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EPISODE · Sep 4, 2025 · 1H 4M

Dial-Up Is Dead, Long Live Adam Argyle

from Whiskey Web and Whatnot

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 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.

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 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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