Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat
146 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsVeteran web developers RobbieTheWagner and Charles William Carpenter III host this informal, whiskey-fueled fireside chat with your favorite web devs. They discuss all things web development including JavaScript, TypeScript, EmberJS, React, Astro, SolidJS, CSS, HTML, Web3, and more. They take a unique approach and focus on getting to know the human side of developers and their hobbies outside of work, all while sampling a new whiskey that they rate on their unique tentacle scale.
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Reacting to React, WWDC22, and Bun.sh
June 23, 2022 07:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBRobbie has spent years trying to improve his experience in the terminal. Fortunately, he's learned a few things about customization along the way. Meanwhile, Chuck and Robbie have thoughts about Apple's new products, the purpose of React, plus Fig, Hyper, Warp, and everything in between. In this episode, Chuck and Robbie discuss everything you probably don't know about terminals, why Robbie's eyeing Redwood, what Chuck and Robbie actually paid attention to from WWDC22, why developers are so...
A Battle of Two Worlds and Mentorship Above Milestones with Cory Brown
June 16, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBIt's not often that a blog post sets the internet on fire. But a recent post by Cory Brown about async/await led to an uproar and even messages of pity from Hacker News. Who knew a simple post about pattern preferences would cause such controversy? Today, Cory's here to explain his side of the story for those happily using async/await in various concurrency patterns. Luckily, Cory believes, to each their own, and even welcomes responses from developers like Eric Elliott and Robbie as import...
A Framework for Ember TypeScript with James C. Davis
June 09, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBIn 2017, James C. Davis moved to Charlottesville, Virginia to work at a non-profit tech company that used Ember in their original Saas platform. While James had dabbled in Ember previously, an ask to reimplement the front-end in Ember, this time using TypeScript, proved challenging. At the time, a few engineers were using TypeScript in Ember, but the open source framework James worked on became the de-facto reference point for projects in Ember types. And the unofficial group of engineers c...
Mystery Maker's Monday, Testing, and GraphQL
June 02, 2022 07:00 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBThey say if it's not broken, don't fix it. So why are we running tests on tests on tests that aren't business-critical? There's an art to testing beyond just striving to get 100% coverage. In fact, over-testing can actually hamper your progress more than help it. Meanwhile, Chuck's wondering why it's not possible to have a union of enums in GraphQL. In this episode, Chuck and Robbie discuss some tech frustrations, lessons for the React community, why Ship Shape implemented spam traps, and a ...
Leading From the Top, Creating a Community, and Balancing It All with Tracy Lee
May 26, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBGreat things come in unexpected places. For Tracy Lee, an ex-boyfriend's T-shirt sporting the Ember Tomster is what tipped her off to software development. Following curiosity and a three-week bootcamp, Tracy was hooked and ready to take on a career in coding. Today, Tracy is the CEO of This Dot Labs. She leads a team of 50 developers with a focus on reactive programming, web performance, and developer experience. Her clients and colleagues have become her closest friends and she's always lo...
Bringing Types to Ember with Chris Krycho
May 19, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBIn early 2017, Chris Krycho was working at one of the few startups using Ember, searching for a way to bring types to the emerging language. His primary goal became solving semantic versioning for TS. As Chris kept iterating, striving to combine multiple programming worlds, other engineers joined him in the pursuit until eventually, the Ember TypeScript Core team was born. Today, Chris is a lead engineer at LinkedIn, a father, husband, runner, music composer, and whiskey enthusiast. His cur...
Are Monorepos and NFTs Worth It?
May 12, 2022 07:00 - 1 hourDo you use monorepos? Do you love NFTs named after dogs? Chuck and Robbie have mixed feelings on both monorepus and Shiba Inu tokens and they’re probably not the only ones conflicted. Developer tools and the metaverse are complex topics that don’t always yield solidly positive or negative results. The beauty of our ever-evolving digital space is the ability to continually iterate and learn from what’s not working. Having said that, just because something is new (and trending on Twitter) does...
Are Monorepos and NFTs Worth It?
May 12, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBDo you use monorepos? Do you love NFTs named after dogs? Chuck and Robbie have mixed feelings on both monorepus and Shiba Inu tokens and they're probably not the only ones conflicted. Developer tools and the metaverse are complex topics that don't always yield solidly positive or negative results. The beauty of our ever-evolving digital space is the ability to continually iterate and learn from what's not working. Having said that, just because something is new (and trending on Twitter) doe...
Getting Lost in Git and Goodbye tsc
April 21, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBIt's been a while since Chuck and Robbie dove headfirst into trending tech topics without a guest to bounce their ideas off of. Today, they discuss the latest in TypeScript and Git, the evolution of JavaScript over the years, developer pet peeves, and what success means on a team, on the web, and on the field. Key Takeaways * [01:09] - A whiskey review. * [10:14] - What Chuck and Robbie think about introducing TypeScript to JavaScript natively. * [17:10] - A rant on everything except G...
Developing as a Developer, Appreciating Workers, and Navigating Framework Wars with Chris Garrett
April 14, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBWhen someone hands you an opportunity to specialize, to do something crazy with people you like, to learn from people building something before your eyes, it's difficult to pass up. An opportunity like that prompted Chris to leave LinkedIn for Bitski, a digital wallet for buying, selling, and storing NFTs. Leaving what's safe and secure for what's largely unknown is definitely a risk, but Chris is a risk-taker. Despite loving Rust, Chris wanted to move away from JavaScript in the years ahea...
Prioritizing Performance and the Future of the Terminal with Zach Lloyd
April 07, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MBThe terminal is a constant in the dev world. Every developer will interact with the terminal in one way or another. So what if they worked better? Tools within the Google Suite inspired Warp Founder Zach Lloyd to bring that same ease of collaboration to the world of terminals. And so, Warp was born. Because you can't avoid terminals, the implications of improving such a widely-used tool are what kept Zach going and building momentum with Warp. Zach believes in tools that solve problems vs s...
Setting Standards, Community Lifelines, and the Beauty of Open Source with Jen Weber
March 31, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBAs developers, advancing in our careers can feel like the wild west. No guardrails, no handbook, and no standard path to success, everyone has a unique story when it comes to their coding career. Far from a developer since childhood, Jen's no stranger to the unconventional path. Her Ember education grew within an accelerator while the bulk of her skillset expanded working in open source. While not an ideal path for everyone, the small startup environment and ability to learn from others in ...
Introducing: Whiskey Web and Whatnot
March 29, 2022 23:24 - 42 seconds - 671 KBVeteran web developers RobbieTheWagner and Charles William Carpenter III host this informal, whiskey-fueled fireside chat with your favorite web devs. They discuss all things web development including JavaScript, TypeScript, EmberJS, React, Astro, SolidJS, CSS, HTML, Web3, and more. They take a unique approach and focus on getting to know the human side of developers and their hobbies outside of work, all while sampling a new whiskey that they rate on their unique tentacle scale. --- Send...
Introducing: Whiskey, Web, and Whatnot!
March 29, 2022 20:10 - 1 minute - 1.71 MBWhiskey, Web, and Whatnot is a weekly podcast from Robbie Wagner and Chuck Carpenter, the founders of Ship Shape (https://shipshape.io). Listen each week for wide-ranging conversations with developers from across the web. Each episode includes sampling a whiskey, followed by a chat about tech things, and slowly devolves into various whatnot. Unlike some other technical podcasts, our format allows you to see another, more human side of the devs you follow and admire. You can subscribe now w...
Transitioning to Tech and Writing What You Know with Kara Luton
March 24, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBWhen it seems like everyone around you has worked in the same field for a really long time, making a career pivot with confidence can be tricky. But not everyone's been coding since their early college days like Robbie and Chuck. Kara Luton started on track to become a professional ballerina. After college and a stint in music publicity, burnout prompted Kara to make a hard left and begin a career in tech. With all the developer bootcamps and online resources now available, making the switc...
Alternatives to Relay, the GraphQL Stack, and Adulthood with Charles Lowell and Taras Mankovski
March 17, 2022 07:00 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBJust because something is widely used doesn't always mean it's your best solution. Frontside Founder Charles Lowell and CEO Taras Mankovski, stumbled into an alt GraphQL stack simply because the nature of a product didn't mesh with Apollo. After happening upon two up-and-coming technologies, GraphQL modules and Envelope, a solution was born, as was a newfound flexibility with GraphQL stacks. In this episode, Charles and Taras talk with Chuck and Robbie about their accidental developer discov...
Machine Learning in JavaScript, Remix Plus Netlify, and Why DX Engineers Matter with Charlie Gerard
March 10, 2022 08:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBCharlie Gerard loves to experiment. Her love for experimentation and JS has propelled Charlie into the world of machine learning and in turn inspired her recent book, Practical Machine Learning in JavaScript. Forever iterating on her projects and experimentations, Charlie extends that desire for growth into her professional life, even pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and dabbling as a Google Developer Expert outside of her Netlify 9-5. In this episode, Charlie talks with C...
Creating CodePen, Tackling Tailwind, and Keeping It Simple with Chris Coyier
March 03, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBTen years after launching CodePen, Co-Founder Chris Coyier still thinks of his company as a scrappy startup. That's because CodePen, an app and social community for testing and creating web projects, still feels like a company striving to prove itself in a world of jaded developers. Nevertheless, CodePen has successfully reached developers as they're learning to code. In this episode, Chris talks with Chuck and Robbie about his online opinions that align and differ from Robbie's, the evolut...
Runspired vs. Chris Manson on Solving the Number One Open Source Maintainer Dilemma
February 24, 2022 15:10 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBAs Chris Thoburn (otherwise known as runspired) began prepping for his own Whiskey Web and Whatnot, he found himself driving along to Chris Manson's episode from a few weeks prior. Nodding along as Chris explained his point of view on all things Ember, runspired suddenly slammed on the brakes after hearing one pivotal sentence. At the center of his break slam and today's fierce disagreement? The value of TypeScript and its place in the Ember community. Fortunately, Chris and Chris have the ...
Work-Life Balance, React, and Why Accessibility Is Everything with Melanie Sumner
February 17, 2022 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBIn this episode, Robbie and Chuck talk with Melanie Sumner, web developer and member of the Ember Core Team. As a graduation gift from her Uncle, Melanie was handed a computer and told, "learn to write code," because the future is tech. So that's what she did. With a love of language and puzzles, writing code became her thrill and, after years in the Navy, her profession. Today, Melanie is active in the Ember community, serving on the Ember Core Team and advocating for veterans entering web...
Astro, Dashboards, NFT Memberships, and a TV Roundup
February 10, 2022 08:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBFrom Astro, Vite, and Snowpack, to VR, and some favorite TV shows, today's episode is the perfect opportunity to catch up on technical whatnots and a few exciting life updates from Chuck and Robbie. Plus, if you've ever wondered what NFTs, co-working spaces, and whiskey all have in common, today's episode is for you. In this episode, Robbie and Chuck dive into the frameworks they're using, the dashboards they're analyzing, what's new in the gaming universe, and the co-working space to check...
The Right Way to NFT, Blockchain, and Making Your Mark in the Digital Marketplace with Juan Palomino
February 03, 2022 16:11 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBIn a world of invaluable yet intangible artwork and every developer fighting for a space on the blockchain, it's hard to sort out what's adding value to our brave new world and what's taking up space. Juan Palomino, founder of Full Speed Media [https://fullspeedav.com], has spent the last year knee-deep in his own NFT experiment. Along the way, he's learned what to embrace and what to forget when it comes to making his mark in the digital economy. Juan started Full Speed Media as a way to p...
Discovering Ember, Adopting Orbit, and Unlocking Optimization with Chris Thoburn (runspired)
January 27, 2022 08:00 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBRunspired's journey with Ember began just like Chuck's, Robbie's, and many who've come before them — with confusion, hesitancy, and gradual infatuation. The year was 2008 and runspired was launching an app. Somewhere along the way, he realized that if he wanted to build the collaborative web-first application he envisioned, he needed to build in JavaScript. Sifting through Angular and React, nothing stuck. When he finally stumbled upon Ember, the pitfalls and confusion were obvious and al...
Decentralized Gaming, IntelliJ, Twitch, and the Shortcomings of Modern VR with Rob Cary
January 13, 2022 08:00 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBWhat do web development, Twitch, VR, and blockchain all have in common? More than you might think. After years as a game developer, Ship Shape's longest-tenured employee Rob Cary was bound to put those unlikely virtual dots together and today he's here to share a few original insights. After meeting Robbie Wagner in an elementary school play as a couple of accountants, their lives continued to overlap. From a choice in college to a knack for web development, making sweet beats, and ultimate...
Chuck’s Origin Story: Career Pivots, and Learning to Love Ember
January 06, 2022 08:00 - 57 minutesAfter diving into Robbie’s backstory in episode 017, today we’re panning the camera to Chuck. If you’ve ever wondered how he ended up at Ship Shape and where Chuck first discovered the world of the web, today’s episode explores his digital origin story. Like Robbie, Chuck’s foray into software development began in Photoshop. In fact, for a period after graduating college, Chuck considered going to photography school. Unfortunately (or fortunately, if you ask Robbie), shelling out cash for gr...
Chuck's Origin Story: Career Pivots, and Learning to Love Ember
January 06, 2022 08:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBAfter diving into Robbie’s backstory in episode 017, today we’re panning the camera to Chuck. If you’ve ever wondered how he ended up at Ship Shape and where Chuck first discovered the world of the web, today’s episode explores his digital origin story. Like Robbie, Chuck’s foray into software development began in Photoshop. In fact, for a period after graduating college, Chuck considered going to photography school. Unfortunately (or fortunately, if you ask Robbie), shelling out cash for ...
Robbie’s Origin Story: Learning to Code, Learning to Hire, and Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap
December 30, 2021 08:00 - 53 minutesIf you’ve ever wondered where Ship Shape got its shape and how Robbie became Ember’s number one fan, this episode is for you. Robbie and Chuck revisit the early chapters of Robbie’s career, including the gigs he loved and the corporate structures he hated. They talk about lessons learned, taking the entrepreneurial leap, and what’s on the horizon. While Robbie’s career has hardly been a linear path, the most exciting and fulfilling journeys rarely are. Key Takeaways [00:44] - Whiskey revie...
Robbie's Origin Story: Learning to Code, Learning to Hire, and Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap
December 30, 2021 08:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBIf you’ve ever wondered where Ship Shape got its shape and how Robbie became Ember’s number one fan, this episode is for you. Robbie and Chuck revisit the early chapters of Robbie’s career, including the gigs he loved and the corporate structures he hated. They talk about lessons learned, taking the entrepreneurial leap, and what’s on the horizon. While Robbie’s career has hardly been a linear path, the most exciting and fulfilling journeys rarely are. Key Takeaways [00:44] - Whiskey rev...
The Beauty of Remix, Falling for Tailwind, and Why NFTs Are a Scam with Kent C. Dodds
December 23, 2021 08:00 - 59 minutes - 54 MBKent Dodds spends much of his professional life helping emerging developers learn. Earlier this year, as he began refreshing a stack of educational resources, Kent realized that simply switching to Remix eliminated most of the problems he was teaching his students to avoid or solve. Not long after he fell in love with the framework, Kent landed a job at Remix. Now the Director of Developer Experience, Dodds educates and troubleshoots. From eliminating loading and error states, easy adoption...
Next.js 12, React vs. Svelte, and the Future of Frameworks with Wes Bos
December 16, 2021 08:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBBetween constantly changing frameworks, updates, and languages, web dev life is anything but stagnant. Shiny object syndrome is a real thing, and it's easy to feel like there's too much to keep up with. Wes Bos has his own point of view on the shifting landscape. Wes has spent years as a developer and has created a catalog of courses to help other developers improve their skills. Despite having his favorites, Wes argues there's a place for everything in the melting pot that is modern web dev...
Ember vs. React, Jamstack, and Holes in the Hiring Process with Chris Manson
December 09, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 82.1 MBThey say if it's not broken, don't fix it. But if it is broken...keep iterating? While not everyone may agree on how to solve the technical headaches that come with one language or another, developer and Empress Creator Chris Manson has a few ideas. As more apps emerge, more problems inevitably appear. Chris has several non-negotiable best practices for keeping it simple and helping the developers who follow in his digital footsteps. Also a member of Ember's core team, Chris has been worki...
RedwoodJS, Developer Experience, and Developing for Scale with Tom Preston-Werner
December 02, 2021 08:00 - 59 minutes - 54 MBEvery developer straddles the fine line between creating a unique space and reinventing the wheel. Tom Preston-Werner has lived between those two lines for much of his career, most recently while developing an app framework for startups, RedwoodJS. Tom has always pushed himself to think outside the box rather than follow competitors. This aversion to groupthink kickstarted the creation of Redwood. It also helped Tom with the second-hardest part of app development: choosing a name. Tired of ...
Boss Hog: Magellan's Atlantic, Recaptcha, GraphQL, NFTs, Crypto
October 14, 2021 20:20 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBChuck is in Middleburg, in person, for this episode, where we celebrate his Ship Shape anniversary with the WhistlePig Boss Hog: Magellan's Atlantic. We discuss preventing bots from submitting forms with recaptcha, caching with GraphQL and Redis, NFTs, crypto, and various whatnot. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/message
Four Roses, Elixir, Flutter, and Whatnot w/ Sundi Myint
September 09, 2021 02:49 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBIn this episode, we try some Four Roses, and chat with Sundi about Elixir, Flutter, cooking and various whatnot. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/message
Hughes Belle of Bedford, Ember and Whatnot w/ Robert Jackson (rwjblue)
May 26, 2021 20:24 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBIn this episode of our Whiskey Web and Whatnot podcast, we are joined by our special guest, Robert Jackson, from the Ember Core Team. We sampled the Hughes Belle of Bedford Rye whiskey, discussed how Robert got into Ember, the pros and cons of Ember vs other frameworks, and various whatnot. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/message
Uncle Nearest 1856, JSON:API vs GraphQL, Traveling, Mexico, and Middleburg
May 20, 2021 16:40 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBIn this episode we try the Uncle Nearest 1856 100 proof premium whiskey, discuss the pros and cons of JSON:API vs GraphQL, and give updates on our lives post-vaccination, the new office space in Middleburg, and the latest news in the Ship Shape world. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/message
Old Elk, NFTs, Crypto, Tech Tangents
April 18, 2021 23:52 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBThis time we accidentally try two different Old Elk whiskeys, talk about NFTs, crypto, and go on various tech tangents. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/message
Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit, EmberConf, Next.js, Porsche vs Mustang
April 02, 2021 23:09 - 48 minutesThis week we try Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit, discuss EmberConf and Next.js and talk about Porsches vs Mustangs.
Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit, EmberConf, Next.js, Porsche vs Mustang
April 02, 2021 23:09 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBThis week we try Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit, discuss EmberConf and Next.js and talk about Porsches vs Mustangs. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/message
Basil Hayden's Dark Rye, DevOps, Arcades and Whatnot
March 19, 2021 22:27 - 44 minutes - 40.5 MBIn this episode we try Basil Hayden's Dark Rye, discuss DevOps and Kubernetes, Arcades and Whatnot. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/message
Kamiki Whisky, Ember/Glimmer updates and whatnot w/ Chris Garrett (pzuraq)
March 10, 2021 22:39 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBIn this episode we try a Japanese whisky from Kamiki Whisky and chat with Chris Garrett (pzuraq) from the Ember Core Team about new things coming in the Ember/Glimmer world. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/message
Hudson Short Stack, Front End Frameworks, Italia
March 03, 2021 19:34 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBIn this episode we try Hudson Whiskey's Short Stack, discuss JavaScript frameworks, and explore Chuck's time in Italy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/message
Rabbit Hole Dareringer, Serverless, Cryptocurrency
February 27, 2021 15:13 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBIn our third episode we try the Rabbit Hole Dareringer bourbon in our new Norlan whiskey glasses, discuss the Serverless Application Framework, learn a bit about Chuck's previous life as a blackjack dealer, and talk about the craziness around GameStop stock and cryptocurrency trading. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/message
Peerless Rye, Monorepos, Super Bowl LV
February 13, 2021 02:37 - 43 minutesIn this episode we sample Peerless Distilling's Rye, discuss the pros and cons of monorepos, and talk about our favorite and least favorite Super Bowl commercials.
Peerless Rye, Monorepos, Super Bowl LV
February 13, 2021 02:37 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBIn the second episode of Whiskey Web and Whatnot, Robbie Wagner and Charles W. Carpenter III try a Kentucky straight rye whiskey from Peerless Distilling. They discuss the pros and cons of monorepos, and talk about their favorite and least favorite Super Bowl commercials. They also chat about the challenges of coordinating while living on opposite sides of the country and joke about their different whiskey preferences. Overall, the episode is a fun and lighthearted exploration of whiskey tas...
Hello World
February 08, 2021 20:59 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBOn our first episode of Whiskey Web and Whatnot we have Sagamore Spirits Rye as our whiskey, discuss Travis CI's latest problems and how GitHub Actions has filled the space, as well as talk about Nintendo / PC games we've been interested in recently. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/message