July 20, 2023

Whiskey Web and Whatnot 100th Episode Round Table with Chris Coyier, Scott Tolinski, Tracy Lee, and Wes Bos

55 minutes

In this milestone 100th episode, Chuck and Robbie are joined by a round table of industry experts and web developers with different philosophies, preferences, and experiences in the tech space to share their opinions on the state of web development. The round table includes Chris Coyier, Co-Founder of CodePen; Scott Tolinski, former Owner of Level Up Tutorials; Tracy Lee, CEO and Co-Founder of This Dot Labs; and Wes Bos, Founder of BosType Inc.

The panel shares their opinions on the state of web development, reflecting on the journey from vanilla JavaScript to the rise of Tailwind CSS. They delve into the impact of Tailwind CSS on modern web development, discuss exciting new front-end APIs like the View Transitions API and Anchor Positioning API, and emphasize the importance of mastering JavaScript fundamentals.

In this episode, Robbie and Chuck bring industry experts together for a captivating discussion filled with valuable insights on the evolution of front-end development, new web technologies, and their interests outside of web development.

Key Takeaways

[01:43] - An introduction to the round table of industry experts.

[03:47] - A whiskey review: Sagamore and Benchmark.

[07:00] - Tech hot takes.

[21:14] - Scott’s experience using popover API.

[23:18] - Chuck discusses Chris’ talk at RenderATL.

[24:38] - How ChatGPT is negatively affecting Mozilla Firefox.

[28:21] - What each guest would do if they weren’t in web development?

[32:46] - Interesting topics on Chuck’s Twitter feed.

[40:46] - What makes a milk?

Quotes

[09:11] - “CSS is getting so complex now that it has to be compiled.” ~ Wes Bos

[23:15] - “Yeah, man, HTML rules.” ~ Scott Tolinski

[25:33] - “People stopped using Google as much, they’re going to AI.” ~ Wes Bos

Links

Chris Coyier

Chris Coyier Twitter

Chris Coyier LinkedIn

Wes Bos

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Scott Tolinski

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Scott Tolinski LinkedIn

Tracy Lee Twitter

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Kelly Vaughn Twitter

Kelly Vaughn LinkedIn

RenderATL

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Syntax Podcast

Level Up Tutorials

This Dot Labs

Modern Web

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Sagamore Spirit

Benchmark Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Tailwind CSS

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jQuery

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Netflix

Rust

Microsoft

Safari

Mozilla Firefox

WWCD23

Google

Apple

ChatGPT

IMBD

Adobe After Effects

The Dalmore 12

Ken Wheeler

Nike

Trader Joe’s

Smartless Podcast

BlackRock

Ferrari

Make-A-Wish Foundation

Apple News

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