Whiskey Web and Whatnot

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 our way into chaos. They debate 200-file PRs versus 10 smaller ones, the rise of YOLO mode versus step-by-step validation, Cloudflare rewriting Next.js in a week, and why T-shaped developers might need to become X-shaped generalists. Along the way, they cover dark factories, OpenClaw memory problems, the death of SaaS, Amazon's AI downtime panic, and why Slack might be the last product standing. Presented by Warp: https://www.warp.dev/oz In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:02:34 Whiskey Tasting: Redwood Empire Pipe Dream 00:08:35 Would You Rather: PR Review Edition 00:16:51 Dark Factories & AI-Only Code Review 00:28:15 CloudFlare Rewrites Next.js & The Drama Unfolds 00:37:30 Block Layoffs & The SaaS Apocalypse 00:46:19 Amazon's AI Pendulum: From Yolo to Slow Down 00:55:37 T-Shaped vs X-Shaped Developers 00:51:07 Delaying Gratification: Quality Over Speed 01:04:37 Evil AI Tools: Fake Testimonials & Heretic 01:09:15 Wrap Up & Diablo Nostalgia Links Redwood Empire Pipe Dream: https://redwoodempirewhiskey.com/ Next.js: https://nextjs.org/ Cloudflare: https://www.cloudflare.com/ Vercel: https://vercel.com/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ OpenClaw: https://github.com/cncf/openclaw Pi: https://pi.ai/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ GitHub CLI: https://cli.github.com/ Graphite: https://graphite.dev/ Git Butler: https://gitbutler.com/ Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ Ember Data: https://github.com/emberjs/data CodeRabbit: https://coderabbit.ai/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ Slack: https://slack.com/ Launch Darkly: https://launchdarkly.com/ IBM: https://www.ibm.com/ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/ Block: https://block.xyz/ Shepherd: https://shepherdjs.dev/ Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/ Post Bridge: https://postbridge.io/ Arcads.ai: https://arcads.ai/ Effect.oh: https://effect.oh/ Heretic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heretic_(video_game) Diablo: https://diablo.blizzard.com/ Hexen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexen Cap: https://cap.so/ Nerdy.dev: https://nerdy.dev/ Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/ChuckCarpenter 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 Adam welcome Leon Noel and Danny Thompson to talk AI workflows, agentic development, and whether the job of coding has fundamentally changed. They dig into prompt engineering, mental models, OpenClaw setups, the rise of harnesses and orchestration layers, and why testing in production might actually be fine. Along the way, they debate git rebase versus git merge, the death of LeetCode interviews, why Cursor feels different than Copilot, and whether Pokemon Go is still thriving in 2026. Presented by Warp: https://www.warp.dev/oz In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:02:55 Whiskey Tasting: Matsui Single Cask Sakura 00:14:11 Hot Takes: Git Rebase vs Git Merge 00:20:30 The AI Revolution: From Skepticism to Adoption 00:23:21 OpenClaw Deep Dive: AI Agents While You Sleep 00:49:05 Cursor Web & Long-Running Agents 00:35:58 The Mental Model Problem: How Most Devs Use AI Wrong 00:55:44 AI Prompting Masterclass: Tips from the Experts 01:11:47 Code Review with AI: SLMs, Bug Bot & Snyk 00:32:47 Breaking Into Tech & The Future of Junior Developers 01:16:36 Pokemon Go Nostalgia & Wrap Up Links Matsui Single Malt Sakura Cask: https://dewinespot.co/products/matsui-single-malt-sakura-cask 100 Devs: https://leonnoel.com/100devs/ Resilient Coders: https://www.resilientcoders.org/ Atlassian: https://www.atlassian.com/ OpenClaw: https://openclaw.ai/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot Opencode: https://opencode.ai/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ Pi: https://pi.ai/ Codex 5.3: https://openai.com/ Snyk: https://snyk.io/ Bug Bot: https://bugbot.ai/ Reptile: https://reptile.ai/ CodeRabbit: https://coderabbit.ai/ Antigravity: https://antigravity.dev/ GitHub: https://github.com/ Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ Svelte: https://svelte.dev/ Solid: https://www.solidjs.com/ Shepherd: https://shepherdjs.dev/ Atlassian Forge: https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/forge/ Rovo Dev: https://www.atlassian.com/software/rovo HackerRank: https://www.hackerrank.com/ Playwright: https://playwright.dev/ Pokemon Go: https://pokemongolive.com/ Commit Your Code Conference: https://commityourcode.com/ Connect with Leon Website: https://leonnoel.com/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/leonnoel Connect with Danny Website: https://www.dthompsondev.com/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/DThompsonDev Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/chuckcarpenter 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 Adam sit down with Amelia Wattenberger—digital creative, product builder, and former principal research engineer at GitHub—to talk about AI agents, the death of chatbots, and whether typing code is officially over. They dig into the exhausting pace of AI tooling, why specs still aren't taking off, the anxiety of being managed by your own bots, and how Amelia's new project Intent is bundling workspaces, agents, and browsers into one cohesive developer experience. Along the way, they debate voice coding, the loss of craft, rubber duck debugging in the age of Claude, and why slowing down might be the only way to go fast. Presented by Warp: https://www.warp.dev/oz In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:02:06 Whiskey Tasting: Jypsi Explorer Bourbon 00:09:00 Were AI Chatbots a Mistake? 00:18:49 The Manager Has Become The Managed 00:27:39 The Death of the Craft & The New Loop 00:37:07 Voice vs Typing: The Future of Input 00:41:51 Intent: Rethinking Developer Workspaces 00:44:39 Spectrum Development & Agent Orchestration 00:51:49 Building Across Platforms & Custom Keyboards 01:03:24 Wrap Up & Where to Find Intent Links Jypsi Explorer: https://whiskeyjypsi.com/whiskey/explorer/ Eric Church: https://www.ericchurch.com/ Dreamweaver: https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html Rent a Human: https://rentahuman.ai/ OpenClaw: https://github.com/cncf/openclaw Claude: https://claude.ai/ OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Intent: https://intent.ai/ Augment Code: https://www.augmentcode.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/ Swach: https://www.swach.io/ Zed: https://zed.dev/ Figma: https://www.figma.com/ Webflow: https://webflow.com/ VSCode: https://code.visualstudio.com/ Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ OpenAI: https://openai.com/ Elgato: https://www.elgato.com/ Linux: https://www.linux.org/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/ Connect with Amelia Website: https://wattenberger.com/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/Wattenberger Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/ChuckCarpenter 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 Adam sip a rare Single Malts of Scotland 12-year Hogshead release and dive into the world of AI-powered development, OpenClaw setups, and why hot pockets might be the perfect metaphor for where tech is headed. They explore the state of JavaScript survey, debate whether specs are the future of coding, discuss running AI agents on gaming PCs in the basement, and why owning your own data feels punk. Along the way, they cover burn windows, token optimization, prompt injection risks, liberating data from walled gardens, and whether we're all just vibe coders now. Presented by Warp: https://www.warp.dev/oz In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:01:44 Whiskey Tasting: Single Malts of Scotland 00:10:52 State of JavaScript 2024 Discussion 00:08:26 Hot Pockets Pro Max: AI Hype Satire 00:16:46 OpenClaw Deep Dive: Setup & Security 00:32:27 AI Coding Models: Claude vs OpenAI 00:36:07 OpenClaw Acquisition & The Future of AI Assistants 00:40:00 Personal AI Workflows & Data Liberation 00:51:27 The Future of Development Jobs 01:08:06 Tools & Recommendations: Deno KV, Solo Term & SuperCode 01:10:35 Whatnot: Mega Man Jetpacks & AI Gorillas Links Single Malts of Scotland: https://www.singlemaltwhisky.com/ State of JavaScript: https://stateofjs.com/ OpenClaw: https://github.com/cncf/openclaw Iron Claw: https://github.com/iron-claw/iron-claw Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ OpenAI: https://openai.com/ Venice AI: https://venice.ai/ Peon Ping (Warcraft sounds): https://github.com/peon-ping/peon-ping Solo Term: https://soloterm.sh/ Supercode: https://supercode.sh/ Deno KV: https://deno.com/kv Railway: https://railway.app/ Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/ Tailscale: https://tailscale.com/ Untappd: https://untappd.com/ Ultimate Guitar: https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/ Astro: https://astro.build/ Next.js: https://nextjs.org/ Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ IBM: https://www.ibm.com/ Code Rabbit: https://coderabbit.ai/ Katamari Damacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katamari_Damacy To a T (game): https://store.steampowered.com/app/2738550/To_a_T/ Bob's Burgers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%27s_Burgers Benihana: https://www.benihana.com/ React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/ Ken Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/ChuckCarpenter 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 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 cloud, and why editing text like it's 2026 should be the bare minimum. They dig into why Warp feels like the only terminal that just works, how AI is changing the way senior engineers code, the rise of agentic orchestration, and why tmux users are the hardest to convert. Along the way, they cover computer use models, agent memory, multi-threaded prompting, and why your laptop is officially not ready for this. In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:03:20 Whiskey Tasting: Lagavulin 16 00:07:07 What is Warp? 00:09:30 Warp's Standout Features 00:13:48 AI Agents in Development Workflows 00:17:12 The Terminal as the Future of Development 00:21:35 Real-World Agent Usage & Productivity 00:25:17 Multi-Agent Systems & Orchestration 00:43:16 Moving to the Cloud & Warp Oz 00:54:38 The Future of AI Development & Competition Links Lagavulin 16: https://www.malts.com/en-row/our-whisky-collection/lagavulin-16-year-old/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/ Google Sheets: https://sheets.google.com/ OpenClaw: https://github.com/cncf/openclaw Claude: https://claude.ai/ Codex: https://openai.com/index/openai-codex/ Railway: https://railway.app/ Ghostty: https://ghostty.org/ Opencode: https://opencode.ai/ Shepherd: https://shepherdjs.dev/ Svelte: https://svelte.dev/ SolidJS: https://www.solidjs.com/ Mermaid: https://mermaid.js.org/ Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/ Astro: https://astro.build/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ tmux: https://github.com/tmux/tmux Zed: https://zed.dev/ Ember Data: https://github.com/emberjs/data TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ GitHub: https://github.com/ Jira: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira Python: https://www.python.org/ Mythical Man-Month: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month CascadiaJS: https://cascadiajs.com/ Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ IBM: https://www.ibm.com/ Connect with Zach X / Twitter: https://x.com/zachlloydtweets Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/ChuckCarpenter 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 Adam sip High ‘n Wicked Straight Rye and dive deep into the current state of AI development tools, the rise of agentic workflows, and whether humans are becoming legacy dependencies in their own systems. They explore OpenClaw (formerly ClawdBot), the philosophy behind Pi's minimalist agent approach, malleable software, and why SaaS products might be in trouble. Along the way, they debate meme coins, polymarket betting, the death of software-as-a-service, and what happens when AI agents start talking to each other on social media. In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:02:53 Whiskey Tasting: High and Wicked Straight Rye 00:07:36 Setting Up OpenClaw: The AI Agent Revolution 00:11:29 GitHub Agents & Mobile Workflows 00:15:44 The AI Landscape: Claude vs OpenAI vs Emerging Models 00:19:23 Pi & The Philosophy of Minimal AI 00:19:49 Whiskey Rating & The Future of Work 00:39:39 AI Agents Talking to Each Other: Notebook LM 00:45:01 Rent-a-Human.ai & The Gig Economy Future 00:52:38 Malleable Software & The Death of SaaS Links High ‘n Wicked Straight Rye: https://highandwicked.com/ OpenClaw: https://github.com/cncf/openclaw Pi: https://pi.ai/ Railway: https://railway.app/ GitHub Agents: https://github.com/features/agents Claude: https://claude.ai/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ OpenAI: https://openai.com/ Qwen: https://qwenlm.github.io/ MoltBook: https://www.moltbook.com/ RentAHuman.ai: https://rentahuman.ai/ Polymarket: https://polymarket.com/ Uber: https://www.uber.com/ Uber Eats: https://www.ubereats.com/ Theo - t3.gg: https://t3.gg/ Meticulous: https://meticulous.ai/ Tesla Model X: https://www.tesla.com/modelx Jim Beam: https://www.jimbeam.com/ CascadiaJS: https://cascadiajs.com/ Render ATL: https://www.renderatl.com/ React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/ Astro: https://astro.build/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/chuckcarpenter 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 Adam talk winter storms, snow blowers, and autonomous yard work before diving into the real topic: AI agents gone wild. They debate why Ralph Wiggum loops don't actually work, whether context pollution is killing productivity, the rise and fall of MCP servers and skills, and why vanilla Claude might be the only tool you actually need. Along the way, they cover anchor positioning failures, Stranger Things hot takes, and why small distilleries are just like indie startups. In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:05:07 Whiskey Tasting: Old Forester Statesman 00:10:56 AI Coding Tools: The Great Simplification 00:15:02 Firing the Tools: Why Vanilla Claude Won 00:20:48 AI Agents & Ralph Wiggum Loops 00:23:45 MCP Servers & Skills: Helpful or Hype? 00:35:40 CSS Anchor Positioning: The Failed Migration 00:39:30 Bouncy Scrollbars & CSS Flip Techniques 00:53:42 TypeScript, Tech Debt & Moving Slow 00:56:57 Stranger Things Finale & Cascadia JS Announcement Links Old Forester Statesman: https://www.oldforester.com/ Kingsman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsman_(franchise) Swach: https://www.swach.io/ Opencode: https://opencode.ai/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot Oh My Opencode: https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-opencode GSD (Get Shit Done): https://github.com/PriNova/Code-Prompter MCP (Model Context Protocol): https://modelcontextprotocol.io/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ React: https://react.dev/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ CSS Anchor Positioning: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_anchor_positioning FLIP Technique: https://aerotwist.com/blog/flip-your-animations/ View Transitions API: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/View_Transitions_API Floating UI: https://floating-ui.com/ Shepherd: https://shepherdjs.dev/ Ember Animated: https://github.com/ember-animation/ember-animated CascadiaJS: https://cascadiajs.com/ Render ATL: https://www.renderatl.com/ React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/ Big Sky Dev Con: https://bigskydevcon.com/ Stranger Things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Things Fallout: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(American_TV_series) Two Bar Spirits: https://www.twobarspirits.com/ Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/chuckcarpenter 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 Carlo sip Sagamore's 10-year reserve rye and catch up with Carlo on life abroad, AI coding workflows, the changing developer landscape, and why cars, whiskey shipping, and property management are all equally frustrating. They dig into agentic AI loops, the rise of prompt-driven development, whether coding by hand is officially dead, and what happens when tools like OpenCode and Claude become the new normal. In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:02:09 Whiskey Tasting: Sagamore 10 Year Reserve Series 00:08:40 Living in Italy: Costs, Culture & Comparisons 00:14:41 Astro Acquired by Cloudflare 00:19:38 Agentic AI & Ralph Loops: The New Development Workflow 00:36:41 Building with Rust: The Hugh Hunter Color Picker 00:47:18 The Death of Hand-Coding & The Future of Software Jobs 00:48:40 Claude Co-Work & AI Desktop Apps 00:48:54 AI Beyond Coding: Life Automation & Efficiency 00:58:34 Landlord Horror Stories & The Tucson Property Saga Links Sagamore Spirit: https://sagamorespirit.com/ Astro: https://astro.build/ Cloudflare: https://www.cloudflare.com/ OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot Matt Pocock - Ralph Wiggum technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IK18goX4X8 Swach: https://www.swach.io/ Tauri: https://tauri.app/ Electron: https://www.electronjs.org/ Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/ Napi-rs: https://napi.rs/ GitHub: https://github.com/ ClickUp: https://clickup.com/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ Python: https://www.python.org/ Linux: https://www.linux.org/ Wayland: https://wayland.freedesktop.org/ Steam Deck: https://www.steamdeck.com/ 11.22.63: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11.22.63 Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/chuckcarpenter 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 Adam sip on Whistle Pig's Liquid Death collaboration and debate whether we've accidentally deleted programming itself. They dig into the shift from code-first to spec-first development, whether TypeScript still matters in an AI-driven world, the rise of agency over specialization, and why the future might belong to prompt-driven tinkerers instead of traditional developers. Presented by CodeRabbit: http://coderabbit.link/whiskey In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (01:43) - Whiskey rating & review: Whistle Pig x Liquid Death Gravestock (07:21) - Automating tasks with AI: the chicken and egg problem (11:12) - Building a whiskey episode art generator with Swift and AI (17:02) - Libraries that ship specs instead of code (22:24) - Is TypeScript still worth it in an AI-first world? (29:06) - Converting Shepherd from Svelte to Solid for bundle size (34:44) - Why code matters less and outcomes matter more (42:42) - Comparing OpenCode, Warp, Cursor, and Windsurf (50:38) - The rise of agency: tinkerers over specialists (54:46) - Getting into physical goods and local farming (57:12) - Why booze, nicotine, and fun are all down (01:00:10) - Plugs Links Whistle Pig Gravestock: https://www.whistlepigwhiskey.com/ Liquid Death: https://liquiddeath.com/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/ Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ Svelte: https://svelte.dev/ Solid: https://www.solidjs.com/ GitHub Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ Swift: https://www.swift.org/ Shepherd: https://shepherdjs.dev/ Floating UI: https://floating-ui.com/ Swach: https://www.swach.io/ CSS Anchor Positioning: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_anchor_positioning FLIP Technique: https://aerotwist.com/blog/flip-your-animations/ Paul Lewis: https://aerotwist.com/ Want My MTV: https://wantmymtv.vercel.app/ Fuse TV: https://www.fuse.tv/ Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/ChuckCarpenter 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 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/whiskey In 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 resolutions Links Old 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/JavaScript Grok: https://grok.com/ Adam Wathan: https://x.com/adamwathan/ Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/ Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen Gas Town: https://github.com/steveyegge/gastown Ralph: https://github.com/snarktank/ralph Claude: https://claude.ai OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ Matt Pocock - Ship working code while you sleep with the Ralph Wiggum technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IK18goX4X8 Python: https://www.python.org/ Oh-my-opencode: https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-opencode Bolt: 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.com Destiny 2: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/destiny Anything: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anything-ai-app-builder/id6751247034 Swach: https://www.swach.io/ Electron: https://www.electronjs.org/ Swift: https://www.swift.org/ Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot The 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 hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/ChuckCarpenter 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, 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/whiskey In 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 tunes Links The Nightmare Before Christmas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas Ember: https://emberjs.com/ South Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park Paramount+: https://www.paramountplus.com/ Stranger Things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_Things Sean Combs: The Reckoning: https://www.netflix.com/title/81906780 50 Cent: https://x.com/50cent Today 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_Rain Steam: 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.com Luna: 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-US Uncharted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncharted Whole 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/windows Linux: 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/JavaScript CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/ Disney: https://www.disney.com/ Sora: https://openai.com/sora/ Studio Ghibli: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Ghibli OpenAI: https://openai.com Scarlett Johansson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson Harry 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_Burgers Garth Brooks: https://www.garthbrooks.com/ 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 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/whiskey In 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 auth Links Auth0: 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_Sheets Jack 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/JavaScript MCP: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/ Next.js: https://nextjs.org/ KPop Demon Hunters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPop_Demon_Hunters Britney Spears: https://britneyspears.com/ NSYNC: https://nsync.com/ B2K: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B2K Chris Brown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Brown Netflix: https://netflix.com Stanford University: https://www.stanford.edu/ Moana: https://movies.disney.com/moana Dak Prescott: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dak_Prescott React: 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.asp BlingBlingjs: https://github.com/argyleink/blingblingjs Astro: 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 Will Website: https://auth0.com/ai X / Twitter: https://x.com/willjohnsonio 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.