This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Ben Holmes—Astro core team alum and now at Warp—about the rapid evolution of developer tools, the promise and quirks of AI-powered coding, and why he’s betting big on terminal UX.

In this episode:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (02:09) - Warp and dev tools
• (04:20) - Whiskey intro and rating: Heaven Hill Grain To Glass Kentucky Straight Rye
• (15:47) - Hot Take: inferred types vs explicit types
• (17:11) - What Cursor AI gets right (and wrong)
• (23:12) - Pros and cons of Windsurf
• (25:02) - Hot Take: git rebase vs git merge
• (27:27) - Vim Motions and The Vim Gym
• (30:45) - Hot Take: sidebar on the left or right in VS Code
• (34:40) - Specialize or generalize?
• (44:01) - Frameworks vs doing your own thing
• (48:21) - The MBA journey
• (52:06) - Ben's connection to Peloton
• (53:12) - Plugs

Links

• Heaven Hill Grain To Glass Kentucky Straight Rye: https://heavenhilldistillery.com/
• Astro: https://astro.build/
• Warp: https://www.warp.dev/
• Norlan: https://norlanglass.com/
• Cursor: https://www.cursor.com/
• Windsurf: https://windsurf.ai/
• Copilot: https://github.com/features/copilot
• Cline: https://cline.bot/
• Claude: https://claude.ai/
• Ghostty: https://ghostty.org/
• Vim Motions: https://www.barbarianmeetscoding.com/boost-your-coding-fu-with-vscode-and-vim/moving-blazingly-fast-with-the-core-vim-motions/
• Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/
• Vue: https://vuejs.org/
• Svelte: https://svelte.dev/
• Ember: https://emberjs.com/
• NeoVim: https://neovim.io/
• Primeagen: https://x.com/ThePrimeagen
• Jason Lengstorf: https://x.com/jlengstorf
• Vision Pro: https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/
• JSWorld: https://jsworldconference.com/
• Final Cut Pro: https://www.apple.com/final-cut-pro/
• CapCut: https://www.capcut.com/
• DHH: https://x.com/dhh/
• University of Alabama: https://www.ua.edu/
• Georgia Tech: https://www.gatech.edu/

Connect with Ben

• Website: https://bholmes.dev/
• X / Twitter: https://x.com/bholmesdev

Connect with Chuck and Robbie

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

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