January 01, 2026

SOC 2 in the Streets, Spaghetti in the Sheets

59 minutes

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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