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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
Subscribe and stay in touch
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- Overcast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1552776603
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WhiskeyWebAndWhatnot
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