This week, Robbie and Chuck dive into the delicate balance between authenticity and adaptation, both in tech and everyday life. They unpack the challenges of staying true to their passions—like whiskey and web development—while navigating the pressures of broadening their appeal and monetizing their craft. They also reflect on podcasting, personal branding, industry trends, social media shifts, and the complexities of dealing with polarizing figures in tech.
In this episode:
- (00:00) - Intro
- (01:28) - All Things Open
- (02:18) - Whiskey: Redwood Empire Emerald Giant Rye Whiskey
- (07:29) - Whiskey rating
- (10:24) - Rebase vs Merge
- (10:57) - Bluesky vs Twitter
- (17:45) - The political influence on social media
- (19:18) - Anonymity in social media and usernames
- (23:44) - What elements should a web framework include?
- (26:15) - Should you be your authentic self all the time?
- (31:58) - The difficulty of monetizing a podcast
- (35:58) - Commercial real estate and the wig shop
- (40:04) - Cars and coffee
- (42:03) - Ghosted by Guillermo?
- (44:24) - Should politics influence the products and tech we use?
- (48:40) - Robbie’s new leaf blower
- (50:28) - Robbie on Web Dev Challenge
- (51:40) - JavaScript, Ember, and React
- (58:56) - Holiday prep and European living
- Redwood Empire Emerald Giant: https://redwoodempirewhiskey.com/whiskey/emerald-giant-rye/
- All Things Open: https://2024.allthingsopen.org/
- Primeagen: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePrimeTimeagen
- Maker’s Mark: https://www.makersmark.com/
- Wawa: https://www.wawa.com/
- Sagamore: https://sagamorespirit.com/
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/
- Kafka: https://kafka.apache.org/
- Runspired: https://runspired.com/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com
- X / Twitter: https://x.com
- Threads: https://www.threads.net/
- Discord: https://discord.com/
- Dan Abramov: https://danabra.mov/
- Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/
- Wondery: https://wondery.com/
- Whiskey.fund: https://whiskey.fund
- Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/
- Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/
- SQLite: https://www.sqlite.org/
- RedwoodJS: https://redwoodjs.com/
- Laravel: https://laravel.com/
- Syntax: https://syntax.fm/
- ShopTalk: https://
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