Whiskey Web and Whatnot

Apr 20, 2023

00:55:05

When you think about the career journey of a software developer, teaching elementary school is not typically the first thing that comes to mind. But for Lucia Cerchie, Developer Advocate at Confluent, her elementary school teaching experience gave her a huge advantage in her work.

In this episode, Lucia discusses her work with Kafka, a distributed event streaming platform, and how she creates content to introduce developers to Kafka more easily, especially for beginners. She explains Kafka’s scalability and how it can handle large amounts of data in real-time, making it a great choice for processing high volumes of data. But Kafka isn’t the answer for everyone. Lucia emphasizes the importance of understanding the "why" behind using it and knowing when to leverage it based on the problem at hand.

Lucia talks to Robbie and Chuck about her journey from being an elementary school teacher to her career in developer advocacy, her work at Confluent with Kafka, and how she creates content to make complex technologies more accessible.

Key Takeaways

[00:27] - Introduction to Lucia Cerchie.
[01:46] - A whiskey review: Barrel Bourbon Batch 032.
[06:45] - Hot takes from Twitter.
[14:21] - Lucia’s path to becoming a developer advocate.
[19:58] - Lucia explains Kafka.
[26:35] - Lucia explains Confluent and its business model.
[39:15] - Programming languages Lucia has used in her tutorials.
[44:17] - Chuck, Robbie, and Lucia talk about exercise.
[47:45] - Lucia talks about her hobbies.

Quotes

[16:01] - “The motivation actually comes from back when I was teaching. Which is, I want to help other people learn and make teaching accessible.” ~ Lucia Cerchie

[25:03] - “Kafka's use cases are not just event-driven web apps. It’s things like main frame conversions, data pipelines.” ~ Lucia Cerchie

[40:08] - “I think I would recommend Python to absolute beginners to coding just because of the human readability of the language.” ~ Lucia Cerchie

Links

Lucia Cerchie Twitter
Lucia Cerchie LinkedIn
Confluent
Confluent Developer
What is Apache Kafka®? (A Confluent Lightboard by Tim Berglund) + ksqlDB
Apache Kafka Documentation
Cerchie/learn-about-CLIs
Cerchie/magic-byte-illustration
Cerchie/git-cherry-pick-tutorial
AIS demo
Barrell Bourbon Batch 032
aid.com/">Band-Aid
Twitter
NPM
Tailwind CSS
Vanilla CSS
Typescript
Ember JS
ThePrimeagen
IBM
GraphQL
New York Times
Wordle
Facebook
National Geographic
Socket
Vim
ergo.com/">Kinesis Ergo
keyboard.com/">Dvorak Keyboard
Windows
Mac
Linux
Acquia
lang.org/">Rust
lang.org/">Elixir
ChatGPT
Daisy Jones & the Six
Fleetwood Mac
Stack Overflow
Neovim
CoffeeScript
WebAssembly
GitHub

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Apr 13, 2023

01:03:01

Twitter released its open-source algorithm and developers like Robbie and Chuck are digging into the code to find out what they have been hiding. While the recommendation algorithm has been useful, it also has major pitfalls. Twitter’s algorithm categorizes and deprioritizes users from appearing on people's feeds which is frustrating when your page is the one being deprioritized.

Google launched its AI competitor, Bard. In a rap battle, ChatGPT emerged victorious, and the two AIs even agreed to take over the world together, which the hosts found somewhat creepy.

In this episode, Robbie and Chuck talk about biases they discovered in Twitter’s open-source algorithm, how developers are turning home networks into high-tech home labs, and how Google’s new AI compares to ChatGPT.

Key Takeaways

[01:45] - A whiskey review: Jack Daniel’s Old No. 7.
[14:16] - Ways to improve safety on websites.
[20:00] - Twitter makes its algorithm open source.
[29:00] - What are home labs?
[45:05] - Bard vs. ChatGPT.
[50:47] - Virginia Tech Women’s Basketball team in the Final 4.

Quotes

[25:08] - “Twitter source code, there's a lot to start to unravel there, but it's nice that the algorithms are out.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[29:27] - “There’s a whole culture of home lab creation, and it’s essentially like taking your home network and elevating it.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[37:46] - “Mutanies are bad but, whenever one goes the way you want we call it a revolution instead.” ~ Robbie Wagner

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Apr 06, 2023

00:59:24

The tech industry is still grappling with the aftermath of the second dot com crash. Executives are cash grabbing, banks are failing and the government seems to be turning a blind eye. Will executives replace all their developers with AI?

It can be difficult to not turn your frustration to the C-suite when they seem to be getting more wealthy by cutting labor costs. Meanwhile, developers are living with the uncertainty and financial burden of ongoing tech layoffs. The industry’s business practices and poor regulation seem a casualty of the pandemic from which the tech industry hasn’t recovered.

In this episode, Robbie and Chuck talk about the concerning state of the tech industry and the economy, ongoing layoffs and their impact on developers' lives, and the shift in remote work culture.

Key Takeaways

[00:35] - A whiskey review: Black Button Single Barrel Finished in Port Cask.
[08:58] - Chuck and Robbie discuss how the pandemic has affected tech jobs.
[33:34] - Chuck and Robbie discuss college loyalty.
[41:00] - Robbie talks about his upgraded camera setup.
[43:58] - Chuck receives his Rivian R1S.

Quotes

[17:15] - “I’m a fan of capitalism in general, but there has got to be more regulation around it.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[20:07] - “Everybody loves capitalism until it doesn’t work for them.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[22:27] - “Facebook killed MySpace, and ever since, I’ve hated them.“ ~ Robbie Wagner

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Mar 30, 2023

01:08:12

Ryan Carniato, Creator of SolidJS and Principal Engineer at Netlify, has always had a love for music and tech. He set his punk rock dreams aside and settled down to become a full-time engineer.

Ryan started programming at the age of 11 and got his first job at eBay where he contributed to their top open-source project, Marko. After building his network and experience in open source, he landed a job with Netlify living many developers’ dreams of getting paid to work on open-source projects.

In this episode, Ryan talks to Chuck and Robbie about working on open-source projects, his experiences at eBay and Netlify, and his thoughts on TypeScript and inferred types versus explicit types.

Key Takeaways

[00:31] - Introduction to Ryan Carniato.
[02:18] - A whiskey review - Barrel Whiskey Infinity Barrel Project.
[10:54] - Ryan comments on tech hot takes from Twitter.
[15:21] - How Ryan started programming at 11 years old.
[19:50] - Ryan's journey into working on open-source projects.
[45:48] - Ryan talks about music, hiking, and video games.

Quotes

[13:04] - “When you think of Typescript, you think of something concrete, like something you can build on, and dependable. In Javascript, it's more like an art. Kinda like painting.” ~ Ryan Carniato

[19:14] - “I think at a young age where you can find those things that you are empowered to just do whatever you feel like, it's super powerful.” ~ Ryan Carniato

[29:14] - “Our biggest bottleneck is the network and the devices that are in the users' hands.” ~ Ryan Carniato

Links

Ryan Carniato Twitter
Mr. Solid
SoildJS
eBay
Netlify
Barrel Whiskey Infinity Barrel Project
Twitter
Motley Crue
Tailwind CSS
The Primeagen
SEGA Genesis
Nintendo
Geek Squad
Jurassic Park
Vue JS
Knockout JS
Backbone JS
Marko JS
on-netflix.com/news/the-madness-netflix-series-everything-we-know-02-2023/">The Madness
The Clash
High Fidelity
Angular
Ember JS
React
Svelte
Astro
Next JS
jQuery
Jason Miller
jsx.html">JSX
Mesa Boogie
Chrono Triggers
Dungeons & Dragons
Twitch
The Witcher 3
Gwent
Skyrim
FIFA 23
Nintendo Switch
Mario Kart
Discord
Github

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Mar 23, 2023

00:55:18

Conferences are one of the best ways to network with like-minded developers and find new insights to bring back to your team. Plus, you might even be able to build your entire wardrobe for the year out of free swag.

Chuck and Robbie are no strangers to the conference scene, they’ve attended their fair share back when developers had to find them by word of mouth. Today, there are some aggregators out which apparently have every developer conference type of thing under the sun. Whether you're going with your team or flying solo, you're bound to learn something new and hopefully come away with a few takeaways. And let's not forget the cool locations some conferences are hosted in - definitely a plus.

In this episode, Robbie and Chuck talk about upcoming tech conferences in 2023, the benefits of attending conferences and networking with other engineers, and how to convince leadership to invest in conference trips for their team’s professional development.

Key Takeaways

[00:37] - A whiskey review: Nashville Barrel Company Straight Rye Whiskey.
[04:49] - Upcoming tech conferences and why attendance is beneficial.
[17:08] - Chuck and Robbie announce they will be recording WWW at EmberConf.
[21:41] - How do you attend a conference without having to pay for it?
[25:37] - Chuck’s trip to Disney World.
[40:19] - Better underwear options than MeUndies.

Quotes

[07:15] - “Going to any conference that's in a different area or potentially different subject matter than you’re used to is going to help broaden the way you look at things.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[17:11] - “We have been confirmed that we will be recording a live episode of this podcast at EmberConf.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[25:27] - “It’s important to develop your network, and in subject matters you’re interested in is a great place to do it.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

Links

Reddit
Nashville Barrel Company
Javascript
Confs.tech
Dev Events
Render ATL
Slack
Ember
Discord
VueConf US
Nuxt
EmberConf
Portlandia
LinkedIn
Disney World
The Villages
Wes Bos
ThePrimeagen
ergo.com/keyboards/advantage360/">Kinesis 360
vertical-ergonomic-mouse-mac.910-006471.html">Logitech Lif for Mac
MeUndies
Saxx
My Package
J. Crew
Adidas
Nike
StockX
Stadium Goods
Puma
Mugsy Jeans
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Shrinking
Play Station
ChatGPT
Hogwarts Legacy
Zelda
Diablo 4
Uniqlo
Vans

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Mar 09, 2023

00:57:46

It’s hard to find a good package manager, and even the most seasoned developers still struggle to figure them out. Robbie kicks off the tech talk by sharing his misadventures trying to figure out pnpm leading Chuck to ask the burning question “Would you wear a pnpm T-shirt?”

Despite Robbie’s struggles in pnpm, he still believes it is the better option compared to alternatives like npm, Yarn V1, or Yarn V3. The duo agree that pnpm fixes the biggest problem with traditional package managers like npm and Yarn V1, which is hoisting. The duo dive deep into the technical aspects of package management, discussing the challenges of installing and managing dependencies in a large-scale project, and how pnpm addresses these challenges. They cover topics like global caching, peer dependencies, and the correct way to define dependencies.

In this episode, Robbie and Chuck talk about the pros and cons of pnpm, the downsides of using algorithm tests to vet developers, and the exciting new changes coming to Angular.

Key Takeaways

[00:30] - Chuck and Robbie ask for feedback and suggestions from listeners.
[03:55] - A whiskey Review: Michter’s Kentucky Straight Rye.
[09:43] - Robbie talks about his pnpm adventure.
[25:34] - Chuck and Robbie’s thoughts on algorithms testing.
[28:51] - The big changes coming to Angular.
[38:05] - Robbie talks about his 1970 Ford Bronco.
[43:22] - Chuck talks about Ted Lasso season three and other TV shows.
[53:15] - Chuck and Robbie talk about upcoming video games.

Quotes

[21:35] - “The idea of having separate apps in a separate package and piecing those together, good idea. Ember Engines, bad idea.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[32:16] - “People who have been working with Angular or even, let's say, five years ago jumped into it, got it, loved it, they really love it. They’re passionate about it.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[25:41] - “I can't do algorithms, and I'm against algorithm tests.” ~ Robbie Wagner

Links

LinkedIn
Twitter
Michter’s Kentucky Straight Rye
Sagamore Spirit Distillery
PNPM
Sarah Drasner
Yarn
Lodash
NPM
Ember
Turborepo
Webpack
Embroider
scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Submodules">Git Submodules
Google
Angular
Signal
Solid JS
Starbeam
React
Shepherd
Vue
Ford Bronco
Salamander
Hagerty Insurance Company
Ferrari
Ted Lasso
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
Whole Foods
AFC Richmond
FIFA 2023
Seinfeld
Emily in Paris
Friends
Resident Evil
Carnivale
Peaky Blinders
Netflix
HBO
The Black Donnellys
NBC
The Witcher
Superman
Liam Hemsworth
Miley Cyrus
Nintendo Switch
Skyrim
Starfield
Bethesda
Diablo 4
The Legend of Zelda
Xbox
Steam
Tesla
Linux

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Mar 02, 2023

01:05:04

Michael Paulson, aka The Primeagen, is known for his live streams, crazy memes, and unpopular opinions on Twitter. But he is also a software engineer with over a decade of experience in a legacy C++ codebase. Juggling engineering with any other hobby is difficult, so how does he make it work?

The Primeagen, a software engineer at Netflix, is committed to content creation and passionate about encouraging aspiring developers to get out of “tutorial hell” and start building. He wakes up at 5:30 every morning to make time for family, work, and content creation, but even the most dedicated developers hit roadblocks throughout their careers. The Primeagen’s latest challenge is figuring out how to grow his channel and turn content creation into a sustainable full-time role.

In this episode, The Primeagen talks to Robbie and Chuck about his strict policies for working in a large legacy code base, the challenges of being a content creator, and his plans to create a new Frontend Master course.

Key Takeaways

[01:22] - Introduction to The Primeagen.
[05:40] - A whiskey review - Nelson Brother Reserve Bourbon.
[13:35] - How to choose between Git rebase versus Git merge.
[26:11] - How universities are producing equipt programmers.
[36:07] - The Primeagen’s future plans and the challenges associated with growth.
[50:20] - The Primeagen’s hobbies besides coding.
[54:52] - Why The Primeagen moved to South Dakota.

Quotes

[04:50] - “Programming is not supposed to be difficult because you don’t know what you’re doing. Programming is supposed to be difficult because you're building something hard.” ~ The Primeagen

[23:14] - “The web in the next three years is going to arrive at a crossroad where more than one thing can happen. We can all get a chance to use something that is less traditional. Once those things start happening, it just opens the door for everything to execute. The next big revolution is coming.” ~ The Primeagen

[43:20] - “I'm making a thing that I'm pouring my heart into, I hope people like, and then when people don't watch, oh that hurts.” ~ The Primeagen

Links

The Primeagen YouTube
The Primeagen Twitter
The Primeagen Twitch
The Primeagen Instagram
Rick and Morty
Matt Pocock
Vim
Twitch
YouTube
TypeScript
Beasts of No Nation
Netflix
Lilyhammer
Nelson Brothers Reserve Bourbon
Green Brier Distillery
Jack Daniel’s
Blanton’s Bourbon
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Prettier
lang.org/">Rust
Web Assembly
PHP
Astro
React
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Dreamweaver
NetBeans
jQuery
Frontend Masters
Tailwind
Material UI
Bem
George Carlin
Dave Chappelle
The Chappelle Show
Brian Regan
Trash Dev Twitter
National Geographic
Pzuraq
StarCraft
vertical-ergonomic-mouse.html">Logitech Lift
Super Nintendo
Ember
ergo.com/keyboards/advantage360/">Kinesis Advantage 360
keyboard.com/">Dvorak Keyboard
Roblox
Fortnite
Apex Legends
Evil Dead 2
Superbowl LVII
Philadelphia Eagles
Kansas City Chiefs
Phoenix Suns
Army of Darkness
Play Station
RxJS
Vita
Wii U
Sagamore Rye Whiskey

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Feb 23, 2023

01:04:57

Jason Lengstorf built up an audience on YouTube by doing unscripted live coding and sharing his mistakes with his community. He credits his background as a musician and frontman of an emo band for helping him get comfortable with looking foolish in front of people.

As the host of Learn With Jason, he believes there is no right or wrong answer when it comes to choosing a web development tool, as long as the decision is based on the team’s experience and the situation that the tool will enhance. Jason shares his experience and lessons learned at IBM where they allowed teams to use any tool they wanted. This resulted in different parts of the platform being built with different frameworks and the need to standardize.

In this episode, Jason talks to Chuck and Robbie about the importance of choosing the right web development tool for the job, the adoption possibilities for Astro, and what the future holds for open-source developers.

Key Takeaways

[00:33] - Introduction to Jason Lengstorf, Host of Learn With Jason.
[05:03] - A whiskey review: Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond.
[15:06] - Jason’s opinion on Tailwind and how to choose the correct web tool.
[22:16] - What makes Astro powerful?
[29:16] - Funding open-source projects.
[44:19] - How Jason feels about Redwood JS.
[47:44] - Incorporating TypeScript in personal projects.
[50:17] - Jason’s interests in pajama pants and burgers.

Quotes

[15:34] - “You should use whatever you can convince your whole team to use. A lot of the discussion about which tool is right or wrong is sort of missing the forest for the trees.” ~ Jason Lengstorf

[16:46] - “If you have a group of people who have an expertise or a lack of expertise, then the tools you choose should be polyfilling for where they’re at and allowing them to use their strengths.” ~ Jason Lengstorf

[20:53] - “The only way that you can really use a tool wrong is if you’re dragging people kicking and screaming against their will into using a tool. You’re just setting yourself up for failure.” ~ Jason Lengstorf

Links

Jason Lengstorf Twitter
Jason Lengstorf LinkedIn
Learn with Jason
Learn with Jason YouTube
ez.com/">ErgoDox EZ
bottled-in-bond.php">Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Ezra Brooks Bourbon
Evan Williams Bourbon
winkle.html">Pappy Van Winkle
Febreze
Bacardi 151
Tailwind CSS
JavaScript
React JS
BEM
Netlify
IBM Cloud
Backbone JS
Angular
Vue
jQuery
Astro
Gatsby JS
Svelte
Next JS
explorer.aspx">Internet Explorer
Facebook
Vercel
Remix
Preact JS
Qwik
Jason Miller
Andrew Clark
Zach Leatherman
Eleventy
Ryan Carniato
Kyle Matthews
Render
Fly
Hydrogen
Rich Harris
Oracle
Tom Preston-Werner
Shopify
Cloudflare
Solid JS
Lululemon
Red Hat
NPM
Microsoft
Google
Homebrew
Open Collective
Planned Parenthood
Redwood JS
Rails
Tanner Linsley
TanStack
The Burger Show
Hot Ones
Nuxt JS
Parks and Recreation
Amboy
Chat GPT

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Feb 16, 2023

00:59:37

Astro 2.0 is launching new exciting features and it’s setting the bar for HTML frameworks. What makes Astro unique in web development and what are its future possibilities?

Fred K. Schott, CEO of the Astro Technology Company, says it’s all in the framework’s content focus and island architecture. For Fred, the aim is to have a tool that's HTML-first but still sprinkles in interactivity and allows developers to bring in components from other frameworks. They focused on solving the problem of sending a full JavaScript application to power a mostly static site. The attention to developer experience paid off and is one of the reasons Astro is creating waves in the developer community.

In this episode, Fred talks with Chuck and Robbie about how Astro uses an HTML-first approach to create content-focused websites, the latest features of Astro V2, and the trend of blindly using popular frameworks like React.

Key Takeaways

[00:21] - An introduction to Fred K. Schott.
[03:19] - A whiskey review: Pinhook: Artist Series Release No. 2 Whiskey Nicking.
[19:07] - The challenge of creating forms in Astro vs. other platforms.
[23:32] - React’s strengths and weaknesses.
[30:55] - What makes Astro unique?
[44:25] - Fred’s favorite HTML element.
[47:57] - Fred’s hobbies.

Quotes

[02:36] - “Someone once described Astro as the first web framework that’s HTML first without hating developers for not using HTML, and I always resonated with that.” ~ Fred K. Schott

[26:12] - “I think you can’t talk about React without talking about where the web was at that point. We had a template in two different code bases, two different languages, it was a mess. And that’s the world that React came in and kind of saved us from.” ~ Fred K. Schott

[31:38] - “What makes (Astro) unique is our content focus. We talked about, you have one Solid component that’s a form and otherwise a mainly static site, that’s exactly where Astro shines.” ~ Fred K. Schott

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Feb 09, 2023

00:59:45

Astro has once again become a hot topic, capturing the attention of developers and impressing them with its user-friendly features. Astro 2.0 introduced new and improved error overlays that are functional and well-designed, making debugging more efficient for developers.

Astro 2.0 is powered by the fast and efficient Vite 4, which has received high praise in the developer community. Robbie thinks Vite is the future of build tools and based on the State of JS results, many others seem to agree. Chuck shares his struggles with using material UI as a library for Tailwind, which has left him feeling frustrated. But, Robbie thinks using Tailwind UI and Headless UI makes material UI redundant.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk about the exciting new features of Astro 2, the pros and cons of using material UI, and their cleanse diets.

Key Takeaways

[01:42] - A whiskey review: Very Olde St. Nick Ancient Cask 8-Year-Old Rye Whiskey.
[09:02] - New features in Astro 2.0.
[15:35] - Asto 2.0 introduces Vite 4 as its bundler.
[25:04] - The drawbacks of Material UI.
[36:05] - Chuck speaks about his cleanse diet.
[47:48] - Chuck’s experience at NBC Sports Premier League Fan Fest.
[52:37] - Robbie talks about his Ford Bronco Restomod.

Quotes

[17:06] - “Everyone seems excited about building on top of Vite, and it unlocks so many things, so I think that would be a huge step forward for everyone.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[19:46] - “I love how many JavaScript-supporting tools are written in other languages.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[30:47] - “Solid is really great. If you know React, which 99% of people do, the syntax is the same.” ~ Robbie Wagner

Links

Very Olde St. Nick Ancient Cask 8-Year-Old Rye Whiskey
Todd Snyder
winkle.html">Pappy Van Winkle
Preservation Distillery
Astro 2.0
Next.js
React
Ember
Nullvox
Webpack
Vite
Nuxt
State of JS
Rollup
Parcel
Bun
Deno
Shop Talk Show
Syntax
Ryan Dahl
Node
lang.org/">Rust
Tailwind CSS
Post CSS
Material UI
Tailwind UI
Headless UI
Solid JS
DietBet
Adobe Photoshop
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Amazon
NBC Sports Premier League Fan Fest
Barclays Bank
Cotton Bureau
FedEx
UPS
Ford Bronco
Pocket Casts
Restomods

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Feb 02, 2023

00:58:59

The developer community can be highly opinionated. We find our favorite tools and fiercely support them because they help us meet our goals.

Tailwind has been polarizing since it launched in 2017. Some developers swear by it, claiming it makes their code cleaner while others think it’s a waste of time. The State of JS results are in and they reveal that Ember is still lagging behind in retention, interest, usage, and awareness compared to other frameworks. Chuck and Robbie agree that it doesn't really matter what framework you use, as long as you are productive and have a reusable, understandable way of working.

In this episode, Robbie and Chuck talk about the polarizing debates in the developer community surrounding Tailwind CSS on Twitter, the results of the 2023 State of JS survey, and their favorite shows.

Key Takeaways

[01:33] - A whiskey review - Wolves X Undeated Signature Blend.
[11:17] - Recent Tailwind wars on Twitter.
[20:03] - Chuck and Robbie review the State of JS survey.
[44:50] - How Chuck and Robbie enjoyed their holiday.

Quotes

[14:29] - “I started back in the day, and you did inline styles with tables to make your Photoshop slices work out, you know what I mean? Couldn't get any uglier than that.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[19:44] - “Sometimes you just don't get to win all the battles. That's just part of software engineering.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[27:10] - “I think in general, everything is becoming there's less resistance on all fronts. Like you don't have to have a CS degree, whereas they might have looked at that before.” Robbie Wagner

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Jan 26, 2023

01:00:57

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 you. CSS hit the bullseye when it introduced trigonometry functions to boost performance by avoiding Javascript. But Cypress has been a big letdown in DX.

Before introducing trig functions, CSS was pretty limited and it relied on Javascript to do all the complex styling. Since Javascript takes a significant amount of time to parse, that’s a big hit to your overall page speed. Now, CSS trig functions allow more flexibility to style pages with angles. Even Chuck, who isn’t a fan of CSS, can admit this is a big win for developers. Cypress, on the other hand, has locked some of their features behind a paywall and some developers are not happy about the change. Chuck and Robbie both find the tool too complicated and expensive compared to its alternatives.

In this episode, Robbie and Chuck talk about CSS introducing trigonometry functions to avoid Javascript, why Cypress isn’t living up to their expectations, testing software alternatives, and Chuck’s new sim racing hobby.

Key Takeaways

[00:28] - A whiskey review: Orphan Barrel: Mukety-Muck 26 Years Matured.
[09:28] - CSS adds trigonometry functions.
[17:05] - What makes a good testing tool.
[33:19] - Chuck and Robbie talk about their upbringing and food.
[40:45] - Chuck’s sim racing experiences.
[50:46] - Robbie talks about selling his house.

Quotes

[27:32] - “I tried to use Cypress, and I just gave up because it took me more than an hour to figure out, and I was just like, that's not worth my time.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[28:43] - “Playwright looks like a pretty nice play in the space.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[30:00] - “As a professional developer, if a tool is helping me every day, and you say it’s going to cost me $10 a day, okay. As long as I don't have 400 tools that I need to pay $10 a month for.” ~ Robbie Wagner

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Orphan Barrel: Muckey-Muck 26 Years Matured
UGG
SoBe
The Macallan Distillary
Total Wine & More
De Wine Spot
Tailwind CSS
YAML
iMac
iPhone
Windows
Cypress
Prisma
MySQL
SQLite
GitHub
Playwright
Mock Service Worker
Jira
Astro
Ember
Jest
Selenium Webdriver
Vitest
Porsche Experience
GeForce Now
EA
iRacing
Steam
PlayStation
Assetto Corsa
Logitech
Porsche
Tesla
Ford Mustang Mach E
Porsche Macan
Porsche Cayenne
Rivian
Range Rover Sport
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Jan 19, 2023

00:54:39

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 of every developer’s day-to-day, but it can’t hurt to understand the differences.

NoSQL is gaining popularity among engineers because of the ease and flexibility of updating fields with new data. Some engineers prefer taking unstructured data and using a programming language they already know, like Python, to write their queries. SQL is far more structured and requires strict rules for writing queries. As with most things in tech, whether SQL is better than NoSQL depends on your business and use cases.

In this episode, Robbie and Chuck talk about the pros and cons of SQL vs NoSQL, why they like SQL databases like Prisma and Postgres, and their Christmas and New Year festivities.

Key Takeaways

[00:56] - Chuck and Robbie wrap up the Advent of Whiskey.
[01:35] - A whiskey Review: Yellowstone Select Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
[04:47] - SQL versus NoSQL.
[ 13:24] - Using Prisma and MySQL.
[28:56] - Chuck and Robbie discuss the holidays and family life.

Quotes

[16:40] - “I don't have to touch databases much, but when I do, I like that they are Postgres.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[17:13] - “I never really remember having fun with a project that was in SQL Server or MySQL.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[22:26] - “This project is using Prisma, and Prisma has nice sugar around accessing entities.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

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Jan 12, 2023

01:00:21

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 not for everyone. How does someone know when they are ready to take the step into the unknown, and how do they know if that choice will suit them?

Josh Goldberg, Open Source Developer and author of Learning TypeScript, built much of his coding career at Microsoft and Codecademy before taking the leap into full-time open source tooling in January 2022. Since then, he has published a book and expanded his networking by speaking at over 30 conferences, but he still has time to discuss coding languages and hiking in Arizona over a glass of whiskey.

In this episode, Josh talks to Chuck and Robbie about Typescript adoption, becoming a full-time open source developer, and the power of expanding your professional network.

Key Takeaways

[01:48] - An intro to Josh Goldberg.
[2:28] - A whiskey review - Barrell Armida Bourbon Whiskey.
[07:01] - Chuck, Robbie, and Josh’s whiskey rating.
[12:27] - Josh’s latest book, Learning TypeScript.
[21:27] - GraphQL vs. TypeScript.
[23:40] - Josh’s journey into TypeScript.
[27:18] - Josh’s thoughts on adding a type system directly to JavaScript.
[30:11] - The case for TypeScript adoption.
[34:20] - TypeScript conversion strategies and solutions from Codecademy.
[39:43] - Josh’s transition to full-time open source developer.
[42:27] - Josh’s advice for aspiring full-time open source developers.
[45:10] - Josh’s experience speaking at conferences as a developer advocate.
[57:50] - Josh’s closing remarks.

Quotes

[29:33] - “You have to iterate in public and learn from real world usage in order to get things right.” ~ Josh Goldberg

[31:14] - “If you’re trying to convince people to switch to TypeScript, you convince them based on the pain points they have and how TypeScript fits into them.” ~ Josh Goldberg

[42:27] - “There are a lot of people who are interested in going full-time open source. It’s a great place to be, but I wouldn’t recommend going into this without a lot of prior work. To build up your network, to get a full-time job in a development team that gives you mentorship and management that helps you grow that way so that you are well equipped to go into open source first.” ~ Josh Goldberg

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Jan 05, 2023

01:02:48

Working together in a professional environment is easier said than done, especially when teams have conflicting workflows, priorities, and skill sets. Designers are all too familiar with having their work feel like a second priority to developers. Is there a way that designers and developers can collaborate successfully without sacrificing their individual needs?

Enter Penpot, the first Open Source design and prototyping platform for cross-domain teams. Penpot was developed by Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz, CEO and Co-Founder of Kaleidos, Taiga and Penpot, to bring collaboration between designers and developers to the next level. Penpot inspires designers to become comfortable using open source and allows developers to become excited about the design process.

In this episode, Pablo talks to Chuck and Robbie about how Penpot differs from its primary competitor, Figma, and why designers and developers love their platform.

Key Takeaways

[00:36] - An intro to Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz.
[02:38] - A whiskey review - Willet Family Estate Bottled Rye.
[05:31] - Chuck, Robbie, and Pablo’s whiskey ranking.
[07:47] - What Penpot is and how it compares to Figma.
[15:50] - Adobe’s defensive acquisition of Figma.
[24:54] - Why Pablo is excited about Penpot.
[29:37] - How Penpot brings together designers and developers.
[34:30] - Two top priority feature requests for Penpot.
[39:23] - Use cases for Penpot.
[44:31] - Why Pablo got expelled.
[48:34] - Pablo’s diverse hobbies - from mead brewing to archery.

Quotes

[26:27] - “We don’t just want to accelerate design into code, but also coding to design.” ~ Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz

[31:18] - “First, we need to make sure that designers really appreciate what we’re doing. Whenever they first encounter Penpot, they see it, they feel it. It’s meant for them. Not as a gift from engineers.” ~ Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz

[36:54] - “Design is more important than ever. Design is eating software faster than software is eating the world. Software is a key differentiator, a key element in the critical palette of innovation. Design is key, and yet it remains outside the software building pipeline.” ~ Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz

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Dec 24, 2022

00:28:12

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 Whatnot without a little tech. Physicists are doing mindbending things with tech and in case you didn’t already know it, computers can create wormholes now.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk about their favorite holiday treats, holiday trivia, and creating wormholes using quantum computers.

Key Takeaways

[01:06] - Number 22 Whiskey - Keeper’s Heart Irish + America Whiskey.
[05:49] - Number 23 Whiskey - Compass Box Oak Cross Blended Malt Scotch.
[09:20] - Number 24 Whiskey - Knappogue Castle 12-Year-Old Bourbon Cask Matured Whisky.
[15:26] - Chuck and Robbie’s favorite holiday treats.
[18:45] - Holiday Trivia.
[21:10] - The quantum computer that mimics real-world physics.

Quotes

[12:28] - “There’s something special about a 12-year-old single malt whiskey. It’s like a premium steak house that ages their wagyu rib eye for six weeks.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[25:01] - “I think it would be really cool to have an automated Taco Bell. You go up and press a button, and it gives you the food, and no one had to do anything.” ~ Robbie Wagner

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Dec 23, 2022

00:30:22

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 Shape featuring “Top 5 Web Developer Tools for 2023”. The list features a browser that’s perfect for work and personal use, two terminals, a collaborative clutter-free code editor, and a simplified version of Git. Even if you have old favorites, it can’t hurt to switch them up and test out some of the new tools powering the developer community. They’re usually faster and a lot easier than old-school tools.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie continue to talk about holiday trivia and the top five best web developer tools mentioned in the latest Ship Shape blog post.

Key Takeaways

[00:54] - Number 20 Whiskey - Starward Nova Single Malt Whisky.
[04:32] - Number 21 Whiskey - Yellow Rose Distilling Outlaw Bourbon Whiskey.
[07:17] - Holiday Trivia.
[11:39] - Top five web developer tools.

Quotes

[19:35] - “You kinda get comfortable with your tools and set in your ways. I hardly ever changed my tools, and I want to be better about just trying other stuff.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[22:32] - “ I feel like VS Code is busy. It’s really busy.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

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Yellow Rose Distilling Outlaw Bourbon Whiskey
Top 5 Web Developer Tools for 2023
Arc
High Fidelity
Brave
Vim
Zed
VS Code
Warp
lang.org/">Rust
GitHub
GitHub Desktop
Fig
Click Up
Pulp Fiction

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Dec 22, 2022

00:30:17

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 decide whether they can be trusted for a job.

Many great developers crack under the pressure of interviews but that doesn’t mean they’re not good at what they do. The interview process is just a formality to verify someone’s identity, it shouldn’t be used to drill developers and set them up for failure. Companies are better off looking at a developer’s open-source and public projects to see what they have to offer.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk about Holiday Trivia and the major downside with algorithms in tech interviews.

Key Takeaways

[00:37] - Number 17 Whiskey: Writer’s Tears Copper Pot Irish Whiskey.
[06:40] - Number 18 Whiskey: Lawes San Luis Valley Straight Rye.
[10:44] - Number 19 Whiskey: Kurayoshi Pure Malt Whiskey.
[13:54] - Holiday Trivia.
[22:45] - Fixing a broken interview system.

Quotes

[18:44] - “I’m a passenger on this journey, and I want to have experiences in that journey.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[26:28] - “You’re a JavaScript developer. You’re a react developer. You’re a whatever. Those paradigms are completely made up in every single company.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

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Dec 21, 2022

00:24:32

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 should. Some things are better left uncomplicated.

YAML is a data structuring format, and that’s what it’s good at. While some might disagree, Chuck and Robbie believe functions are one of the key elements of programming languages and YAML doesn’t have that baked in. If you’re looking for functions, it’s better to stick to a programming language that has what you need.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk about holiday trivia, the history behind Pearl Milling Company’s rebrand, and the pros and cons of coding in YAML.

Key Takeaways

[01:11] - Number 15 Whiskey - Blackened Flagship.
[04:47] - Number 16 Whiskey - Amrut Indian Single Malt Whiskey.
[08:27] - The story of the Pearl Milling Company.
[13:07] - Holiday Trivia.
[17:40] - Best use case for YAML.

Quotes

[18:45] - “You think of CSV as a data structuring format, I think of JSON as a more data structuring format, and I think of YAML as an even more robust, diverse data structure format.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[20:07] - “Programming languages are good at executing things, and I would think that YAML is not a programming language in the classic sense.” ~ Robbie Wagner

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Metallica
indian-single-malt-whisky.php">Amrut Indian Single Malt Whiskey
The Pearl Milling Company
Ben’s Original Rice
Costco
YAML
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Dec 20, 2022

00:28:45

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 for Javascript frameworks are showing that Vue and Next are catching up to React. Is the hype around React plateauing, or is that wishful thinking?

Whether you call them meta frameworks, backend frameworks, or rendering frameworks, they seem to be sparking excitement in the Javascript community. Remix, Vercel, Next JS, and Nuxt are the ones to watch. But out of all the front-end frameworks, Robbie believes Svelte will come out on top because it has the best balance of vanilla Javascript with added features.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk about frameworks steering the future of front-end development, what’s happening in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, and the structure of college football.

Key Takeaways

[01:25] - Number 13 Whiskey: Noble Oak - Double Oak Rye Whiskey.
[04:26] - Number 14 Whiskey: Akashi Japanese Blended Whiskey.
[08:12] - Holiday Trivia.
[14:05] - Predictions in the front-end frameworks space.
[20:48] - 2022 World Cup standings and college football.

Quotes

[16:02] - “I think the things that are exciting are rendering frameworks. Which is like Next Js and Nuxt.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[19:42] - “The things that get the hype and feel quote-unquote sexy are different than the things that might actually be used to build 50% or more of apps in the real world.” ~ Robbie Wagner

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Dec 19, 2022

00:24:41

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 on Twitter and is talked about as one of the great innovations of this era. But when Chuck and Robbie put it to the test to recommend podcast topics, it doesn’t present the most imaginative ideas. Despite the hype, the tech is not all-knowing – it is only as smart as the people who make it. On the other hand, GitLab has the opposite problem. The platform has all the components for success, but it still isn’t heavily adopted in the open-source community.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk about their experience using ChatGPT to generate topics for the podcast, what’s holding back GitLab in the open-source community, and their favorite holiday trivia.

Key Takeaways

[00:37] - Number 11 Whiskey: Walsh Whiskey - The Irishman Single Malt.
[02:58] - Number 12 Whiskey: Balcones - Linage Texas Single Malt Whisky.
[07:30] - Asking ChatGPT to generate podcast topics.
[09:52] - Factors hindering GitLab in the open source community.
[20:18] - Holiday Trivia.

Quotes

[10:15] - “GitLab is a pretty holistic product in terms of not just hosting Git repositories. It’s pretty feature-rich.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[14:25] - “I admit that most of what Microsoft does is really good, it's just Windows that's not good, and even they know that.” ~ Robbie Wagner

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Walsh Whiskey The Irishman Single Malt
Skittles
Balcones: Linage Texas Single Malt Whisky
Total Wine & More
OpenAI
Wes Bos
Caddy Server
GitLab
Next JS
React
Facebook
GitHub
Microsoft
Windows
cola.com/">Coca Cola
Frosty the Snowman
Spirited

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Dec 18, 2022

00:28:26

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 State of JS survey.

In the spirit of the holiday, they’re breaking out the Christmas movies, decorating gingerbread houses, and visiting Santa villages to spend quality time with family.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk about their final thoughts on browser APIs from the State of JS survey questions, their favorite holiday TV shows, and family holiday traditions.

Key Takeaways

[00:45] - Number 9 Whiskey: Kurayoshi Malt Whisky.
[05:00] - Numer 10 Whiskey: Brenekridge Bourbon Whiskey, A Blend.
[09:08] - Browser APIs mentioned in the State of JS.
[11:44] - TV shows to enjoy during the holidays.
[16:30] - Chuck gives an update on the World Cup and the state of soccer.
[20:05] - Movies to watch during the holidays.
[23:44] - Chuck and Robbie’s holiday traditions.

Quotes

[19:34] - “The World Cup, we’re not in it anymore so you have to pick your next favorite team.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[22:37] - “I know I watched my fair share of Disney movies back in the day when they were on VHS and LaserDisc.” ~ Robbie Wagner

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Dec 17, 2022

00:29:39

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 survey respondents but every developer within the Javascript community should consider taking it to get an accurate representation.

One of the topics covered in the State of JS survey is browser APIs like WebGL, Web Animations, and Service Workers. Chuck and Robbie test their knowledge to see how much they know about them and Robbie recounts his terrible experience with service workers in Ember.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk about the importance of the State of JS survey, the features of different browser APIs, and the viral ChatGPT chatbot from OpenAI.

Key Takeaways

[00:41] - Number Six Whiskey: Mars Shinshu Iwai 45% Japanese Blended Whisky.
[06:12] - Numer Seven Whiskey: J. Rieger & Co. Blended 46%.
[10:35] - Number Eight Whiskey: Two Stacks The Blenders Cut Cask Strength
[17:00] - The features of the new browser APIs.
[20:55] - The popularity of ChatGPT on Twitter.

Quotes

[20:07] - “Well, it's good that you realized that Ember is dead, and you’ve moved on to other technologies.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[20:43] - “Cache is just hard. That has been said in software for longer than we’ve been around or at least the internet.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[20:55] - “The only way that I’ve ever used WebSockets was to replace polling for your API.” ~ Robbie Wagner

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Dec 16, 2022

00:29:36

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 to Robbie, Microsoft seems to be at the forefront of that change.

Microsoft holds the lion’s share of platforms and products in Javascript development including VS Code and GitHub. It’s hard not to rely on Microsoft as a developer. It’s also hard to find someone who doesn’t love the Xbox. But even though they’ve come a long way and given us great inventions, there’s still plenty of room to improve. Especially where developer experience and enterprise products are concerned.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk about results from the State of JS survey, and Microsoft’s legacy of successful gaming versus failed enterprise products.

Key Takeaways

[00:41] - Flaviar's "Depths of Whiskey" Advent Calendar App.
[03:23] - Number Three Whiskey - Chapter 7 Whiskey: Prologue Blended Scotch Malt.
[05:37] - Number Four Whiskey - Kamet Indian Single Malt Whisky.
[10:16] - Number Five Whiskey - Redemption Rye Whiskey.
[15:20] - JavaScript features from the State of JS.
[19:38] - Microsoft hot takes.

Quotes

[17:30] - “If there’s a thing that you don’t want to mutate, don’t mutate it. You don’t need the proxy. You can just use an object.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[19:38] - “It's a really hot take that Microsoft does everything right, except for Windows.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[19:57] - “Have you used Teams? I would rather use Windows than Teams.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

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Dec 15, 2022

00:24:34

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 framework, advent calendars are a great place to start.

The Advent of Whiskey series will be 10 episodes leading up to Christmas.

Chuck and Robbie are following Flaviar's Whiskey Advent Calendar 2022, trying two new whiskeys per episode and talking about the latest in tech. Robbie might be gearing up to try the CSS advent calendar challenge but don’t expect Chuck to try CSS any time soon.

In this festive episode, Chuck and Robbie talk about learning new skills with a coding advent calendar, AI's strangest or most exciting use cases, and the Advent of Whiskey series following the Flaviar Whiskey Advent Calendar 2022.

Key Takeaways

[00:08] - An introduction to Flaviar's "Depths of Whiskey" Advent Calendar.
[02:07] - Number One Whiskey: Fistful of Bourbon.
[07:32] - Number Two Whiskey: Ron Colon Salvadoreno 100 Proof Rum Rye.
[11:34] - Chuck and Robbie discuss coding advent calendars.
[17:08] - What to look forward to during the advent series.
[18:21] - OpenAI chats on the GPT-3 platform.

Quotes

[14:39] - “For anyone who hasn’t listened before, Chuck really hates CSS.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[18:56] - “GPT is basically an open machine learning, AI platform that you can train on whatever things you want and then start to ask it questions.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

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Dec 08, 2022

00:53:22

Chase Granberry can be called a serial entrepreneur. He bootstrapped his first software company before selling it and starting the centralized logging service, Logflare.

Chase sold the company to Supabase and joined the team as an acquired hire to support the team with a centralized logging solution and plotting insights for customers. Chase explains where Supabase is really different from Firebase and some of the benefits you can get from its flexibility combined with real-time data.

In this episode, Chase talks to Chuck and Robbie about joining Supabase after the Logflare acquisition, what makes Supabase different from Firebase, and offroading old cars.

Key Takeaways

[00:26] - An introduction to Chase Granberry.
[03:14] - A whiskey review - Togouchi 3-Year Blended Japanese Whiskey.
[14:40] - How Supabase got its name.
[15:45] - The biggest difference between Supabase and Firebase.
[17:19] - How Chase feels about writing PHP.
[18:16] - Aspects of Supabase written in Elixir.
[21:21] - Frameworks that Chase uses to write his interface.
[29:36] - Upcoming Supabase features.
[32:44] - How Chase maintains his hobbies as a father.
[35:19] - Chase, Chuck, and Robbie talk about classic cars.

Quotes

[16:26] - “We’re open source, and it's Postgres. So it’s a SQL database, not a no SQL database, and you can ultimately do whatever you want with it.” ~ Chase Granberry

[19:59] - “All these things are independent and could live on their own but tied together in a package, I think, is what really makes Supabase interesting.” ~ Chase Granberry

[24:09] - “In reality, how much Javascript do we really need on a page? In 95 percent of cases, it’s honestly not that much.” ~ Chase Granberry

Links

Chase Granberry LinkedIn
Chase Granberry Twitter
Chase Granberry Instagram
Supabase
Logflare
Togouchi 3-Year Blended Japanese Whiskey
Total Wine & More
Hint Water
LaCroix
Target
Cool Hand Luke
Nicki Minaj
Firebase
PHP
lang.org/">Elixir
Phoenix Framework
Astro
Ember
Angular
React
National Geographic
Backbone
Next JS
Chris McCord
JSON:API
Cloudflare
GraphQL
GitHub
Play Station
Ferrari
Lamborghini
Ford
Porsche
Toyota
Jeep
Vacation
Tesla
Matthew Inman

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Dec 01, 2022

00:36:11

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 sip margaritas followed by whiskey.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie guess whether things are Javascript packages or grocery items in a game called “Is it a JS package?”, test their knowledge of tricky Javascript syntax from WTF JS, and talk about Robbie’s experience visiting Chuck in Phoenix.

Key Takeaways

[00:57] - A whiskey review - Joseph Magnus Bourbon.
[04:20] - Chuck and Robbie play a game called “Is it a JS package?”
[17:37] - Chuck and Robbie play WTF JS.
[23:58] - Chuck and Robbie what not about their golf game and Arizona.

Quotes

[19:57] - “There is a site called JSFuck, and it basically shows you a bunch of examples of how to program things out using three characters.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[20:24] - “Not many programmers know about labels in Java Script. They are kind of interesting.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

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Nov 24, 2022

00:59:01

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 tech company has React in their stack. But why is a framework built specifically for Facebook so popular in the general developer community?

Josh Collinsworth, Senior Front End Developer at Shopify, wrote an article titled “The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of React”. Even though Shopify uses React, Josh didn’t hold back his views on the framework. When React came about, it solved a major problem for Facebook. Since then, it’s been viewed as a solution to every problem and the tech community has been stuck in a loop of teaching React and hiring React developers. But for Josh, React isn’t a solution, it’s just a tool, and it’s not the best out there.

In this episode, Josh talks to Chuck and Robbie about his viral article critiquing React’s popularity, his favorite fonts, and what it’s like juggling fatherhood with side projects.

Key Takeaways

[00:30] - An intro to Josh Collinsworth.
[03:46] - A whiskey review - Wolves Whiskey X Willet Distillery The Rye Project Volume One Batch Two.
[13:00] - Why Josh thinks React’s popularity is just a self-sustaining cycle.
[39:03] - Josh’s favorite fonts.
[45:00] - Josh speaks about how he maintains his hobbies being a father.
[53:34] - How Spotify acquiring Remix has affected Josh.

Quotes

[14:04] - “If you look at the reasons you might actually pick a framework, React doesn't really tend to come out on top in any of those given categories.” ~ Josh Collinsworth

[19:51] - “I think a lot of people don't realize that it hasn't aged that well. It has kind of held itself back in some ways, and the tools that we do now have offer us some advantages that React maybe can't.” ~ Josh Collinsworth

[33:21] - “We're churning boot camp grads out with what we consider the minimum viable knowledge, and in this environment, that's React, and probably extremely little HTML and CSS.” ~ Josh Collinsworth

Links

Josh Collinsworth
React
Shopify
tricks.com/a-complete-beginners-guide-to-npm/">CSS Tricks Complete Beginner's Guide to NPM
Hacker News
Remix
Digital Ocean
Svelte Kit
Astro
Solid JS
Wolves Whiskey
Willett Family Estate
davidson.com/">Harley
Sons of Anarchy
The Self-fulfilling Prophecy of React
Facebook
Ember
Webpack
Guillermo
Vercel
Polymer
Vue
Google
Gap
Nullvox
Brew
Max Howell
Preact
RightFont
VS Code
MonoLisa.dev
Slack
90-Day Fiance
Love Island
Pwabuilder.com
Xcode
Electron
Dun and Bradstreet
Linux Snap
Apple
Ubuntu
Stack Overflow
Hydrogen

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Nov 17, 2022

01:02:43

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, leaving developers out of jobs and Twitter users confused about the future of the platform. Is the tech world on fire?

Whether it’s social media, browser wars, or framework debates – the tech community seems to be in disagreement or in crisis. Tech companies were aggressively hiring developers before the economic downturn. Now, these same companies are ruthlessly laying off around 15-20% of their employees. In many cases, shareholder interests are being placed above the people on the ground building the company. Where Elon Musk is concerned, it’s hard to tell his true intentions.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk about the slew of tech debates happening on Twitter, the fallout from Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, and Robbie’s experience with Starlink.

Key Takeaways

[02:13] - A whiskey review - Barrell Seagrass.
[10:53] - What developers are saying on Twitter about frameworks.
[28:20] - How the tech world benefits from framework and browser wars.
[30:18] - Chuck and Robbie discuss the layoffs happening in tech.
[36:41] - The power of AWS in web hosting.
[42:03] - Robbie’s Starlink experience.
[46:56] - Robbie talks about his new Bronco and selling his Scout.
[53:10] - Shows Chuck and Robbie are currently watching.

Quotes

[28:58] - “There are things that I like and dislike from every iteration of whatever wars (framework and browser wars) we have but there ultimately are beneficial things that come out of all of them.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[33:52] - “Eight dollars for a Starbucks drink, enjoy it for 30 minutes, very happy. Eight dollars for a month on Twitter, super angry.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[37:27] - “When AWS goes down, half the internet goes down.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

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Nov 10, 2022

00:55:59

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 navigate the platform by Googling code snippets. That knowledge gap comes with a whole host of accessibility issues.

Amber Hinds, Founder and CEO at Equalize Digital, quit her part-time gig as a freelance developer when she found WordPress was an easier way to manage content. She’s been doing accessibility work on the platform since 2016 and has seen a boom in the past two years of companies searching for accessibility experts. Amber built the Accessibility Checker plugin as a guardrail to help DIYers avoid common mistakes by auditing a site and flagging accessibility issues. The plugin is also an education tool for content managers, and developers to learn about accessibility.

In this episode, Amber talks to Chuck and Robbie about web accessibility on WordPress, making accessibility a priority in colleges and boot camps, and RVing around the country with her family.

Key Takeaways

[00:35] - An intro to Amber Hinds.
[00:54] - A whiskey review - Weller Special Reserve.
[07:49] - What it’s like working with WordPress in 2022 compared to earlier years.
[10:47] - Amber gives an overview of WordPress.
[13:36] - Amber explains unique accessibility problems in WordPress.
[15:47] - How Equalize Digital’s plug-in audits WordPress sites.
[21:55] - Amber’s thoughts on how to make accessibility a priority.
[35:33] - Chuck and Amber talk about RV life and being on the show, “Going RV”.

Quotes

[08:43] - “I think the recent number that I saw was that 43% of websites are built in WordPress.” ~ Amber Hinds

[23:53] - “I feel like having more general visibility about the broad range of disabilities and also putting people's faces to things is super helpful.” ~ Amber Hinds

[28:33] - “Companies need to realize that accessibility is everyone's responsibility.” ~ Amber Hinds

Links

Amber Hinds LinkedIn
Amber Hinds Twitter
Amber Hinds
Equalize Digital
WordPress
Accessibility Checker
l-weller-special-reserve.html">Weller Special Reserve
winkle.html">Pappy Van Winkle
Maker’s Mark
Buffalo Trace Distillery
React
Absolut Vodka
Shopify
Square Space
Drupal
Matt Mullenweg
Automattic
Magic Mouse
vertical-ergonomic-mouse.html">Logitech Lift
Mac
Darci USB
Colorado State University
Java Script
Dream Weaver
Next Js
Tumblr
WAVE
WordPress Accessibility Day
Shutterstock
Gutenburg
Nicolas Steenhout
A11y Rules Podcast
Colorado State
Google
GitHub
Roomba
Going RV
House Hunters
HGTV
America's Got Talent
Property Brothers
Matthew McConaughey
HBO
Netflix
Hulu
PBS Kids
NewsHour
NFL
ESPN
New England Patriots
Astro
Nuxt 3
Google PageSpeed
Google Tag Manager
Google Fonts
Lighthouse
WordPress accessibility Meetup

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Nov 03, 2022

00:58:04

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 bills while maintaining the software that keeps so much of the internet afloat.

Max Howell, CEO of tea.inc., pivoted from chemistry to web development because of his fascination for open source. He worked full-time and did pull requests for Homebrew during his free time. After hustling to build a package manager used by engineers working for corporate giants like Google and Microsoft, he reached an inevitable burnout. Max created tea.inc. to fairly compensate open source developers for the work they do with the hope that open source work will be lucrative and sustainable full-time. The project has raised 18 million so far and it’s set to launch in early November.

In this episode, Max talks to Chuck and Robbie about the burnout of working on underfunded open source projects, why he left Homebrew despite its success, and launching tea.inc. as a Web3 solution for funding open source.

Key Takeaways

[00:21] - An introduction to Max Howell.
[01:15] - A whiskey review - American Highway Reserve Bourbon.
[07:18] - Max’s new project, tea.inc.
[26:21] - Max speaks about England.
[32:12] - Max discusses his U.S. journey.
[33:28] - Why Google turned down Max.

Quotes

[08:15] - “I look back on the iPhone as the pivotal moment, really, when development suddenly became cool.” ~ Max Howell

[13:27]- “I had a moment of inspiration where I could see how the open source ecosystem, with all its dependencies and all these packages could be similarly compensated.” ~ Max Howell

[22:50] - “The bottom fell out of the boot camp market because it was a bit of a scam in some ways. You can't learn to program in 10 weeks is the truth of it.” ~ Max Howell

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Oct 27, 2022

01:00:40

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 were likely visiting a multi-page app. Lucky for us, web tech improved, and made the entire experience of multi-page apps more appealing.

One of the cons of MPAs is that they don’t have preload and prefetch out of the box. Single-page apps (SPAs) on the other hand give you the power to decide how your site loads by loading all the resources for your current page and fetching resources for a page you might navigate to after. This might seem small but it makes a huge impact on your site.

The good news is, more computing power gave way to better server-rendered technology, a huge win for multi-page apps. Unlike single-page apps (SPAs), multi-page apps parse very little JavaScript. That shaves seconds off your initial load which is no small feat.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie discuss the pros and cons of multi-page apps, the benefits and the distinction between prefetch vs preload, and the good old days on the internet.

Key Takeaways

[02:10] - A whiskey review - Wolves Signature Blend Special Release.
[08:02] - Chuck and Robbie discuss multi-page apps.
[13:46] - Advantages and disadvantages of multi-page apps.
[27:13] - Robbie’s opinion on the React Framework.
[35:47] - Chuck and Robbie reminisce about StumbleUpon and earlier social media sites.
[41:52] - Chuck and Robbie discuss their parents’ internet use.
[44:30] - Chuck and Robbie talk about their weekend.

Quotes

[8:15] - “Were you around in 1998 when the Internet was first blowing up? You were also on a multi-page app. It was just served by different technologies.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[10:56] - “Just HTML is actually pretty good, and it feels like people getting into the industry these days aren't getting exposed to it enough.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[29:29] - “I'm sorry for all of our Ember listeners who are here to listen to me talk about good things about Ember, but the new add-on V2 stuff is some bullshit.” ~ Robbie Wagner

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Oct 20, 2022

00:54:58

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 born to solve this problem.

Adam Wathan, CEO of Tailwind Labs, built a “library-style CSS” for personal use and had no idea the concept would resonate with as many people as it did. When developers started asking him to share his library for them to use in their own projects, he got to work building out the framework. Two years after Tailwind CSS’s launch, Adam released Headless UI to bring unstyled compatible UI components into the fold. Since then, it’s sparked polarizing discourse between developers who either love it or hate it.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk to Adam about what motivated him to create Tailwind CSS, how Headless UI was born, why Tailwind is creating polarizing discourse among developers, and his powerlifting past.

Key Takeaways

[00:35] - An introduction to Adam Wathan.
[01:55] - A whiskey review - W3WC Sagamore Rye Barrel Pick #001.
[06:51] - Adam explains Tailwind CSS.
[09:47] - The problems that inspired Adam to create Tailwind.
[35:24] - How Headless UI fits into Tailwind.
[41:09] - Whether Tailwind will support other frameworks in the future.
[44:33] - Adam’s powerlifting career.

Quotes

[16:47] - “I started noticing that the only things that really survived every port were the things that were lower and lower level. Something like a class that adds margin left to something that's useful in every project, but a button might look different in every project.” ~ Adam Wathan

[23:40] - “The main problem that Tailwind is ultimately trying to solve is giving inline style superpowers. It's not like inline styles are evil, it's like inline styles are awesome. Let's make them super awesome.” ~ Adam Wathan

[24:10] - “To me, Tailwind is basically inline styles with a bunch of extra power bolted on.” ~ Adam Wathan

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Oct 13, 2022

00:59:32

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 handle the downsides that come with it.

To start, you’re limited to one framework and writing in one programming language. If you’re not familiar with the syntax, that could pose a major learning curve. With native apps, it’s tempting to have a separate app for every device that a user might run your app on, but on the operations front, that’s a slippery slope with high overhead costs. If you’re on a tight budget or working on small teams like Chuck and Robbie, the cost of paying developers to maintain a bunch of apps isn’t appealing. There’s no shame in knowing your resource limitations and taking the easy route.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk about the trade-off between building native apps in Swift, Objective-C, React Native, and other web technologies, why they enjoy progressive web apps, and Disney’s monopoly in media.

Key Takeaways

[02:21] - A whiskey Review - Four Roses Small Batch Select.
[11:11] - Chuck and Robbie discuss building apps in different frameworks.
[22:58] - Chuck and Robbie talk about progressive web apps.
[34:54] - TV Shows Chuck and Robbie are currently watching.
[51:46] - Chuck and Robbie’s Halloween plans.

Quotes

[03:16] - “It's crazy how no one has money because of the recession, and yet everything that you could possibly buy is super expensive and sold out all the time. It doesn't make sense.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[23:04] - “You feel like businesses don't feel like they have a presence unless they're in the App Store.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[25:05] - “The one thing that has been that I've used as a progressive web app that's worked well is Google Photos.” ~ Robbie Wagner

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Oct 06, 2022

01:00:41

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 SolidJS. But what makes Solid so special?

Dan Jutan, Product Manager at Astro, Inc. and SolidJS core team member believes the frameworks that prioritize developer experience will always come out on top. Before he landed at Solid, Dan started his career using Vue 3. It didn’t take long before he was overwhelmed by the API surface and was searching for a framework that aligned with his values as a developer. Solid has a reputation as one of the fastest frameworks and also combines features from frameworks like React and Vue without any of the issues that bog them down.

In this episode, Dan talks to Chuck and Robbie about his journey exploring different frameworks early in his career, why the developer community loves SolidJS, and the connection between being a programmer and a musician.

Key Takeaways

[00:59] - An intro to Dan.
[02:55] - A whiskey review - Frey Ranch Bourban.
[09:01] - Dan explains Solid.
[14:27] - Why Dan prefers Solid over other frameworks.
[20:47] - Specific use cases for Solid.
[28:07] - How Dan connected Chuck and Robbie with Astro on Twitter.
[45:25] - Dan speaks about his music and Taylor Swift.

Quotes

[10:00] - “The special thing about Solid is that it combines something you might be used to from React, which is these functional JSX components, with something you might be used to in Vue 3 or even older frameworks.” ~ Dan Jutan

[14:00] - “With Solid I was just like, oh this simple thing from React without the annoying part of React. And with the simple thing from Vue, without the baggage from Vue.” ~ Dan Jutan

[24:28] - “If you're looking for a framework to run that interactive part of the page, Solid is a great choice because it’s super small and super fast.” ~ Dan Jutan

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Sep 29, 2022

00:59:45

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 projects, or adopting emerging tech.

JavaScript, for example, has taken on a whole new purpose since it was developed in the 90s to support a web browser. The language keeps developers like Robbie intrigued with features that seem underpromoted and underused by the community. At ShipShape, Chuck and Robbie are always experimenting. They’re embracing Astro with plans to transition their website from Nuxt, developing a scheduling app, and most importantly they just launched the Whiskey Web and Whatnot NFT.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk about underrated JavaScript features, where to find the Whiskey Web and Whatnot NFT, and why Robbie can’t decide on a new car.

Key Takeaways

[01:22] - Chuck and Robbie introduce their NFT.
[04:11] - A whiskey review - Starlight Distillery Single Barrel Hubbard's Original Rick House of Indiana Straight Rye Whiskey.
[09:35] - The difference between Maps and Sets in JavaScript.
[22:52] - Chuck and Robbie discuss a scheduling app they’re developing.
[36:10] - Chuck and Robbie critique Solid, Astro, and React.
[44:02] - Robbie whatnots about Ciroc Vodka.
[45:13] - Chuck and Robbie discuss streaming services, TV shows, and Ryan Reynolds.
[52:45] - What Robbie thinks about different trucks.

Quotes

[22:58] - “Internally, we're known for some technologies, but we're always experimenting with different things coming up as much as we can.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[39:42] - “So the cool thing about Astro is they have support for a lot of different types of frameworks like Vue, Preact, React, and Svelte. If it's a hot thing that someone has mentioned recently, they've got it.” ~ Robbie Wagner

[41:44] - “I think for people that like React and want something that's not React just because React is super old, you could try Solid out.” ~ Robbie Wagner

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Ember
Hacktoberfest
Dependabot
Digital Ocean
Chris Coyier
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Astro
Solid
Twitter
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Sep 22, 2022

00:57:59

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 juggle a career, side hustles, and make time for your passions?

Kelly Vaughn, Engineering Manager at Spot AI, has some thoughts. She is leading a diverse, fully remote, global team that spans from California to India. Kelly keeps her management style flexible to account for the quirks and personality types of her team. When she’s not steering the ship at Spot AI, she’s advising several startups and working as a consultant. Despite doing it all, she finds time for reading, cycling, and her passion for Porsches.

In this episode, Kelly talks to Chuck and Robbie about her experience leading diverse global engineering teams from agencies to SaaS companies, juggling several side hustles, and collecting Porsches.

Key Takeaways

[01:22] - An intro to Kelly Vaughn.
[02:16] - A whiskey review - Barrell Craft Spirits Grey Label Dovetail 15.
[09:07] - Kelly’s current roles at Spot AI and her projects.
[12:23] - The difference between leading teams in an agency versus in a corporate environment.
[19:26] - What are the challenges of managing an international team?
[22:26] - What’s Kelly’s favorite leadership book?
[26:40] - Kelly speaks about her love of the Porsche Brand.
[44:25] - Kelly talks about her cycling challenge for childhood cancer research.

Quotes

[13:37] - “The speed at which you work at an agency versus a SaaS company is vastly different because of the way that you're working. You're working with multiple clients directly versus having any number of customers.” ~ Kelly Vaughn

[16:26] - “I think what's important to remember is when you're looking for metrics for growth, you need to look beyond just the quantitative metrics and really find a way to measure the qualitative metrics as well.” ~ Kelly Vaughn

[21:59] - “What I’m doing to manage Team A is not going to be what I need to do to manage Team B. Finding out those differences and the personality quirks is what I’ve been focusing on so I can make sure they get what they need, in the structure they need it.” ~ Kelly Vaughn

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Sep 15, 2022

00:52:57

Accessibility is like learning a new language, leaving many developers wondering where to start. The answer is pretty simple, start anywhere. But the onus isn’t all on devs.

Crystal Preston-Watson has partial sight and uses a screen reader in her day-to-day as a Senior Digital Accessibility Analyst at Salesforce, one of the largest tech companies in the world. As strange as it may seem, she never used a screen reader until she was asked to test one out in her previous role as a quality engineer. Once she got her hands on one, she saw just how much businesses excluded people with disabilities from their target audience.

Crystal knows first-hand how quickly the expenses rack up when the burden of accessibility is placed on people with disabilities. In her talks, she addresses this and other lessons on accessibility with a bit of humor to make the conversation more approachable and beginner-friendly.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk with Crystal about pitching accessibility to higher-ups, the actual cost of accessibility, and her love for comedy and improv.

Key Takeaways

[01:31] - An intro to Crystal Preston-Watson.
[02:51] - A whiskey review - Johnny Drum Private Stock.
[08:51] - Crystal explains accessibility.
[11:08] - How to pitch accessibility to company leadership.
[20:42] - Crystal’s guide to setting accessibility targets within a company.
[30:24] - Crystal explains the cost and some of the challenges of being disabled.
[40:41] - Crystal talks about her love for video games.
[45:05] - Crystal talks about her love for improv.

Quotes

[17:07] - “Accessibility is everyone's concern. There are some really specific things that only a developer or tester or content creator can do, but at the end of the day, it's a very holistic thing, and everyone needs to be concerned about it.” ~ Crystal Preston-Watson

[21:33] - “If you have users that can't use your application, that is money wasted. And that's the thing, disabled people have money, and if they can't use your product then they're going to take that money somewhere else unless it is something that is very vital.” ~ Crystal Preston-Watson

[24:11] - “Everyone will use a mouse if they're not blind and visually impaired and that's just not true.” ~ Crystal Preston-Watson

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Sep 08, 2022

00:56:16

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. That’s music to every developer’s ears. Who doesn’t want faster rendering?

Daniel Roe, framework architect at Nuxt Labs has been working to get Nuxt 3 production ready for a stable release. In addition to DX improvements, once N3 is out of release, you can expect hybrid rendering, less JavaScript, and a cross-platform framework that can be used with pretty much any cloud service.

This Nuxt release is casting a wide net. Daniel and the team wanted the framework to be suited for everyone from hobby bloggers to enterprises. But the biggest win might be for e-commerce sites that need speed, performance, and personalization.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk to Daniel about the features of Nuxt 3, improving the developer experience, and his family vacation to Algarve, Portugal.

Key Takeaways

[00:38] - An introduction to Daniel Roe.
[03:29] - A whiskey review - Laphroig Lore.
[11:20] - The new features in Nuxt 3.
[19:16] - The best path to convert projects to Nuxt 3.
[32:47] - The target audience for Nuxt 2 and Nuxt 3.
[45:31] - Daniel’s holiday in Portugal .
[51:49] - David’s side project in Magic Regexp.

Quotes

[12:21] - “Some of the things that Nuxt 3 brings, well, it's been rewritten from the start, so it's given us an opportunity to do what we really wanted to do with Nuxt. And to learn from some of the mistakes we made for Nuxt 2 and adapt Nuxt for a new world. That sounds a bit crap, but more and more I think we're looking to take advantage of different kinds of hardware for rendering HTML.” ~ @danielcroe

[13:18] - “Nuxt 2, out of the box, is a bare minimum package. I did some checking on this. The cold start for the server was 300 milliseconds. With Nuxt 3, it is three milliseconds.” ~ @danielcroe

[38:48] - “I always like using suppliers that win me over because they have the best of whatever it is. They're able to meet my needs. Whether that's experience or price point or whatever it is. But they've won me over. I don't have to stay with them. I'm not forced or coerced into it. I didn't make an early choice, and now I'm reaping the whirlwind and having to pay the price for it. I'm with them because I want to be. That's the best scenario. You have the power to choose. You're choosing the platform you feel is the best.“ ~ @danielcroe

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Sep 01, 2022

01:01:00

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 place to start is by knowing your HTML elements. If dogs can learn 50 human words, then devs can learn 50 HTML elements.

On another note, not all package managers are made equal. Robbie has been loyal to Yarn for years and is okay with waiting a few minutes for installs. But from Chuck’s operations perspective, when you’re talking about continuous integration that can eat up a huge chunk of your day, it might be time to look for something that promises speed.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk about the importance of knowing your HTML elements, the pros and cons of different package managers, and the Whiskey Web and Whatnot NFT drop.

Key Takeaways

[02:09] - Why Chuck and Robbie struggle to find time for reading.
[04:43] - A whiskey review - Huling Station.
[12:27] - How many HTML elements can Chuck and Robbie name.
[26:25] - How to choose the right package manager.
[41:27] - Chuck and Robbie’s eventful trips.
[56:14] - Whiskey Web and Whatnot’s NFT drop.

Quotes

[03:32] - “You can fit in anything that you prioritize, right? If you said working out is the same as eating, it has to be done. You would find time.” ~ @rwwagner90

[26:38] - “I think HTML is real, and it hasn't been the first-class citizen that it deserves in terms of the Internet itself, whose intention was to distribute documents and have that accessible across schools and scientific organizations and whatever else. So let's not forget what it was all about, especially if you have a content site. Give your content first-class citizenship.” ~ @CharlesWthe3rd

[27:32] - “NPM is the leader in the JavaScript world, although it has its proponents and opponents. Many people have jumped over to Yarn for some of its benefits over a period of time, and some of its features influenced NPM and bring people back and forth a little bit.” ~ @CharlesWthe3rd

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Aug 25, 2022

01:00:47

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 is it possible to achieve both?

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie discuss some of their frustrations with the tech companies and tech stacks in the modern era, supporting open source projects, and some great TV shows they have been enjoying.

Key Takeaways

[01:27] - A whiskey review - Barrell Dovetail Whiskey.
[08:00] - Why tech companies are reluctant to upgrade dependencies.
[18:08] - The importance of supporting open source projects.
[30:45] - Why React dominates the landscape.
[43:13] - Chuck and Robbie discuss TV shows.
[49:36] - Chuck’s weekend plans with family.
[54:29] - Chuck’s Korean fried chicken experience.

Quotes

[10:48] - “I feel like we've done all of this stuff to be like, let's get everyone Scrum certified, and let's do this whole process. And people really bought into that, and it does not help them.” ~ @rwwagner90

[12:59] - “You read the books. You see the blogs. You get experts to come in and train your teams, and you're still kind of struggling to get it right. But then we keep getting told there's a right way. Who is doing it right?” ~ @CharlesWthe3rd

[25:27] - “I think in a perfect world, what I would love to see happen is companies kind of take frameworks under their wing and be like, look, we realize how much work you're doing. We realize there are not that many people doing it. Here are these two people we just hired. Teach them the thing that no one knows so we can increase the buzz factor here and at the same time, instead of just telling you to teach them, here's $500,000. Do whatever you think makes the framework better.” ~ @rwwagner90

Links

Barrell Dovetail Whiskey
MGP
Dr Pepper
cola.com/products/coca-cola-flavors/cherry">Cherry Coca Cola
George Dickel Tenessee Whiskey
Jack Daniels Distillery
Green Brier Distillery
Ember
Next.js
GitHub
NPM
Melaine Sumner
Sindre Sorhus
Chris Manson
Microsoft
Jest
Facebook
Vitest
Faker
Java Script
Hacker News
Reddit
Sqwok
jQuery
LESS
lang.com/">Sass
Coffee Script
TypeScrpit
Lodash
Shop Talk
Electro-Voice
PHP
Angular CLI
Ember CLI
Kent C Dodds
Remix
Solid
Astro
Redwood
Old Man
Hulu
Jeff Bridges
Sally Fields
Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Big Lebowski
Severance
Adam Scott
Apple TV
Apple
Big Little Lies
Reese Witherspoon
Loot
Maya Rudolph
Jeff Bezos
Sea World
Lego Land
us.html">McDonald’s
Bonchon
n-out.com/">In-N-Out

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Aug 18, 2022

00:58:38

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 staying compatible and familiar with other frameworks.

Nate Moore, an engineer at Astro Technology Company and core maintainer on Astro has been working on Astro 1.0 for 16 months. His major focus was launching a new web framework that is sustainable and future-proof. Astro 1.0 is targeted at devs building content-based websites and is compatible with most frameworks out there.

In this episode, Nate talks with Robbie and Chuck about the launch of Astro 1.0, its compatibility with other frameworks, frameworks that inspired Astro, and Nate’s life goal of visiting every national park.

Key Takeaways

[00:49] - A quick intro to Nate.
[01:36] - A whisky review - Laws Centennial Straight Wheat Whiskey 4 Year.
[09:59] - What is Astro?
[23:24] - What are the new features in Astro 1.0?
[30:32] - Web components Nate has used.
[42:10] - The challenges with monorepos.
[44:41] - Nate’s life goal of visiting every national park.

Quotes

[12:11] - “I think the ecosystem just goes in circles. But it is funny to see people come into the ecosystem and be like, where's your link component? It's like that's just an anchor tag. You don't need a component.” - @n_moore

[22:39] - “I heard somebody recently described Vite as the United Nations of JavaScript. Everybody is building on top of Vite now, and it's just really cool to see because if you hit a bug and you upstream a fix, then everybody is going to benefit from that, and people are really taking it in a lot of different ways.” - @n_moore

[27:39] - “I think people are really spoiled by how much investment like Microsoft has made into TypeScript and just like all the tooling around that stuff. It is so much work to get your own language up and running.” - @n_moore

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Aug 11, 2022

01:02:53

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 thought for those using the interface he created.

Mark’s perspective changed when he sat with a few folks who were blind or had low vision, and watched as they used assistive technology for the web and attempted to navigate a site he’d developed. Their struggle to tackle basic web functions against inaccessible code was Mark’s wake-up moment and his inspiration to close the gap between emerging developers and accessibility education.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk with Mark about his passion for accessibility, where most web accessibility issues originate, practical tips for incorporating accessibility into developer workflow, and why accessibility means more than checking a box, meeting quota, and passing a test.

Key Takeaways

[00:44] - A quick intro to Mark.
[02:52] - A whiskey review - Angel's Envy Bourbon Port Finish.
[11:47] - How Mark became an accessibility specialist.
[19:28] - Where the web accessibility issue originates.
[27:41] - How to make data visualization accessible.
[34:29] - The major accessibility complaint we fail to consider with JavaScript frameworks.
[36:17] - How to keep developers and frameworks on the right track with accessibility.
[44:22] - A Star Wars-themed whatnot.
[50:37] - Why Mark likes college football (and their stadiums).

Quotes

[01:50] - “I feel like there’s a gap in the field right now where developers are kind of not being reached out to from the accessibility side of things. So my passion in both my job and on the side too, I write for accessibility as well, is to fill that gap.” ~ @Steady5063

[38:53] - “That’s my biggest advocacy for automation, is it helps developers learn accessibility on the fly.” ~ @Steady5063

[01:00:08] - “If you are a developer that’s listening to this, take the time to put accessibility as a priority. As much as everybody in the world is going to tell you that priority for accessibility is not there, find time.” ~ @Steady5063

Links

Mark Steadman
Fidelity Investments
JavaScript
Angel’s Envy - Port Wine Whiskey Kentucky Straight
Rivian
Old Forester
State Farm
Deque Systems
DEV Community
Jira
React
Angular
Vue
Ember.js
ARIA
jsx.html">JSX
Sarah L. Fossheim
Yahoo Finance
Google Finance
Astro
Melanie Sumner
systems.vscode-axe-linter">axe Accessibility Linter
runner.github.io/6.4/config/configuration-file.html">Karma
Jest
Pa11y
Prettier
Disney
The Mandalorian
The Book Of Boba Fett
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Andor
Rogue One
The Bad Batch
Rebels
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
Chicago White Sox
Phoenix Open
Old Trafford
Camp Nou
San Siro Stadium
ESPN
Tom Brady
New England Patriots

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Aug 04, 2022

00:59:23

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 do everything themselves until the last line of code is sealed in a changelog.

On that note, do you prefer conventional commits? Or the tools out there that make organization easier and, sometimes, automated? Chuck and Robbie don’t see eye-to-eye on this particular topic so prepare yourself for the mildest smackdown of the century.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie discuss the pros and cons of release-it, the beauty of working system-agnostic, why Robbie prefers the changelog, and an attempt to stay abreast of frameworks like fresh coming into focus.

Key Takeaways

[00:33] - A whiskey review - Howler Head Banana Whiskey.
[09:12] - A mild smackdown on conventional commits versus release-it.
[15:23] - Why Chuck and Robbie prefer the changelog.
[20:35] - What is fresh? And Robbie leaks some internal R&D.
[26:42] - What Robbie thinks about the Chevy Blazer EV and SUVs in general.
[44:55] - How Chuck and his family acquired a Recall box.

Quotes

[09:55] - “I don’t dislike release-it. Let’s be clear there. I just don’t want to have to physically do anything beyond opening the pull request and closing the pull request.” ~ @CharlesWthe3rd

[13:01] - “I’m not a big fan of conventional commits because it adds a lot of noise to your commit log.” ~ @rwwagner90

[15:06] - “I just think that you [Robbie] are different than a lot of engineers in that you’re like, ‘I want to touch and do all the things for all 16 jobs, I just want to do it myself and make sure it hits to the end’ and other engineers are like, ‘what script can I write to never do this again?’” ~ @CharlesWthe3rd

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Howler Head Kentucky Banana Bourbon Whiskey
Suggest a Whiskey on Twitter!
UFC
Dana White
spirits.com">Wooler Brands
Fireball
cola.com">Coke
release-it
changelog
GitHub Actions
semantic-release-bot
Hacker News
Microsoft
GitLab
github-changelog-generator
Ember.js
fresh
Next.js
Node
Yarn
intro.html">Hooks
Starbeam
Astro
JavaScript
zerojs
nojs
Preact
React
Optix
Droopl
Acquia
Prisma
Prismic
GraphQL
Chevy Blazer EV
Plone CMS
Tesla
Model X
Rivian
Spotify
Range Rover
Hummer
Recalbox
Super Nintendo
N64
Super Star Wars
CHRONO TRIGGER
Castlevania
Bubble Bobble
Super Mario World
Super Mario Bros. 3
Skate or Die!
Ninja Turtles Game
StarTropics
The Legend of Zelda
Nintendo Switch
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX
Destiny

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Jul 28, 2022

00:54:15

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 later, when Preston began developing his own project, he took his colleague’s advice and began testing the waters with Ember as well.

In 2019, Preston noticed interesting work brewing within Ember. Realizing Ember was adaptable to modern tools, Preston decided to dive back in and start building out a chat app to test the framework. That same year, Preston spoke at EmberConf and eventually landed a job at CrowdStrike where the framework of choice was Ember.

In this episode, Preston talks with Chuck and Robbie about comparing Ember to React without angering either side, why he values Ember resources and has worked to create various libraries, what emerging tech Preston’s thrilled to be working on, and what tech Preston’s violently against.

Key Takeaways

[01:13] - The origin of Preston’s alias.
[03:13] - A whiskey review - Malahat Rye.
[10:14] - How Preston got into Ember.
[20:09] - The exciting tech projects Preston’s working on.
[26:21] - What Preston is looking forward to that’s coming out soon.
[29:13] - What tech Preston is violently against.
[31:17] - A corn-themed whatnot.
[35:04] - Why Preston loves pinochle and boring cereal.
[43:09] - A deep dive on Starcraft.
[47:54] - What retro games Chuck is playing.

Quotes

[15:04] - “I really like clinical comparisons between things because if you have any emotion whatsoever in a comparison article, you’re going to upset one of the sides and you don’t wanna do that.” ~ Preston Sego

[23:10] - “I think the most obvious and beneficial use case [of resources] is for data loading. Just because loading anything Async is a pain.” ~ Preston Sego

[26:50] - “The rfc is first-class component templates and it solves the biggest complaint that new hires have at my work where people are just like, ‘I don’t know how to find this thing, how do you find it?’” ~ Preston Sego

Links

Preston Sego
Preston on Twitter
Malahat Spirits Co. Handcrafted 100% Rye
FineCask
Sagamore Spirit
Jack Daniels
React
Glimmer
Ember
EmberConf
EmberConf 2022 - Keynote Part 1 by Yehuda Katz
Rails
Slack
Angular
Twitter
TypeScript
CrowdStrike
EmberConf 2019 - Comparing Patterns in React and Ember by Preston Sego
intro.html">Hooks
Starbeam
SolidJS
Vue.js
Remix
Svelte
WordPress
Ember Could Get Used To This
Ember Octane
JavaScript
Robert Jackson
Ember Data Resources
Ember Data
runspired
Yehuda Katz
Polaris
jsx.html">JSX
Framework Laptop
Apple
Build-in essential ubuntu
Pinochle
Euchre
GSAP - Green Sock
Chris Coyier
tricks.com">CSS-Tricks
Trix
Froot Loops
Special K
Wheaties
s-raisin-bran-crunch-cereal-product.html">Raisin Bran Crunch
Starcraft
Nintendo 64
Sonic
Sonic 2
Genesis
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Raspberry Pi
Analogue
Recalbox
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Control

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Jul 21, 2022

00:59:54

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 their companies, apps, and users. Eric Bailey has been at the forefront of this maturation, working as both an advocate and educator in the accessibility and inclusive design space.

A user experience designer by trade, Eric developed a passion for accessibility that led him to The A11Y Project – an open source, one-stop shop for digital accessibility education. Eric helps maintain the hub while writing and speaking about the intersectionality of code, usability, and disability.

In this episode, Eric talks with Chuck and Robbie about the challenges of improving digital inclusivity, how to work through inclusive design on a budget, what bothers Eric about developers who are afraid to take the accessibility leap, where platforms fall short, and the tools that make implementing accessibility easier.

Key Takeaways

[00:39] - A brief intro to Eric.
[01:35] - A whiskey review - Jefferson's Ocean Bourbon.
[09:20] - How Eric got involved in accessibility and the A11Y Project.
[20:53] - How Eric solves for accessibility despite not being disabled.
[25:55] - How to solicit expertise from the disabled community even with a limited budget.
[28:35] - The best practices for getting started implementing accessibility.
[34:46] - A burgers-themed whatnot.
[37:08] - Comics, Marvel, and streaming culture.
[48:05] - How the gaming industry is going through an accessibility renaissance.
[56:35] - A few closing thoughts from Eric.

Quotes

[10:34] - “I used to think [accessibility] shouldn’t be a job because everybody should be doing it. But the more I explore this space, the more I understand there is a need for specialization like any other kind of technical consideration.” ~ @ericwbailey

[22:00] - “This is something that I try to be very cognizant of as I identify as abled but I speak with and interact with the disability community: the last thing I want to do is typecast or tokenize or suggest that this is the one true way to do things.” ~ @ericwbailey

[24:16] - “Bringing people in who are daily assistive technology users and having them actually navigate through things is an incredibly compelling, incredibly eye-opening experience.” ~ @ericwbailey

Links

Eric Bailey
The A11Y Project
An accessibility checklist
Accessibility posts
Accessibility resources
Contribute to The A11Y Project
scm.com">Git
Jefferson’s Ocean Voyage 24
fitzgerald.php">Old Fitzgerald Whiskey
Microformats
National Geographic
Remix Run
11ty
JavaScript
element transition API
foodservice.com/products/0000070270/velveeta">Velveeta
The Great American Burger Book by George Motz
Twitter
Fable
axe
Deque
ui.org">Open UI
Stark plugin
Lighthouse
Google
The Burger Show
Hot Ones
Anthony Bourdain
David Chang
The Chef Show
Chef’s Table
Top Chef
Delicious In Dungeon
Locke & Key
Saga
Paper Girls
Y: The Last Man
Transmetropolitan
Cyclops
X-Men
Daredevil
Paramount Plus
Marvel
Netflix
Luke Cage
Iron Fist
Jessica Jones
Gotham
NBC
Hulu
GarageBand
Kanye West
Yeezy Boost
Nintendo Switch
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Sony
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Mario Kart
PS4
Stadia
Google Glass
Mac

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Jul 14, 2022

00:51:51

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 packages like Ember Data, he hit a wall. At this point, there was no option for adapting Ember Data to the complex specificities of his app’s needs.

Dan tried to rationalize a solution, deconstructing entire data universes and all aspects of a data library. The end result was Orbit, a framework-agnostic data layer with use cases beyond the obvious. Since its inception, many developers have leaned on Orbit, including those at Ship Shape.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk with Dan about Orbit’s origin story, the best (and least obvious) ways to use Orbit, why Dan chose platform-agnostic, what he really thinks about Starbeam, his ultimate goal with Orbit, and Dan’s all-time favorite power tool.

Key Takeaways

[00:45] - A brief intro to Dan.
[03:02] - A whiskey review - Nikka Single Malt Miyagikyo.
[11:04] - Why Dan created Orbit.
[15:47] - Unexpected use cases for Orbit.
[21:42] - How Orbit flags a conflict.
[25:33] - Orbit’s use cases outside of JSON:API.
[32:46] - What Dan thinks about Starbeam.
[35:12] - How Dan escapes his computer.
[40:32] - Dan’s favorite power tool.
[42:33] - Dan’s thoughts on New Hampshire (and New Jersey).
[48:46] - Dan’s closing thoughts and his sneak peek at a new release.

Quotes

[13:28] - “Sometimes building for the hard case first also helps clarify the simple case and I think that Orbit really scales from the very simple to the very complex set of requirements.” ~ @dgeb

[17:47] - “That’s one of my favorite aspects of working with Orbit is using it as simply as possible to just prototype an app really quickly.” ~ @dgeb

[33:32] - “The frameworks have too long been siloed and we are now seeing some really interesting cross framework solutions out there, whether you’re talking about Starbeam or even something like Remix or Astro.” ~ @dgeb

Links

Dan Gebhardt
Ember Core Team Emeritus
JSON:API
Orbit.js
Tilde
Ruby On Rails
lang.org">Rust
Yehuda Katz
resources.com">JSONAPI::Resources
Nikka Single Malt Miyagikyo
Nikka From The Barrel
The Glencairn Whiskey Glass
The Norlan Whiskey Glass
GraphQL
IndexedDB
Ember Data
Swach
scm.com">Git
Apollo
Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Discovering Ember, Adopting Orbit, and Unlocking Optimization with Chris Thoburn (runspired)
LinkedIn
ember-m3
intro.html">Hooks
React
Eric Elliott
@glimmer/tracking
Starbeam
Astro
Svelte
View
RedwoodJS
Next.js
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Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Next.js 12, React vs. Svelte, and the Future of Frameworks with Wes Bos
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Jul 07, 2022

00:55:13

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 realized they needed a website. Mirroring his brother, Matt learned to code, built a website, and changed his college major.

Following graduation, Matt dove into business ownership, buying out the company he interned for with a business partner. That once small operation has grown to a team of over 100 and as of July 1st, Matt will be Midwestern Interactive’s sole owner. Like Chuck and Robbie, Matt made the switch from programmer to business owner and is committed to his role as a people and business leader.

In this episode, Matt talks with Chuck and Robbie about learning to love coding, Matt’s philosophy on tech and business, what’s valuable and what’s fluff with Web3, and why Matt took up golf after putting coding on the backburner.

Key Takeaways

[00:29] - A brief introduction to Matt.
[01:24] - A whiskey review.
[08:34] - How Matt discovered coding.
[12:17] - Matt’s (and Robbie’s) music career.
[15:14] - How Matt decides what tech to work with.
[16:33] - How often Matt actually codes as a business owner.
[22:56] - The very last piece of billable code Matt wrote for Midwestern Interactive.
[26:39] - How Matt views the value of Web3.
[34:40] - What golf and programming have in common.
[39:23] - What other businesses Matt runs and how those ventures came to be.
[44:20] - What Matt thinks of YAML.
[44:58] - How Chuck and Robbie strategize with tech and testing.
[52:42] - How Matt produces consistently strong outcomes.

Quotes

[14:25] - “It’s pretty crazy, right? You leverage the tools for what you love to do, and then you fall in love with the tool. It’s a really interesting thing. I remember the idea of telling a computer what to do was just baffling to me. I can just create my own anything.” ~ Matt Johnson

[18:26] - “When you are running a business you have to be able to be the right person for the job at any given moment. And you have to have that ability to change your priorities to meet the priorities of the people setting the priorities.” ~ Matt Johnson

[18:57] - “When you base your decisions on what’s right, it’s a whole lot easier to go to sleep at night. And getting good rest is very important in the progression of your business.” ~ Matt Johnson

Links

Matt Johnson
Midwestern Interactive
l-weller-antique.html">W.L. Weller Antique 107
Pappy Van Winkle’s Whiskey
Maker’s Mark
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Whiskey
Total Wine
Bart Paden
Christ In Youth
The Jordan Howerton Band
Myspace
Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win
LinkedIn
Slack
Bored Ape Yacht Club
SHIBA INU
Damien Hirst NFT
Zinc Coffee
YAML
Kubernetes
GitHub
ESLint
Ember.js
Prettier
Husky
React

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Jun 30, 2022

00:54:31

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 edition of Polaris. The project has three main goals: to align Ember with the modern npm packaging system, continue to invest and innovate in reactivity, and encourage universal design principles.

Like many developers, Godfrey came to Ember from Rails. Months after chatting with Yehuda and Tom Dale at EmberConf, Godfrey was hired at Tilde and thrown into the Ember deep end. Today, Godfrey’s focused on big picture developments, tackling lofty goals like developing an Ember model to navigate JavaScript classes.

In this episode, Godfrey talks with Chuck and Robbie about what’s to come for Polaris, solving major developer headaches, Godfrey’s philosophy on frameworks, top use cases for solutions like Starbeam, and why these innovations are necessary in 2022.

Key Takeaways

[00:29] - A quick intro to Godfrey.
[01:49] - A whiskey review.
[09:27] - A sneak peek at Polaris.
[16:15] - Why Polaris is about easy transitions.
[20:11] - How Polaris plans to evolve.
[24:54] - How Godfrey got into Ember.
[27:30] - What Starbeam is.
[32:50] - Use cases for Starbeam.
[36:03] - Why Starbeam is necessary in 2022.
[39:49] - A hobby and people-watching themed Whatnot.

Quotes

[14:54] - “Tools like TypeScript don’t automatically just understand what’s up within ember app. At least one of the things for Polaris is to figure out how we can transition to a world where we don’t have those little tiny differences anymore so that when you open a project in VS Code, TypeScript just knows what’s up.” ~ @chancancode

[37:46] - “I think conceptually, a reactivity layer that is decoupled from the framework makes a lot of sense to me because there’s just a lot of libraries and abstractions that you want to write that eventually, you want people to be able to use them in UI.” ~ @chancancode

[39:31] - “I think having something like Starbeam where you can express those reactivity concepts or those annotations without making your library only usable in React or Vue or whatever is a good thing to have in 2022.” ~ @chancancode

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Jun 23, 2022

00:54:26

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, Chuck and Robbie have thoughts about Apple’s new products, the purpose of React, plus Fig, Hyper, Warp, and everything in between.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie discuss everything you probably don’t know about terminals, why Robbie’s eyeing Redwood, what Chuck and Robbie actually paid attention to from WWDC22, why developers are so excited about Bun, and why Chuck’s trip to Italy was semi-catastrophic.

Key Takeaways

[00:48] - A whiskey review.
[09:07] - Robbie’s terminal tips and tricks.
[15:38] - Why looking cool matters the most.
[22:28] - A few interesting things from WWDC.
[28:55] - Chuck and Robbie react to React.
[34:00] - A whatnot about Chuck’s semi-catastrophic trip to Italy.
[49:11] - An update on the Ship Shape NFT.

Quotes

[15:23] - “Bash hasn’t innovated at all. It’s the same thing it’s always been. It does its job but I don’t need to remember all that stuff. Give me some auto-complete and some nice color themes and cool stuff.” ~ @rwwagner90

[29:11] - “I know Next. I don’t even have to know Next and I know it because it’s a good framework. React by itself is just a huge learning curve. Because it’s like, ‘ok we’re going to do all this stuff that looks nothing like anything anyone else is doing.’” ~ @rwwagner90

[29:54] - “React is becoming more opinionated as its user base continues to grow and becomes more opinionated.” ~ @CharlesWthe3rd

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Jun 16, 2022

00:57:49

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 Hacker News. Who knew a simple post about pattern preferences would cause such controversy?

Today, Cory’s here to explain his side of the story for those happily using async/await in various concurrency patterns. Luckily, Cory believes, to each their own, and even welcomes responses from developers like Eric Elliott and Robbie as important food for thought. So which universe do you prefer? Object-oriented or functional?

In this episode, Cory talks with Chuck and Robbie about why he prefers promise to async/await, his response to Robbie’s weekly rant on classes, what really makes an engineer “senior”, how every tech team should operate, and why Cory recently chose to learn Scottish Gaelic.

Key Takeaways

[00:40] - A brief introduction to Cory.
[01:19] - A whiskey review.
[08:39] - Cory’s controversial opinion on async/await patterns.
[18:56] - How Cory views classes and his defense of Hooks.
[29:54] - Why time matters with engineer seniority.
[42:00] - A Dr. Pepper and obscure language-themed whatnot.

Quotes

[26:27] - “I’ve already seen ideas from the object-oriented world come in and benefit the functional world. And vice versa — the functional world come in and really benefit the object-oriented world. So I don't want to see either of them go away even as I choose to essentially wholly live on one side.” ~ Cory Brown

[37:10] - “If you have any hope of going to whatever your next job is and entering a codebase that is at all reasonable, then we need to start training our junior engineers. And unfortunately, businesses are not investing in that for whatever reason so it’s on us to do that.” ~ Cory Brown

[40:24] - “A large chunk of the last several years of my career has been a diminished focus on producing stuff directly and more in enabling others to produce more quickly.” ~ Cory Brown

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Jun 09, 2022

00:56:45

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 had dabbled in Ember previously, an ask to reimplement the front-end in Ember, this time using TypeScript, proved challenging.

At the time, a few engineers were using TypeScript in Ember, but the open source framework James worked on became the de-facto reference point for projects in Ember types. And the unofficial group of engineers collaborating on the project has become the official Ember TypeScript Core Team.

Today, James works at e-commerce company Salsify with a front-end all in Ember TypeScript. Although setting the standard for using TypeScript in Ember, James believes there’s a time and a place for types. Plus, he may have a solution for Robbie’s monorepo grievances.

In this episode, James talks with Chuck and Robbie about his struggles and triumphs perfecting Ember TypeScript, his real thoughts on monorepos and functional programming, keeping APIs private, and why developing Glint was a type checking necessity.

Key Takeaways

[01:46] - A whiskey review.
[05:48] - Two truths and a lie.
[12:28] - How James discovered Ember and open source.
[16:28] - The purpose of the dot ember-cli file.
[22:00] - When TypeScript isn’t your best bet.
[22:53] - How the Ember TypeScript core team is handling private API.
[25:41] - How James feels about monorepos and functional programming in general.
[28:57] - What tool James uses to link packages.
[31:36] - How James created Glint.
[39:03] - A camping, travel, and steak-themed whatnot.

Quotes

[17:58] - “One of the cool things about the way TypeScript is done now with Babel is we can write stuff in TypeScript and we can use Babel to basically strip out all of the type annotations and just produce JavaScript.” ~ @jamscdavis

[19:38] - “Basically at this point, the only really useful thing that you need inside ember-cli-typescript is its blueprint which is different from the blueprints that generate components and Ember things.” ~ @jamscdavis

[21:53] - “The bigger and more complex your project is, the more that [TypeScript] helps you.” ~ @jamscdavis

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Jun 02, 2022

00:59:17

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 striving to get 100% coverage. In fact, over-testing can actually hamper your progress more than help it. Meanwhile, Chuck’s wondering why it’s not possible to have a union of enums in GraphQL.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie discuss some tech frustrations, lessons for the React community, why Ship Shape implemented spam traps, and a whatnot on all things alcohol, sports, Friends, and Robbie’s (seemingly endless) truck saga.

Key Takeaways

[01:50] - A lengthy whiskey review.
[22:53] - Why getting carried away with tests becomes your downfall.
[34:50] - Why Chuck thinks these tests in the React community are useless.
[38:16] - Chuck’s GraphQL confusion.
[40:49] - A browser bug Chuck noticed.
[44:09] - Robbie’s non-sponsored plug.
[44:50] - A sports-themed whatnot and an update on Robbie’s truck saga.

Quotes

[26:52] - “There are things that warrant tests and things that don’t and there are good best practices for writing them.” ~ @rwwagner90

[33:44] - “Sometimes people will just chase the goal of as close to 100% coverage as possible and then you end up with a bunch of egregious tests along the way.” ~ @CharlesWthe3rd

[34:00] - “You need to test what’s business-critical. You can do the other tests if you have the time. But there were a lot of tests that really didn’t even check anything. And it’s kind of arbitrary — you got that coverage, but you weren’t doing anything.” ~ @rwwagner90

[36:32] - “Cypress is a great example of having integration testing in context where you can get visual progression testing too so [you] have some understanding there.” ~ @CharlesWthe3rd

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May 26, 2022

00:57:20

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. Following curiosity and a three-week bootcamp, Tracy was hooked and ready to take on a career in coding.

Today, Tracy is the CEO of This Dot Labs. She leads a team of 50 developers with a focus on reactive programming, web performance, and developer experience. Her clients and colleagues have become her closest friends and she’s always looking to help fellow developers expand their careers. When she’s not running an agency, Tracy is part of the RX Core Team (one of her many professional memberships), posting tech content to social media, and raising a new baby boy. So how does she manage it all?

In this episode, Tracy talks with Chuck and Robbie about wearing every hat under the sun and wearing them well, why she loves RxJS, having hard conversations with over-eager developers, what’s so often ignored by non-technical CEOs, and what keeps Tracy motivated above all else.

Key Takeaways

[00:09] - A Cinco De Mayo-themed beverage review.
[02:47] - An intro to Tracy.
[06:17] - What RxJS is used for.
[09:28] - How Tracy balances everything.
[18:55] - Tracy’s life outside of coding, parenting, and business ownership.
[27:17] - How Tracy first got into web development.
[38:23] - Tracy’s advice for developers and the hardest pill to swallow when you’re over-eager.
[45:05] - An important conversation about whiskey and Tracy’s liquor cabinet.

Quotes

[08:24] - “Check out RxJS if you have not checked out RxJS. And then if you like it, I think it takes people a little bit to wrap their heads around it because it’s a new way of thinking, but once people do I feel like people just want to RxJS all the things.” ~ @ladyleet

[15:19] - “I hope I can turn my life into only doing my hobby again. So that’s my goal. Hire enough people to where I can actually not have to do all the things I don’t love.” ~ @ladyleet

[29:36] - “I love development because it was so challenging to me, instead of business. I think developers go the other way, they’re like, ‘oh development’s easy, let me do business stuff because that’s challenging.’ For me it was different, I was like, ‘man this is so invigorating, this is hard and it’s awesome and I can build things and create things.’” ~ @ladyleet

[35:19] - “I always talk about web performance and generally no one really wants to invest in it but performance is such a huge deal.” ~ @ladyleet

Links

Tracy on Twitter
This Dot Labs
Cutwater Spirits
Bartesian
Keurig
RxJS Core Team
Google Developer Expert
GitHub Stars
Microsoft MVP
RxJS
Angular
Ember.js
concurrency.com/docs/introduction/">ember-concurrency
tc39 Proposal for Observable
Introduction to RxJS Patterns in React
This Dot Media on YouTube
React
Ken Wheeler
Cricut
JavaScript
Meetup
ES2015
The Ember CLI
GraphQL
Apollo Federation
js.com">Vanilla JS
Sagamore Spirit
Four Roses Single Barrel
Blanton’s Bourbon
h-taylor-jr.html">E.H. Taylor, Jr. Collection
l-weller.html">W.L. Weller
Rickhouse
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Pappy Van Winkle's Whiskey
Willett Distillery
jr.html">Stagg Jr.
Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s Amaretto Sour
Laphroaig
Porsche Experience Center
This Dot Media Angular Meetup
This Dot Media React Meetup
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May 19, 2022

01:04:07

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 became solving semantic versioning for TS. As Chris kept iterating, striving to combine multiple programming worlds, other engineers joined him in the pursuit until eventually, the Ember TypeScript Core team was born.

Today, Chris is a lead engineer at LinkedIn, a father, husband, runner, music composer, and whiskey enthusiast. His current goal is to ensure Ember Polaris has first-class TypeScript support. Aside from offering new dad advice to Robbie, Chris also describes what can become a superpower for new developers willing to work.

In this episode, Chris talks with Chuck and Robbie about best-case uses for TypeScript, a defense of complicated library code, Chris’ ultimate goal with software engineering, and his advice for programmers on the rise.

Key Takeaways

[01:10] - A brief intro to Chris.
[02:26] - A whiskey review.
[10:57] - How the Ember TypeScript Core Team originated.
[19:11] - When Chris believes TypeScript isn’t necessary.
[26:52] - Chris’ lengthy experience with programming languages.
[28:39] - Chris’ advice to Robbie as a new father.
[30:59] - How Chris responds to Robbie’s issue with TypeScript.
[43:50] - What a first-class component template is.
[52:14] - A music and Hot Ones-themed whatnot.
[57:43] - The one thing Chris always plugs for developers.

Quotes

[16:27] - “TypeScript support is pretty essential to modern web development. Even if you’re not using TypeScript in your web app, you are using TypeScript because under the hood, all of the tooling that exists across the ecosystem, more or less, uses TypeScript.” ~ @chriskrycho

[19:39] - “There’s no project in which TypeScript is necessary. There are very few projects in which it might not be useful, but that’s going to depend on your team, your coding style, your mental frame, your background, etc.” ~ @chriskrycho

[60:45] - “Getting deep on subject matter as well as having a general breadth is a really powerful one-two punch in terms of being able to grow as an engineer, to actually understand what you’re working on.” ~ @chriskrycho

Links

Chris Krycho
ChrisKrycho.com
LinkedIn
Ember
LinkedIn Learning
Kent C. Dodds
Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Whiskey
l-weller.html">W.L. Weller
The Glenlivet 14 Year Old
Four Roses Bourbon
runspired
Chris Manson
Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Runspired vs. Chris Manson on Solving the Number One Open Source Maintainer Dilemma
Discord
EmberConf
Ember TypeScript Core Team (Typed Ember)
Dan Freeman
James Davis
Derek Wickern
Mike North
Olo
Flow
JavaScript
2-1.html">TypeScript 2.1
Robert Jackson
Ember TypeScript on GitHub
DefinitelyTyped on GitHub
Glint
jsx.html">JSX
Vue.js
Svelte
Ember Observer
ember-cli-babel
IntelliJ IDEA
Jet Brains
VIM
Visual Studio
lang.org">Ruby
Python
Sorbet
Stefan Penner
Repple
Greg Vaughn
lang.org">Elixir
Glenn Vanderburg
Microsoft
GitHub
js.com">Vanilla JS
lang.org">Fortran
PHP
lang.org">Rust
Swift
Hascal
lang.org">Elm
Discourse
ts.org">Semantic Versioning for TypeScript Types
ember-try
Redux
Mark Erikson
Codebase
Sam Selikoff
Apollo GraphQL
Chris Krycho’s music
Chris Krycho’s on SoundCloud
SpaceX
Chris Garrett (zuraq)
ShopTalk Show Ep 512: Web Whiskey Crossover with Chuck Carpenter & Robbie Wagner
New Rustacean Podcast
prolog.org">Prolog
Julia Evans

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May 12, 2022

01:07:16

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 the only ones conflicted. Developer tools and the metaverse are complex topics that don’t always yield solidly positive or negative results.

The beauty of our ever-evolving digital space is the ability to continually iterate and learn from what’s not working. Having said that, just because something is new (and trending on Twitter) doesn’t mean it’s the best tool for the job, nor that it should be used for anything besides its original purpose. Between monorepos and digital coins, sometimes the hype outweighs the benefit.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie discuss their thoughts on monorepos, the downside to trending languages and developer tools, why the metaverse should be approached with caution, plus a whatnot covering everything under the sun.

Key Takeaways

[01:22] - A brief whatnot on SNOOs and Robbie’s status as a new parent.
[02:55] - A whiskey review.
[12:29] - Why Robbie can’t wrap his head around monorepos.
[28:20] - Why Robbie is (semi) entrenched in the metaverse.
[34:21] - Chuck and Robbie’s take on the Oscar slap and the future of comedy.
[37:16] - A less serious whatnot about podcasts, electric cars, entertainment, and new babies.

Quotes

[21:43] - “I think that there’s good practice in saying ‘why?’ But I don’t think everything should always be one way. I think that [you should] just use the best tool for the job when you come across that.” ~ @CharlesWthe3rd

[22:04] - “There are cases where monorepo could work and be good for people. I’m not saying they suck all the time. It’s my argument with everything — people use React because they think it’s cool, people use TypeScript because they think it’s the hotness, we need to type everything. Monorepos are cool because some guy said, ‘hey these are cool.’ If it’s not solving a real problem for you, just remove that from the code.” ~ @rwwagner90

[31:31] - “I still believe in the utility of the technology [of NFTs]. I do believe that there’s something there. And people are just going to get more clever in the way that they apply that and there will be more security down the line. There’s just way too many rug pulls these days to really make it all worth something.” ~ @CharlesWthe3rd

Links

SNOO
Calumet Farm 12 Year Old Single Rack Black
storehouse.com/">Guinness Factory
Jack Daniel’s
Sagamore Spirit
Safari
Rails
Lerna
en.html">JSON
TypeScript
Ember.js
React
Facebook
Remix
Shiba Token
SHIBOSHIS
The RECUR Portal Pass
Netflix
Darknet Diaries
PRO-SPEED Autoworks
babybrezza
The Honest Company
Pampers
Costco
Rivian
Toyota Tacoma
Model X
Q7
Reddit
Lucid
Roadster
Wawa
Next.js
Vercel
Nuxt

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Apr 21, 2022

00:51:48

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 in TypeScript and Git, the evolution of JavaScript over the years, developer pet peeves, and what success means on a team, on the web, and on the field.

Key Takeaways

[01:09] - A whiskey review.
[10:14] - What Chuck and Robbie think about introducing TypeScript to JavaScript natively.
[17:10] - A rant on everything except Git.
[23:60] - Why Robbie’s been having problems with Git.
[33:09] - What’s new from ES2022.
[34:44} - A football, capitalism, and bad vegan-themed whatnot.

Quotes

[13:40] - “I think [tsc going away] definitely moves JavaScript forward as this thing you can use more than just for the web. And we’ve been doing it for things other than the web forever, but I guess to the people that are outside the JavaScript community they look at it as this thing that’s mostly web, and it’s really evolving past that.” ~ @rwwagner90

[20:50] - “I just wish we could all agree that similar to any other language, not coding languages specifically, reading, writing, there should be punctuation.” ~ @rwwagner90

[23:12] - “[Opinions on languages] is such subjective overhead and us as consultants, when you find these differences from project to project, it’s just not a thing worth fighting for. And the reality is, as long as there’s consistency, all the answers are right and the logic is all that matters.” ~ @CharlesWthe3rd

Links

The Senator 6 Year Straight Rye Whiskey Barrel Proof, Kentucky, USA
Buffalo Trace Distillery
TypeScript
scm.com">Git
JavaScript
CodePen
whatis.php">PHP
Deno
lang.org">Rust
Linux
Arduino Project Hub
Stanford University
CoffeeScript
Prettier
Mariana Tek
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Gooey Apps
Dropbox
Adobe Dreamweaver
UEFA Champions League
PSG.FR - Paris Saint Germain
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Apr 14, 2022

01:07:18

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 difficult to pass up. An opportunity like that prompted Chris to leave LinkedIn for Bitski, a digital wallet for buying, selling, and storing NFTs.

Leaving what’s safe and secure for what’s largely unknown is definitely a risk, but Chris is a risk-taker. Despite loving Rust, Chris wanted to move away from JavaScript in the years ahead and expand his developer horizons. Plus, he’s learned from experience that becoming emotionally attached to whatever you’re using is a dangerous game.

In this episode, Chris talks with Chuck and Robbie about a lack of resources and corporate greed in open source, the framework eras we’ve lived through and what’s to come, why workers are incredible, choosing a career path, and how to keep developing as a developer.

Key Takeaways

[00:23] - Introducing Chris and his recent good news.
[03:20] - An heirloom whiskey review.
[10:12] - Why Chris left LinkedIn and what he’s up to now.
[17:20] - What Chris learned from React.
[18:58] - A chat about Classes, Functions, and Tailwind.
[26:20] - What goes awry with execution in open source.
[34:33] - Why open source is not sustainable and a brief history of the framework eras.
[40:40] - Why Bitski has moved away from Ember.
[46:49] - What Chris thinks about Web3.
[53:37] - A DC, Disney, and Cars-themed whatnot.

Quotes

[14:33] - “Honestly, I’ve worked with JavaScript for 10 years now and I don’t ever want to become one of those one-language devs. So I would like to be able to transition away from JavaScript at some point. Or at least transition into being able to work in multiple languages” ~ @pzuraq

[28:51] - “We built these primitives so that anybody can do it. Anybody can go and build that functionality. You don’t need to RFC it to Ember. You don’t need to have it be accepted by the core team.” ~ @pzuraq

[44:06] - “I didn’t understand workers at first. I didn’t understand that it fundamentally changes the dynamics of writing web applications.” ~ @pzuraq

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Apr 07, 2022

00:57:35

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 the Google Suite inspired Warp Founder Zach Lloyd to bring that same ease of collaboration to the world of terminals. And so, Warp was born.

Because you can’t avoid terminals, the implications of improving such a widely-used tool are what kept Zach going and building momentum with Warp. Zach believes in tools that solve problems vs shiny new tools winning the popularity contest. And that keeps him iterating on Warp, with the ultimate goal of improving developer workflow.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk with Zach about elevating developer productivity, why Zach chose Rust, how Zach classifies the best engineers, a sneak peek at Warp’s new features, and how he hopes Warp will revolutionize the developer experience.

Key Takeaways

[00:50] - An introduction to Zach.
[01:57] - A whiskey tasting.
[09:36] - A final whiskey review.
[13:31] - Why Zach chose to tackle the terminal.
[17:02] - Why Zach chose Rust.
[21:10] - The method behind Warp’s madness.
[29:05] - How long it took Warp to scale up.
[33:22] - What Zach learned as the interim CTO at TIME.
[37:28] - A Kanye, dogs, and sports-themed whatnot.

Quotes

[15:13] - “One of the kind of root product ideas behind Warp was, could you build a version of a text-based interface that brings that same power to a much larger group of developers so it makes that power much more accessible.” ~ @zachlloydtweets

[29:40] - “My general philosophy for when you’re building something like this is to try to pick the tool that’s going to get you to the best product experience. And so it’s always like working backward from what user experience is going to be best and then how do you pick the tools, and the stack, and the technology to try to achieve that.” ~ @zachlloydtweets

[30:33] - “In my experience, the best engineers who I’ve worked with and who I prefer to work with are people who are seeing the technology as a tool for achieving an end-user result or for solving some problem.” ~ @zachlloydtweets

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Mar 31, 2022

01:04:12

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 when it comes to their coding career.

Far from a developer since childhood, Jen’s no stranger to the unconventional path. Her Ember education grew within an accelerator while the bulk of her skillset expanded working in open source. While not an ideal path for everyone, the small startup environment and ability to learn from others in the Ember community was integral to Jen’s growth.

But what if there was a way to standardize? And what should come first, a standardization of skillset or ethics? At a time when tech is advancing faster than ever and Artificial Intelligence has entered the chat, Jen Weber would argue that a need for some ethical benchmarks is the more urgent ticket.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk with Jen about the imperfect path to developer success, how to standardize an ever-evolving industry, the struggle to measure developer expertise, and why the Ember community is largely responsible for her growth, career, and overall outlook on tech.

Key Takeaways

[00:26] - An introduction to Jen.
[01:18] - A whiskey review and freezing the perfect ice.
[09:32] - How Jen was introduced to Ember.
[14:57] - What working at a startup taught Jen about developing.
[19:20] - Why creating a standardized roadmap for developers is a helpful step.
[23:24] - What Jen thinks about ethical standardization.
[37:06] - The challenges of measuring developer expertise.
[42:57] - What hobbies Jen has outside of tech and a food-themed whatnot.
[53:25] - A midwest chat.

Quotes

[09:47] - “Good coding often follows certain patterns. And there’s lots of different terminology and there’s tons of blog articles written about what all those different patterns are, and some of them are just kind of baked into Ember.” ~ @jwwweber

[10:20] - “The [Ember] community became kind of my lifeline for figuring out how to do tricky things that were outside of what I had already learned so far, that were outside of the intro guides and tutorials. So I spent a lot of time building my knowledge through the help of other people.” ~ @jwwweber

[13:07] - “I hesitate sometimes to say, ‘work in open source’ because it’s unpaid, on your own time. That was how I did it, and it benefited me hugely, but also I’m interested in finding out other people’s pathways to being successful, to growing their skills, to reaching more senior engineering levels than just this one meandering way.” ~ @jwwweber

Links

Jen Weber
Ember.js
Belfour Bourbon Whiskey Finished With Texas Pecan Wood
Maker’s Mark 46
Watcher’s Whiskey Tea
React
JavaScript
Twitter
Blockchain
Dropbox
Adobe Dreamweaver
Astro
Ember for React Developers
24 days from node.js to Rust
lang.org">Rust
Node
Microsoft Excel
Minecraft
Nintendo Wii
Mario Kart
Nintendo Switch
Stadia
Oculus
Skyrim VR
Acquia
Big Boy

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Mar 29, 2022

00:01:51

Whiskey, Web, and Whatnot is a weekly podcast from Robbie Wagner and Chuck Carpenter, the founders of Ship Shape (https://shipshape.io).

Listen each week for wide-ranging conversations with developers from across the web. Each episode includes sampling a whiskey, followed by a chat about tech things, and slowly devolves into various whatnot. Unlike some other technical podcasts, our format allows you to see another, more human side of the devs you follow and admire.

You can subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts, and learn more at https://www.whiskeywebandwhatnot.fm.

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Mar 24, 2022

01:05:21

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 everyone’s been coding since their early college days like Robbie and Chuck. Kara Luton started on track to become a professional ballerina. After college and a stint in music publicity, burnout prompted Kara to make a hard left and begin a career in tech.

With all the developer bootcamps and online resources now available, making the switch has never been more accessible. Not to mention, the skills Kara learned as a ballerina and a music publicist helped shape the developer she is today. From staying dedicated and detail-oriented, learning to write and learning from burnout, Kara wouldn’t change anything about her unconventional path to software.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie talk with Kara about her experience learning and relearning Ember, why she loves the Ember community, her advice for those looking to switch careers, Kara’s cool home office, and why every developer has something valuable to offer.

Key Takeaways

[00:58] - A brief introduction to Kara.
[03:16] - A whiskey review.
[08:51] - Kara’s non-traditional path to tech.
[15:57] - Kara’s experience in a bootcamp and her thoughts on bootcamps as a developer launchpad.
[17:34] - How Kara found Ember.
[23:10] - Kara’s advice for people looking to make a career pivot.
[28:44] - Why Kara’s looking forward to contributing to open source projects.
[32:30] - How Kara’s home office setup has evolved.
[37:57] - Kara’s thoughts on NFTs.
[40:17] - Why Kara loves animals and a deep dive on her two pet dogs.
[47:48] - More of Kara’s hobbies outside of the web and a chat about Marvel movies.
[58:48] - A soccer and sports-themed whatnot.

Quotes

[15:20] - “Ballet, it’s very detail-oriented and I feel like that’s something that’s really helped me in my career as a developer, like missing a semicolon or understanding the different syntaxes — it’s really helped me a lot. I’m really really grateful for my time doing ballet.” ~ Kara Luton

[29:37] - “Contributing to the framework that you use will give you such good knowledge of it, even if it’s something small.” ~ Kara Luton

[31:59] - “You never know if something you say, the way you phrase something, will just make it click for somebody in a way that they haven’t understood it before. I really really recommend people writing blog posts.” ~ Kara Luton

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Mar 17, 2022

01:00:04

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 alt GraphQL stack simply because the nature of a product didn’t mesh with Apollo. After happening upon two up-and-coming technologies, GraphQL modules and Envelope, a solution was born, as was a newfound flexibility with GraphQL stacks.

In this episode, Charles and Taras talk with Chuck and Robbie about their accidental developer discovery, the drawbacks of UI libraries, what a Relay alternative looks like, what in the world Pact is, and why adulthood is vastly overrated.

Key Takeaways

[00:48] - An introduction to the Frontside guys.
[02:29] - A whiskey review.
[08:46] - How Charles and Taras discovered a less-than-ordinary GraphQL stack.
[18:39] - Why JSON:API doesn’t always make sense.
[23:11] - Taras’ criteria for a valuable alternative to Relay.
[25:04] - What is Pact?
[28:30] - An NFT chat, and why adulthood is vastly overrated.
[41:45] - Charles’ and Taras’ hobbies outside of the web and the best way to bond with your baby.
[54:38] - A few last-minute mentions.

Quotes

[21:04] - “Relay is complex, it’s difficult, and it’s not as magical as other things that I’ve used. So I actually don’t think that the primary benefit is to the clients that consume it, ironically. I think the benefit is to the developers that are trying to understand.” ~ Charles Lowell

[56:20] - “The combination of testing and simulation and the developer experience stuff, and the emergence of developer experience as an area of focus is exciting and interesting in the same way that web and Ember was when it started. Just that sense of, we’re discovering something new and there are people who are actively trying to solve a problem.” ~ Taras Mankovski

Links

Charles on Twitter
Taras on Twitter
Frontside
The Balvenie Doublewood 12
The Singleton of Glendullan Liberty
GraphQL
Apollo
Discord
Envelope
JSON:API
runspired
Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Discovering Ember, Adopting Orbit, and Unlocking Optimization with Chris Thoburn (runspired)
Ember Data
Orbit
Relay
Pact
Swach
Blockchain
Web3
No JS
Rails
guild.dev">The Guild
hive.com">Hive GraphQL
CodeGen
The Sandbox
Snoop Dog
Second Life
Linden Lab
Duolingo
Casamigos
Deno
GoJS
Backstage

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Mar 10, 2022

00:56:32

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 recent book, Practical Machine Learning in JavaScript.

Forever iterating on her projects and experimentations, Charlie extends that desire for growth into her professional life, even pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and dabbling as a Google Developer Expert outside of her Netlify 9-5.

In this episode, Charlie talks with Chuck and Robbie about her role at Netlify, why DX engineers matter, the real relationship between Remix and Netlify, Charlie’s approach to machine learning, and her thoughts on why web3 can be used for good.

Key Takeaways

[00:30] - An introduction to Charlie.
[01:04] - A whiskey review.
[07:53] - Why Charlie wrote a book about JavaScript and machine learning.
[11:23] - How Charlie comes up with the projects she works on.
[18:24] - What Charlie does at Netlify and what it means to be a Google Developer Expert.
[22:43] - What Charlie knows about the relationship between Remix and Netlify.
[26:23] - Why DX engineering matters.
[31:33] - A deep dive on Charlie’s Twitter and her hobbies outside of tech.
[41:40] - How Charlie thinks web3 can be used for good.

Quotes

[13:48] - “Every time I have an idea, I kind of tweak it to push it as far as I can or until I get bored and then I move onto another one. But it’s never like I wake up and have a great idea. I wish it was like that. But most of the time it’s more an evolution of ideas or inspiration that I find online, other people sharing their stuff, and it generates an idea in my head.” ~ @devdevcharlie

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Charlie on Twitter
Netlify
JavaScript
Jamstack
The Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14
Practical Machine Learning in JavaScript
TensorFlow
Python
TensorFlow.js
js.com">Vanilla JS
react-app.dev">Create React App
Chrome Dino Game
Street Fighter
Amazon
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Google Developer Expert
Google
Android
Angular
Remix
Vercel
Next.js
Whiskey Web and Whatnot: The Beauty of Remix, Falling for Tailwind, and Why NFTs Are a Scam with Kent C. Dodds
Astro
RedwoodJS
Backstage
Discord
YouTube
Netflix
Analogue Pocket
Pokemon
lang.org">Rust
Blockchain

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Mar 03, 2022

01:09:57

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 community for testing and creating web projects, still feels like a company striving to prove itself in a world of jaded developers. Nevertheless, CodePen has successfully reached developers as they’re learning to code.

In this episode, Chris talks with Chuck and Robbie about his online opinions that align and differ from Robbie’s, the evolution of CodePen, how they’ve managed to monetize, the advantages of sticking with CSS, why blogging is like grinding, and Chris’ parenting advice for new dads.

Key Takeaways

[02:23] - A whiskey review.
[11:10] - The beauty of CodePen and a brief chat about Tampa.
[16:11] - The niche that sets CodePen apart.
[18:03] - Why going serverless is a wonderful thing.
[23:11] - How CodePen has evolved and how they have monetized.
[25:06] - How CodePen uses information for good.
[27:16] - How CSS-Tricks came to be and Chris’ other digital passions.
[38:38] - What Chris thinks of Tailwind.
[44:59] - What new things are coming to CSS.
[49:42] - Chris’ dad advice for Robbie.
[57:31] - A Rick Steves whatnot, complaints about Italian food, and why deadlines work.

Quotes

[23:59] - “Not a day has gone by, pretty much in the 10 years we’ve been running this, where there isn’t some kind of jaw-dropping, interesting creation on CodePen.” ~ @chriscoyier

[45:25] - “If you just let CSS be, just use the language, you get all this stuff. But if you have to wait for an abstraction to come later, maybe it never does arrive or maybe it comes in a way that’s too abstracted that’s not all that useful. There’s an advantage to just sticking to the core language.” ~ @chriscoyier

[49:28] - “The rule is, just leave it alone. Do not open up somebody else’s thing and reorder their inputs and commit that. Because that is just noise, and it doesn’t matter.” ~ @chriscoyier

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Chris on Twitter
Discord
New Riff Single Barrel Bourbon
Sagamore Spirit
Jack Daniel’s
Jim Beam
CodePen
lang.com">Sass
Next.js
JavaScript
Dart
Bitcoin
Eyeframe
lang.org">Rust
Go
Acquia
Ruby
VS Code
CodePen PRO Plans
The CodePen Spark (CodePen newsletter)
tricks.com">CSS-Tricks
WordPress
tricks.com/how-to-fetch-and-parse-rss-feeds-in-javascript/">How to Fetch and Parse RSS Feeds in JavaScript
Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Work-Life Balance, React, and Why Accessibility is Everything with Melanie Sumner
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nintendo Switch
Oculus Quest 2
Workrooms
Rec Room on Oculus Quest
Pictionary
Oculus Guardian
Phasmophobia
Tailwind CSS
National Graphic
Codebase
React
JSX
Chrome DevTools
Netflix
The Red Hen
Rick Steves
Rick Steves, Cool Dude.
Europe Through The Back Door
Rick Steves’ Europe TV Show
Jain.All-Autocomplete">VSCode All Autocomplete
GitHub
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Feb 24, 2022

01:18:57

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 from a few weeks prior. Nodding along as Chris explained his point of view on all things Ember, runspired suddenly slammed on the brakes after hearing one pivotal sentence.

At the center of his break slam and today’s fierce disagreement? The value of TypeScript and its place in the Ember community. Fortunately, Chris and Chris have the same end goal: to encourage more developers to use Ember and contribute to Ember projects. But how do we keep Ember contributor-friendly while keeping contributions careful? One of them yearns for a happy medium and the other feels that balance is forever impossible.

In this episode, runspired and Chris Manson battle it out, discussing TypeScript’s place in the Ember community and balancing the volume of Ember contributors with the accuracy of developer edits.

Key Takeaways

[02:49] - A whiskey review.
[09:55] - What whiskey and NFTs have in common.
[11:37] - Runspired explains the source of his smackdown with Chris Manson.
[15:38] - Where Chris Manson and runspired stand on TypeScript.
[19:29] - Chris Manson’s side of the story.
[20:02] - How runspired and Chris Manson think we’ll get more developers contributing to Ember.
[29:09] - Where runspired and Chris Manson actually agree.
[37:18] - Where Chris Manson stands on TypeScript.
[40:56] - How to balance contributor-friendly with contributor careful.
[44:58] - The problem with Ember sponsorships and Ember advocates.
[01:02:53] - Some closing thoughts on today’s smackdown, Peaky Blinders, and an NFT-themed whatnot.

Quotes

[26:19] - “The more that we’ve adopted TypeScript, the more I’ve seen people capable of making a contribution without my assistance that had the right fix.” ~ runspired

[43:20] - “I see Ember Learn, the org, and all of the things that we maintain, as kind of a gateway drug to becoming an Ember CLI contributor, a framework contributor, an Ember Data contributor. It’s like a training ground.” ~ Chris Manson

[44:58] - “What we really need is a developer advocate for Ember. We need, as a community, to find some pool of funding, to hire somebody, to be 100% focusing on that pipeline that I’m talking about: getting people in at the bottom, finding ways for them to get from the bottom to the middle grounds, identifying the projects, project managing people up that scale, and getting them to (runspired’s) door when they are ready.” ~ Chris Manson

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Feb 17, 2022

00:51:38

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 handed a computer and told, “learn to write code,” because the future is tech. So that’s what she did. With a love of language and puzzles, writing code became her thrill and, after years in the Navy, her profession. Today, Melanie is active in the Ember community, serving on the Ember Core Team and advocating for veterans entering web development.

Melanie talks with Robbie and Chuck about the value of empty days, intentional productivity, Ember’s evolution, React, and tips for making websites accessible.

Key Takeaways

[00:27] - A quick introduction to Melanie and her role in the Ember community.
[01:38] - A whiskey review.
[08:13] - Web dev “would you rather”.
[12:36] - Why Melanie started learning to write code and her thoughts on work-life balance.
[20:02] - The philosophy Melanie lives by and why she tracks the domains she buys.
[24:25] - Robbie’s tipping point with Ember and some shiny new toys.
[29:05] - Why Ember shouldn’t try to be React and the importance of accessibility.
[32:29] - How to make a website more accessible.
[35:54] - Today’s gaming-themed whatnot.
[43:07] - How Melanie survived the pandemic and news on the next EmberConf.
[48:10] - What Melanie cares about outside of web development.

Quotes

[01:06] - “It’s my philosophy to at least Buy A Coffee for people who work on open source projects that I use. I think if we all did that, the world would be a better place.” ~ @melaniersumner

[14:13] - “I don’t know why my brain has made this connection, but it has. I’m good at learning foreign languages and that kind of translated into me believing I was good at writing code and learning new code languages. Because it’s all about learning what are you trying to say and how you want to say it.” ~ @melaniersumner

[17:11] - “We develop this very unhealthy culture in web, in tech where it’s like, ‘oh I have to be rockstar ninja core person who can do all the commits on all the days.’ And it’s like no, show me your empty days actually. I want to see where you took time off.” ~ @melaniersumner

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Feb 10, 2022

00:57:20

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 exciting life updates from Chuck and Robbie. Plus, if you’ve ever wondered what NFTs, co-working spaces, and whiskey all have in common, today’s episode is for you.

In this episode, Robbie and Chuck dive into the frameworks they’re using, the dashboards they’re analyzing, what’s new in the gaming universe, and the co-working space to check out if you happen to live near Middleburg, VA. And if you don’t, here’s how a virtual space can come to you.

Key Takeaways

[00:09] - A non-traditional introduction.
[01:35] - A whiskey review.
[09:00] - What Robbie’s working on.
[14:41] - What it’s like working in Astro.
[18:56] - What Chuck’s working on.
[24:36] - Why Chuck is taking a break from VR.
[36:00] - What’s new in games and TV.
[47:40] - When Robbie’s getting a Tesla.
[49:53] - An update on Robbie’s co-working space.

Quotes

[16:26] - “[Astro] is probably not quite as fast as if you’d literally gone through and written everything in Vanilla HTML and CSS. But it’s pretty dang close with conveniences.” ~ @rwwagner90

[19:50] - “Apollo Studio gives you some excellent metrics and traces into what’s going on and where things are slow and even down to the resolvers for each individual key, things like that, and some interesting cache stuff. But, at the end of the day, you’ve really bought into their way and their ecosystem.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

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Feb 03, 2022

00:55:29

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 brave new world and what’s taking up space. Juan Palomino, founder of Full Speed Media, has spent the last year knee-deep in his own NFT experiment. Along the way, he’s learned what to embrace and what to forget when it comes to making his mark in the digital economy.

Juan started Full Speed Media as a way to provide live streaming services throughout the pandemic. While it began as a way to simply satisfy a growing demand, through his business, Juan began developing relationships with local organizations in Phoenix and realized the need for other web-based projects geared toward fundraising.

A true lover of building cool stuff and experimenting with the latest tech trends, Juan eventually developed an NFT drop in partnership with a local artist. Since launch day, his community has minted almost 100 tokens and raised just under $10,000 for the Valleywise Health Foundation, the largest provider of mental health services in Arizona.

In this episode, Robbie, Chuck, and Juan discuss the technicalities of building an NFT, where most developers miss the mark in blockchain, and the real beauty of a growing minted marketplace.

Key Takeaways

[01:13] - A quick introduction to Juan.
[02:37] - Two truths and a lie.
[06:25] - A whiskey review.
[14:19] - Chuck's two truths and a brief history of Philadelphia.
[17:54] - Juan’s groundbreaking NFT fundraising project.
[23:17] - How tech trends like NFTs and smart contracts actually work.
[27:11] - How Juan algorithmically generates NFT images.
[31:20] - The right way to approach NFTs and why fees.wtf missed the mark.
[45:40] - What’s the deal with DAOs?
[46:50] - Where the blockchain truly belongs.
[49:06] - Why Chuck is back on Twitter.
[52:13] - The beauty of the NFT space.

Quotes

[41:31] - “Blockchain in itself is not this secret ingredient that now makes everything better. It has become this buzzword that people want to do a land grab for but realistically, this is just the building blocks of how we’re going to build bigger, better, more decentralized, more trustless applications and systems.” ~ @JuanForTheMoney

[52:47] - “The NFT space, for all its quirks and mishappenings and lost gas fees, has really turned me onto the art world and has exposed me to a whole different way of creating stuff and connected me with a lot of people I might not have been connected with otherwise. If nothing else, it has been a really great experiment.” ~ @JuanForTheMoney

Links

Juan on Twitter
Full Speed Media
Si Se Puede Foundation
Smooth Ambler
Lost Lantern Smooth Ambler West Virginia Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Seelbach’s
zona.business.site">Coffee Zona
Geno’s Steaks
Lin Manuel Miranda
Encanto
Viva Muertos!
Valleywise Health Foundation
Valleywise Emerging Leaders Program
cota.com">Lalo Cota
Ethereum
Kent C. Dodds
Solidity
Python
JavaScript
lang.org">Rust
SpaceX
24 days of Rust
Web3
Hardhat
Gas DAO
fees.wtf
Blockchain
Facebook
Oculus
Meta
DeFi
HoneyHaus
Robinhood
Odyssey DAO (12 Days of Web3)
Bitcoin
Twitter
Chuck on Twitter
Blockbuster
JCPenney

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Jan 27, 2022

00:58:56

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 year was 2008 and runspired was launching an app. Somewhere along the way, he realized that if he wanted to build the collaborative web-first application he envisioned, he needed to build in JavaScript.

Sifting through Angular and React, nothing stuck. When he finally stumbled upon Ember, the pitfalls and confusion were obvious and almost immediately he abandoned the framework. But runspired soon realized that features within Ember matched the ideas he began developing in his own framework years prior. Suddenly, everything clicked and today runspired is an Ember aficionado with big ideas on the future of framework and the secrets to cutting edge optimization.

In this episode, Robbie, Chuck, and runspired discuss flaws in the developer community, why Orbit is useful, shifting the approach to API frameworks, and why JSON:API and GraphQL are a match made in developer heaven.

Key Takeaways

[01:37] - A whiskey review.
[11:26] - How runspired’s journey in the Ember community evolved.
[20:22] - What runspired thinks about RedwoodJS and API frameworks.
[24:03] - Why Orbit is flawed but incredibly useful.
[29:45] - What’s missing from the developer community.
[36:01] - Why JSON:API and GraphQL are a perfect marriage.
[41:59] - What Ember Data cares about.
[48:01] - A conversation about whatnot including Chris’ dive into professional running.
[55:55] - A cause runspired cares about in the Ember community.

Quotes

[18:30] - “I’ve never found a reason to want to re-evaluate Ember as my main framework. Every time I’ve had a complaint, it’s evolved to satisfy that complaint with time.” ~ runspired

[23:00] - “So many of the problems that I see applications encounter late in their life cycles are problems where the API framework just wasn’t set up well in the first place. And if they had had a better framework for building APIs and understanding how applications are maybe going to mature, and how that API is going to need to evolve as the application matures, they probably would have been set up for better success.” ~ runspired

[24:42] - “Orbit, in my opinion, is the gold standard of data libraries for the front-end right now. Because it solves every problem that you don’t know you have yet. But that’s also its big flaw because it has found the end architecture that you’ve got to evolve to if you end up with those problems.” ~ runspired

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Jan 13, 2022

00:54:16

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 longest-tenured employee Rob Cary was bound to put those unlikely virtual dots together and today he’s here to share a few original insights.

After meeting Robbie Wagner in an elementary school play as a couple of accountants, their lives continued to overlap. From a choice in college to a knack for web development, making sweet beats, and ultimately, their careers, an intro to Rob may sound identical to an intro to Robbie. But unlike Robbie Wagner, Rob Cary has years of VR experience under his belt. Not to mention, some interesting ideas about the future of our virtual metaverse.

In this episode, Robbie, Chuck, and Rob discuss the wonders of WebStorm and IntelliJ, what on earth decentralized gaming is, how VR has transformed the gaming world, and the mostly unknown link between Twitch and web development.

Key Takeaways

[00:28] - Introduction to Rob.
[01:27] - A whiskey review.
[06:57] - Rob, Robbie, or both?
[13:05] - Rob’s technical background and the state of decentralized gaming.
[16:12] - A game of Stumped.
[24:50] - What Rob likes about WebStorm and IntelliJ.
[30:16] - A conversation about the VR universe, how it’s transformed, and where we’re headed.
[39:10] - Why NFTs are everywhere.
[43:20] - Rob’s hobbies outside of gaming and websites.

Quotes

[26:35] - “VS Code is one of the few examples I’ve seen of an IDE that’s really universally been adopted really quickly.” ~ @r0bc4ry

[34:50] - “Some of the things you can do on VR, you could just never do in a traditional game. The technology has a ton of promise, there are just fundamental issues that still are being worked on that I think need to be fixed.” ~ @r0bc4ry

Links

Rob Cary
React
Ember
Dojo
Vuori
Lululemon
Widow Jane Rye Mash, Oak & Applewood-Aged Whiskey
Twitter
Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Next.js 12, React vs. Svelte, and the Future of Frameworks with Wes Bos
Virginia Tech
StarCraft
Zoom
Unity
Blockchain
Halo
Syntax
Web3
DoorDash
Uber Eats
Async/await
NativeScript
BlueJ
en.html">JSON
IntelliJ IDEA
WebStorm
Visual Studio Code
Atom
yarn install
Sublime Text
TextWrangler
PHPStorm
Vim
EmberConf
JetBrains Rider
Oculus
Rec Room
Wii
Nintendo
Call of Duty
Medal Of Honor
Vader Immortal
Ethereum
adidas NFTs
Pepsi NFTs
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade NFTs
Twitch
esports
Diablo II
Hellgate

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Jan 06, 2022

00:57:18

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 Chuck first discovered the world of the web, today’s episode explores his digital origin story.

Like Robbie, Chuck’s foray into software development began in Photoshop. In fact, for a period after graduating college, Chuck considered going to photography school. Unfortunately (or fortunately, if you ask Robbie), shelling out cash for grad school seemed daunting and impractical. So he stumbled into a startup instead.

After gigs at multiple startups, MLMs, a national network, and a non-profit abroad, a new baby sent Chuck searching for something with fewer hours and more flexibility. Spoiler alert: he ended up at Ship Shape.

In this episode, Robbie and Chuck discuss Chuck’s gradual love for Ember, the frameworks that shaped his career, the developers who impressed him, and Chuck’s ideas on the future of the web.

Key Takeaways

[00:27] - A whiskey review.
[08:41] - Where it all began for Chuck.
[11:48] - Chuck’s foray into the digital space.
[15:19] - Where Chuck went post-grad.
[19:08] - A turning point in Chuck’s career.
[21:27] - Why Chuck headed to Europe.
[23:14] - Chuck’s career with National Geographic and the software that shaped him.
[29:33] - When Chuck met Ember.
[33:30] - Why Chuck left the startup world.
[37:56] - How Chuck found Ship Shape.
[46:22] - Where Chuck’s headed next.
[48:30] - How to send suggestions our way and a brief chat on NFTs.

Quotes

[20:25] - “For me, and I think for a lot of people, jQuery was kind of the entryway into JavaScript programming.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[39:01] - “What was the next rung on the career ladder? I decided that instead of more middle management, getting my hands dirty and building a business sounded pretty great, or at least worth a try. I needed to check that box off.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

[41:55] - “It feels like things are going in a direction, even if it’s not Next, where there’s more opinionation.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

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Dec 30, 2021

00:53:46

If you’ve ever wondered where Ship Shape got its shape and how Robbie became Ember’s number one fan, this episode is for you.

Robbie and Chuck revisit the early chapters of Robbie’s career, including the gigs he loved and the corporate structures he hated. They talk about lessons learned, taking the entrepreneurial leap, and what’s on the horizon. While Robbie’s career has hardly been a linear path, the most exciting and fulfilling journeys rarely are.

Key Takeaways

[00:44] - Whiskey review and a brief overview of Pinhook.
[06:23] - Robbie’s introduction to the digital world.
[13:15] - College and his bridge to JavaScript.
[16:06] - The first startup Robbie worked at.
[18:30] - The start of Robbie’s post-grad gigs.
[21:20] - A proud whiteboard-ing moment.
[24:23] - What Robbie learned at Red Hat.
[30:28] - Where Robbie fell in love with Ember.
[34:56] - The next step in Robbie’s Ember career.
[36:55] - Where Robbie had the stereotypical startup experience.
[37:22] - Robbie’s return to Ember.
[45:25] - The start of Ship Shape and the value of networking.
[49:52] - Robbie’s thoughts on React.

Quotes

[23:39] - “I think all of computer science boils down to understanding the Big O notation of the thing you’re doing. That’s it. If you know what’s most efficient, you can look up how to do it.” ~ @rwwagner90

[25:14] - “It comes back to my approach to hiring anyone. You hire good people who want to learn things and will do well, and they’ll do well at any technology.” ~ @rwwagner90

[45:39] - “Honestly, there were a lot of times, and you’ve been around for some of them, where I’ve been like, ‘alright, let’s just stop and go back and get real jobs because we don’t have enough money and we’ll just stop doing this.’ But it always works out. And we continue to grow and you just have to trust that it’s going to work out.” ~ @rwwagner90

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Dec 23, 2021

01:00:01

Kent Dodds spends much of his professional life helping emerging developers learn. Earlier this year, as he began refreshing a stack of educational resources, Kent realized that simply switching to Remix eliminated most of the problems he was teaching his students to avoid or solve. Not long after he fell in love with the framework, Kent landed a job at Remix.

Now the Director of Developer Experience, Dodds educates and troubleshoots. From eliminating loading and error states, easy adoption, and the mutations API, Dodds’ passion for Remix is abundantly obvious. He credits the success of Remix to its premium user experience and believes wholeheartedly that (almost) everything is simpler without JavaScript.

In this episode, Robbie, Chuck, and Kent discuss the standalone features of Remix, a new stack on the Remix block, avoiding JavaScript, and why Kent can’t code without Tailwind.

Key Takeaways

[01:51] - An eggnog review.
[06:20] - Kent’s journey to Remix.
[09:13] - What makes Remix unique.
[13:13] - Remix’s true niche.
[16:51] - Remix vs. Astro vs. Qwik.
[21:21] - What you can’t do with Remix.
[22:14] - Why working around JavaScript is the way to go.
[26:15] - More ways that Remix improves the user experience.
[27:44] - The beauty of Tailwind.
[36:56] - Remix’s mutations API.
[41:51] - Kent and Tesla.
[50:25] - What Kent likes outside of coding and clean energy.
[53:51] - Why NFTs are a scam.

Quotes

[09:57] - “Right now [Remix] is all server-rendered. And we do that because we feel like that provides the best user experience. It objectively provides the best user experience. It’s way better to just see your stuff than to see spinners while you’re waiting for your stuff. So if you can just make it so fast that you don’t need spinners, then that’s a better user experience.” ~ @kentcdodds

[15:40] - “I haven’t yet found a use-case for building on the web that Remix isn’t really well-suited for. It doesn't have a bunch of abstractions useful for someone who’s going to build a game, but neither does any other framework like Remix. It sure has a lot of useful things for you if you want to build an excellent user experience on the web.” ~ @kentcdodds

[22:30] - “I feel like with Remix, we’ve found another way to make things faster without having to make all these trade-offs on different architectures with having to completely change the framework that you’re using.” ~ @kentcdodds

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Dec 16, 2021

00:54:27

Between constantly changing frameworks, updates, and languages, web dev life is anything but stagnant. Shiny object syndrome is a real thing, and it’s easy to feel like there’s too much to keep up with.

Wes Bos has his own point of view on the shifting landscape. Wes has spent years as a developer and has created a catalog of courses to help other developers improve their skills. Despite having his favorites, Wes argues there’s a place for everything in the melting pot that is modern web development.

In this episode, Robbie, Chuck, and Wes discuss the rise of specialized frameworks, the future of frameworks like TypeScript, and Wes’ views on technology outside the workplace.

Key Takeaways

[00:27] – Who is Wes Bos?
[01:40] – Wes or Robbie or Both?
[05:42] – Whiskey review
[18:46] – The benefits of Next.js 12
[21:03] – React vs. Svelte
[26:20] – Wes’ thoughts on TypeScript
[30:26] – Commiserating over IE 11
[33:52] – What Wes does in his free time
[39:16] – Wes’ vintage road bikes
[40:54] - Wes’ tech-free BBQ saga
[50:59] - Wes’ thoughts on tech podcasts

Quotes

[19:08] - “I don’t think that Next.js is the SDK of the web. The whole point of the web is that it’s open and it’s just the standard language that you can build whatever you want on top of it. But that said, I’m probably the biggest Next.js fanboy out there.” ~ @wesbos

[19:24] - “Next.js is making things really really simple for us. They’re sort of taking a lot of the hard parts of React and doing away with them and making this really nice framework for building websites.” ~ @wesbos

[20:19] - “That’s really important with these tools that it does the code splitting and all the performance stuff for you. Because the average web developer is not gonna spend any time trying to implement these things themselves. They don’t have enough time, they’ve got deadlines to hit, or they just don’t know how. So the tools doing it for you really is the way forward.” ~ @wesbos

Links

Wes’s Website
Syntax Podcast
JavaScript
John Deere
LCBO
1792 Small Batch Bourbon
Glencairn Whiskey Glass
Property Brothers
Income Property
Island of Bryan
Starlink
Spectrum
Acquia
Next.js
Syntax 405: Hasty Treat - Next.js 12
React
Rich Harris
Vercel
Svelte
SvelteKit
mode-suspense.html">Suspense
Nuxt
Astro
Redwood JS
Meteor
Ember
Shopify
Gatsby
TypeScript
CoffeeScript
JavaScript
Twitter
jQuery
Babel
Transpilation
PostCSS
IE 11
Google Chromebook
GitHub Copilot
No.js
NodeJS With Arduino
The Tim Ferriss Show Episode #74: How One Computer Hack Conquered Online Dating, Open Locked Cars, and More
Big Green Egg
Airbnb
Kings Island
Evergreen
Closure Compiler

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Dec 09, 2021

01:30:41

They say if it’s not broken, don’t fix it. But if it is broken...keep iterating? While not everyone may agree on how to solve the technical headaches that come with one language or another, developer and Empress Creator Chris Manson has a few ideas.

As more apps emerge, more problems inevitably appear. Chris has several non-negotiable best practices for keeping it simple and helping the developers who follow in his digital footsteps.

Also a member of Ember’s core team, Chris has been working with the framework since December of 2011. After beginning his startup with Angular, Chris threw in the towel and pivoted to its simpler and more intuitive counterpart. Nevertheless, Ember is far from flawless and, as with most things, could always improve for the users who need it most.

In this episode, Robbie, Chuck, and Chris discuss the fatal flaws of several old and emerging frameworks, the breakthrough shifts in the Ember community, why comparing Ember to React isn’t always a fair match-up, and holes in the developer hiring process.

Key Takeaways

[00:32] - Whiskey review and a history of Glendalough.
[14:14] - How Chris was introduced to Ember.
[25:10] - Chris’s thoughts on Husky.
[29:41] - What Chris is working on now.
[32:55] - Why Chris has a vendetta against ember-cli-addon-docs.
[37:34] - What’s changing in the Ember community.
[54:28] - The complexities of hiring developers.
[64:50] - The future of frameworks.
[73:04] - Chris’s problem with TypeScript.
[77:18] - Chris’s hobbies outside of developing.

Quotes

[26:42] - “This is one of the things that I don’t like about repos or projects where you get to make 1,000 decisions because new people who don’t know the decisions you’ve made, don’t know the structure of your app, don’t know your repo, go into your repo and go, ‘this is too complicated’, bounce, and don’t contribute, and that’s not ok for me.” ~ Chris Manson

[28:49] - “The amount of times that we get people who are actual juniors bouncing against something that you’ve built and then you realize, ‘oh actually, I did build that in a kind of complex way, I shouldn’t have,’ and then you internalize that, and then the next time it comes across you go, ‘I could do this fancy and save 10 lines of code, or I can be verbose and simple.’ Always pick verbose and simple.” ~ Chris Manson

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Dec 02, 2021

00:59:59

Every developer straddles the fine line between creating a unique space and reinventing the wheel. Tom Preston-Werner has lived between those two lines for much of his career, most recently while developing an app framework for startups, RedwoodJS.

Tom has always pushed himself to think outside the box rather than follow competitors. This aversion to groupthink kickstarted the creation of Redwood. It also helped Tom with the second-hardest part of app development: choosing a name. Tired of the physics names flooding the React world, Tom turned to nature for his framework. Not just a staple of the Bay Area, Redwoods start as tiny acorns and grow into enormous trees – a fitting analogy for an app designed to grow alongside expanding ventures.

In this episode, Robbie, Chuck, and Tom discuss the other ways Tom’s outsider thought-process contributes to his creativity, the importance of helping users through the upgrade process, and his tried and true philosophy as a software developer.

Key Takeaways

[16:46] - The origins of RedwoodJS.
[22:02] - Tom’s approach to the upgrade process.
[24:26] - The dangers of reinventing the wheel.
[29:25] - What developers should stop focusing on.
[30:55] - The relationship between apps and scale.
[36:14] - Tom’s philosophy as a developer.
[41:18] - How RedwoodJS got its name.
[51:35] - Tom’s creative outlet outside of software development.

Quotes

[19:24] - “Stay a bit naive of how everyone else does it just so that your solutions really are as novel as they can be. I think the risk of being boring and repetitive is way higher if you’re spending a lot of time with the competitive things.” ~ Tom Preston-Werner

[22:01] - “That’s one thing that we’re not gonna do. We’re not gonna stop innovating, we’re not gonna stop trying new things, bringing in better things that we’ve found. We can’t. We may as well give up now if that’s the case.” ~ Tom Preston-Werner

[38:10] - “Most people who are building stuff, their primary concern is not eeking every last ounce of render speed out of their app, it’s getting something built quickly that the users are going to take advantage of. And so that’s been the bulk of our focus so far. That’s really where the bar is.” ~ Tom Preston-Werner

Links

Tom Preston-Werner
Redwood JS
Lagavulin Scotch 8
Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Mythbusters
Laphroaig Scotch
Octomore Whisky
Next.js
React Podcast Episode 117: Tom Preston-Werner on RedwoodJS
Meteor
Ruby on Rails
Ember.js
Svelte
React
Prisma
Jest
Storybook
a-new-react-app.html">Create a New React App
Active Record
Blitz.js
Remix
Bedrock
webpack
Erlang
GitHub
lang.org">Elixir
lang.org">Rust
WebAssembly
Vercel
Netlify
Apollo Client
Django
Redwood’s Read Me
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Hacker News
Hammer.js
Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
Meta
Oculus
Second Life
LinkedIn
Twitter
JavaScript
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Oct 14, 2021