Whiskey Web and Whatnot 100th Episode Round Table with Chris Coyier, Scott Tolinski, Tracy Lee, and Wes Bos

In this milestone 100th episode, Chuck and Robbie are joined by a round table of industry experts and web developers with different philosophies, preferences, and experiences in the tech space to share their opinions on the state of web development. The round table includes Chris Coyier, Co-Founder of CodePen; Scott Tolinski, former Owner of Level Up Tutorials; Tracy Lee, CEO and Co-Founder of This Dot Labs; and Wes Bos, Founder of BosType Inc.

The panel shares their opinions on the state of web development, reflecting on the journey from vanilla JavaScript to the rise of Tailwind CSS. They delve into the impact of Tailwind CSS on modern web development, discuss exciting new front-end APIs like the View Transitions API and Anchor Positioning API, and emphasize the importance of mastering JavaScript fundamentals.

In this episode, Robbie and Chuck bring industry experts together for a captivating discussion filled with valuable insights on the evolution of front-end development, new web technologies, and their interests outside of web development.

Key Takeaways

[01:43] - An introduction to the round table of industry experts.

[03:47] - A whiskey review: Sagamore and Benchmark.

[07:00] - Tech hot takes.

[21:14] - Scott’s experience using popover API.

[23:18] - Chuck discusses Chris’ talk at RenderATL.

[24:38] - How ChatGPT is negatively affecting Mozilla Firefox.

[28:21] - What each guest would do if they weren’t in web development?

[32:46] - Interesting topics on Chuck’s Twitter feed.

[40:46] - What makes a milk?

Quotes

[09:11] - “CSS is getting so complex now that it has to be compiled.” ~ Wes Bos

[23:15] - “Yeah, man, HTML rules.” ~ Scott Tolinski

[25:33] - “People stopped using Google as much, they’re going to AI.” ~ Wes Bos

Links

Chris Coyier
Chris Coyier Twitter
Chris Coyier LinkedIn
Wes Bos
Wes Bos Twitter
Wes Bos LinkedIn
Scott Tolinski
Scott Tolinski Twitter
Scott Tolinski LinkedIn
Tracy Lee Twitter
Tracy Lee LinkedIn
Kelly Vaughn Twitter
Kelly Vaughn LinkedIn
RenderATL
CodePen
Syntax Podcast
Level Up Tutorials
This Dot Labs
Modern Web
Sentry
Sagamore Spirit
Benchmark Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Tailwind CSS
Twitter
Nuxt
Angular
React JS
jQuery
Ember
Netflix
Rust
Microsoft
Safari
Mozilla Firefox
WWCD23
Google
Apple
ChatGPT
IMBD
Adobe After Effects
The Dalmore 12
Ken Wheeler
Nike
Trader Joe’s
Smartless Podcast
BlackRock
Ferrari
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Apple News

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