Dial-Up Is Dead, Long Live Adam Argyle

This week, Robbie and Adam talk about CascadiaJS, Adam’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. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro(02:46) - Whiskey rating & review: Jim Beam Pineapple(07:00) - CascadiaJS preview + speaker lineup(13:27) - Adam's new role at Shopify(20:47) - Are React hooks officially dead?(21:41) - The dev interview process is broken + interview tips(31:01) - Gradient.style(35:09) - Hot Take: no more React clones(36:53) - Adam's OpenAI interview and NPM nightmares(40:03) - AI and the future of web development(52:06) - Dial-up is dead(53:39) - Physical vs. digital media(1:00:39) - Cracker Barrel’s makeover Links Jim Beam Pineapple: https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineappleTaylor Swift: https://www.taylorswift.com/Travis Kelce: https://x.com/tkelceNew Heights: https://www.youtube.com/@newheightshowJim Beam Pineapple: https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineappleCascadiaJS: https://cascadiajs.com/Vue.js: https://vuejs.org/Carter Rabasa: https://carter.rabasa.com/IBM: https://www.ibm.com/Slack: https://www.slack.com/Kent C. Dodds: https://kentcdodds.com/CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Kevin Whinnery: https://www.kevin.mn/Deno: https://deno.com/OpenAI: https://openai.com/ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/Charlie Gerard: https://charliegerard.dev/Annie Sexton: https://bsky.app/profile/anniesexton.comShruti Kapoor: https://shrutikapoor.dev/React: https://react.dev/Big Sky Dev Con: https://bigskydevcon.com/All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/Vercel: https://vercel.com/Ep 194: Static, Dynamic, Generative: What’s Next for the Web? w/ Guillermo Rauch: https://whiskey.fm/static-dynamic-generative-whats-next-for-the-web-w-guillermo-rauchLeetCode: https://leetcode.com/Michael Jackson: https://x.com/mjacksonRemix: https://remix.run/React: https://react.dev/Knockout: https://knockoutjs.com/Discord: https://discord.comHTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/Adam's resume: https://nerdy.dev/resumeGradient.style: https://gradient.style/Colorzilla: https://www.colorzilla.com/Svelte: https://svelte.dev/Wes Bos: https://wesbos.com/Kiro: https://kiro.dev/Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/Claude: https://claude.aiWarp: https://www.warp.dev/Zed: https://zed.dev/Fireship: https://www.youtube.com/@fireshipShepherd: https://www.shepherdjs.dev/Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/Adam's LLM chat prototype: https://nerdy.dev/llm-chat-prototypeNPM: https://www.npmjs.com/Alanis Morissette: https://alanis.comLex Fridman: https://lexfridman.com/ASAP Rocky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASAP_RockyKen Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/Lincoln Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_ParkAustin Powers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_PowersSonos: https://www.sonos.com/Google Home: https://home.google.com/welcome/Beyond Tellerrand: https://beyondtellerrand.com/Teenage Engineering K.O. II: https://teenage.engineering/store/ep-133Elvis Presley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_PresleyFinal Fantasy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_FantasyCracker Barrel: https://www.crackerbarrel.com/Logan's Roadhouse: https://logansroadhouse.com/ Connect with Adam Website: https://nerdy.dev/X / Twitter: https://x.com/argyleink Connect with Chuck and Robbie Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagnerChuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd Subscribe and stay in touch Website: 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/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot Whiskey Web and Whatnot Merch Enjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.