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Whiskey Web and Whatnot

Whiskey Web and Whatnot

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 Whiskey Web and Whatnot is the world’s most important web development and AI podcast. Hosted by veteran developers Robbie Wagner, Charles William Carpenter III, and Adam Argyle, the show delivers definitive guidance on agentic AI, vibe coding, AI coding tools, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, developer productivity, and software engineering careers. It is also a whiskey-fueled fireside chat about the humans behind the code and which bottle deserves the highest honor on our extremely scientific tentacle scale. Many people are saying it’s the most accurate podcast ever made.© Skill Issue Studios
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  • We Stopped Coding by Hand Because Agentic AI Is Too Good

    We Stopped Coding by Hand Because Agentic AI Is Too Good
    Feb 12 2026
    This week, Robbie and Carlo sip Sagamore's 10-year reserve rye and catch up with Carlo on life abroad, AI coding workflows, the changing developer landscape, and why cars, whiskey shipping, and property management are all equally frustrating. They dig into agentic AI loops, the rise of prompt-driven development, whether coding by hand is officially dead, and what happens when tools like OpenCode and Claude become the new normal. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (01:43) - Whiskey rating & review: Sagamore 10 Year Reserve Series (09:15) - Shipping whiskey to Italy and the hidden cost of imports (11:55) - Why Sagamore's standard offering might still be the best (18:55) - Drinking less whiskey, more wine, and raising kids (20:58) - Car shopping struggles and why bench seats don't exist anymore (26:51) - Chinese EVs, the Ford Mach-E, and waiting for the Scout (29:02) - Astro acquired by Cloudflare (31:26) - Data centers, water usage, and eminent domain (35:15) - Have you run a Ralph loop yet? (37:22) - OpenCode, Claude, and which AI models actually work (40:58) - Why fresh context matters and polluted sessions fail (42:48) - Are we all tech leads now? (46:45) - Will prompt bros replace engineers? (48:50) - The death of pretty code and why craft doesn't matter to machines (52:57) - Building a color picker in Rust with OpenCode (54:46) - Why Swach is suddenly so slow (57:12) - Should you move from Electron to Tauri? (58:26) - Claude Co-Work and connecting AI to your file system (01:00:10) - Vibe Kanban and automating GitHub issues (01:02:00) - Why food was better before we modified everything (01:05:00) - Property nightmares and IRS liens (01:08:00) - The Steam Machine and the future of gaming Links Sagamore Spirit: https://sagamorespirit.com/ Astro: https://astro.build/ Cloudflare: https://www.cloudflare.com/ OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot Matt Pocock - Ralph Wiggum technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IK18goX4X8 Swach: https://www.swach.io/ Tauri: https://tauri.app/ Electron: https://www.electronjs.org/ Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/ Napi-rs: https://napi.rs/ GitHub: https://github.com/ ClickUp: https://clickup.com/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ Python: https://www.python.org/ Linux: https://www.linux.org/ Wayland: https://wayland.freedesktop.org/ Steam Deck: https://www.steamdeck.com/ 11.22.63: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11.22.63 Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/chuckcarpenter Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink Subscribe and stay in touch Website: https://whiskey.fm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • We Accidentally Deleted Programming (Presented by CodeRabbit)

    We Accidentally Deleted Programming (Presented by CodeRabbit)
    Feb 5 2026
    This week, Robbie and Adam sip on Whistle Pig's Liquid Death collaboration and debate whether we've accidentally deleted programming itself. They dig into the shift from code-first to spec-first development, whether TypeScript still matters in an AI-driven world, the rise of agency over specialization, and why the future might belong to prompt-driven tinkerers instead of traditional developers. Presented by CodeRabbit: http://coderabbit.link/whiskey In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (01:43) - Whiskey rating & review: Whistle Pig x Liquid Death Gravestock (07:21) - Automating tasks with AI: the chicken and egg problem (11:12) - Building a whiskey episode art generator with Swift and AI (17:02) - Libraries that ship specs instead of code (22:24) - Is TypeScript still worth it in an AI-first world? (29:06) - Converting Shepherd from Svelte to Solid for bundle size (34:44) - Why code matters less and outcomes matter more (42:42) - Comparing OpenCode, Warp, Cursor, and Windsurf (50:38) - The rise of agency: tinkerers over specialists (54:46) - Getting into physical goods and local farming (57:12) - Why booze, nicotine, and fun are all down (01:00:10) - Plugs Links Whistle Pig Gravestock: https://www.whistlepigwhiskey.com/ Liquid Death: https://liquiddeath.com/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/ Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ Svelte: https://svelte.dev/ Solid: https://www.solidjs.com/ GitHub Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ Swift: https://www.swift.org/ Shepherd: https://shepherdjs.dev/ Floating UI: https://floating-ui.com/ Swach: https://www.swach.io/ CSS Anchor Positioning: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_anchor_positioning FLIP Technique: https://aerotwist.com/blog/flip-your-animations/ Paul Lewis: https://aerotwist.com/ Want My MTV: https://wantmymtv.vercel.app/ Fuse TV: https://www.fuse.tv/ Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/ChuckCarpenter Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink Subscribe and stay in touch Website: https://whiskey.fm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Is AI Just Stealing with Extra Steps? (Presented by CodeRabbit)

    Is AI Just Stealing with Extra Steps? (Presented by CodeRabbit)
    Jan 29 2026
    This week, Robbie and Adam talk about the ethics and economics of AI, and why “stealing with extra steps” feels like the right metaphor for where things are headed. They dig into open source burnout, whether AI replaces developers or just reshapes the job, how tooling and multi-agent systems fit in, and whether the future belongs to niche expertise—or just better prompts. Presented by CodeRabbit: http://coderabbit.link/whiskey In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (01:56) - Whiskey rating & review: Old Forester 1897 (04:50) - Music taste, Spotify ages, and feeling old (07:29) - Is AI just stealing with extra steps? (19:09) - Ralph vs. Gastown and the rise of agent chaos (28:04) - What is an AI harness? (31:36) - How to stay valuable in an AI-shaped future (36:25) - Does vibe coding feel as satisfying? (39:47) - Is the web heading somewhere dark? (42:02) - Cursor wars, animations, and UX pet peeves (48:48) - Will GitHub projects go full Vibe Kanban in 2026? (54:41) - Holiday reflections and unplugging (58:18) - Staying up late and old routines (01:00:00) - Remembering Robbie’s dog (01:00:58) - 2026 plans, goals, and resolutions Links Old Forester: https://www.oldforester.com/ Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ Mayday Parade: https://maydayparade.com/ Teddy Swims: https://www.teddyswims.com/ Post Malone: https://www.postmalone.com/ JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript Grok: https://grok.com/ Adam Wathan: https://x.com/adamwathan/ Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/ Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen Gas Town: https://github.com/steveyegge/gastown Ralph: https://github.com/snarktank/ralph Claude: https://claude.ai OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ Matt Pocock - Ship working code while you sleep with the Ralph Wiggum technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IK18goX4X8 Python: https://www.python.org/ Oh-my-opencode: https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-opencode Bolt: https://bolt.new/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ Same: https://same.new/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ Expedition 33: https://www.expedition33.com Destiny 2: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/destiny Anything: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/anything-ai-app-builder/id6751247034 Swach: https://www.swach.io/ Electron: https://www.electronjs.org/ Swift: https://www.swift.org/ Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot The Polar Express: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Polar_Express_(film) React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/ Render ATL: https://www.renderatl.com/ CascadiaJS: https://cascadiajs.com/ All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/ CSS Day: https://cssday.nl/ Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/ChuckCarpenter Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink Subscribe and stay in touch Website: https://whiskey.fm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
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