Next.js Is Dead, Long Live Next.js! (Presented by Warp)

About this episode

Robbie and Adam discuss the complexities of AI development and coding practices while tasting whiskey.

This week, Robbie and Adam sip Redwood Empire Pipe Dream and dive into the messy reality of AI development, PR reviews, and whether we're all just vibe coding our way into chaos. They debate 200-file PRs versus 10 smaller ones, the rise of YOLO mode versus step-by-step validation, Cloudflare rewriting Next.js in a week, and why T-shaped developers might need to become X-shaped generalists. Along the way, they cover dark factories, OpenClaw memory problems, the death of SaaS, Amazon's AI downtime panic, and why Slack might be the last product standing. Presented by Warp: https://www.warp.dev/oz In this episode: Chapters 00:00:00 Welcome & Introductions 00:02:34 Whiskey Tasting: Redwood Empire Pipe Dream 00:08:35 Would You Rather: PR Review Edition 00:16:51 Dark Factories & AI-Only Code Review 00:28:15 CloudFlare Rewrites Next.js & The Drama Unfolds 00:37:30 Block Layoffs & The SaaS Apocalypse 00:46:19 Amazon's AI Pendulum: From Yolo to Slow Down 00:55:37 T-Shaped vs X-Shaped Developers 00:51:07 Delaying Gratification: Quality Over Speed 01:04:37 Evil AI Tools: Fake Testimonials & Heretic 01:09:15 Wrap Up & Diablo Nostalgia Links Redwood Empire Pipe Dream…

People in this episode

Hosts: Robbie, Adam

Topics covered

• AI development
• PR reviews
• Next.js
• Cloudflare
• SaaS
• developer skills

Keywords

• AI development
• Next.js
• Cloudflare
• SaaS
• developer skills
• whiskey tasting
• PR reviews

Sponsors

Warp

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cloudflare, Amazon, Slack

Products: Redwood Empire Pipe Dream, Next.js, OpenClaw, Claude, Pi, Cursor, GitHub CLI, Graphite

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