We Stopped Coding by Hand Because Agentic AI Is Too Good

We Stopped Coding by Hand Because Agentic AI Is Too Good

Author: Skill Issue Studios February 12, 2026 Duration: 1:08:42
This week, Robbie and Carlo sip Sagamore's 10-year reserve rye and catch up with Carlo on life abroad, AI coding workflows, the changing developer landscape, and why cars, whiskey shipping, and property management are all equally frustrating. They dig into agentic AI loops, the rise of prompt-driven development, whether coding by hand is officially dead, and what happens when tools like OpenCode and Claude become the new normal. In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:02:09 Whiskey Tasting: Sagamore 10 Year Reserve Series 00:08:40 Living in Italy: Costs, Culture & Comparisons 00:14:41 Astro Acquired by Cloudflare 00:19:38 Agentic AI & Ralph Loops: The New Development Workflow 00:36:41 Building with Rust: The Hugh Hunter Color Picker 00:47:18 The Death of Hand-Coding & The Future of Software Jobs 00:48:40 Claude Co-Work & AI Desktop Apps 00:48:54 AI Beyond Coding: Life Automation & Efficiency 00:58:34 Landlord Horror Stories & The Tucson Property Saga Links Sagamore Spirit: https://sagamorespirit.com/ Astro: https://astro.build/ Cloudflare: https://www.cloudflare.com/ OpenCode: https://opencode.ai/ Claude: https://claude.ai/ Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot Matt Pocock - Ralph Wiggum technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IK18goX4X8 Swach: https://www.swach.io/ Tauri: https://tauri.app/ Electron: https://www.electronjs.org/ Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/ Napi-rs: https://napi.rs/ GitHub: https://github.com/ ClickUp: https://clickup.com/ TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/ Python: https://www.python.org/ Linux: https://www.linux.org/ Wayland: https://wayland.freedesktop.org/ Steam Deck: https://www.steamdeck.com/ 11.22.63: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11.22.63 Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ Connect with the hosts Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieWagner Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/chuckcarpenter 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.

There's a certain alchemy that happens when you combine deep technical expertise with the warmth of a good conversation, and that's exactly what you'll find in Whiskey Web and Whatnot. Hosts Robbie Wagner, Charles William Carpenter III, and Adam Argyle bring decades of collective experience to the table, but they leave the lecture format at the door. Instead, each episode feels like pulling up a chair with colleagues who are just as passionate about the craft of building for the web as they are about the nuanced flavors in a glass of whiskey. The discussion naturally flows between the concrete details of modern development-like navigating JavaScript frameworks, CSS architecture, or the practical realities of agentic AI and new coding tools-and the broader, human aspects of a software engineering career. This podcast from Skill Issue Studios is built on the idea that the tools and the people who use them are equally important. You'll come for insightful, grounded advice on developer productivity and emerging technologies, but you'll stay for the genuine camaraderie and the occasional spirited debate about which whiskey bottle truly earns a spot on the shelf. It’s a refreshing blend of substance and personality, making complex topics accessible and reminding everyone that there's always a story behind the code.
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