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Whiskey Web and Whatnot is a web development and AI podcast hosted by veteran developers Robbie Wagner and Adam Argyle. The show covers agentic AI, vibe coding, AI coding tools, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, developer productivity, and software engineering careers. It features candid discussions about the humans behind the code and ranks whiskey bottles on a scientific tentacle scale.
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- 6 days ago46 min
Pi Extensions, YOLO Mode, and Building Your Own Personal Claw w/ Joel Hooks
This week, Robbie and Adam welcome Joel Hooks—co-founder of Egghead, tool builder, course creator, backend architect, indie hacker, advisor, consultant, father of five, and automation enthusiast—to talk dark factories, custom AI harnesses, and whether we've reached the point where looking at code is optional. They dig into Pi versus OpenClaw, YOLO mode, building local extensions, JoelClaw self-documentation, and why React is absolutely a framework. Along the way, they debate whether CSS knowledge is now your biggest advantage, semicolons, rebasing with AI, the death of pointing and clicking, HTML as a programming language, Tailwind versus vanilla CSS, whether AGI is here yet, and why teaching your nine-year-old to read still matters even when LLMs exist. In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:01:56 Hot Takes: React Framework vs Library & Server Components 00:03:41 Hooks, Signals, Proxies & The Solid Question 00:05:51 Is HTML a Programming Language? CSS, Tailwind & Willful Ignorance 00:11:18 Git Rebase, Reflogging & The Flogging Margins Problem 00:13:08 Programming Languages, Dancing & Learning to Like Things 00:16:04 Have We Reached AGI? Nuclear Arsenals & The Paperclip Problem 00:18:20 Pi AI Harness: YOLO Mode, Local Extensions & Custom Tools 00:19:15 JoelClaw: Building a System Agent & The American Express Extension 00:26:44 Dark Factories, Telegram Interfaces & Never Looking at Code 00:29:17 Claw in Your Pocket, Home Infrastructure & The Mac Mini Reboot 00:31:03 Family Claws, Claw Mom & Alpha School 00:35:05 LLMs vs Google Search, Encyclopedia Replacement & Party Bullshit 00:36:51 Package Managers, BEM Trauma & Every CSS Processing Method 00:38:39 Anthropic vs OpenAI, Hermes vs OpenClaw & Building from Scratch 00:39:55 Hobbit Feet, Rainbow Tattoos & The Whiskey Suffering Tax 00:43:03 Root Beer Logic, Licking Smokers & Wrap Up Links Egghead: https://egghead.io/ Badass.dev: https://badass.dev/ Pi: https://pi.ai/ OpenClaw: https://github.com/cncf/openclaw JoelClaw: https://joelclaw.com/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ React: https://react.dev/ Solid: https://www.solidjs.com/ Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/ Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/ Telegram: https://telegram.org/ Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ Alpha School: https://alphaschool.com/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ OpenAI: https://openai.com/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ PNPM: https://pnpm.io/ NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/ SCSS: https://sass-lang.com/ JSX: https://react.dev/learn/writing-markup-with-jsx Hermes: https://hermesengine.dev/ Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/ AI Hero: https://aihero.dev/ Code with Antonio: https://www.codewithantonio.com/ Total TypeScript: https://www.totaltypescript.com/ Kent C. Dodds: https://kentcdodds.com/ Connect with Joel Website: https://joelhooks.com/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/joelhooks Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink Subscribe and stay in touch Website: https://whiskey.fm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.
- Jun 25, 20261h 43m
Dark Factories, Polymorphic UI, and Why Developers Still Matter
This week, Robbie and Adam are live from React Miami with a packed lineup of rapid fire interviews and hot takes. They catch up with Jason Lengstorf about driving a quarter million dollar Lamborghini through Miami with a police escort, the philosophy behind The Build Log show, and why the principles of building matter more than the tools. They talk with Kent C. Dodds about his personal AI assistant Cody, MCP servers versus OpenClaw, why he's building agents to work on agents, and the future of personal versus cloud based AI. Tanner Linsley drops by to discuss polymorphic UI libraries, spec driven development with state machines, and why determinism matters when AI is writing your code. Francesco shares his thoughts on Prolog being the most hated programming language, why Grok is best for harsh feedback, and his mission to convince JavaScript developers that Rust is the future of backend development. Presented by GitKraken: https://www.gitkraken.com/lp/whiskeyfm In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:01:39 The Lamborghini Experience & Building The Build Log 00:09:09 Hot Takes with Jason: React, Semicolons & CoffeeScript Trauma 00:13:48 Kent C. Dodds on MCP, Personal Agents & The Future of AI Assistants 00:21:40 Hot Takes with Kent: React, Hooks & AGI 00:25:58 Ryan & The TikTok Aesthetic: Instagram Ads, Keyboards & Airport Fashion 00:31:39 GitHub's Two Nines Problem & The Git Repo Revolution 00:39:30 Phone Wars: iPhone vs Android, Vision Pro Failures & The Flip Phone Dream 00:45:47 Tanner Linsley on Polymorphic UI Libraries & Spec-Driven Development 00:55:55 The Slop Fork Debate & Projections of Software Specs 00:58:42 State Machines, BDD & Multi-Agent Orchestration 01:01:43 Hot Takes with Tanner: Tailwind, Dark Factories & Cloud Code Desktop 01:11:31 Francesco on Rust for Web Development & Conference Culture 01:29:00 The Grok Advantage: Hard Feedback & Comparing Things 01:35:29 GitHub Downtime Normalization & The Feature of Forced Breaks 01:41:33 Wrap Up & The Power of In-Person Connections Links Clerk: https://clerk.com/ React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/ Lamborghini Huracan: https://www.lamborghini.com/en-en/models/huracan MCP (Model Context Protocol): https://modelcontextprotocol.io/ OpenClaw: https://github.com/cncf/openclaw Claude: https://claude.ai/ OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Codex: https://openai.com/index/openai-codex/ Pi: https://pi.ai/ Grok: https://grok.x.ai/ Ghostty: https://ghostty.org/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ TanStack: https://tanstack.com/ TanStack Start: https://tanstack.com/start Remix: https://remix.run/ React: https://react.dev/ Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/ Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ Kotlin: https://kotlinlang.org/ Prolog: https://www.swi-prolog.org/ Cloudflare: https://www.cloudflare.com/ Next.js: https://nextjs.org/ Vercel: https://vercel.com/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ OpenAI: https://openai.com/ Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/ Cascadia JS: https://cascadiajs.com/ Connect with Jason Website: https://www.learnwithjason.dev/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/jlengstorf Connect with Kent Website: https://kentcdodds.com/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/kentcdodds Connect with Tanner Website: https://tanstack.com/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/tannerlinsley Connect with Francesco Website: https://francescociulla.com/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/FrancescoCiull4 Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink Subscribe and stay in touch Website: https://whiskey.fm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.
- Jun 19, 202651 min
Proxies, Petty Pranks, and Ramon the 420 IQ Gorilla w/ Ken Wheeler
This week, Robbie and Adam welcome Ken Wheeler to talk AI harnesses, multi-agent swarms, survival bags, and whether React is finally a framework. They dig into React Server Components, hooks versus signals versus proxies, semicolons, Java hate, AI token arbitrage, and why you should subscribe to every AI service simultaneously. Along the way, they debate whether AI will replace designers or developers first, cruise ship chair warfare strategies, Replit as the ultimate vibe coding platform, hunting tech with geotagged tree stands, Eagle Scout projects, and why Ramon the 420 IQ gorilla leads the Apex Collective. Presented by GitKraken: https://www.gitkraken.com/lp/whiskeyfm In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:03:20 Hot Takes: Is React a Framework or Library? 00:04:59 React Server Components: Mistake or Masterpiece? 00:06:52 Hooks, Signals, Proxies & The Power of Proxies 00:08:40 Semicolons, Java & Programming Language Hot Takes 00:12:46 AI Harnesses: VS Code Copilot, OpenCode & Steve 00:16:08 Will AI Replace Designers or Developers First? 00:23:20 Cruise Ship Warfare & The Art of Chair Defense 00:28:01 Token Arbitrage & The Multi-AI Subscription Strategy 00:29:18 Replit Deep Dive: The Ultimate Vibe Coding Platform 00:32:31 Hunting Tech: Geotagging, Compass Apps & Finding Tree Stands 00:34:01 The Survival Bag: Apocalypse-Ready with Obliterated Qwen 00:36:55 Eagle Scouts Unite & The Boy Scout Expulsion Story 00:40:53 Ramon & The Apex Collective: The Wildest Multi-Agent Swarm 00:46:29 Hermes vs OpenClaw & Making $50 with Ramon 00:50:12 Wrap Up & Where to Find Ken Links Cutwater Spirits: https://cutwaterspirits.com/ React: https://react.dev/ React Server Components: https://react.dev/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ Svelte: https://svelte.dev/ Solid: https://www.solidjs.com/ Gea: https://geajs.com/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/ Replit: https://replit.com/ OpenClaw: https://github.com/cncf/openclaw Hermes: https://hermesengine.dev/ Steve: https://github.com/kenwheeler/steve Qwen: https://qwenlm.github.io/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ OpenAI: https://openai.com/ IBM: https://www.ibm.com/ HashiCorp: https://www.hashicorp.com/ Clerk: https://clerk.com/ React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/ Slick Carousel: https://kenwheeler.github.io/slick/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ Connect with Ken X / Twitter: https://x.com/kenwheeler GitHub: https://github.com/kenwheeler Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink Subscribe and stay in touch Website: https://whiskey.fm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.
- Jun 11, 20261h 8m
AI Harnesses, Framework Wars, and Why Beards Beat Mustaches
This week, Robbie and Adam are coming to you live from the Clerk booth at React Miami with a rapid-fire lineup of lightning podcasts. Fueled by Cutwater cocktails and conference energy, they caught up with Nnenna Ndukwe, Michael "Micky" Shimeles (AKA Rasmic), and the legendary Ryan "Thighs" Vogel for a rotating cast of hot takes, stories, and web dev chaos. They dig into whether React is a framework or library, server components, hooks versus signals versus proxies, HTML as a programming language, git rebase versus merge, semicolons, package managers, and why some programming languages just feel wrong. Along the way, they debate AI harnesses, codex versus Claude drama, token leaderboards, AGI predictions, security vulnerabilities in NPM, sidebar placement preferences, tabs on top versus the side, and whether dark factories are the future. In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:02:11 Hot Takes: React, Server Components & Framework Debates 00:03:19 Hooks, Signals & The Future of Reactivity 00:03:26 Is HTML a Programming Language? The Great Debate 00:04:05 Git Rebase vs Merge & Developer Workflow Preferences 00:06:21 AGI, AI Harnesses & The State of AI Development 00:09:12 Will AI Replace Designers or Developers First? 00:10:54 Code Editors, Tabs & Terminal Trends 00:16:34 Google Search vs LLMs & Developer Research Habits 00:17:24 Composition vs Inheritance & Package Manager Wars 00:20:29 Security Nightmares & Social Engineering Attacks 00:23:34 OpenAI vs Anthropic & The AI Model Wars 00:25:32 Personal Preferences: Coffee, Whiskey & Beards 00:27:22 Second Guest: Svelte 5, Signals & Framework Philosophy 00:29:39 React Server Components Deep Dive & Performance Reality 00:31:17 GPT 5.5 Announcement & The Token Spending Arms Race 00:35:09 GStack Drama & Gary Tan Controversies 00:36:49 Monorepos, Turborepo & Modern Build Tools 00:41:31 AI Coding Tools: Cursor vs Copilot vs Codex 01:05:31 The Future of Web Development & Wrap Up Links Cutwater Spirits: https://cutwaterspirits.com/ React: https://react.dev/ React Server Components: https://react.dev/ Svelte: https://svelte.dev/ Solid: https://www.solidjs.com/ Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ Codex: https://openai.com/index/openai-codex/ OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Windsurf: https://codeium.com/windsurf Zed: https://zed.dev/ VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ Ghostty: https://ghostty.org/ Arc Browser: https://arc.net/ Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/ NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/ PNPM: https://pnpm.io/ Yarn: https://yarnpkg.com/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ OpenAI: https://openai.com/ Convex: https://www.convex.dev/ Clerk: https://clerk.com/ React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ Connect with Nnenna Website: https://www.nnennahacks.com/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/nnennahacks Connect with Micky Website: https://www.rasmic.xyz/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/Rasmic Connect with Ryan Website: https://ryan.ceo/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/ryanvogel Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink Subscribe and stay in touch Website: https://whiskey.fm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.
- May 31, 20261h 13m
From COBOL to Claude: Live Coding, AI Agents, and the Death of Typing w/ Typecraft
This week, Robbie and Adam are live from React Miami at the Clerk booth, sipping Cutwater cocktails and talking hot takes with Typecraft. They dig into whether React is a framework or library, server components, hooks versus signals versus proxies, HTML as a programming language, git rebase versus merge, semicolons, package managers, and why Python might be the least friendly language out there. Along the way, they debate AI in interviews, whether we've reached AGI, 3D printing chocolate, homeschooling with AI agents, the value of bullying, voice dictation workflows, whether you should bother learning Vim anymore, AI flow state versus brain fry, why COBOL won't die, and the probability hack for getting creative outputs from LLMs. In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:02:52 Hot Takes: React Framework vs Library & Server Components 00:05:26 Hooks, Signals, Proxies & The Future of Reactivity 00:08:12 Is HTML a Programming Language? The Great Debate 00:11:51 Git Rebase vs Merge: The Honest Approach 00:13:54 Semicolons, Package Managers & Programming Language Preferences 00:25:01 AI in Interviews & The New Developer Workflow 00:29:59 Have We Reached AGI? The Bar is Lower Than You Think 00:31:35 3D Printing, Homeschooling & The Value of Bullying 00:49:33 AI Flow State: Voice Dictation, Remote Control & Long-Running Agents 00:46:24 Should You Learn Vim in the Age of AI? 00:51:01 AI Intensifies Work: Productivity Paradox & Brain Fry 01:03:33 COBOL, Mainframes & Why Legacy Tech Won't Die 01:09:40 The Probability Hack: Getting Creative AI Outputs 01:12:27 Wrap Up & Where to Find Everyone Links Cutwater Spirits: https://cutwaterspirits.com/ Typecraft: https://typecraft.dev/ React: https://react.dev/ Next.js: https://nextjs.org/ React Server Components: https://react.dev/ Remix: https://remix.run/ GEA: https://geajs.com/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ Svelte: https://svelte.dev/ Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ Vim: https://www.vim.org/ NeoVim: https://neovim.io/ Python: https://www.python.org/ Ruby: https://www.ruby-lang.org/ Dart: https://dart.dev/ Java: https://www.java.com/ COBOL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL Yarn: https://yarnpkg.com/ NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/ PNPM: https://pnpm.io/ IBM: https://www.ibm.com/ Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ OpenAI: https://openai.com/ Clerk: https://clerk.com/ React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/ Rent a Human: https://rentahuman.ai/ Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ Connect with Chris Website: https://typecraft.dev/ X / Twitter: https://x.com/typecraft_dev Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink Subscribe and stay in touch Website: https://whiskey.fm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.
- May 21, 202648 min
React Foundation, AI Agents, and the Future of Frameworks w/ Seth Webster
This week, Robbie and Adam welcome Seth Webster—executive director of the React Foundation, former React lead at Meta, and chief developer evangelist at Expo—to talk React's past, present, and future, whether frameworks still matter in the age of AI, and why constraints are the secret to good code. They dig into React Server Components, the evolution of error messages, stable API work for React Native, and why agents need frameworks just as much as humans do. Along the way, they debate HTML as a programming language, Tailwind versus semantic CSS, the economics of tokens, open source sustainability, and whether taste is the only differentiator left when everyone has access to the same AI tools. In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:02:12 Is React a Framework or Library? 00:04:35 React Server Components: The Full Stack Story 00:18:15 Frameworks in the Age of AI 00:23:39 Error Messages & Developer Experience for AI 00:27:12 React Foundation Goals & Stable API Work 00:31:15 Open Source Contributions & Career Growth 00:34:29 AI Code Provenance & Compensating Open Source 00:42:44 Differentiation in a Saturated AI World 00:45:30 Call to Action: Start Building with AI Links React Foundation: https://react.foundation/ Expo: https://expo.dev/ React: https://react.dev/ React Native: https://reactnative.dev/ React Server Components: https://react.dev/ Clerk: https://clerk.com/ Vercel: https://vercel.com/ Next.js: https://nextjs.org/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ OpenAI: https://openai.com/ Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/ Linux Foundation: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/ Meta: https://about.meta.com/ CSS Tricks: https://css-tricks.com/ Remix: https://remix.run/ Connect with Seth X / Twitter: https://x.com/sethwebster React Foundation: https://react.foundation/ Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink Subscribe and stay in touch Website: https://whiskey.fm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.
- May 14, 20261h 16m
Keyframes, Cash, and CodePen w/ Shaw
This week, Robbie and Adam welcome Shaw from CodePen to talk CSS animations, web components, server side rendering nightmares, and why building things by hand still matters in the age of AI slop. They dig into the CodePen 2.0 rewrite, Apollo GraphQL cache manipulation, the pain of reactive variables on the server, why Code Mirror 6 is both brilliant and bizarre, and whether stacks and fans will finally solve the PR review problem. Along the way, they cover HTML as a programming language, handwritten code museums, agentic parenting disasters, and why showing up prepared beats luck every time. In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:02:25 Whiskey Tasting: Andalusia Stryker Texas Smoked Single Malt 00:04:32 Hot Takes: Is HTML a Programming Language? 00:10:50 Chris Coyier vs Adam Argyle: The Impossible Choice 00:13:21 Git Worktrees, Stacks & Fans: Modern Version Control 00:22:21 React Server Components: Mistake or Masterpiece? 00:24:30 CodePen 2.0: Building a Modern Editor from Scratch 00:39:18 AI in CodePen: Curation Over Generation 00:45:07 Agentic Parenting & The Fart Sycophant Problem 00:57:00 Raising Creative Kids in the Age of Screens 01:10:43 Whiskey Review & Final Thoughts Links - Andalusia Texas Smoked Single Malt Whiskey: https://andalusiawhiskey.com/ - CodePen: https://codepen.io/ - CodePen 2.0: https://codepen.io/ - KeyFramers: https://keyframers.com/ - Code Mirror 6: https://codemirror.net/ - Apollo GraphQL: https://www.apollographql.com/ - Next.js: https://nextjs.org/ - GitHub Stacks: https://github.com/ - React Server Components: https://react.dev/ - Claude: https://claude.ai/ - Project Hail Mary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Hail_Mary - Pico-8: https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php - Spike Prime: https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-spike-prime-set/45678/ - Blockly: https://developers.google.com/blockly - Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/ - Go: https://go.dev/ - Vercel: https://vercel.com/ - StackBlitz: https://stackblitz.com/ - Monaco Editor: https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/ - VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/ - Raised by Wolves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raised_by_Wolves_(American_TV_series) - The Manualist: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheManualist - Aesop Rock: https://www.aesoprock.com/ - Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/ - Nerdy.dev: https://nerdy.dev/ Connect with Shaw - Website: https://shshaw.com/ - X / Twitter: https://x.com/shshaw Connect with the hosts - Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner - Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink Subscribe and stay in touch - Website: https://whiskey.fm - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf - Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.
- May 7, 20261h 8m
From Wetware to Software (Presented by Warp)
This week, Robbie and Adam sip on Ardbeg Wee Beastie and dive into the wild world of AI development, cloud leaks, and whether humans are officially becoming wetware in their own systems. They explore the Claude code source leak, the death of OpenClaw third party harnesses, the rise of instant translation, pretext typography magic, agentation for visual debugging, and why second brains might be the only way to remember your neighbor's names. Along the way, they debate agent versus agent negotiations, Pika stream video calls, celebrity deathmatch AI battles, and why your kids' skate competitions are more fun than piano recitals. Presented by Warp: https://www.warp.dev/oz In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:00:36 Sponsor: Warp Terminal & Cloud Agents 00:03:19 Whiskey Introduction: Ardbeg Wee Beastie 00:04:42 Claude Code Source Leak & The Anthropic Approach 00:08:20 Model Wars: Opus vs Everything Else 00:11:44 OpenClaw Replacements & The Memory Problem 00:25:20 Mythos: The Ultimate Hacker Death Star 00:29:16 The Four-Day Work Week Lie & Doing More Work Than Ever 00:49:14 Second Brains & Local-First AI Memory 00:39:23 Pretext: Bypassing Browser Layout for Typography Magic 00:44:21 Agentation: Visual AI Debugging 00:47:02 Instant Translation & The Death of Duolingo 00:58:23 Pika Stream: Video Chat With Your AI Agent 01:02:34 Agent vs Agent: Celebrity Deathmatch for AI 01:04:35 Whiskey Rating & Wrap Up Links Ardbeg Wee Beastie: https://www.ardbeg.com/en-US/whisky/wee-beastie Lagavulin 16: https://www.malts.com/en-row/our-whisky-collection/lagavulin-16-year-old/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ Ahas: https://ahas.dev/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ OpenClaw: https://github.com/cncf/openclaw Claude Claude: https://github.com/claudeclaude/claudeclaude Pi: https://pi.ai/ OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/ Codex: https://openai.com/index/openai-codex/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot Cinty: https://cinty.ai/ Hark: https://hark.ai/ Post Bridge: https://postbridge.io/ Pretext: https://pretext.app/ Agentation: https://agentation.ai/ Pika Stream: https://pika.stream/ Obsidian: https://obsidian.md/ Astro: https://astro.build/ Deno Fresh: https://fresh.deno.dev/ Drizzle: https://orm.drizzle.team/ Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ Famous: https://famous.co/ React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/ Nerdy Dev: https://nerdy.dev/ Shepherd: https://shepherdjs.dev/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ Svelte: https://svelte.dev/ Solid: https://www.solidjs.com/ Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/ChuckCarpenter Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink Subscribe and stay in touch Website: https://whiskey.fm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.
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