Show overview
General Musings with Kevin Powell has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 96 episodes. That works out to roughly 35 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 11 min and 22 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 22 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 36 episodes published. Published by Kevin Powell.
From the publisher
I have a newsletter where I usually start things off with pretty long general musings before I share the content I've created in the previous week, as well as any interesting articles I've stumbled across in the last week. Not everyone likes reading or having more emails in their inbox, though, so this podcast is an audio version of my newsletters. They aren't tutorials or technical explorations like my regular videos are, but instead tend to talk about a wide range of different topics, though they're generally at least somewhat related to front-end development in some way.
Latest Episodes
View all 96 episodesWhere do we draw the line with AI-written content?
The easy way to learn nothing
Why I am still making CSS tutorials
This PHP vulnerability is a big deal
I was getting on board with passkeys. Now this.
Why is AI motivating some devs and burning out others?
You can't escape CSS architecture
We're all fed up
Digital Ocean killed CSS... again
Are we heading to an era of stagnation or innovation?
Separation of concerns is a lie
The future of the web might lie in its past
Google might have just killed websites
Staying sane when things get busy
Are we in a post-expertise era?
Illusions of mastery
We don't always need a new tool for that
Get your tickets (with a nice discount) for Smashing Conf Amsterdam: https://ti.to/smashingmagazine/smashingconf-amsterdam-2026/discount/wehopeyoullbejoiningusThe Cassidy Williams video I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5VzL256te4In this episode, I talk about my upcoming content strategy, which includes experimenting with more shorts, balancing long-form and short-form content, sharing CSS tips, and remixing interview content. I also talk about the challenges of content planning and scheduling, emphasizing my preference for simple tools like pen-and-paper calendars over an excess of apps, and cautioning against tool sprawl and maintenance.My primary YouTube channel where I teach frontend development, with a strong focus on CSS: https://youtube.com/@kevinpowell✉ The written version of my newsletter: https://www.kevinpowell.co/newsletter💬 Come hang out with other dev's in my Discord Community: https://discord.gg/nTYCvrKHelp support my channel👨🎓 Get a course: https://www.kevinpowell.co/courses👕 Buy a shirt: https://teespring.com/stores/making-the-internet-awesome💖 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kevinpowell
We've been separating concerns wrong (and CSS is fixing it)
In this episode, I talk about some of the new stuff happening with CSS and how it's starting to do things we used to rely on JavaScript for. I dive into how some people think this is CSS overstepping its bounds, but I see it in a bit of a different light.The codepen by Temani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3tPDZCk2ox64 emulator with CSS by Rebane: https://lyra.horse/x86css/The original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3tPDZCk2o
zero-day CSS vulnerability
The video I was watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZUp5nY7BWUCSS Demystified: https://thecascade.dev/courses/css-demystified/
Interop 2026 is here!
Interop 2026: https://wpt.fyi/interop-2026The webkit article I mentioned: https://webkit.org/blog/17818/announcing-interop-2026/In this episode I talk about the announcement of Interop 2026.