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Dial-Up Is Dead, Long Live Adam Argyle

Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development Neat September 4, 2025

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-pineapple [https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineapple]
Taylor Swift: https://www.taylorswift.com/ [https://www.taylorswift.com/]
Travis Kelce: https://x.com/tkelce [https://x.com/tkelce]
New Heights: https://www.youtube.com/@newheightshow [https://www.youtube.com/@newheightshow]
Jim Beam Pineapple: https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineapple [https://www.jimbeam.com/en-us/bourbons/jim-beam-pineapple]
CascadiaJS: https://cascadiajs.com/ [https://cascadiajs.com/]
Vue.js: https://vuejs.org/ [https://vuejs.org/]
Carter Rabasa: https://carter.rabasa.com/ [https://carter.rabasa.com/]
IBM: https://www.ibm.com/ [https://www.ibm.com/]
Slack: https://www.slack.com/ [https://www.slack.com/]
Kent C. Dodds: https://kentcdodds.com/ [https://kentcdodds.com/]
CSS: https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/ [https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/]
Kevin Whinnery: https://www.kevin.mn/ [https://www.kevin.mn/]
Deno: https://deno.com/ [https://deno.com/]
OpenAI: https://openai.com/ [https://openai.com/]
ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ [https://chatgpt.com/]
Charlie Gerard: https://charliegerard.dev/ [https://charliegerard.dev/]
Annie Sexton: https://bsky.app/profile/anniesexton.com [https://bsky.app/profile/anniesexton.com]
Shruti Kapoor: https://shrutikapoor.dev/ [https://shrutikapoor.dev/]
React: https://react.dev/ [https://react.dev/]
Big Sky Dev Con: https://bigskydevcon.com/ [https://bigskydevcon.com/]
All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/ [https://allthingsopen.org/]
Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/ [https://www.shopify.com/]
Vercel: https://vercel.com/ [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-rauch [https://whiskey.fm/static-dynamic-generative-whats-next-for-the-web-w-guillermo-rauch]
LeetCode: https://leetcode.com/ [https://leetcode.com/]
Michael Jackson: https://x.com/mjackson [https://x.com/mjackson]
Remix: https://remix.run/ [https://remix.run/]
React: https://react.dev/ [https://react.dev/]
Knockout: https://knockoutjs.com/ [https://knockoutjs.com/]
Discord: https://discord.com [https://discord.com/]
HTML: https://www.w3schools.com/html/ [https://www.w3schools.com/html/]
Adam's resume: https://nerdy.dev/resume [https://nerdy.dev/resume]
Gradient.style: https://gradient.style/ [https://gradient.style/]
Colorzilla: https://www.colorzilla.com/ [https://www.colorzilla.com/]
Svelte: https://svelte.dev/ [https://svelte.dev/]
Wes Bos: https://wesbos.com/ [https://wesbos.com/]
Kiro: https://kiro.dev/ [https://kiro.dev/]
Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/ [https://windsurf.ai/]
Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/ [https://www.cursor.com/]
Claude: https://claude.ai [https://claude.ai/]
Warp: https://www.warp.dev/ [https://www.warp.dev/]
Zed: https://zed.dev/ [https://zed.dev/]
Fireship: https://www.youtube.com/@fireship [https://www.youtube.com/@fireship]
Shepherd: https://www.shepherdjs.dev/ [https://www.shepherdjs.dev/]
Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/ [https://tailwindcss.com/]
Adam's LLM chat prototype: https://nerdy.dev/llm-chat-prototype [https://nerdy.dev/llm-chat-prototype]
NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/ [https://www.npmjs.com/]
Alanis Morissette: https://alanis.com [https://alanis.com/]
Lex Fridman: https://lexfridman.com/ [https://lexfridman.com/]
ASAP Rocky: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASAP_Rocky [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASAP_Rocky]
Ken Wheeler: https://x.com/ken_wheeler/ [https://x.com/ken_wheeler/]
Lincoln Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_Park [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin_Park]
Austin Powers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Powers [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Powers]
Sonos: https://www.sonos.com/ [https://www.sonos.com/]
Google Home: https://home.google.com/welcome/ [https://home.google.com/welcome/]
Beyond Tellerrand: https://beyondtellerrand.com/ [https://beyondtellerrand.com/]
Teenage Engineering K.O. II: https://teenage.engineering/store/ep-133 [https://teenage.engineering/store/ep-133]
Elvis Presley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley]
Final Fantasy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy]
Cracker Barrel: https://www.crackerbarrel.com/ [https://www.crackerbarrel.com/]
Logan's Roadhouse: https://logansroadhouse.com/ [https://logansroadhouse.com/]

Connect with Adam

Website: https://nerdy.dev/ [https://nerdy.dev/]
X / Twitter: https://x.com/argyleink [https://x.com/argyleink]

Connect with Chuck and Robbie

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

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