Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat

Conventional Commits vs. Release-It and Chatting About the Changelog


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There are two types of engineers. The "normal" ones who strive to make their day-to-day lives as easy as possible and the Robbie's of the world who strive to do everything themselves until the last line of code is sealed in a changelog. 

On that note, do you prefer conventional commits? Or the tools out there that make organization easier and, sometimes, automated? Chuck and Robbie don't see eye-to-eye on this particular topic so prepare yourself for the mildest smackdown of the century.

In this episode, Chuck and Robbie discuss the pros and cons of release-it, the beauty of working system-agnostic, why Robbie prefers the changelog, and an attempt to stay abreast of frameworks like fresh coming into focus. 

Key Takeaways

  • [00:33] - A whiskey review - Howler Head Banana Whiskey.
  • [09:12] - A mild smackdown on conventional commits versus release-it. 
  • [15:23] - Why Chuck and Robbie prefer the changelog. 
  • [20:35] - What is fresh? And Robbie leaks some internal R&D.
  • [26:42] - What Robbie thinks about the Chevy Blazer EV and SUVs in general.
  • [44:55] - How Chuck and his family acquired a Recall box. 
  • Quotes

    [09:55] - "I don't dislike release-it. Let's be clear there. I just don't want to have to physically do anything beyond opening the pull request and closing the pull request." ~ @CharlesWthe3rd [https://twitter.com/CharlesWthe3rd]

    [13:01] - "I'm not a big fan of conventional commits because it adds a lot of noise to your commit log." ~ @rwwagner90 [https://twitter.com/rwwagner90]

    [15:06] - "I just think that you [Robbie] are different than a lot of engineers in that you're like, 'I want to touch and do all the things for all 16 jobs, I just want to do it myself and make sure it hits to the end' and other engineers are like, 'what script can I write to never do this again?'" ~ @CharlesWthe3rd [https://twitter.com/CharlesWthe3rd]

    Links

    • Howler Head Kentucky Banana Bourbon Whiskey [https://www.howlerhead.com]
    • Suggest a Whiskey on Twitter! [https://twitter.com/shipshapecode]
    • UFC [https://www.ufc.com]
    • Dana White  [https://www.instagram.com/danawhite/]
    • Wooler Brands [https://catalyst-spirits.com]
    • Fireball  [https://www.fireballwhisky.com]
    • Coke [https://www.coca-cola.com]
    • release-it  [https://github.com/release-it/release-it]
    • changelog [https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/] 
    • GitHub Actions [https://github.com/features/actions]
    • semantic-release-bot [https://www.npmjs.com/~semantic-release-bot]
    • Hacker News [https://news.ycombinator.com]
    • Microsoft  [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/]
    • GitLab [https://about.gitlab.com]
    • github-changelog-generator  [https://github.com/github-changelog-generator/github-changelog-generator]
    • Ember.js [https://emberjs.com]
    • fresh [https://fresh.deno.dev]
    • Next.js [https://nextjs.org]
    • Node [https://nodejs.org/en/]
    • Yarn [https://yarnpkg.com]
    • Hooks [https://reactjs.org/docs/hooks-intro.html]
    • Starbeam [https://github.com/wycats/starbeam/]
    • Astro [https://astro.build]
    • JavaScript [https://www.javascript.com] 
    • zerojs [http://technohippy.github.io/zero.js/]
    • nojs [https://www.npmjs.com/package/nojs]
    • Preact [https://preactjs.com]
    • React [https://reactjs.org]
    • Optix< [https://www.optixapp.com]
    • See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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      Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, NeatBy RobbieTheWagner and Charles William Carpenter III, The Radcast Network

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