Is jQuery Really Dead? And Other Hot Takes w/ Travis Wagner
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This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Travis Wagner about his career move from Universal Music to Crunchyroll and the nuances of backend development. They discuss a wide range of hot takes, including whether jQuery is still relevant in 2025.

In this episode:

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:05) - Meet Travis Wagner
• (02:41) - Whiskey intro and rating: Finger Lakes Distilling McKenzie Rye Whiskey
• (15:04) - Implicit vs Explicit types
• (16:58) - Tailwind vs Vanilla CSS
• (19:22) - Is YAML good or bad?
• (20:24) - Thoughts on Python and semicolons
• (25:19) - Git Rebase vs Git Merge
• (28:24) - Does GitHub history help your career?
• (36:34) - Learning assembly
• (39:47) - iTerm vs Ghostty vs Warp
• (41:09) - What's wrong with using jQuery in 2025?
• (48:17) - Astro and trying out other frameworks
• (53:17) - What Travis would do if tech wasn't an option

Links

• Universal Music: https://www.universalmusic.com/)
• Crunchyroll: https://www.crunchyroll.com/)
• Crablang: https://crablang.org/)
• Finger Lakes Distilling McKenzie Rye Whiskey: https://fingerlakesdistilling.com/)
• Sloth Pipe: https://github.com/trvswgnr/sloth-pipe)
• Tailwind CSS: https://tailwindcss.com/)
• Boot.dev: https://www.boot.dev/)
• Python: https://www.python.org/)
• iTerm: https://iterm2.com/)
• Ghostty: https://ghostty.org/)
• Warp: https://www.warp.dev/)
• jQuery: https://jquery.com/)
• Intercooler.js: https://intercoolerjs.org/)
• HTMX: https://htmx.org/)
• React: https://react.dev/)
• Claude: https://claude.ai/)

Connect with Travis

• Website: https://techsavvytravvy.com/)
• X / Twitter: https://x.com/techsavvytravvy)
• GitHub: https://github.com/trvswgnr)

Connect with Chuck and Robbie

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

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