This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Travis Wagner about his career move from Universal Music to Crunchyroll and the nuances of backend development. They discuss a wide range of hot takes, including whether jQuery is still relevant in 2025.
In this episode:
- (00:00) - Intro
- (01:05) - Meet Travis Wagner
- (02:41) - Whiskey intro and rating: Finger Lakes Distilling McKenzie Rye Whiskey
- (15:04) - Implicit vs Explicit types
- (16:58) - Tailwind vs Vanilla CSS
- (19:22) - Is YAML good or bad?
- (20:24) - Thoughts on Python and semicolons
- (25:19) - Git Rebase vs Git Merge
- (28:24) - Does GitHub history help your career?
- (36:34) - Learning assembly
- (39:47) - iTerm vs Ghostty vs Warp
- (41:09) - What's wrong with using jQuery in 2025?
- (48:17) - Astro and trying out other frameworks
- (53:17) - What Travis would do if tech wasn't an option
- Universal Music: https://www.universalmusic.com/
- Crunchyroll: https://www.crunchyroll.com/
- Crablang: https://crablang.org/
- Finger Lakes Distilling McKenzie Rye Whiskey: https://fingerlakesdistilling.com/
- Sloth Pipe: https://github.com/trvswgnr/sloth-pipe
- Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/
- Boot.dev: https://www.boot.dev/
- Python: https://www.python.org/
- iTerm: https://iterm2.com/
- Ghostty: https://ghostty.org/
- Warp: https://www.warp.dev/
- jQuery: https://jquery.com/
- Intercooler.js: https://intercoolerjs.org/
- HTMX: https://htmx.org/
- React: https://react.dev/
- Claude: https://claude.ai/
- Website: https://techsavvytravvy.com/
- X / Twitter: https://x.com/techsavvytravvy
- GitHub: https://github.com/trvswgnr
- Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
- Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
- 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
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