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Live from Big Sky Dev Con: Code Debates, Content Insights, and What's Next for Web Development

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Live from Big Sky Dev Con, Robbie is joined by Aaron Francis, Ken Wheeler, and Typecraft to discuss HTML and CSS programming status, React’s future, app security failures, NPM’s weak spots, content creation hooks, survival tech fantasies, and balancing big tech ambitions with family life.In this episode:(00:00) - Intro(00:55) - Whiskey rating and review: Undammed Distilling Co. Shields River - Single (Malt ) -Whiskey(03:52) - Is HTML a programming language?(05:30) - Is CSS a programming language?(06:34) - Will classes make a comeback in React?(10:02) - The Tea app fiasco(15:10) - When NPM flags critical code as malicious(20:36) - Turning technical know-how into content people actually want(26:32) - One piece of tech to survive in the Montana wilderness(29:37) - Balancing family life, content creation, and work(35:06) - The pros and cons of working from home(38:49) - Predicting the tech debates of 2030(45:59) - One piece of advice you wish you’d been givenLinksAaron Francis: https://x.com/aarondfrancisKen Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/Typecraft: https://typecraft.dev/Undammed Distilling Co.: https://undammedspirits.com/HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScriptCSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/HTMX: https://htmx.org/Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/React: https://react.dev/Michael Jackson's tweet about React Hooks: https://x.com/mjackson/status/1937979887815692465PHP: https://www.php.net/Vercel: https://vercel.com/Remix: https://remix.run/Firebase: https://firebase.google.com/Stripe: https://stripe.com/Twilio: https://www.twilio.com/Stylus: https://www.npmjs.com/package/stylusNPM: https://www.npmjs.com/MIT: https://www.mit.eduTea: https://www.teaforwomen.com/Numerical Recipes: https://numerical.recipes/Numerical Recipes: https://numerical.recipes/Google: https://www.google.com/Linux: https://www.linux.org/Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/Mark Twain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_TwainSQLite: https://www.sqlite.org/Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/WeChat: https://www.wechat.com/iPhone: https://www.apple.com/iphone/MapQuest: https://www.mapquest.com/Verizon: https://www.verizon.com/Apple Maps: https://www.apple.com/maps/Google Maps: https://translate.google.com/Meta Quest 3: https://www.meta.com/quest/quest-3/Replit: https://replit.com/Adam Wathan: https://x.com/adamwathan/DHH: https://x.com/dhh/Taylor Otwell: https://x.com/taylorotwellTailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/The Go-Giver by Bob Burg: https://www.amazon.com/Go-Giver-Expanded-Little-Powerful-Business/dp/1591848288Connect with Chuck and RobbieRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.

Live from Big Sky Dev Con, Robbie is joined by Aaron Francis, Ken Wheeler, and Typecraft to discuss HTML and CSS programming status, React’s future, app security failures, NPM’s weak spots, content creation hooks, survival tech fantasies, and balancing big tech ambitions with family life.In this episode:(00:00) - Intro(00:55) - Whiskey rating and review: Undammed Distilling Co. Shields River - Single (Malt ) -Whiskey(03:52) - Is HTML a programming language?(05:30) - Is CSS a programming language?(06:34) - Will classes make a comeback in React?(10:02) - The Tea app fiasco(15:10) - When NPM flags critical code as malicious(20:36) - Turning technical know-how into content people actually want(26:32) - One piece of tech to survive in the Montana wilderness(29:37) - Balancing family life, content creation, and work(35:06) - The pros and cons of working from home(38:49) - Predicting the tech debates of 2030(45:59) - One piece of advice you wish you’d been givenLinksAaron Francis: https://x.com/aarondfrancisKen Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/Typecraft: https://typecraft.dev/Undammed Distilling Co.: https://undammedspirits.com/HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScriptCSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/HTMX: https://htmx.org/Minecraft: https://www.minecraft.net/React: https://react.dev/Michael Jackson's tweet about React Hooks: https://x.com/mjackson/status/1937979887815692465PHP: https://www.php.net/Vercel: https://vercel.com/Remix: https://remix.run/Firebase: https://firebase.google.com/Stripe: https://stripe.com/Twilio: https://www.twilio.com/Stylus: https://www.npmjs.com/package/stylusNPM: https://www.npmjs.com/MIT: https://www.mit.eduTea: https://www.teaforwomen.com/Numerical Recipes: https://numerical.recipes/Numerical Recipes: https://numerical.recipes/Google: https://www.google.com/Linux: https://www.linux.org/Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/Mark Twain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_TwainSQLite: https://www.sqlite.org/Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/WeChat: https://www.wechat.com/iPhone: https://www.apple.com/iphone/MapQuest: https://www.mapquest.com/Verizon: https://www.verizon.com/Apple Maps: https://www.apple.com/maps/Google Maps: https://translate.google.com/Meta Quest 3: https://www.meta.com/quest/quest-3/Replit: https://replit.com/Adam Wathan: https://x.com/adamwathan/DHH: https://x.com/dhh/Taylor Otwell: https://x.com/taylorotwellTailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/The Go-Giver by Bob Burg: https://www.amazon.com/Go-Giver-Expanded-Little-Powerful-Business/dp/1591848288Connect with Chuck and RobbieRobbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rdSubscribe and stay in touchWebsite: https://whiskey.fmApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDfOvercast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnotWhiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying 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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