New episode 🚲 Automated testing: smoke tests vs end-to-end, why enforced page object models feel like one layer too many, and three hot takes where we're supposed to disagree but mostly agree. Plus a 75-day estimate that got two months. bikeshedpod.com/episodes/30/...

Every E2E Is a Smoke Test: Page Object Models, Flaky Pipelines, and When Testing Is Actually Worth It

Dillon, Scott, and Matt dig into automated testing — the high upfront cost of getting started, why smoke tests deserve to gate code before it hits master, and whether enforced page object models are a...

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If your AI agent isn’t doing exactly what you want it might just be a skill issue. In our episode Skill Issue we give spicy 🌶️ recommendations on team level and personal level skills that will level up your AI quality and output. open.spotify.com/episode/7miA...

Skill Issue

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Every time you prompt an AI, a router may be picking which model answers. Dillon, Matt, and I dig into why Stripe and Ramp are making moves on routers, and why users often can't tell which model they got, or that it wasn't the priciest one. open.spotify.com/episode/66ub...

All You Need Is a Router

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Is Tailwind going to lose the crown 👑 as the king of CSS frameworks? Is StyleX ready to take up the mantle? There’s been a heated debate lately whether StyleX works better for prompting agents. Checkout our latest episode 42 Classes on One Div. open.spotify.com/episode/5pGJ...

42 Classes on One Div

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The single best silver lining about flying is music sounds sublime on a plane.

Dreaming about the days where I wrote the code. Now the code writes me.

../../../../ one of my least favorite things to write

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2026 Predictions

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🔥 New Bikeshed episode! We made our 2026 predictions and rated them on the Spice-o-meter 🌶️ Will AI agents replace engineers? Will the AI bubble burst? Will one of us get laid off? Tune in to find out 👇 bikeshedpod.com/episodes/20/...

2026 Predictions

Scott, Dillon, and Matt share their boldest (and not-so-bold) predictions for 2026 — from autonomous coding agents replacing engineers, to the AI bubble bursting, to one of the hosts getting laid off....

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Two sorely underrated engineering skills: - Anticipating the impact of supporting multiple versions and deprecating promptly or having a realistic deprecation plan - Adequate testing to avoid painful bugs in future changes

Dillon Spicy Take Curry 🌶️🍛 doesn't lay off the heat 🔥 in this weeks first episode of Retro & React open.spotify.com/episode/3lOi...

Rebuilding my portfolio/blog in wakujs thanks to @matthamlin.me

Critical vulnerability in React Server Components?
Anthropic acquires Bun!?
2025 is already a wild year for JavaScript. Matt, Dillion & I called an emergency retro to break it all down in our first news episode of Retro & React. 📰🚨🔈 open.spotify.com/episode/3lOi...

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🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨 React drops a severity 10 vulnerability 🔥 and Anthropic acquires Bun 🤯—not exactly the calm December we expected. We break down what it all means in our first news episode: Retro and React! bikeshedpod.com/episodes/17/...

Retro & React - 1

This week on The Bikeshed, Scott, Matt, and Dillon tackle two breaking stories that have the JavaScript community buzzing: React's severity 10 vulnerability in React Server Components and Anthropic's ...

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We've been back to our weekly cadence! open.spotify.com/episode/6m7b...

The Parking Lot - 1

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🚨 New Episode 🚨 Why Internal Tooling Sucks Should you build that internal tool? Probably not. 🔥 New episode: we debate build vs buy, share war stories about custom dependency managers, and Dillon finally delivers a spicy take about Vercel. bikeshedpod.com/episodes/15/...

Why Internal Tooling Sucks

The bikeshed boys tackle one of software engineering's most contentious debates: should you build internal tools or adopt external solutions? With real examples from their companies—custom dependency ...

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🚨 New Episode 🚨 🤖 Can AI actually review your code? We dig into Greptile, Copilot, CodeRabbit + internal tools at Airbnb, HubSpot & Whoop. Spoiler: one company let AI approve its own PRs. It went exactly how you'd expect. 🎧 bikeshedpod.com/episodes/16/...

Clankers Can Review Code Now?!?

The bikeshed boys dive deep into the emerging world of AI-powered code reviews—exploring whether our robot overlords are ready to stamp your PRs, or if they're just glorified linters with delusions of...

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🚨 Is React dead? The Bikeshed boys unpack Remix 3's wild reinvention of components, AI-generated framework code, and why "just use events" might be the hottest (or most controversial) take of 2025. 🎧 bikeshedpod.com/episodes/13/...

The Downfall of React

The bikeshed boys talk about the new hottest web framework on the block: Remix 3, hopefully its third times the charm for the remix guys!

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🚲 New Episode: Is the Web Screwed?! AI crawlers killing ads, chatbots replacing browsers, and the slow death of human-centric content. We debate whether we're heading for a hard fork of the web or just a really awkward transition. Spoiler: The web was already having a rough time 😬 🎧

Is The Web Screwed?!

AI crawlers killing ads, chatbots replacing browsers, and the slow death of human-centric content. The bikeshed boys debate whether we're heading for a hard fork of the web or just a really awkward tr...

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I started using diffview.nvim plugin 🔌 within vim and then realized I could write my own commands for diffing like cycling through merge conflicts, keep head, main or both and my workflow leveled up. 📈 I still like having the plugin though for highlighting complex issues.

🚲 New Bikeshed Episode: Deploy Fast and Break Things?! Should you chase that 5-minute deploy dream? @scottykaye.com, @matthamlin.me, and Dillon debate whether hyper-optimized pipelines are the holy grail or just masking bigger problems. 🎧

Deploy Fast, and Break Things?!

The gang talks about whether chasing 5-minute deploys is worth it, debating the trade-offs between deployment speed and stability, and why moving fast might sometimes mask the real problems slowing yo...

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We’re finally back‼️‼️

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🚲 New episode: Managing Dependencies—It Depends! One version to rule them all? Auto-update everything? Let it rot? We dive into dependency management, from Wayfair’s one-version rule to HubSpot's evergreen system. Spoiler: There's no silver bullet, just trade-offs 😅 🎧

🚲 New episode: Managing Dependencies—It Depends! One version to rule them all? Auto-update everything? Let it rot? We dive into dependency management, from Wayfair’s one-version rule to HubSpot's evergreen system. Spoiler: There's no silver bullet, just trade-offs 😅 🎧

Managing Dependencies: It Depends

The gang shares how FAANG-like companies manage their frontend dependencies without pain! Hint! They Don't!

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@matthamlin.me you up?

Why are "Saved For Laters" so bad in ecommerce? They put it in your cart so maybe I'll check out with it also. That conversion must be low. People want to create a board of items they might by at some point and reference it. Give it a page or a drawer or something. Make it feel personal.

Risky or risqué? bikeshedpod.com/episodes/9/a...

Are React Server Components Risky?!?

The gang interviews Matt on this episode, talking about all things React Server Components (RSCs), exploring their benefits, trade-offs, and adoption strategies. The hosts draw on their experiences at...

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🚨 New episode alert 🚨 Are React Server Components Risky?! The gang interviews Matt on this episode, talking about all things RSCs. Exploring their benefits, trade-offs, and adoption strategies with insight from using them at Wayfair, Fireworks, and Whoop! bikeshedpod.com/episodes/9/a...

Are React Server Components Risky?!?

The gang interviews Matt on this episode, talking about all things React Server Components (RSCs), exploring their benefits, trade-offs, and adoption strategies. The hosts draw on their experiences at...

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Is it okay if I refer to Claude Code as "My brother in christ" when I prompt it? Will leadership care when they inevitably read my prompts?

🚨 New episode alert 🚨 Monorepo Madness The Bikeshed podcast returns after a brief hiatus with hosts Scott Kaye, Matt Hamlin, and Dillon Curry. Tune in to hear the gang talk about keyboards, Scott's Italy trip, monorepos, and our hot takes on CSS! bikeshedpod.com/episodes/8/m...

Monorepo Madness

The Bikeshed podcast returns after a brief hiatus with hosts Scott Kaye, Matt Hamlin, and Dillon Curry. Tune in to hear the gang talk about keyboards, Scott's Italy trip, monorepos, and our hot takes ...

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I came across your short @kevinpowell.co www.youtube.com/shorts/XfhPu... This puts :has() in a super clear perspective. The final hover solution is something I had sent @kevinpowell.co but now I understand it so much more clearly. Thank you!

:has() is more than a parent selector

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