Whiskey Web and Whatnot
A show discussing whiskey, web development, and a wide range of whatnot. By the folks at Ship Shape (https://shipshape.io).
Recent Episodes
Debating React, Fonts, and Fatherhood with Josh Collinsworth
Nov. 24, 2022
React isn’t good at anything, except being popular. That’s a bold statement, but it’s one that Josh Collinsworth stands by. It seems like nearly every major tech company has React in their stack. But why is a framework built…
Framework Debates, Tech Layoffs, and Starlink
Nov. 17, 2022
The tech layoff saga continues. The latest company in the hot seat is Twitter. After Elon Musk took control of the company, the platform has been in disarray, leaving developers out of jobs and Twitter users confused about t…
A11y Hour with Amber Hinds
Nov. 10, 2022
WordPress powers over 43% of sites on the internet today, making it a powerhouse web technology. Its simplicity attracted bloggers and do-it-yourselfers who navigate the platform by Googling code snippets. That knowledge gap…
Funding Open Source Projects, Leaving Homebrew, and Launching Tea with Max Howell
Nov. 3, 2022
Working on open source projects is a largely thankless job and a labor of love. The developers behind these projects often juggle full-time jobs to pay their bills while maintaining the software that keeps so much of the int…
Multi-Page Apps, Prefetch vs Preload, and Web Nostalgia
Oct. 27, 2022
While multi-page apps (MPAs) seem like a new fixation for the developer community, they’re pretty ancient news. If you were browsing the web in the 90s, you were likely visiting a multi-page app. Lucky for us, web tech impro…
Tailwind CSS, Headless UI, and Powerlifting with Adam Wathan
Oct. 20, 2022
Maintaining a CSS codebase can become chaotic pretty quickly and building a new stylesheet for every project can get tedious. Frameworks like Tailwind CSS were born to solve this problem. Adam Wathan, CEO of Tailwind Labs, b…
