hx-pod
Join me while I learn about web fundamentals and talk at you about it Twitter: @all__hype.
Lazarus
Show overview
hx-pod has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 133 episodes, alongside 38 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 55 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 7th season.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 6 min and 28 min — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 months ago, with 10 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 90 episodes published. Published by Lazarus.
From the publisher
Join me while I learn about web fundamentals and talk at you about it Twitter: @all__hype
Latest Episodes
View all 133 episodesHow I built the htmx 4 Gameboy game
Big Sky Dev Con 2026
Everything that is htmx 4 - Michael West
Vibes
What to hate about React, Htmx, NextJS, Datastar, Go... with Darren Shepherd
Code Independence
Have you ever wanted to build a phone app?
bonushypeapps.devShare your ideas, follow the build!
S7 Ep 3Hypermedia Wars **LOST PROMO**
Primer @ JSCONF 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHlyLEPtL9oAn htmx interview with Makinde Adeagbohttps://htmx.org/essays/interviews/makinde-adeagbo/This is the lost promo for the full 3-part Hypermedia Wars seriesEpisode 1: Inflection 2010Episode 2: Virtual DOMinationEpisode 3: Hypermedia Strikes Back
S7 Ep 2Idempotency
The word software devs know in their soul but not in their vocabulary
S7 Ep 1Hypermedia in the age of AI
What does AI mean for the future of Hypermedia?1. React takes over in an AI feedback loop?2. Frameworks don't matter -- back to basics?3. Full-stack frameworks are everything?
S6 Ep 6Thinking strategically about your career
bonusJust some thoughts about preparing while you are in a good space to prepare
Html is actually good and it's getting better with Tony Ennis
bonusTony Ennis joins me to talk about how websites can be built with simplicity and power using new html and browser standards.================== EPISODE LINKSTony on X: https://x.com/tonyennisHtml First: https://html-first.comMini JS: https://mini-js.comBase Styles: https://base-styles.comTony's talk at big Sky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aknX6xq8VfgUna at Google IO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTCIStB6y8s================== CHAPTERS00:00 Intro to Tony00:34 Tony's work at Really Good Software02:17 "My whole thing though is ..."05:03 The Platform and a Stylesheet talk07:18 Html tag list07:26 Una and the Chrome dev team making progress09:10 Popovers11:56 New UI Elements in Html 2023 vs 202512:34 Modal15:48 select with selectedcontent tag16:27 Multi-selects (they are still bad, but working on it)16:50 datalist (autocomplete)20:22 Async in HTML (replacing htmx?)28:57 Where React is preferred34:40 The Front-end spectrum -- Mini JS 45:52 Mini-js code example50:43 Laz on why html is great at UI52:30 Why a five-year-old can learn html55:21 Building mobile apps with React Native and webviews59:50 Server-driven web apps1:05:45 Base styles (unreleased minimal CSS framework)1:10:25 CSS Layers for siloing your libraries
Hypermedia in the wild
Who are the big names in hypermedia, even if they don't know it?Obviously: Carson Gross (Htmx, fixi), Delaney Gillilan (Datastar), Alex Petros (HTML triptych), Adam Stepinski (Hyperview)BUT ALSO: Caleb Porzio, Aaron Francis, Levels io, and DHH??Embrace the backendhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQO4Xh1gMpY
3d and flappy bird htmx
bonuswith Jon-Michael Hartway47:16 MY MIND IS BLOWNJon-Michael does something pretty crazy here. His entire 3D scene is static HTML. The 3d movement only comes from swapping out the style tag and the CSS!?!???!===================== BIG SKY DEV CON TALKBuilding things for Twitter Clouthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQzpyIXdzcE===================== 3D GAMEDemo: https://htmx-3d.deastl.com/Github: https://github.com/DeaSTL/3d-htmx-game===================== FLAPPY BIRDGithub: https://github.com/DeaSTL/flappybird-htmx **** Includes video!===================== Chapters (From AI)00:00 Introduction to Jon-Michael Hartway02:22 Development Background and Programming Journey05:10 HTMX Experiments and Flappy Bird Game07:35 Technical Insights on Game Development10:09 Challenges and Server Management12:47 Exploring Twitter Clout Projects18:54 Rule #1: Viral19:34 Rule #2: Ridiculous20:56 Rule #3: The wrong tech26:56 Rule #4: Low scope29:42 Rule #5: Fun29:50 Challenges of 3D Rendering in CSS33:39 Understanding Gimbal Lock and Camera Mechanics37:57 Implementing Multiplayer with WebSockets41:18 Innovative Use of CSS for 3D Positioning46:21 Future Projects and Learning Experiences
S6 Ep 5Htmx extension: response-targets
Direct your different response codes to different places!<head> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]"></script></head><body hx-ext="response-targets">Official Docs: https://htmx.org/extensions/response-targets/Hypecp example: https://hypecp.com/#htmx-response-targets
Big Sky Dev Con 2025
bonus"We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they would be easy."-Lazarus, on creating conference recaps=================== CHAPTERS:00:00 - Intro, Aaron Francis, Primeagen 01:19 - 01 - Carson Gross - API Design 04:40 - 02 - Stephanie Gredell - From Human To Bots 07:04 - 03 - typecraft (Chris Power) - VaaS (Vim as a service) -- How to teach vim to thousands of people with Rails and Go 10:28 - 04 - Robbie Wagner - HTML is stealing our jobs! 13:20 - 05 - Warren Buffering - Browsers are for Reads, Native Apps are for Writes16:49 - 06 - Jon-Michael Hartway - Building things for twitter clout20:00 - 07 - Ken Wheeler - you can just build things 22:55 - 08 - Duncan Lutz - Potatoes Go Brrr: Adventures in High-Speed Embedded Rust 25:08 - 09 - Mike Amundsen - Making Connections and Solving Problems : Hypermedia's Legacy and Future 29:22 - 10 - Barrett A Breshears - Backends?!? Where we are going we don't need backends 32:41 - 11 - Adam Stepinski - Extending vs Scripting: Lessons from building the Hyperview client 36:47 - 12 - Alex Petros - What's Left for Frontend Engineers? 41:30 - 13 - Dennis Ivy - Why good developers fail interviews44:55 - 14 - Turner Houghton - JSX minus react plus htmx 47:23 - 15 - Tony Ennis - The Platform and a Stylesheet (A path to Platform / SPA Parity) 54:23 - 16 - Dan Vail I'm dumb and so can you!57:27 - Closing=================== TALKS MENTIONED:Aaron Francis "Publishing Your Work" - Laracon US 2023 Nashvillehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YaEtaXYVtIThe Primeagen on Lex Fridmanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNZnLkRBYA8Big Sky Dev Con 2025 Playlisthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTstnhS3moc&list=PLE57lymIlIyVXwAO-pO6gvMmnd6isAFTR01 - Carson Gross - API Design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTstnhS3moc02 - Stephanie Gredell - From Human To Bots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sd_09Ci2cM03 - typecraft (Chris Power) - VaaS (Vim as a service) -- How to teach vim to thousands of people with Rails and Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfH-hzl3al804 - Robbie Wagner - HTML is stealing our jobs! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdocEPDlwYM05 - Warren Buffering - Browsers are for Reads, Native Apps are for Writeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojy5pQLJ_RQ06 - Jon-Michael Hartway - Building things for twitter clouthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQzpyIXdzcE07 - Ken Wheeler - you can just build things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8WcV7LdnvU08 - Duncan Lutz - Potatoes Go Brrr: Adventures in High-Speed Embedded Rust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu0hUxz6cJ009 - Mike Amundsen - Making Connections and Solving Problems : Hypermedia's Legacy and Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-GQhQs671k10 - Barrett A Breshears - Backends?!? Where we are going we don't need backends https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4CECgmr96s11 - Adam Stepinski - Extending vs Scripting: Lessons from building the Hyperview client https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJdgZsnihnM12 - Alex Petros - What's Left for Frontend Engineers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7M2inHiT4Y13 - Dennis Ivy - Why good developers fail interviewshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uWfmFCwmII14 - Turner Houghton - JSX minus react plus htmx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x51t1pQ_gAg15 - Tony Ennis - The Platform and a Stylesheet (A path to Platform / SPA Parity) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aknX6xq8Vfg16 - Dan Vail I'm dumb and so can you!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlmsRmarXA0
S6 Ep 4Htmx extension: preload
Adds pre-loading to your links and hx-get requests for that extra bit of speed.https://htmx.org/extensions/preloadExamples: https://hypecp.com/#htmx-preload
S6 Ep 3Htmx extension: idiomorph
Adds the hx-swap="morph" option.Let's you do fine-grained swapping and unlocks smooth css transitions between swapped elements.<body hx-ext="morph"><hx-swap="morph">https://htmx.org/extensions/idiomorphExamples:https://hypecp.com/#htmx-idiomorph
S6 Ep 2Htmx extension: htmx-1-compat
Make your transition from htmx 1 to 2 easier with this extension"Flip the switch slowly"https://htmx.org/extensions/htmx-1-compat/
S6 Ep 1Htmx extension: head-support
Core htmx extension head-supportAdd support for modifying, updating, or replacing items in the <head> tag of your page.Working example:https://hypecp.com/#htmx-head-support<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]"></script><body hx-ext="head-support"><title hx-head="re-eval">