<p>This week, Robbie and Adam talk about CascadiaJS, Adam&rsquo;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.</p>
<p>In this episode:</p>
<ul>
<li>(00:00) - Intro</li>
<li>(02:46) - Whiskey rating & review: Jim Beam Pineapple</li>
<li>(07:00) - CascadiaJS preview + speaker lineup</li>
<li>(13:27) - Adam's new role at Shopify</li>
<li>(20:47) - Are React hooks officially dead?</li>
<li>(21:41) - The dev interview process is broken + interview tips</li>
<li>(31:01) - Gradient.style</li>
<li>(35:09) - Hot Take: no more React clones</li>
<li>(36:53) - Adam's OpenAI interview and NPM nightmares</li>
<li>(40:03) - AI and the future of web development</li>
<li>(52:06) - Dial-up is dead</li>
<li>(53:39) - Physical vs. digital media</li>
<li>(1:00:39) - Cracker Barrel&rsquo;s makeover</li>
</ul>
<h2>Links</h2>
<ul>
<li>Jim Beam Pineapple:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineapple">https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineapple</a></li>
<li>Taylor Swift:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.taylorswift.com/">https://www.taylorswift.com/</a></li>
<li>Travis Kelce:&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/tkelce">https://x.com/tkelce</a></li>
<li>New Heights:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@newheightshow">https://www.youtube.com/@newheightshow</a></li>
<li>Jim Beam Pineapple:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineapple">https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineapple</a></li>
<li>CascadiaJS:&nbsp;<a href="https://cascadiajs.com/">https://cascadiajs.com/</a></li>
<li>Vue.js:&nbsp;<a href="https://vuejs.org/">https://vuejs.org/</a></li>
<li>Carter Rabasa:&nbsp;<a href="https://carter.rabasa.com/">https://carter.rabasa.com/</a></li>
<li>IBM:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ibm.com/">https://www.ibm.com/</a></li>
<li>Slack:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.slack.com/">https://www.slack.com/</a></li>
<li>Kent C. Dodds:&nbsp;<a href="https://kentcdodds.com/">https://kentcdodds.com/</a></li>
<li>CSS:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/">https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/</a></li>
<li>Kevin Whinnery:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kevin.mn/">https://www.kevin.mn/</a></li>
<li>Deno:&nbsp;<a href="https://deno.com/">https://deno.com/</a></li>
<li>OpenAI:&nbsp;<a href="https://openai.com/">https://openai.com/</a></li>
<li>ChatGPT:&nbsp;<a href="https://chatgpt.com/">https://chatgpt.com/</a></li>
<li>Charlie Gerard:&nbsp;<a href="https://charliegerard.dev/">https://charliegerard.dev/</a></li>
<li>Annie Sexton:&nbsp;<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/anniesexton.com">https://bsky.app/profile/anniesexton.com</a></li>
<li>Shruti Kapoor:&nbsp;<a href="https://shrutikapoor.dev/">https://shrutikapoor.dev/</a></li>
<li>React:&nbsp;<a href="https://react.dev/">https://react.dev/</a></li>
<li>Big Sky Dev Con:&nbsp;<a href="https://bigskydevcon.com/">https://bigskydevcon.com/</a></li>
<li>All Things Open:&nbsp;<a href="https://allthingsopen.org/">https://allthingsopen.org/</a></li>
<li>Shopify:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shopify.com/">https://www.shopify.com/</a></li>
<li>Vercel:&nbsp;<a href="https://vercel.com/">https://vercel.com/</a></li>
<li>Ep 194: Static, Dynamic, Generative: What&rsquo;s Next for the Web? w/ Guillermo Rauch:&nbsp;<a href="https://whiskey.fm/static-dynamic-generative-whats-next-for-the-web-w-guillermo-rauch">https://whiskey.fm/static-dynamic-generative-whats-next-for-the-web-w-guillermo-rauch</a></li>
<li>LeetCode:&nbsp;<a href="https://leetcode.com/">https://leetcode.com/</a></li>
<li>Michael Jackson:&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/mjackson">https://x.com/mjackson</a></li>
<li>Remix:&nbsp;<a href="https://remix.run/">https://remix.run/</a></li>
<li>React:&nbsp;<a href="https://react.dev/">https://react.dev/</a></li>
<li>Knockout:&nbsp;<a href="https://knockoutjs.com/">https://knockoutjs.com/</a></li>
<li>Discord:&nbsp;<a href="https://discord.com/">https://discord.com</a></li>
<li>HTML:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.w3schools.com/html/">https://www.w3schools.com/html/</a></li>
<li>Adam's resume:&nbsp;<a href="https://nerdy.dev/resume">https://nerdy.dev/resume</a></li>
<li>Gradient.style:&nbsp;<a href="https://gradient.style/">https://gradient.style/</a></li>
<li>Colorzilla:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.colorzilla.com/">https://www.colorzilla.com/</a></li>
<li>Svelte:&nbsp;<a href="https://svelte.dev/">https://svelte.dev/</a></li>
<li>Wes Bos:&nbsp;<a href="https://wesbos.com/">https://wesbos.com/</a></li>
<li>Kiro:&nbsp;<a href="https://kiro.dev/">https://kiro.dev/</a></li>
<li>Windsurf:&nbsp;<a href="https://windsurf.ai/">https://windsurf.ai/</a></li>
<li>Cursor:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cursor.com/">https://www.cursor.com/</a></li>
<li>Claude:&nbsp;<a href="https://claude.ai/">https://claude.ai</a></li>
<li>Warp:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.warp.dev/">https://www.warp.dev/</a></li>
<li>Zed:&nbsp;<a href="https://zed.dev/">https://zed.dev/</a></li>
<li>Fireship:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@fireship">https://www.youtube.com/@fireship</a></li>
<li>Shepherd:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shepherdjs.dev/">https://www.shepherdjs.dev/</a></li>
<li>Tailwind CSS:&nbsp;<a href="https://tailwindcss.com/">https://tailwindcss.com/</a></li>
<li>Adam's LLM chat prototype:&nbsp;<a href="https://nerdy.dev/llm-chat-prototype">https://nerdy.dev/llm-chat-prototype</a></li>
<li>NPM:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.npmjs.com/">https://www.npmjs.com/</a></li>
<li>Alanis Morissette:&nbsp;<a href="https://alanis.com/">https://alanis.com</a></li>
<li>Lex Fridman:&nbsp;<a href="https://lexfridman.com/">https://lexfridman.com/</a></li>
<li>ASAP Rocky:&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASAP_Rocky">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASAP_Rocky</a></li>
<li>Ken Wheeler:&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/ken_wheeler/">https://x.com/ken_wheeler/</a></li>
<li>Lincoln Park:&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_Park">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_Park</a></li>
<li>Austin Powers:&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Powers">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Powers</a></li>
<li>Sonos:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sonos.com/">https://www.sonos.com/</a></li>
<li>Google Home:&nbsp;<a href="https://home.google.com/welcome/">https://home.google.com/welcome/</a></li>
<li>Beyond Tellerrand:&nbsp;<a href="https://beyondtellerrand.com/">https://beyondtellerrand.com/</a></li>
<li>Teenage Engineering K.O. II:&nbsp;<a href="https://teenage.engineering/store/ep-133">https://teenage.engineering/store/ep-133</a></li>
<li>Elvis Presley:&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley</a></li>
<li>Final Fantasy:&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy</a></li>
<li>Cracker Barrel:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.crackerbarrel.com/">https://www.crackerbarrel.com/</a></li>
<li>Logan's Roadhouse:&nbsp;<a href="https://logansroadhouse.com/">https://logansroadhouse.com/</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="connect-with-adam">Connect with Adam</h2>
<ul>
<li>Website:&nbsp;<a href="https://nerdy.dev/">https://nerdy.dev/</a></li>
<li>X / Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/argyleink">https://x.com/argyleink</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="connect-with-chuck-and-robbie">Connect with Chuck and Robbie</h2>
<ul>
<li>Robbie Wagner:&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner">https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner</a></li>
<li>Chuck Carpenter:&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd">https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="subscribe-and-stay-in-touch">Subscribe and stay in touch</h2>
<ul>
<li>Website:&nbsp;<a href="https://whiskey.fm/">https://whiskey.fm</a></li>
<li>Apple Podcasts:&nbsp;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603</a></li>
<li>Spotify:&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf">https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf</a></li>
<li>Overcast:&nbsp;<a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603">https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603</a></li>
<li>YouTube:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot">https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot</a></li>
</ul>
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