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Advent of Whiskey: More on State of JS, TV Shows, and Holiday Traditions Dec 18, 2022

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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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Advent of Whiskey: State of JS, ChatGPT, and Browser APIs Dec 17, 2022

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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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Advent of Whiskey: State of JS and Microsoft's Legacy Dec 16, 2022

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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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Advent of Whiskey: Coding Advent Calendars and the Strangest AI Projects Dec 15, 2022

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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 new whiskeys each 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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Supabase, Logflare, and Offroading with Chase Granberry Dec 08, 2022

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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

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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
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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Javascript Games, WTF JS, and a Visit to Phoenix Dec 01, 2022

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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 whatnot 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 JavaScript. They are kind of interesting.” ~ Chuck Carpenter

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Debating React, Fonts, and Fatherhood with Josh Collinsworth Nov 24, 2022

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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 Shopify 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

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Josh Collinsworth
React
Shopify
CSS Tricks Complete Beginner's Guide to NPM
Hacker News
Remix
Digital Ocean
Svelte Kit
Astro
Solid JS
Wolves Whiskey
Willett Family Estate
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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Framework Debates, Tech Layoffs, and Starlink Nov 17, 2022

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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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A11y Hour with Amber Hinds Nov 10, 2022

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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 [https://www.linkedin.com/in/amberhinds/]

[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 [https://www.linkedin.com/in/amberhinds/]

[28:33] - "Companies need to realize that accessibility is everyone's responsibility." ~ Amber Hinds [https://www.linkedin.com/in/amberhinds/]

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Amber Hinds LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/amberhinds/]
Amber Hinds Twitter [https://mobile.twitter.com/heyamberhinds]
Amber Hinds [https://amberhinds.com/]
Equalize Digital [https://equalizedigital.com/]
WordPress [https://wordpress.com/]
Accessibility Checker [https://www.accessibilitychecker.org/]
Weller Special Reserve [https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/our-brands/w-l-weller/w-l-weller-special-reserve.html]
Pappy Van Winkle [https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/our-brands/van-winkle.html]
Maker's Mark [https://www.makersmark.com/]
Buffalo Trace Distillery [https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/]
React [https://reactjs.org/]
Absolut Vodka [https://www.absolut.com/]
Shopify [https://www.shopify.com/]
Square Space [https://www.squarespace.com/]
Drupal [https://www.drupal.org/]
Matt Mullenweg [https://ma.tt/]
Automattic [https://automattic.com/]
Magic Mouse [https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MK2E3AM/A/magic-mouse-white-multi-touch-surface]
Logitech Lift [https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/mice/lift-vertical-ergonomic-mouse.html]
Mac [https://www.apple.com/lae/mac/]
Darci USB [https://www.specialneedscomputers.ca/index.php?l=product_detail&p=4948]

Funding Open Source Projects, Leaving Homebrew, and Launching Tea with Max Howell Nov 03, 2022

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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 [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mxcl]

[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 [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mxcl]

[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 [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mxcl]

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Max Howell [https://mxcl.dev/]
Max Howell Twitter [https://twitter.com/mxcl]
MaxHowell LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mxcl]
Tea.xyz [https://tea.xyz/https://tea.xyz/]
Homebrew [https://brew.sh/]
Microsoft [https://www.microsoft.com/]
American Highway Reserve [https://seelbachs.com/products/american-highway-reserve]
Jefferson's Ocean [https://jeffersonsbourbon.com/jeffersons-ocean-bourbon/]
Sacred Stave [https://santanspirits.com/santan-spirits/sacred-stave-bourbon/]
Russell Crowe [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000128/]
Mac [https://www.apple.com/lae/mac/]
Windows [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows]
Linux [https://www.linux.org/]
Sagamore [https://www.nativespiritsonline.com/products/sagamore-signature-rye]
iPhone [https://www.apple.com/lae/iphone/]
PromiseKit [https://github.com/PromiseKit]
Timothy Lewis [https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothytlewis]
Faker.js [https://fakerjs.dev/guide/]
GitHub [https://github.com/]
Slack [https://slack.com/]
Heineken [https://www.heineken.com/]
Google [https://www.google.com/]
Twitter [https://twitter.com/]
Weather.com [https://weather.com/]
Hacker News [https://thehackernews.com/]
Mark Zuckerburg [https://www.instagram.com/zuck/?hl=en]
Apple [https://www.apple.com/store]

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