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