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Agents of Chaos: Whiskey Experiments and the Future of IDEs

Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development Neat September 25, 2025

This week, Chuck and Adam talk about flavored whiskeys, offbeat experiments, and the chaos of tech culture. They discuss AI workflows, Warp vs. IDE debates, and the realities of coding culture, from bleeding-edge hype to WordPress drudgery. Plus, Chuck shares updates on life in Italy.

In this episode:

(00:00) - Intro
(03:33) - Whiskey rating and review: Jack Daniel's Tennessee Apple and Honey
(13:57) – Experimenting with mixing whiskeys
(18:16) – Honey on the rim: a sweet idea?
(19:15) – Food, culture, and Chuck’s life in Italy
(28:44) – FOMO on agents and AI hype
(31:32) – Current AI workflows
(32:04) – Warp Code update and its bizarre promo video
(37:27) – IDEs vs. plugins: what’s the future?
(44:29) – Chuck and Adam on their current jobs

Links

Jack Daniel's Tennessee Apple: https://www.jackdaniels.com/whiskey/tennessee-apple [https://www.jackdaniels.com/whiskey/tennessee-apple]
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey: https://www.jackdaniels.com/en-us/whiskey/tennessee-honey [https://www.jackdaniels.com/en-us/whiskey/tennessee-honey]
MythBusters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters]
Jim Beam Pineapple: https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineapple [https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineapple]
Wild Turkey American Honey: https://www.americanhoney.com/ [https://www.americanhoney.com/]
Hudson House Distillery: https://www.thehudsonhouseny.com/ [https://www.thehudsonhouseny.com/]
Burt Bacharach: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Bacharach [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Bacharach]
Mike's Hot Honey: https://mikeshothoney.com/ [https://mikeshothoney.com/]
Claude Code: https://claude.com/product/claude-code [https://claude.com/product/claude-code]
Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/ [https://windsurf.ai/]
Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ [https://www.cursor.com/]
Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ [https://www.warp.dev/]
LM Studio: https://lmstudio.ai [https://lmstudio.ai/]
Mac Mini: https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/ [https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/]
Opencode: https://opencode.ai/ [https://opencode.ai/]
Dax: https://x.com/thdxr/ [https://x.com/thdxr/]
Warp Code: https://www.warp.dev/blog/introducing-warp-code-prompt-to-prod [https://www.warp.dev/blog/introducing-warp-code-prompt-to-prod]
Zed: https://zed.dev/ [https://zed.dev/]
WordPress: https://wordpress.org [https://wordpress.org/]
Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/ [https://www.djangoproject.com/]
Joomla: https://www.joomla.org/ [https://www.joomla.org/]
JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript]
Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/ [https://www.rust-lang.org/]
BMW: https://www.bmwusa.com/ [https://www.bmwusa.com/]
Tesla: https://www.tesla.com/ [https://www.tesla.com/]
Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ [https://www.shopify.com/]
Remix: https://remix.run/ [https://remix.run/]
React: https://react.dev/ [https://react.dev/]
Darknet Diaries: https://darknetdiaries.com/ [https://darknetdiaries.com/]
Jack Rhysider: https://x.com/jackrhysider [https://x.com/jackrhysider]
All Thing Open: https://2025.allthingsopen.org/ [https://2025.allthingsopen.org/]

Connect with the hosts

Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner [https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner]
Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd [https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd]
Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink [https://x.com/argyleink]

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