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228: Santa.exe (Presented by CodeRabbit)

This week, Robbie, Chuck, and Adam bring you the holiday edition of Whiskey Web and Whatnot: random whiskeys, Christmas hot takes, and dev debates. They discuss AI agents, guardrails, prompt-driven development, and whether we’re drifting toward a world where c...

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This week, Robbie, Chuck, and Adam bring you the holiday edition of Whiskey Web and Whatnot: random whiskeys, Christmas hot takes, and dev debates. They discuss AI agents, guardrails, prompt-driven development, and whether we’re drifting toward a world where code matters less than outcomes.

Presented by CodeRabbit: http://coderabbit.link/whiskey

In this episode:

  • (00:00) Intro

  • (02:15) Whiskey selections

  • (07:43) Christmas Hot Take: Real tree vs fake tree

  • (12:14) Christmas Hot Take: White lights vs colored lights

  • (15:07) What everyone's watching right now

  • (17:55) What is Ball Pit?

  • (19:58) Video games everyone's playing

  • (21:58) Chuck's overseas shipping challenges

  • (23:09) The modern grocery store experience (and why Chuck refuses to “work there”)

  • (28:18) Are types dead in an AI-first dev world?

  • (45:53) Disney giving money to OpenAI

  • (47:57) Netflix acquiring Warner Bros… what?

  • (48:35) Are AI tools actually worth the cost?

  • (51:30) Just-in-time apps: the future of the web?

  • (54:39) Living in Italy + the language barrier

  • (57:50) Adam’s food analogy: web platform vs React apps

  • (58:15) Fast food tier list

  • (01:00:06) Adam's banjo Christmas tunes

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