Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat

• The 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 wizardry, arcade emulators, and why taste and creativity still matter in an AI-accelerated world. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (03:26) - Wine rating & review: Cupcake Prosecco (09:42) - Casinos, arcades, and emulator nostalgia (11:45) - Favorite video games and gaming with kids (16:25) - Hot Take: git rebase vs. git merge (19:58) - Fellow tech podcasters and community shoutouts (22:48) - Law & Order appreciation (24:00) - Life at conferences and returning to ATO (24:49) - "The Commits" Awards (26:13) - Hot Take: Is HTML a programming language? (26:24) - Hot Take: Is CSS a programming language? (29:20) - AI’s impact on front-end and who still stands out (32:05) - Nick’s shift from front-end to Kubernetes and security (36:40) - How efficient is AI really? (37:55) - Robbie’s experience using AI in daily work (40:28) - Why no USB-B? (41:23) - Customizing MCPs vs. following the spec (44:15) - What Nick would do if not in tech (45:03) - Plugs Links ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ Monster Energy: https://www.monsterenergy.com/ Laracon: https://laracon.us/ Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/ YAML: https://yaml.org/ Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/ The Kubernetes Podcast with Nick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhToH2KgMtk All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/ Guinness: https://www.guinness.com/ Jolt Cola: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolt_Cola del Lago Casino: https://dellagoresort.com/ React: https://react.dev/ NESticle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NESticle XBOX: https://www.xbox.com/ Super Mario: https://mario.nintendo.com/ NESticle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NESticle Just Dance: https://justdancenow.com/ Rihanna: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rihanna PS4: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/ps4/ Star Wars Battlefront: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Battlefront Lego Fornite: https://www.fortnite.com/@epic/lego-fortnite-odyssey Clone Hero: https://clonehero.net/ Guitar Hero: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero Analogue Pocket: https://www.analogue.co/pocket Oculus: https://www.oculus.com/ Meta Quest 3: https://www.meta.com/quest/quest-3/ Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/ VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/ Neovim: https://neovim.io/ GitKraken: https://www.gitkraken.com/ Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen Terminal.shop: https://www.terminal.shop/ Dax: https://x.com/thdxr/ GitHub Universe: https://githubuniverse.com/ Tomorrow.fm Podcast: https://tomorrow.fm/ Law & Order SVU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit Vincent D'Onofrio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_D'Onofrio Daredevil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daredevil_(TV_series) Render Conf: https://www.renderatl.com/ So I Married an Axe Murderer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_I_Married_an_Axe_Murderer HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/ CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/ Ep 120: Throwback Frameworks, Tailwind Fandom, and CSS with Jhey Tompkins: https://whiskey.fm/throwback-frameworks-tailwind-fandom-and-css-with-jhey-tompkins Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink/ Jason Lengstorf: https://x.com/jlengstorf Web Dev Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Iz-Fnk_eTkZvSNWXW_TKZ2UwVirT2M Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/ Vercel: https://vercel.com/ Claude: https://claude.ai AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/ McAfee: https://www.mcafee.com/ 1Password: https://1password.com/ Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/ Ep 217: Open Source, Agents, and the Next AI Wave w/ Angie Jones: https://whiskey.fm/open-source-agents-and-the-next-ai-wave-w-angie-jones Kubernetes the Hard Way: https://github.com/kelseyhightower/kubernetes-the-hard-way Sam Altman: https://x.com/sama TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ OpenAI: https://openai.com Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ IBM: https://www.ibm.com/ NVidia: https://www.nvidia.com/ Goose: https://block.github.io/goose/ MCP Dev Summit: https://mcpdevsummit.ai/ Playwright: https://playwright.dev/ Connect with Jason GitHub: https://github.com/jasonetorres X / Twitter: https://x.com/TasonJorres Connect with Nick Website: https://nickyt.online/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/nickytonline 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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• From 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 aspiring developer, the community supporting her transition, navigating motherhood and advocacy, and how her son’s medical challenges inspired her to build a life-changing G-tube feeding app. In this episode: (00:00) - Working Edit (01:03) - Wine rating and review: San Simeon Cabernet Sauvignon (02:35) - Meet Roxy (03:04) - From teaching and libraries to tech (05:38) - How Roxy is learning to code (06:24) - Inside the “Chosen One” series (07:35) - The support systems behind Roxy's move to coding (09:14) - Navigating a public job hunt and being in the spotlight (11:30) - Roxy’s advice for getting out of your comfort zone (12:43) - Roxy’s background in content creation (14:35) - How Roxy juggles parenting, work, and learning to code (16:51) - How her son’s medical journey inspired the Tube Feed app (28:03) - Why advocating for yourself is harder than advocating for others (30:00) - What pulled Roxy back into tech (32:01) - Growing up Cuban and Catholic (35:30) - How Roxy's upbringing shapes how she raises her kids (36:33) - Why Roxy chose software engineering specifically (38:33) - Robbie's biggest strength and biggest weakness (39:27) - Guilty pleasure TV shows (40:43) - What success looks like for Roxy (42:41) - Where to find Roxy online Links San Simeon Cabernet Sauvignon: https://www.sansimeonwines.com/ Costco: https://costco.com Tube Feed: https://tubefeedratecalculator.vercel.app/ Magnolia Conf: https://magnoliaconf.com/ freeCodeCamp: https://www.freecodecamp.org/ #100Devs: https://100devs.org/ Chosen One: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chosen_One_(2023_TV_series) All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/ Torc: https://torc.dev Roxy's Treating LinkedIn Like a Blog: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/roxana-rodriguez-becker_100devs-momswhocode-womenintech-activity-7287884373817802755-KOub OpenAI: https://openai.com Law & Order SVU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_&_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit NBC Peacock: https://www.nbc.com/networks/peacock Below Deck: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Below_Deck The Real Housewives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Housewives The Bachelor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bachelor_(American_TV_series) Love Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Island_(American_TV_series) Connect with Jason GitHub: https://github.com/jasonetorres X / Twitter: https://x.com/TasonJorres Connect with Roxy Website: https://roxanarodriguezbecker.com/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/roxanacodes 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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• How 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 relationships still matter more than résumés. They share insights from years in recruiting and community building, stressing that genuine connection—not cold applications—opens doors in today’s market. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (01:48) - A toast to Busch Light (05:46) - Meet Taylor and Jason (08:14) - Is now a good time to get into tech? (13:12) - How AI is reshaping the tech job market (16:07) - Standing out in a crowded industry (20:36) - Can open source help you get hired? (23:48) - Will Shane Beamer head to Virginia Tech? (25:13) - Do pro athletes really make too much money? (26:47) - Should politicians be paid like CEOs? (30:43) - What it means to be an authentic creator (34:07) - How Torc is chasing greatness (38:01) - Is AI killing organic content growth? (39:26) - Parenting, perspective, and balance (42:20) - Where to connect with Taylor and Jason online Links Busch Light: https://www.busch.com/ Ep 216: Why Open Source Might Be Your Best Career Move w/ Shruti Kapoor: https://whiskey.fm/why-open-source-might-be-your-best-career-move-w-shruti-kapoor Jason Lengstorf: https://jason.energy/ Costco: https://www.costco.com The Office: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_(American_TV_series) Dragonberry Bacardi: https://www.bacardi.com/us/en/our-rums/dragonberry-rum/ Goldschlager: https://www.sazerac.com/our-brands/sazerac-brands/goldschlager.html Jagermeister: https://www.jagermeister.com/ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/ Guidance Counselor 2.0 podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/career-counseling/id1256154656?mt=2 Ep 493 - Pretending to Have The Job Before You Get It w/ Josh Cirre, DevRel @ Laravel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-493-pretending-to-have-the-job-before-you-get/id1256154656?i=1000729870607 Cobol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL React: https://react.dev/ X: https://www.x.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com Discord: https://discord.com Taylor's All Things Open talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEV7TO7UEBU Mr. Beast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MrBeast Kai Cenat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Cenat All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/ .NET: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/ Java: https://www.java.com/ React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/ Taylor's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@tdesseyn Slack: https://slack.com/ South Carolina Gamecocks: https://gamecocksonline.com/ Shane Beamer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Beamer Virginia Tech: https://www.vt.edu/ James Franklin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Franklin_(American_football_coach) Pennsylvania State University: https://www.psu.edu LaNorris Sellers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaNorris_Sellers Patrick Mahomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes Kansas City Chiefs: https://www.chiefs.com/ NVidia: https://www.nvidia.com/ Apple: https://apple.com Elon Musk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ DHH: https://x.com/dhh/ Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/ Bain: https://www.bain.com/ McKinsey: https://www.mckinsey.com/ Netlify: https://www.netlify.com/ Barstool Sports: https://www.barstoolsports.com/ Syntax: https://syntax.fm/ Sentry: https://Sentry.io/ CodeRabbit: https://www.coderabbit.ai/ Torc: https://torc.dev Torc Community: https://torc.dev/community Torc Discord: https://torc.dev/discord Connect with Taylor Website: https://linktr.ee/taylordesseyn X / Twitter: https://x.com/tdesseyn Connect with Jason GitHub: https://github.com/jasonetorres X / Twitter: https://x.com/TasonJorres 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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• Open 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 open source. They unpack the importance of community-driven tooling, skill gaps in using AI, the future of agentic systems, and why open communities matter in shaping technology. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (01:18) - Wine rating & review (03:30) - Hot Take: Claude vs ChatGPT (04:20) - Hot Take: Is HTML a programming language? (04:56) - Hot Take: Is CSS a programming language? (05:31) - Hot Take: Is AI to blame when people do dumb shit with it? (09:50) - How open source shaped Angie’s career (14:54) - The problem with AI training on open source data (23:02) - What is MCP and why does it matter? (25:10) - Using MCP when you don’t follow every part of the spec (26:25) - Are we building new walled gardens inside MCP? (31:16) - Building DevRel in a rapidly-changing AI landscape (36:06) - Conference season stress & preparing new talks (39:41) - Where to find Angie online Links Ep 175: Decentralized Identity: The Future of Privacy and Security with Angie Jones: https://whiskey.fm/decentralized-identity-the-future-of-privacy-and-security-with-angie-jones Block: https://block.xyz/ MCP: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/ Claude: https://claude.ai ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/ CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/ All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/ Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/ NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/ GooseAI: https://goose.ai/ Sam Altman: https://x.com/sama Peter Thiel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel Marc Andreessen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com Kent C. Dodds: https://kentcdodds.com/ Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/ Safari: https://www.apple.com/safari/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ DevRelCon: https://developerrelations.com/devrelcon/devrelcon-new-york-2025/ Angie's keynote at DevRelCon: https://developerrelations.com/talks/devrels-biggest-stage-yet/ Connect with Jason Website: https://jason.energy/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/jlengstorf Connect with Angie Website: https://angiejones.tech X / Twitter: https://x.com/techgirl1908 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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• Why 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 and PayPal to YouTube, the joys and pitfalls of open source, and eternal web dev debates. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (01:37) - Wine rating & review: Fre Sparkling Brut (06:33) - Hot Take: git rebase vs. git merge (09:11) - Hot Take: Is HTML a programming language? (09:41) - Hot Take: Is CSS a programming language? (10:20) - Hot take: classes vs. functional components (11:13) - Hot Take: Remix, TanStack, or Next.js? (15:02) - Hot Take: console.log vs debugger (16:11) - Hot Take: Were React server components a mistake? (20:42) - How open source changed Shruti’s career (22:23) - The real value of contributing to open source (26:05) - What is the React Foundation and why it matters (28:58) - Highlights from React Conf and new features (31:01) - From Slack engineer to independent creator (34:34) - Choosing what content to make (and why) (37:58) - Shruti’s dog, discipline, and life lessons (40:01) - What would Shruti do if not in tech? (40:30) - Where to find Shruti online Links Fre Sparkling Brut: https://www.frewines.com/ Wes Bos: https://wesbos.com/ Syntax: https://syntax.fm/ Slack: https://slack.com/ PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com React: https://react.dev/ JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/ CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ TanStack: https://tanstack.com/ Next.js: https://nextjs.org/ Remix: https://remix.run/ Astro: https://astro.build/ VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/ All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/ GitHub: https://github.com/ React Conf: https://conf.react.dev/ React Foundation: https://react.dev/blog/2025/10/07/introducing-the-react-foundation Linux Foundation: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/ Vercel: https://vercel.com/ Google Home: https://home.google.com/welcome/ Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ MCP: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/ Shruti's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@shrutikapoor08 16 Common React useEffect Mistakes You’re Making: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGOPO2V6MHI Connect with Jason Website: https://jason.energy/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/jlengstorf Connect with Shruti Website: https://shrutikapoor.dev/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/shrutikapoor08 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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