SOC 2 in the Streets, Spaghetti in the Sheets

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 Subscribe and stay in touch Website: https://whiskey.fm Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whiskey-web-and-whatnot/id1552776603 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/19jiuHAqzeKnkleQUpZxDf Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot Whiskey Web and Whatnot MerchEnjoying the podcast and want us to make more? Help support us by picking up some of our fresh merch at https://whiskey.fund.