This week, Robbie and special guest co-host Adam Argyle talk about life after layoffs, the myth of job security at big tech companies, and what it really means to build meaningful things on the web.In this episode:<ul><li>(00:00) - Intro</li><li>(01:23) - Whiskey: Chicken Cock Rye</li><li>(02:45) - From FAANG to fired: the illusion of stability in Big Tech</li><li>(14:49) - How HTML and CSS are replacing JavaScript, one feature at a time</li><li>(23:13) - Robbie’s role at HashiCorp</li><li>(26:47) - What is AI actually good at?</li><li>(53:30) - Taste, tools, and the art of building with (or without) AI</li><li>(57:32) - Waking and baking</li><li>(58:54) - Robbie on raising twins</li><li>(01:03:05) - Why Robbie left Amazon</li><li>(01:04:25) - Where tech is headed: AI, burnout, and the future of creativity</li><li>(01:09:20) - Plugs</li></ul>Links<ul><li>Chicken Cock:&nbsp;<a href="https://chickencockwhiskey.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://chickencockwhiskey.com/</a></li><li>Seinfeld:&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinfeld" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinfeld</a></li><li>Norlan Glass:&nbsp;<a href="https://norlanglass.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://norlanglass.com/</a></li><li>Chrome:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.google.com/chrome/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/chrome/</a></li><li>South Park:&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park</a></li><li>Amazon:&nbsp;<a href="https://amazon.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://amazon.com</a></li><li>TanStack:&nbsp;<a href="https://tanstack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tanstack.com/</a></li><li>Netlify:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.netlify.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.netlify.com/</a></li><li>Shopify:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shopify.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.shopify.com</a></li><li>Microsoft:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.microsoft.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.microsoft.com/</a></li><li>Lady Bird:&nbsp;<a href="https://ladybird.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ladybird.org</a></li><li>Mozilla:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mozilla.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mozilla.org/</a></li><li>Brilliant:&nbsp;<a href="https://brilliant.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://brilliant.org/</a></li><li>Duolingo:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.duolingo.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.duolingo.com/</a></li><li>Apple:&nbsp;<a href="https://apple.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.com</a></li><li>Westworld:&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(TV_series)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(TV_series)</a></li><li>Dead Space:&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Space" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Space</a></li><li>Awwwards:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.awwwards.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.awwwards.com/</a></li><li>Vue:&nbsp;<a href="https://vuejs.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://vuejs.org/</a></li><li>Safari:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apple.com/safari/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.apple.com/safari/</a></li><li>Tailwind CSS:&nbsp;<a href="https://tailwindcss.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tailwindcss.com/</a></li><li>Figma:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.figma.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.figma.com/</a></li><li>Lodash:&nbsp;<a href="https://lodash.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lodash.com/</a></li><li>HashiCorp:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hashicorp.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.hashicorp.com/</a></li><li>Ember:&nbsp;<a href="https://emberjs.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://emberjs.com/</a></li><li>Windsurf:&nbsp;<a href="https://windsurf.ai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://windsurf.ai/</a></li><li>Cursor:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cursor.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cursor.com/</a></li><li>Firebase Studio:&nbsp;<a href="https://firebase.studio/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://firebase.studio/</a></li><li>Zed:&nbsp;<a href="https://zed.dev/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://zed.dev/</a></li><li>NotebookLM:&nbsp;<a href="https://notebooklm.google.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://notebooklm.google.com/</a></li><li>ChatGPT:&nbsp;<a href="https://chatgpt.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://chatgpt.com/</a></li><li>Claude:&nbsp;<a href="https://claude.ai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://claude.ai</a></li><li>Cline:&nbsp;<a href="https://cline.bot/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cline.bot/</a></li><li>Deno:&nbsp;<a href="https://deno.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://deno.com/</a></li><li>Sam Altman:&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/sama" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/sama</a></li><li>DeepSeek:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.deepseek.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.deepseek.com/</a></li><li>Dia:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.diabrowser.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.diabrowser.com/</a></li><li>Warp:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.warp.dev/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.warp.dev/</a></li><li>Honda Accord:&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Accord" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Accord</a></li><li>Silicon Valley:&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)</a></li><li>Bitcoin:&nbsp;<a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bitcoin.org/en/</a></li><li>Catch Me If You Can:&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_Me_If_You_Can" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_Me_If_You_Can</a></li><li>Copilot:&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/features/copilot" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/features/copilot</a></li><li>Ken Wheeler:&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/ken_wheeler/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/ken_wheeler/</a></li><li>MySpace:&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace</a></li><li>GitHub:&nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com</a></li></ul>Connect with Adam<ul><li>Website:&nbsp;<a href="https://nerdy.dev/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nerdy.dev/</a></li><li>X / Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/argyleink" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/argyleink</a></li></ul>Connect with Chuck and Robbie<ul><li>Robbie Wagner:&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner</a></li><li>Chuck Carpenter:&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd</a></li></ul>Subscribe and stay in touch<ul><li>Website:&nbsp;<a 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