Spooky Scary CSS

This week, Robbie and Adam talk about Halloween vibes, excellent scotch, and the strange state of modern web development. After rating an Orphan Barrel single malt, they dig into AI coding workflows, agent tools, why one-shot prompts so often fail, and more. In this episode: (00:00) - Intro (01:24) - Whiskey rating & review: Orphan Barrel Woven Honor (07:21) - How AI is (and isn’t) fitting into real dev workflows (12:01) - The Louvre heist and why bold ideas sometimes work (17:02) - Anthropic Skills and the future of AI tooling (19:21) - Why Warp feels like a killer terminal (20:43) - OpenCode vs. Warp for everyday development (21:29) - Connecting Cursor and Claude (22:17) - Navigating AI tools at work (24:45) - Why AI struggles to follow instructions (29:51) - Using web components with Preact signals (30:39) - Are modern web tools over-engineered? (31:48) - Cucumber, specs, and English as code (33:43) - Naming the CSS masonry layout problem (43:32) - Squash vs. merge and automating away the noise (48:50) - SEO, AIO, and visibility in the age of AI (53:07) - Does AI understand podcasts at all? (53:21) - A fun CSS @important alternative (54:22) - Don't ignore ESLint in PRs (55:37) - Why gatekeeping helps no one (57:12) - Don't be afraid to ask for help (58:04) - Halloween plans (01:00:10) - Plugs Links Orphan Barrel Woven Honor: https://www.orphanbarrel.com/ Ep 223: The Piano Man of State Machines w/ David K. Piano: https://whiskey.fm/the-piano-man-of-state-machines-w-david-k-piano Nikka Whisky: https://www.nikka.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/ Jira: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira Claude: https://claude.ai/ Python: https://www.python.org/ Beyond Tellerrand: https://beyondtellerrand.com/ CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/ Astro: https://astro.build/ Gamma: https://gamma.app/ Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ Svelte: https://svelte.dev/ Opencode: https://opencode.ai/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/ ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ IBM: https://www.ibm.com/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ Preact: https://preactjs.com/ Starpod.dev: https://starpod.dev/ Android: https://www.android.com/ Cucumber: https://cucumber.io/ Ember: https://emberjs.com/ Docker: https://www.docker.com/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ CSS Grid: https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_grid.asp JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript Sass: https://sass-lang.com/ Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/ Prettier: https://prettier.io/ ESLint: https://eslint.org/ Ep 212: TalkShop Show w/ Macho Man Randy Standards: https://whiskey.fm/talkshop-show-w-macho-man-randy-standards Front End Happy Hour Podcast: https://www.frontendhappyhour.com/ ShopTalk Show: https://shoptalkshow.com/ Syntax: https://syntax.fm/ We Might Be Drunk: https://wemightbedrunkpod.com/ CascadiaJS: https://cascadiajs.com/ Rick Rubin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rubin Zombies Ate My Neighbors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombies_Ate_My_Neighbors It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_Always_Sunny_in_Philadelphia Wayne's World: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne's_World_(film) Super Mario: https://mario.nintendo.com/ Vite: https://vite.dev/ Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink Subscribe and stay in touch Website: https://whiskey.fm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 YouTube: 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.