dan Gebhardt was mapping out data needs for an app he was building. In a struggle to make sense of every requirement and apply them to other…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotMatt Johnson: When Web3 Is Worth It and Learning to Lead
In high school, Matt Johnson followed in the footsteps of his older brother, pursuing similar hobbies like sports and music. After joining a band, Matt…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotPolaris, Starbeam, and the Future of Ember with Godfrey Chan
In 2022, the future of Ember is taking shape thanks to developers like Godfrey Chan. Alongside Yehuda Katz and other engineers, Godfrey's working on a new…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotReacting to React, WWDC22, and Bun.sh
Robbie has spent years trying to improve his experience in the terminal. Fortunately, he's learned a few things about customization along the way. Meanwhile…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotA Battle of Two Worlds and Mentorship Above Milestones with Cory Brown
It's not often that a blog post sets the internet on fire. But a recent post by Cory Brown about async/await led to an uproar and even messages of pity from…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotA Framework for Ember TypeScript with James C. Davis
In 2017, James C. Davis moved to Charlottesville, Virginia to work at a non-profit tech company that used Ember in their original Saas platform. While James…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotMystery Maker's Monday, Testing, and GraphQL
They say if it's not broken, don't fix it. So why are we running tests on tests on tests that aren't business-critical? There's an art to testing beyond just…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotLeading From the Top, Creating a Community, and Balancing It All with Tracy Lee
Great things come in unexpected places. For Tracy Lee, an ex-boyfriend's T-shirt sporting the Ember Tomster is what tipped her off to software development…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotBringing Types to Ember with Chris Krycho
In early 2017, Chris Krycho was working at one of the few startups using Ember, searching for a way to bring types to the emerging language. His primary goal…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAre Monorepos and NFTs Worth It?
Do you use monorepos? Do you love NFTs named after dogs? Chuck and Robbie have mixed feelings on both monorepus and Shiba Inu tokens and they're probably not…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotGetting Lost in Git and Goodbye tsc
It's been a while since Chuck and Robbie dove headfirst into trending tech topics without a guest to bounce their ideas off of. Today, they discuss the latest…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotDeveloping as a Developer, Appreciating Workers, and Navigating Framework Wars with Chris Garrett
When someone hands you an opportunity to specialize, to do something crazy with people you like, to learn from people building something before your eyes, it's…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotPrioritizing Performance and the Future of the Terminal with Zach Lloyd
The terminal is a constant in the dev world. Every developer will interact with the terminal in one way or another. So what if they worked better? Tools within…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotSetting Standards, Community Lifelines, and the Beauty of Open Source with Jen Weber
As developers, advancing in our careers can feel like the wild west. No guardrails, no handbook, and no standard path to success, everyone has a unique story…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotTransitioning to Tech and Writing What You Know with Kara Luton
When it seems like everyone around you has worked in the same field for a really long time, making a career pivot with confidence can be tricky. But not…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAlternatives to Relay, the GraphQL Stack, and Adulthood with Charles Lowell and Taras Mankovski
Just because something is widely used doesn't always mean it's your best solution. Frontside Founder Charles Lowell and CEO Taras Mankovski, stumbled into an…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotMachine Learning in JavaScript, Remix Plus Netlify, and Why DX Engineers Matter with Charlie Gerard
Charlie Gerard loves to experiment. Her love for experimentation and JS has propelled Charlie into the world of machine learning and in turn inspired her…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotCreating CodePen, Tackling Tailwind, and Keeping It Simple with Chris Coyier
Ten years after launching CodePen, Co-Founder Chris Coyier still thinks of his company as a scrappy startup. That's because CodePen, an app and social…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotRunspired vs. Chris Manson on Solving the Number One Open Source Maintainer Dilemma
As Chris Thoburn (otherwise known as runspired) began prepping for his own Whiskey Web and Whatnot, he found himself driving along to Chris Manson's episode…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotWork-Life Balance, React, and Why Accessibility Is Everything with Melanie Sumner
In this episode, Robbie and Chuck talk with Melanie Sumner, web developer and member of the Ember Core Team. As a graduation gift from her Uncle, Melanie was…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotAstro, Dashboards, NFT Memberships, and a TV Roundup
From Astro, Vite, and Snowpack, to VR, and some favorite TV shows, today's episode is the perfect opportunity to catch up on technical whatnots and a few…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotThe Right Way to NFT, Blockchain, and Making Your Mark in the Digital Marketplace with Juan Palomino
In a world of invaluable yet intangible artwork and every developer fighting for a space on the blockchain, it's hard to sort out what's adding value to our…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotDiscovering Ember, Adopting Orbit, and Unlocking Optimization with Chris Thoburn (runspired)
Runspired's journey with Ember began just like Chuck's, Robbie's, and many who've come before them — with confusion, hesitancy, and gradual infatuation. The…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotDecentralized Gaming, IntelliJ, Twitch, and the Shortcomings of Modern VR with Rob Cary
What do web development, Twitch, VR, and blockchain all have in common? More than you might think. After years as a game developer, Ship Shape's…
Whiskey Web and WhatnotChuck's Origin Story: Career Pivots, and Learning to Love Ember
After diving into Robbie’s backstory in episode 017, today we’re panning the camera to Chuck. If you’ve ever wondered how he ended up at Ship Shape and where…