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• DevRel, 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 programming languages and developer culture, and dig into the realities of junior engineering paths, DevRel’s evolution, and how passion—not tools—shapes meaningful work. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (02:39) - Tequila rating & review: Espolon Tequila Blanco (13:46) - From tequila to other favorite drinks (16:11) - Hot Take: Why junior engineers should focus on - fundamentals (18:57) - Hot Take: MacOS or Linux? (22:25) - Ali’s take on Linux flavors (and her own twist) (25:22) - Hot Take: Is DevRel really dead? (27:28) - Software developer vs. software engineer: does it matter? (31:45) - Hot Take: Rails vs Laravel (35:14) - The shrinking path for junior developers (47:34) - Life outside coding: Ali’s passions and projects (54:34) - Ali’s journey into tech and family background (57:40) - Plugs & where to find Ali online Links Espolon Tequila Blanco: https://www.espolontequila.com/ Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/ Java: https://www.java.com/ Lua: https://www.lua.org/ Spindrift: https://drinkspindrift.com/ Costco: https://www.costco.com All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/ The Net Gala: https://x.com/_thenetgala 1942 Tequila: https://www.donjulio.com/our-tequilas/don-julio-1942-tequila Clase Azul: https://claseazul.com/ Fresca Mixed: https://www.frescamixed.com/ LaCroix: https://www.lacroixwater.com/ Diet Coke: https://www.coca-cola.com/us/en/brands/diet-coke Monster: https://www.monsterenergy.com/ Celsius: https://www.celsius.com/ Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/ Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/ MacOS: https://www.apple.com/macos/ Linux: https://www.linux.org/ Andriod: https://www.android.com/ iPhone: https://www.apple.com/iphone/ Vim: https://www.vim.org/ VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/ Omarchy: https://omarchy.org/ DHH: https://x.com/dhh/ Arch Linux: https://archlinux.org/ Debian: https://www.debian.org/ Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com/ Kali: https://www.kali.org/ Twitch: https://twitch.tv CactusCon: https://www.cactuscon.com/ Ep 114: Privacy, Cyber Crime Stories, and Tech with Jack Rhysider: https://whiskey.fm/privacy-cyber-crime-stories-and-tech-with-jack-rhysider Laravel: https://laravel.com/ PHP: https://www.php.net/ Scala: https://www.scala-lang.org/ Guillermo Rauch: https://x.com/rauchg Vercel: https://vercel.com/ Taylor Otwell: https://x.com/taylorotwell Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/ WordPress: https://wordpress.org React: https://react.dev/ LeetCode: https://leetcode.com/ NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/ Mark Zuckerberg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg Mad Money: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Money Bill Gates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/ Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/ YAML: https://yaml.org/ Smiski: https://smiski.com/ Brandon Sanderson: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/ Game of Thrones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones Lore Olympus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lore_Olympus Webtoon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webtoon Invincible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invincible_(TV_series) The Boys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boys_(TV_series) Burning Man: https://burningman.org/ Coachella: https://www.coachella.com/ Nine Inch Nails: https://www.nin.com/ Go: https://go.dev/ MIT: https://www.mit.edu Pokemon Go: https://pokemongolive.com/ Stanford University: https://www.stanford.edu/ UC Berkeley: https://www.berkeley.edu/ Harvard University: https://www.harvard.edu/ Connect with Ali Website: https://ali.dev/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/endingwithali Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/endingwithali YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hak5 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 MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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• Is 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 like a frontend metaphor. They dive into tech nostalgia, from retro consoles to old-school LAN parties, and debate AI’s role in therapy and modern workflows. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (01:09) - Whiskey rating & review: WhistlePig Small Batch Rye (05:48) - Growing plants and bottom watering (09:43) - Robbie’s dog dental woes (11:40) - Pet insurance frustrations (16:59) - Is Cracker Barrel a JavaScript framework? (19:09) - Do people create negative attention on purpose? (20:59) - Fashion flashbacks: JNCOs, scene kids, and pajamas (23:38) - Retro gaming consoles and analog nostalgia (27:17) - Evergreen updates vs. LAN party days (30:18) - Hot Take: Can ChatGPT be your therapist? (34:24) - What Robbie and Adam are watching (39:05) - Parenting in the digital age (40:58) - Framework overload, naming struggles, and AI tools (45:35) - What's exciting about fall this year (49:10) - Football and the stock market (54:03) - Gardening and plant hacks (56:12) - Halloween plans Links WhistlePig Small Batch Rye: https://www.whistlepigwhiskey.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ Norlan: https://norlanglass.com/ Sagamore Spirit: https://sagamorespirit.com/ Cracker Barrel: https://www.crackerbarrel.com/ JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript Otis Spunkmeyer: https://www.otisspunkmeyer.com/ Donald Trump: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump JNCO: https://jnco.com/ Target: https://www.target.com/ Stussy: https://www.stussy.com/ Wu Wear: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan#Clothing_line Hot Topic: https://www.hottopic.com/ Commodore 64: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64 Nintendo: https://www.nintendo.com/ Mini NES: https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Entertainment-NES-Classic-Controller-Included/dp/B07P875QTN Mini SNES: https://www.amazon.com/SNES-Nintendo-Classic-Mini-Entertainment-System/dp/B073BVHY3F Mini Sega Genesis: https://asia.sega.com/genesismini/ Analogue: https://www.analogue.co/ Nintendo: https://www.nintendo.com/ Mario Kart World: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/mario-kart-world-switch-2/?srsltid=AfmBOopTg6wc7TCfLihURMUgYx554jK-li2JTJ33ocBEGS9nEEcnO_Ev 8BitDo: https://www.8bitdo.com/ Playstation: https://www.playstation.com/ Switch 2: https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/ Super Mario Odyssey: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/super-mario-odyssey-switch/ Halo: https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/halo/ South Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ Today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Today_(American_TV_program) The Last of Us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us_(TV_series) Bluey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluey_(TV_series) AFV: https://www.afv.com/ Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_Clubhouse Rolie Polie Olie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolie_Polie_Olie Toy Story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story Star Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars Jurassic Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park The Force Awakens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens The Mandalorian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mandalorian The Book of Boba Fett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Boba_Fett Andor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andor_(TV_series) Lego Star Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Star_Wars Skeleton Crew: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Skeleton_Crew Jude Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_Law CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/ Qoder: https://qoder.com/ Kiro: https://kiro.dev/ Amazon: https://amazon.com Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ Saquon Barkley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saquon_Barkley Chipotle: https://www.chipotle.com/ Sum 41: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sum_41 Clues by Sam: https://cluesbysam.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.

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• Dial-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 front-end dev, the sameness of modern frameworks, and whether AI is the future of engineering or just another hype cycle. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (02:46) - Whiskey rating & review: Jim Beam Pineapple (07:00) - CascadiaJS preview + speaker lineup (13:27) - Adam's new role at Shopify (20:47) - Are React hooks officially dead? (21:41) - The dev interview process is broken + interview tips (31:01) - Gradient.style (35:09) - Hot Take: no more React clones (36:53) - Adam's OpenAI interview and NPM nightmares (40:03) - AI and the future of web development (52:06) - Dial-up is dead (53:39) - Physical vs. digital media (1:00:39) - Cracker Barrel’s makeover Links Jim Beam Pineapple: https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineapple Taylor Swift: https://www.taylorswift.com/ Travis Kelce: https://x.com/tkelce New Heights: https://www.youtube.com/@newheightshow Jim Beam Pineapple: https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineapple CascadiaJS: https://cascadiajs.com/ Vue.js: https://vuejs.org/ Carter Rabasa: https://carter.rabasa.com/ IBM: https://www.ibm.com/ Slack: https://www.slack.com/ Kent C. Dodds: https://kentcdodds.com/ CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/ Kevin Whinnery: https://www.kevin.mn/ Deno: https://deno.com/ OpenAI: https://openai.com/ ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ Charlie Gerard: https://charliegerard.dev/ Annie Sexton: https://bsky.app/profile/anniesexton.com Shruti Kapoor: https://shrutikapoor.dev/ React: https://react.dev/ Big Sky Dev Con: https://bigskydevcon.com/ All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/ Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ Vercel: https://vercel.com/ Ep 194: Static, Dynamic, Generative: What’s Next for the Web? w/ Guillermo Rauch: https://whiskey.fm/static-dynamic-generative-whats-next-for-the-web-w-guillermo-rauch LeetCode: https://leetcode.com/ Michael Jackson: https://x.com/mjackson Remix: https://remix.run/ React: https://react.dev/ Knockout: https://knockoutjs.com/ Discord: https://discord.com HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/ Adam's resume: https://nerdy.dev/resume Gradient.style: https://gradient.style/ Colorzilla: https://www.colorzilla.com/ Svelte: https://svelte.dev/ Wes Bos: https://wesbos.com/ Kiro: https://kiro.dev/ Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Claude: https://claude.ai Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ Zed: https://zed.dev/ Fireship: https://www.youtube.com/@fireship Shepherd: https://www.shepherdjs.dev/ Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/ Adam's LLM chat prototype: https://nerdy.dev/llm-chat-prototype NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/ Alanis Morissette: https://alanis.com Lex Fridman: https://lexfridman.com/ ASAP Rocky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASAP_Rocky Ken Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/ Lincoln Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_Park Austin Powers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Powers Sonos: https://www.sonos.com/ Google Home: https://home.google.com/welcome/ Beyond Tellerrand: https://beyondtellerrand.com/ Teenage Engineering K.O. II: https://teenage.engineering/store/ep-133 Elvis Presley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley Final Fantasy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy Cracker Barrel: https://www.crackerbarrel.com/ Logan's Roadhouse: https://logansroadhouse.com/ Connect with Adam Website: https://nerdy.dev/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/argyleink Connect with Chuck and Robbie Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd 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.

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• Will 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 into Robert’s open source journey, his insights on MCP and AI, and whether frameworks will remain relevant in an LLM-driven world. They also explore how AI changes the way new developers learn, the importance of systems thinking, and why open source sharpens both technical and soft skills. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (02:19) - Whiskey rating & review: Ohishi Whisky Ex Brandy Cask (14:09) - Hot take: GPT-5 vs Claude Sonnet 4 (22:34) - Framework computers and modular desktops (29:37) - How open source shapes careers (36:25) - Will frameworks survive the rise of AI code? (46:53) - Kids and tech (47:51) - The great Buffalo Wild Wings detour (49:16) - How Robert turned fitness into a priority Links Ohishi Whisky Ex Brandy Cask: https://ohishiwhisky.com/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ MCP: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/ 30 Rock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_Rock Alec Baldwin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Baldwin ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ Opus: https://www.anthropic.com/claude/opus Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/ Neovim: https://neovim.io/ Arch Linux: https://archlinux.org/ Apple: https://apple.com Ollama: https://ollama.com/ DHH: https://x.com/dhh/ Ruby on Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/ Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/ Buffalo Wild Wings: https://www.buffalowildwings.com/ Hot Ones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Ones McDonald's: https://www.mcdonalds.com/ MyFitnessPal: https://www.myfitnesspal.com/ MacroFactor: https://macrofactorapp.com/ Connect with Typecraft Website: https://typecraft.dev/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/typecraft_dev Connect with Robert Website: https://www.rwjblue.com/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rwjblue.com Connect with Chuck and Robbie Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd 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.

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• Live 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 security failures, NPM’s weak spots, content creation hooks, survival tech fantasies, and balancing big tech ambitions with family life.In this episode:(00:00) - Intro(00:55) - Whiskey rating and review: Undammed Distilling Co. Shields River - Single (Malt ) -Whiskey(03:52) - Is HTML a programming language?(05:30) - Is CSS a programming language?(06:34) - Will classes make a comeback in React?(10:02) - The Tea app fiasco(15:10) - When NPM flags critical code as malicious(20:36) - Turning technical know-how into content people actually want(26:32) - One piece of tech to survive in the Montana wilderness(29:37) - Balancing family life, content creation, and work(35:06) - The pros and cons of working from home(38:49) - Predicting the tech debates of 2030(45:59) - One piece of advice you wish you’d been givenLinksAaron Francis: https://x.com/aarondfrancisKen Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/Typecraft: https://typecraft.dev/Undammed Distilling Co.: https://undammedspirits.com/HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScriptCSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/HTMX: https://htmx.org/Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/React: https://react.dev/Michael Jackson's tweet about React Hooks: https://x.com/mjackson/status/1937979887815692465PHP: https://www.php.net/Vercel: https://vercel.com/Remix: https://remix.run/Firebase: https://firebase.google.com/Stripe: https://stripe.com/Twilio: https://www.twilio.com/Stylus: https://www.npmjs.com/package/stylusNPM: https://www.npmjs.com/MIT: https://www.mit.eduTea: https://www.teaforwomen.com/Numerical Recipes: https://numerical.recipes/Numerical Recipes: https://numerical.recipes/Google: https://www.google.com/Linux: https://www.linux.org/Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/Mark Twain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_TwainSQLite: https://www.sqlite.org/Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/WeChat: https://www.wechat.com/iPhone: https://www.apple.com/iphone/MapQuest: https://www.mapquest.com/Verizon: https://www.verizon.com/Apple Maps: https://www.apple.com/maps/Google Maps: https://translate.google.com/Meta Quest 3: https://www.meta.com/quest/quest-3/Replit: https://replit.com/Adam Wathan: https://x.com/adamwathan/DHH: https://x.com/dhh/Taylor Otwell: https://x.com/taylorotwellTailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/The Go-Giver by Bob Burg: https://www.amazon.com/Go-Giver-Expanded-Little-Powerful-Business/dp/1591848288Connect with Chuck and RobbieRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

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