Will AI Kill the Joy of Coding?

This week, Robbie and Chuck review Barrell Craft Spirits' Cranky Kong, and talk about the AI boom, how senior devs are (or aren’t) using it, and what the future of software jobs might look like. They also discuss the rise of "celebrity developers", job market shifts, real estate economics, and parenting twins.

In this episode:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:20) - Whiskey rating & review: Barrell Craft Spirits Private Release "Cranky Kong" Rye Whiskey
• (07:28) - The Taco Bell Cantina Challenge
• (10:51) - Claude 4, Windsurf, and the AI arms race
• (13:50) - Will AI kill the joy of coding?
• (16:18) - Monorepos and missing changelogs
• (20:27) - Prompting vs programming
• (21:53) - UBI, real estate, and a broken system
• (27:48) - The evolving world of celebrity developers
• (38:46) - OpenAI’s new device and the future of screens
• (41:49) - Parenting and newborn chaos
• (49:51) - Chuck's move and studio setup
• (53:22) - TV picks and recommendations

Links

• Barrell Craft Spirits Private Release "Cranky Kong" Rye Whiskey: https://www.barrellbourbon.com/
• Sagamore Spirit: https://sagamorespirit.com/
• Taco Bell: https://www.tacobell.com/
• Chick-fil-A: https://www.chick-fil-a.com/
• White Castle: https://www.whitecastle.com/
• Claude: https://claude.ai
• Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/
• OpenAI: https://openai.com
• Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/
• Vite: https://vite.dev/
• Zach Lloyd's LinkedIn post about AI: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zachlloyd_anyone-else-having-a-hard-time-getting-their-activity-7333511252666662913-RK7g/
• DHH - Coding should be a vibe!: https://world.hey.com/dhh/coding-should-be-a-vibe-50908f49
• Astro: https://astro.build/
• Vercel: https://vercel.com/
• Starlight Tailwind: https://github.com/withastro/starlight/tree/main/examples/tailwind
• Ember: https://emberjs.com/
• GitHub: https://github.com
• Sam Altman: https://x.com/sama
• WALL-E: https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-280