Will AI Kill the Joy of Coding?

This week, Robbie and Chuck review Barrell Craft Spirits' Cranky Kong, and talk about the AI boom, how senior devs are (or aren’t) using it, and what the future of software jobs might look like. They also discuss the rise of "celebrity developers", job market shifts, real estate economics, and parenting twins.In this episode:(00:00) - Intro(01:20) - Whiskey rating & review: Barrell Craft Spirits Private Release "Cranky Kong" Rye Whiskey(07:28) - The Taco Bell Cantina Challenge(10:51) - Claude 4, Windsurf, and the AI arms race(13:50) - Will AI kill the joy of coding?(16:18) - Monorepos and missing changelogs(20:27) - Prompting vs programming(21:53) - UBI, real estate, and a broken system(27:48) - The evolving world of celebrity developers(38:46) - OpenAI’s new device and the future of screens(41:49) - Parenting and newborn chaos(49:51) - Chuck's move and studio setup(53:22) - TV picks and recommendationsLinksBarrell Craft Spirits Private Release "Cranky Kong" Rye Whiskey: https://www.barrellbourbon.com/Sagamore Spirit: https://sagamorespirit.com/Taco Bell: https://www.tacobell.com/Chick-fil-A: https://www.chick-fil-a.com/White Castle: https://www.whitecastle.com/Claude: https://claude.aiWindsurf: https://windsurf.ai/OpenAI: https://openai.comGemini: https://gemini.google.com/Vite: https://vite.dev/Zach Lloyd's LinkedIn post about AI: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zachlloyd_anyone-else-having-a-hard-time-getting-their-activity-7333511252666662913-RK7g/DHH - Coding should be a vibe!: https://world.hey.com/dhh/coding-should-be-a-vibe-50908f49Astro: https://astro.build/Vercel: https://vercel.com/Starlight Tailwind: https://github.com/withastro/starlight/tree/main/examples/tailwindEmber: https://emberjs.com/GitHub: https://github.comSam Altman: https://x.com/samaWALL-E: https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-280395a4-d5ef-4dd0-bd09-d91c31593d3dIdiocracy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagenAdam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink/Amazon: https://amazon.comGuillermo Rauch: https://x.com/rauchgPHP: https://www.php.net/Laravel: https://laravel.com/Maserati: https://www.maserati.com/Honda: https://automobiles.honda.com/OpenAI's new screenless device: https://www.theverge.com/news/672357/openai-ai-device-sam-altman-jony-iveJony Ive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jony_IveSyntax: https://syntax.fmReact Miami: https://www.reactmiami.com/Rodecaster Pro: https://rode.com/en-us/interfaces-and-mixers/rodecaster-series/rodecaster-proElectro-Voice RE20: https://products.electrovoice.com/na/en/re20/13 Reasons Why: https://www.netflix.com/title/80117470Dan Abramov: https://danabra.mov/HBO: https://www.max.com/The White Lotus: https://www.hbo.com/the-white-lotusRyan Reynolds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_ReynoldsMint Mobile: https://www.mintmobile.com/Apple TV+: https://tv.apple.com/The Last of Us: https://www.hbo.com/the-last-of-usThe Handmaid's Tale: https://www.hulu.com/series/the-handmaids-taleGrey's Anatomy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413573/NCIS: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364845/Mark Harmon: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001319/Law & Order: SVU: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203259/Connect 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.