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Drink: Old Fashioned and Tequila shots for some reason - A reunion episode of the three of my previous guests, James Wanga (Ep 1), Charlie Fulnecky (Ep 6) and JR Palomar (Ep 15).

Drink: Dark and Stormy - Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency.

Drink: Whiskey Smash - The State of JavaScript. On being self-taght. Teaching Messi how to Code.

Drink: Cuba Libre. Maker's Mark - Why so many people hate their managers. What is Agile? Jasmine vs. Karma. A comparison between an orchestra and a software engineering team. A case for and against lean teams. Being a woman in a male dominant industry. The 'three Ps' that will guarantee success in any industry.

Drink: Margarita - Being a programmer and a DJ, recording with P.Diddy, touring with Tommy Lee and midget Cowboys. The cultural overlap between front-end developers and house music. Simulation Hypothesis. Artificial Super Intelligence.

Drink: Laphroaig Scotch Whisky - Why writing software and building UIs are not the same thing. The most important front-end skill nobody taught you. The biggest CSS mistakes and how to avoid CSS specificity wars.

Drink: Absinthe Verte, Hakushu Japanese Whiskey, Caol Ila Smoked Whiskey - How to get rich writing CSS. Why Flexbox exists and why it rules. A case for CSS Tables. How not to be hated by JS developers and visuals designers. And the future of CSS.

Drink: Old Fashioned - Why React Native rocks. Tips for Tech Interviewers. Why 3D printing is the future. How to find the time to learn. And an explanation for weird Alcohol bottle design.

Drink: Champagne - The Zen of Programming. What it takes to contribute to jQuery source code. How engineering managers can keep up with the ever changing technologies.

Drink: Cazerac - The startup world. Code quality and standards vs. urgency and business needs. The problem with boilerplate and scaffolding tools. Thoughts on IKEA Swedish meatballs.

Drink: 2012 Bogle Phantom California Wine - A guaranteed fix for the broken interview process. What it's like to start your own software company. How to make the world's greatest beet salad.

Drink: Moscow Mule - Becoming a programmer in a family of artists. The cultural differences between backend and frontend developers.

Drink: Bengali Tiger Beer - The only real concern with Angular. What it takes to become a programmer. What the hell is a 'brogrammer'.

Drink: Gin and Tonic - Why EmberJS is cool. How to write code that lives for a long time. Component Driven Development. How Facebook and React could change REST APIs.

Drink: Mojito - History of XSLT and AJAX, AngularJS vs. ReactJS. Where the web is headed. How the web is modularizing. How to best utilize the available web technologies and be a contributing member of the community.

Drink: Negroni - Programming culture, how it's changed, and how programmers are becoming cooler.

Drink: Cafe Patrón and Baileys - How to be successful in the tech industry. How to identify your strong suit and use it to advance. What managers are looking for these days.

Drink: 1800 Reserva Añejo Tequila - Entrepreneurship. Taking action towards goals. How engineers can be better at working and communicating with managers.

Drink: Basil Hayden - The challenges of integrating ads into the web. Ad Block. How to work with people from other industries. How to be useful to others.

Drink: Eagle Rare Old Fashioned - JavaScript, TypeScript, AngularJS, ReactJS. Transition from developer to engineer. What not to do when working in a large team and more...