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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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  • From Wetware to Software (Presented by Warp)

    From Wetware to Software (Presented by Warp)
    May 7 2026
    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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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Axios Is Out. Fetchium Is In. (Presented by Warp)

    Axios Is Out. Fetchium Is In. (Presented by Warp)
    Apr 30 2026
    This week, Robbie and Adam welcome Kristen Garrett to talk signals, reactivity, and whether we've finally found the abstraction that makes sense. They dig into the differences between signals and hooks, why parameterized signals matter, how async fits into reactivity, and whether Fetchium is about to replace Axios and TanStack Query. Along the way, they debate observables versus promises, the death of prop drilling, quantum computing cracking Bitcoin, why AI needs simpler abstractions, and whether humans are about to become legacy dependencies in their own codebases. Presented by Warp: https://www.warp.dev/oz In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:00:37 Sponsor: Warp Terminal & Cloud Agents 00:02:46 Whiskey Introduction: Holladay Soft Red Wheat Bourbon 00:04:17 What Are Signals? The Reactivity Primer 00:07:00 Signalium Deep Dive: Parameterized Signals & Reactive Promises 00:13:15 The Hooks Problem: Why React's Model Has Limits 00:14:21 Observables vs Signals: The Ergonomics Debate 00:27:21 Async in Reactivity: Reactive Promises & Relays 00:03:49 Fetchium: The Last Data Client You'll Ever Need 00:24:50 The Signals Proposal & TC39 Standardization 00:45:25 Prop Drilling vs Threading: Understanding Data Flow 00:38:05 AI & The Future of Development: Reading Code Matters More Than Ever 00:32:29 Gea Framework: Compiler Magic Without Hooks or Signals 00:56:27 Crypto, Verifiability & The AI Spam Problem 00:58:28 Quantum Computing vs Bitcoin: The 2029 Threat 01:02:44 Digital Ownership & The Streaming Problem 01:08:55 Whiskey Rating & Final Thoughts 01:07:06 Wrap Up & Where to Find Signalium and Fetchium Links Holladay Soft Red Wheat Bottled in Bond: https://holladaybourbon.com/holladay-soft-red-wheat-bourbon/ Signalium: https://signalium.dev/ Fetchium: https://fetchium.dev/ Signals Proposal: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-signals MobX: https://mobx.js.org/ Angular: https://angular.dev/ Vue: https://vuejs.org/ Svelte: https://svelte.dev/ Solid: https://www.solidjs.com/ React: https://react.dev/ Jotai: https://jotai.org/ Legend State: https://legendapp.com/open-source/state/ Apollo Client: https://www.apollographql.com/docs/react/ TanStack Query: https://tanstack.com/query/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ Gea: https://geajs.com/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ Ethereum: https://ethereum.org/ Bitcoin: https://bitcoin.org/ Shor's Algorithm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shor%27s_algorithm Data Hoarders: https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/ Wayne's World: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%27s_World Connect with Kristen GitHub: https://github.com/pzuraq Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pzuraq.bsky.social 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 12 mins
  • AI Cowgorithm Disrupts The Herd (Presented by Warp)

    AI Cowgorithm Disrupts The Herd (Presented by Warp)
    Apr 16 2026
    This week, Robbie and Adam sip on whiskey from the Muff Liquor Company and dive deep into the chaotic state of AI development, Jensen Huang's wild claims about AGI and token spending, and whether we've accidentally turned developers into Ralph Wiggum loopers. They debate auto research workflows, day shift versus night shift coding strategies, the death of MCP servers, AI cow herding collars disrupting agriculture, and why Ghostty's Mitchell just joined Vercel's board. Along the way, they cover vertical terminal layouts, United's new relax row seating, OpenClaw's inability to follow instructions, and why scoring mechanisms might be the key to making AI actually useful. Presented by Warp: https://www.warp.dev/oz In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:00:36 Sponsor: Warp and Cloud Agents 00:01:19 AI Context Problems & The AGI Debate 00:09:58 Jensen's Hot Takes: Token Spending & AGI Claims 00:13:54 Is MCP Dead? The Protocol Nobody Needs 00:16:35 AI Cowgorithm Disrupts The Herd 00:21:32 OpenCode Gives Money to Pie Contributors 00:43:17 Auto Research: The Night Shift AI Worker 00:49:06 Gia Framework: The Compiler Revolution 00:55:02 ChatGPT Ads & Data Selling Concerns 01:05:51 Whiskey Tasting: Muff Liquor Company 01:15:21 Wrap Up & Where to Find Us Links Muff Liquor Company: https://muffliquorcompany.com/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ OpenClaw: https://github.com/cncf/openclaw OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Pi: https://pi.ai/ MCP (Model Context Protocol): https://modelcontextprotocol.io/ Auto Research: https://github.com/karpathy/auto-research Ghostty: https://ghostty.org/ CMUX: https://github.com/cmux/cmux Peon Ping: https://github.com/peon-ping/peon-ping Railway: https://railway.app/ Vercel: https://vercel.com/ Gea: https://geajs.com/ Impeccable Design Skills: https://impeccable.style/ Radiant Shaders: https://radiantshaders.com/ Mitosis: https://github.com/builderio/mitosis Shepherd: https://shepherdjs.dev/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ Svelte: https://svelte.dev/ Solid: https://www.solidjs.com/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/ React Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/ Diablo: https://diablo.blizzard.com/ Lucid Motors: https://www.lucidmotors.com/ United Airlines Relax Row: https://www.united.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 17 mins
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