Whiskey Web and Whatnot 100th Episode Round Table with Chris Coyier, Scott Tolinski, Tracy Lee, and Wes Bos

Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat

In this milestone 100th episode, Chuck and Robbie are joined by a round table of industry experts and web developers with different philosophies, preferences, and experiences in the tech space to share their opinions on the state of web development. The round table includes Chris Coyier, Co-Founder of CodePen; Scott Tolinski, former Owner of Level Up Tutorials; Tracy Lee, CEO and Co-Founder of This Dot Labs; and Wes Bos, Founder of BosType Inc.

The panel shares their opinions on the state of web development, reflecting on the journey from vanilla JavaScript to the rise of Tailwind CSS. They delve into the impact of Tailwind CSS on modern web development, discuss exciting new front-end APIs like the View Transitions API and Anchor Positioning API, and emphasize the importance of mastering JavaScript fundamentals.

In this episode, Robbie and Chuck bring industry experts together for a captivating discussion filled with valuable insights on the evolution of front-end development, new web technologies, and their interests outside of web development.

Key Takeaways

• [01:43] - An introduction to the round table of industry experts.
• [03:47] - A whiskey review: Sagamore and Benchmark.
• [07:00] - Tech hot takes.
• [21:14] - Scott’s experience using popover API.
• [23:18] - Chuck discusses Chris’ talk at RenderATL.
• [24:38] - How ChatGPT is negatively affecting Mozilla Firefox.
• [28:21] - What each guest would do if they weren’t in web development?
• [32:46] - Interesting topics on Chuck’s Twitter feed.
• [40:46] - What makes a milk?

Quotes

[09:11] - “CSS is getting so complex now that it has to be compiled.” ~ Wes Bos

[23:15] - “Yeah, man, HTML rules.” ~ Scott Tolinski

[25:33] - “People stopped using Google as much, they’re going to AI.” ~ Wes Bos

Links

• Chris Coyier
• Chris Coyier Twitter
• Chris Coyier LinkedIn
• Wes Bos
• Wes Bos Twitter
• Wes Bos LinkedIn
• Scott Tolinski
• Scott Tolinski Twitter
• Scott Tolinski LinkedIn
• Tracy Lee Twitter
• Tracy Lee LinkedIn
• Kelly Vaughn Twitter
• Kelly Vaughn LinkedIn
• RenderATL
• CodePen
• Syntax Podcast
• Level Up Tutorials
• This Dot Labs
• Modern Web
• Sentry
• Sagamore Spirit
• Benchmark Kentucky Straight Bourbon
• Tailwind CSS
• Twitter
• Nuxt
• Angular
• React JS
• jQuery
• Ember
• Netflix
• Rust
• Microsoft
• Safari
• Mozilla Firefox
• WWCD23
• Google
• Apple
• ChatGPT
• IMBD
• Adobe After Effects
• The Dalmore 12
• Ken Wheeler
• Nike
• Trader Joe’s
• Smartless Podcast
• BlackRock
• Ferrari
• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Apple News

Connect with our hosts

• Robbie Wagner
• Chuck Carpenter
• Ship Shape

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