This week, Robbie and Chuck sip Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Rye, and discuss why SOC 2 compliance is a painful but necessary sign of company maturity. They also dig into AI coding tools, React fatigue, and the growing frustration of modern developer workflows.

In this episode:

• (00:00) – Intro
• (01:43) – Whiskey rating & review: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Rye
• (09:15) – Why SOC 2 compliance is a painful rite of passage
• (11:55) – AI-powered workflows and where they break down
• (18:55) – Do we still need new frameworks?
• (20:58) – Framework fatigue and the React hangover
• (26:51) – The reality of building browser extensions
• (29:02) – Is Firefox dead?
• (29:19) – Who AI-powered browsers are actually for
• (31:26) – Why shipping software on Windows is such a mess
• (35:15) – Juggling operating systems and hardware setups
• (37:22) – Are ultra-expensive PC components actually worth it?
• (40:58) – Shipping Swatch across platforms and dealing with Snap
• (42:48) – The “Tacolate,” Taco Bell experiments, and questionable food ideas
• (46:45) – What is a Bimby cooker?
• (52:57) – Robbie’s septic system saga

Links

• Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Rye: https://www.jackdaniels.com/whiskey/single-barrel-rye
• Winter Olympics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games
• World Cup: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup
• Vercel: https://vercel.com/
• AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/
• IBM: https://www.ibm.com/
• Claude: https://claude.ai
• Opencode: https://opencode.ai/
• Grok: https://grok.com/
• GitHub: https://github.com/
• Open Router: https://openrouter.ai/
• Elon Musk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
• v0: https://v0.dev/
• Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/
• Lovable: https://lovable.dev/
• Replit: https://replit.com/
• ShadCN: https://ui.shadcn.com/
• Vue: https://vuejs.org/
• React: https://react.dev/
• JavaScript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
• Next.js: https://nextjs.org/
• Rails: https://rubyonrails.org/
• HTMX: https://htmx.org/
• TanStack: https://tanstack.com/
• SolidJS: https://www.solidjs.com/
• Express: https://expressjs.com/
• Omarchy: https://omarchy.org/
• Swatch: https://swatch.dev/
• Windows: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows
• Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome/
• TypeScript: https://www.typescriptlang.org/
• Safari: https://www.apple.com/safari/
• Apple: https://apple.com
• Electron: https://www.electronjs.org/
• Firefox: https://www.firefox.com/
• Dia: https://www.diabrowser.com/
• OpenAI Atlas: https://chatgpt.com/atlas/
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/
• NVidia: https://www.nvidia.com/
• Linux: https://www.linux.org/
• Mac Mini: https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/
• Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com/
• LG 5k Display: https://www.lg.com/us/collections/5k-monitors
• Apple XDR Display: https://www.apple.com/pro-display-xdr/
• Snap: https://snapcraft.io/
• Arch Linux: https://archlinux.org/
• Taco Bell: https://www.tacobell.com/
• Bimby Cooker: https://www.thermomix.com/
• Vitamix: https://www.vitamix.com/
• ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
• All Things Open: https://allthingsopen.org/
• Ep 218: How to Build a Career When the Rules Keep Changing w/ Taylor Desseyn & Jason Torres: https://whiskey.fm/how-to-build-a-career-when-the-rules-keep-changing-w-taylor-desseyn-jason-torres

Connect with the hosts

• Robbie Wagner: https://x.com/RobbieTheWagner
• Chuck Carpenter: https://x.com/CharlesWthe3rd
• Adam Argyle: https://x.com/argyleink

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