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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