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Show DescriptionDave's got a Whiskey related content warning, recent security vulnerabilities in NPM, challenges with password management, and the complexities of digital security. They delve into Google's antitrust issues and the dynamics of the browser market, before transitioning to innovations in CSS, including custom properties and functions. The conversation wraps up with thoughts on the future of CSS and web development. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat Storybook: Frontend workshop for UI development Largest NPM Compromise in History - Supply Chain Attack : r/programming We all dodged a bullet - Xe Iaso Post by @cabel.panic.com — Bluesky Special: One on One with a Hacker – ShopTalk 1Password Watchtower This 25-minute video is the most riveting sudoku puzzle you will ever watch | The Verge Many years on the job and I still don't get it. - daverupert.com if() - CSS | MDN CSS at-rule functions - CSS | MDN CSS color-scheme-dependent colors with light-dark() – Bram.us Matthias Ott

Show DescriptionChris is updating us on the progress of his CSS reset, thoughts on The Browser Company and Arc being bought by Atlassian, and in 2025 why would anyone build a website? Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Bend Old-Time Jams and Events Join or Die Join or Die on Netflix Bowling Alone - Wikipedia Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on the Birth of the Agentic Web - The Verge Chris' CSS Starter

Show DescriptionA quick update on Dave's hair, CSS random(), view transitions in CSS, thinking about IDs in HTML, opening details elements in a new tab, Chris tries out Edge, Shift, Zen and more, how Dave is trying to kick his YouTube tab habit, and government design fails. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Monchhichi - Wikipedia Rolling the Dice with CSS random() | WebKit Cyd Stumpel | Portfolio Cyd Stumpel Get to know Microsoft Edge on Mac | Microsoft Edge Download Firefox for Desktop — from Mozilla Zen Browser Shift Browser | Drag and Drop. Build Your Custom Browser Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine Limiting YouTube to a Single Tab - daverupert.com America by Design Fail 18F - Wikipedia

Show DescriptionKevin Powell is on the show with breaking news about display masonry, how his career on YouTube started and where it's at now, selling courses and diversifying the content you create, struggling with being on all the platforms, and writing vs video in the age of AI. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeGuestsKevin PowellGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialCSS Evangelist. I absolutely love CSS, and I want to help new front-end devs enjoy learning it, and help seasoned vets see how great it really is. LinksHere's the content formatted as a markdown linked list: Kevin Powell | CSS Evangelist Kevin Powell - YouTube Courses Kevin Powell | creating front-end video tutorials | Patreon KevinPowellCSS - Twitch Kevin Powell (@kevinpowell.co) — Bluesky Kevin Powell (@[email protected]) - Front-End Social Kevin on CodePen kevin-powell (Kevin Powell) · GitHub

Show DescriptionIdentifying where we are in the AI hype cycle, a quick #davegoeshairy update, what has been the impact of AI on tech creators, Chris is making his own CSS starter on stream, and Item flow / masonry discussions. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Introducing GPT-5 - YouTube Simon Willison on ai Orion Browser by Kagi VisBug Chrome Canary Features For Developers - Google Chrome Download Microsoft Edge Zen Browser Google Backtracks On Plans For URL Shortener Service Impact of AI on Tech Content Creators Pre-commit Hooks, requestAnimationFrame, Code Reviews, and More - Syntax #922 CodePen Radio CSS Tools: Reset CSS Item Flow – Part 2: next steps for Masonry | WebKit

Show DescriptionWhat helps you remember a person's name, thinking about background coding agents, is AI for append only mode, what are MCPs and how should I think about them, what has been working for more than a month not just the last two days, and coming up with an RSS starter pack riffing off Molly White's article on using RSS. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Visual Studio Code - YouTube Cursor - The AI Code Editor Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined A single data and AI development environment - Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio - AWS Jules - An Asynchronous Coding Agent Curate your own newspaper with RSS Chris Coyier – Web craftsman, blogger, author, speaker. The Homepage of Dave Rupert - daverupert.com Chris Coyier Molly White The Verge Adactio: Jeremy Keith Adactio: Links Jim Nielsen's Blog Home | Rach Smith's digital garden Maggie Appleton Naz Hamid kottke.org - home of fine hypertext products live laugh blog | hi, i'm jenn schiffer and this is my lifestyle blog Sharing what we learn about the responsive web – Cloud Four web.dev Blog | WebKit Home - Microsoft Edge Blog Blog • Lea Verou Frontend Masters Blog – Helping Your Journey to Senior Developer ui.dev | JavaScript, but fun. Welcome to Ethan Marcotte's website — Ethan Marcotte Josh Collinsworth | Blog everything changes Writing – Eric Bailey Balatro University - YouTube

Show DescriptionIt's time for a ShopTalk GearTalk segment on video and audio upgrades, a chat about better YouTube thumbnails, buying the $200 Yamaha guitar (or equivalent in other areas of life), Chris and Dave riff on CSS modules, and what's your social media ethos in 2025? Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks how to make a killer thumbnail (for the 2025 algorithm) - YouTube Facecam 4K | Elgato Before I go: Always buy the $200 Yamaha - daverupert.com The $200 Yamaha – Chris Coyier 668: Jake Archibald on Native HTML Includes – ShopTalk 668: Jake Archibald on Native HTML Includes - YouTube 605: Jim Nielsen on Subversive URLs, Blogging + AI, and Design Engineers – ShopTalk 504: Jim Nielsen Blogging, App Icons, Color, and Images – ShopTalk A social media ethos - daverupert.com

Show DescriptionTim Farnam stops by to talk with Chris and Dave about his new project, Hot Page, and why and how he started building it after working in print and web news. (20% discount code for the Design Tokens Course: SHOPTALKSHOWISAWESOME) Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeGuestsTim FarnamGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialCreative coder based in Mexico City, building Hot Page to help people make better websites, learn web development and quit their reliance on big tech. Links Hot Pricing Design Tokens Course with Brad Frost and Ian Frost Web Awesome SponsorsDesign Tokens CourseWorld-renowned design systems experts Brad Frost (creator of Atomic Design) and Ian Frost teach you everything you need to know about creating an effective design token system to help your organization design and build at scale.

Show DescriptionDave's coming in hot from vacation, how CodePen's new editor imports packages, should CodePen fix your code if you forgot something, the struggle to get the right context in the console, Chris is still shopping for an Arc replacement, and the struggles with inspiration driven engineering. (20% discount code for the Design Tokens Course: SHOPTALKSHOWISAWESOME) Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Orion Browser by Kagi Meet Dia Chrome Canary SigmaOS Mythic Quest - Wikipedia SponsorsDesign Tokens CourseWorld-renowned design systems experts Brad Frost (creator of Atomic Design) and Ian Frost teach you everything you need to know about creating an effective design token system to help your organization design and build at scale.

Show DescriptionChris and Dave chat about whether you should wing it or script your videos, unplanned demos versus the safety net of edited videos, streaming software with Ecamm Live vs OBS vs Streamlabs, new CSS animation composition, and anchor positioning thoughts. (20% discount code for the Design Tokens Course: SHOPTALKSHOWISAWESOME) Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Sony ZV-1 Twitch > jlengstorf Twitch > ChrisCoyier YouTube > Chris Coyier Frontend Masters Figma Canva Figma Buzz YouTube > Mark Rober YouTube > The Coding Train Ecamm Live YouTube > CodePen Floating UI SponsorsDesign Tokens CourseWorld-renowned design systems experts Brad Frost (creator of Atomic Design) and Ian Frost teach you everything you need to know about creating an effective design token system to help your organization design and build at scale.

Show DescriptionWe're all addicted to Clues by Sam and wonder about the data structure for the site, good thoughts on the design tokens community, shadow DOM, the state of web components in mid-2025, dealing with JSON, and new ideas around web monetization. (20% discount code for the Design Tokens Course: SHOPTALKSHOWISAWESOME) Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Clues By Sam web-platform-tests dashboard P&B: Dave Rupert – Manu Web Bucks Supertab | Reduce friction and drive revenue with Pay-as-you-go Introducing pay per crawl: enabling content owners to charge AI crawlers for access Get early access: Cloudflare Pay Per Crawl Private Beta | Cloudflare SponsorsDesign Tokens CourseWorld-renowned design systems experts Brad Frost (creator of Atomic Design) and Ian Frost teach you everything you need to know about creating an effective design token system to help your organization design and build at scale.

Show DescriptionChris reflects on CSS Day in Amsterdam, allowing languages to grow with nonstandard elements, naming things continues to be hard, shapes are going to get weird on the web, HTML includes get stirred up, thoughts on CSS mixins, and Dave's blogging about resizing text fun. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Understanding CSS corner-shape and the Power of the Superellipse – Frontend Masters Blog CSS Functions and Mixins Module explainers/declarative-partial-document-updates.md at main · noamr/explainers · GitHub Houdini APIs - Web APIs | MDN Inverse text-sizing based on text-length with attr() - daverupert.com Fit-to-Width Text: A New Technique inverse text-sizing with attr - bigtext.js style - contenteditable dealio ShopTalk Show | creating Podcasts about building websites | Patreon

Show DescriptionBrad and Ian stop by to chat about their new course, The Complete Guide to Design Tokens, what happens if you don't use design tokens on projects, what the ideal outcome is for building and designing with design tokens, how many colors is enough, what about refactoring, and does Figma or code win the argument? (Brad and Ian did give us a 20% discount code for the course: SHOPTALKSHOWISAWESOME) Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeGuestsBrad FrostGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialDesign system consultant, web designer, speaker, writer, musician, and artist located in beautiful Pittsburgh, PA. Ian FrostGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialFront-end architect, technical lead, and consultant who loves to help level up developers. Links Design Tokens Course with Brad Frost and Ian Frost Dotdash Meredith - America's Largest Digital & Print Publisher Nord Design System React Aria Style Dictionary | Style Dictionary

Show DescriptionWe're chatting with Peter Pistorius about the change they made from RedwoodJS to RedwoodSDK, how it's going to handle routing, some new marketing ideas for RedwoodSDK, how RedwoodSDK's principles are informed by where Peter's from, choosing to go all in on Cloudflare, how the community has responded, and plans for monetization. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeGuestsPeter PistoriusGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialWorking on RedwoodSDK Links peterp (Peter Pistorius) · GitHub GitHub - peterp/Blackspace: Add blank spaces to OS X's Dock Billable: Billing Made Simple. Period. RedwoodJS RedwoodSDK | The React Framework for Cloudflare Miniflare · Cloudflare Workers docs Plugins | Vite HTMLRewriter · Cloudflare Workers docs

Show DescriptionJake Archibald joins us to discuss HTML includes, potential solutions, and the implications of introducing such a feature. We talk about security concerns, performance implications, and community feedback regarding HTML imports. Listen on WebsiteGuestsJake ArchibaldGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialEngineer at Shopify. Once swam to the end of an infinity pool. Links Off The Main Thread podcast blink-dev - Google Groups

Show DescriptionJen Simmons stops by to talk about new CSS and Safari features like Form Control Styling, Declarative Web Push, Typography, contrast-color(), and more. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeGuestsJen SimmonsGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialSafari & WebKit Evangelist. Member of the CSS Working Group. Webmaster since 1996. Links webkit.org Safari Release Notes WCAG 2.0 contrast-color() function APCA Color Contrast Tool Color.js Release Lea Verou’s page on color contrast Declarative Web Push Web Push for Web Apps on iOS and iPadOS CSS Forms Level 1 Specification in Progress <input type="color" colorspace="display-p3" alpha> line-height units Home | Open UI text-wrap: pretty margin-trim CSS shape() function Two Lines of Cross-Document View Transitions Code

Show DescriptionHow it all comes back to the why column, dark patterns, privacy and tracking, getting emails forever from one purchase, how to be bold with communication while still being respectful, HTMHell, CSS mistakes, are we anti-JSON, and the state of FitVid in 2025. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Markup from hell - HTMHell Incomplete List of Mistakes in the Design of CSS [CSS Working Group Wiki] JSON Editing Douglas Crockford on JSON Fluid Video Plugin

Show DescriptionFresh off his Megaman Streamathon, Mat Marquis joins us to talk about becoming a professional Twitch streamer, creating a JavaScript course, his thoughts on the design and content of said course, a brief moment on Linux in 2025, and attempts to make the web weird and fun again. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeGuestsMat MarquisGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialMy goal is to ensure that your content can reach any user, in any browsing context—regardless of the size of their screen, the speed of their internet connection, the age of their device, or the combination of browsers and assistive technologies they use to experience the web. Links I’m Mat. I make websites. Wilto (Mat Marquis) · GitHub Mat “Wilto” Marquis (@[email protected]) - Front-End Social Mat “Wilto” Marquis (@wil.to) — Bluesky WiltoStreams - Live Streaming JavaScript for Web Designers Learn JavaScript CodeMirror Text Editor JavaScript Playground JavaScript for Everyone Premium Courses Paul Irish Profile Robin Sloan Framework Laptop 16 DIY Johnny Mnemonic Johnny Mnemonic Trailer #1

Show DescriptionHow much would you pay for new users, initial thoughts on Figma's announcements, CSS carousel follow up, favicon easter eggs, how do you prepare for an internship, and why aren't more developers using logical properties? Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Windsurf (formerly Codeium) - The most powerful AI Code Editor Figma Sites Figma Make Figjam Are CSS Carousels Accessible? Windsurf (formerly Codeium) - The most powerful AI Code Editor Figma Sites: Design, Prototype & Publish Your Next Website Creative Design Tools Collaborative Whiteboard Presentation Creation AI-Powered Design Tools Learn to Code Faster Introducing Web Awesome Prioritization Advocacy axe Accessibility Tools Todoist Task Management

Show DescriptionDo we sound drunk on Shorts? What speed do you listen to your podcasts at? Happy Birthday to Dave, Roblox scams, having silly fun on the web, Crashlands 2 released, a Balatro moment, non-standard browser use testing, and color-mix follow up. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks The Adventure Zone | Maximum Fun Don't let your voice be flattened by the über theme - daverupert.com Crashlands 2 Adam Coster: Crashlands 2 Balatro University jQuery Reunion SponsorsWebflow x GSAP Community ChallengeGSAP and ALL the plugins are now FREE for everyone thanks to Webflow (even for commercial projects)! The SplitText plugin has had a complete rewrite (half the size, accessible, and smarter text splitting). To celebrate: a community challenge all through May. Make something fun and win merch! One prompt each week featuring a different (previously paid) plugin.

Show DescriptionWe're talking browsers and discussing alternative options like Vivaldi and Brave, the implications of Chrome's potential sale to OpenAI, the impact of AI on browser functionality, Discord vs Circle, and building with Hotwire. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Newfangled Browser Alternatives – Frontend Masters Blog Zen Browser Horse Browser Vivaldi Browser | Powerful, Personal and Private web browser Opera GX | Gaming Browser | Opera Thorium Browser Mullvad Browser Fast and Private Web Browser DuckDuckGo Microsoft Edge Download OpenAI Chrome Acquisition Mozilla on U.S. v. Google HTML5 CSS3 Support Opera Air | Mindful Browser Opera Mini Download Hotwire Drawer Component CodePen Circle Discord Zulip Netlify Support Forums Retro Photo app Media Diet – Chris Coyier

Show DescriptionWhat are the non-US cloud services options, falling off the blogging train and trying to get back on, working on vacation, Chris recaps the Alaskan Folk Festival experience, how often do you go back and clean out JavaScript, and the idea of gilding just one lily on a new project. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks European Alternatives A lack of frequency increases the pressure to deliver quality Trap (2024) Reviews Polyfilling Concepts ex-Googler · April 10, 2025 Gild Just One Lily Blog Questions Challenge CodePen Development CSS clip-path maker

Show DescriptionFollow up on thoughts about teaching CSS from scratch, questions about conferences to attend as well as a way to kickstart a conference idea, some Balatro thoughts, and our thoughts on the recent Grid vs Masonry debate. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks The Homebrewery - NaturalCrit SmashingConf in-person Conferences 2025 — Friendly, inclusive & fun events for web designers and developers. - SmashingConf New York, Freiburg, Antwerp and Online Web Design Event State of the Browser 13 Bring live to life

Show DescriptionAdam Argyle joins us to chat about new CSS features that are demo'd in a carousel configurator - a builder-like experience to help visualize the capabilities of a CSS only Carousel: buttons, markers, paging and inertness. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeGuestsAdam ArgyleGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialCSS at Google. Links Chrome Canary Features Demo Space CSS Carousel Configurator Black Emperor

Show DescriptionWe're joined by Andy Bell, the founder of Set Studio. They discuss the evolution of web design, the importance of client relationships, and the innovative approaches taken at Set Studio and Piccalilli. The conversation covers the shift from traditional design methods to a more browser-centric approach, the challenges of client work, and the significance of documentation in maintaining project integrity. Andy shares insights on creating customizable design systems and the necessity of having a decision-making framework in client interactions. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeGuestsAndy BellGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialDesigner, front-end developer and the founder of Set Studio and Piccalilli. Links Pen.new mdn.io Set.Studio Front-End Development Skills Obsidian Thinking Connected Workspace The Telepathy Tapes Complete CSS If it works, it's right - Piccalilli Carousels with CSS

Show DescriptionDavid Darnes joins us to talk about his work on the Nord design system, writing web components, working with embeds and web components, thoughts on building a progress bar or notification component, keeping design systems and design tools in sync, and tricks for components and variables. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeGuestsDavid DarnesGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialDesigner, Front-end Developer & Writer. Links Nord Health Ariel Salminen Design Systems WTF Awesome Standalones DesignSystems.wtf SponsorsJellyKeeping up with customer emails shouldn’t feel like flying a 747. Jelly’s team email inbox makes it easy and affordable: one flat price per team, not per user. No surprise bills—just a simple shared inbox that helps your team respond faster, stay organized, and keep customer conversations flowing smoothly. Try Jelly now for free and get 15% off!

Show DescriptionOnboarding users is a lot more difficult than you might think it is, how should links be coloured or styled, keeping web software up to date, why does some AI slop get created in the first place, getting context for why things happened or decisions were made, and our first bullet point dev career story (Steve's version). Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Subscribe to us on YouTube! Riverside: HD Podcast & Video Software | Free Recording & Editing Automate without limits CodePen PRO Link Color Idea Ludacris Freestyle Front Tag, You're It Watch the video version of this episode

Show DescriptionIt's a speed run meeting edition episode and we're talking conspiracy theories, getting hypnotized, disinformation on TikTok vs the news, view transitions vs CSS animations vs the web animation API, follow ups on font-weight and attire, and classic autocomplete vs AI autocomplete. Listen on WebsiteLinks SubwayTakes (@subwaytakes) | TikTok Motion - A modern animation library for JavaScript and React font-weight: 300 considered harmful | CSS-Tricks

Show DescriptionUI and state struggles, AI missing important sand context, should we look forward to AI browsers, how bad is the mobile web in 2025, what does scalability with websites actually mean, and is there a role for someone as a project manager with tech insight? Listen on WebsiteLinks Dribbble - Discover the World’s Top Designers & Creative Professionals UI = f(statesⁿ) - daverupert.com Welcome to Steam Thoughts on embedding alternative text metadata into images – Eric Bailey The Browser Company | Building Arc Dia from The Browser Company Perplexity teases a web browser called Comet | TechCrunch Introducing Operator | OpenAI Daring Fireball: One Bit of Anecdata That the Web Is Languishing Vis-à-Vis Native Mobile Apps Sill | Top news shared by the people you trust

Show DescriptionWe're looking at the Interop 2025 announcements, Dave is hating on (and talking about) attributes, debating better ways to handle color inputs, following up on the implications of AI that is shaped by politics, and Dave mouthblogs the secret black boxes of AI. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks interop/2025/README CSS Day 2025, 5th & 6th of June, Amsterdam Interop 2025 | Igalia Miriam’s post Robin Sloan’s post Michelle Barker’s reply Baldur’s post Robin’s reply Baldur’s reply Jeremy Keith’s reply TechCrunch article OpenAI Model Spec Vale post Search Engine podcast GitHub link

Show DescriptionRemembering the old days before we had bots, teaching kids to talk to bots, how difficult is it to build games in the browser, are we seeing LLMs get more political, what does mainstream media really mean, and have you heard about PouchDB? Listen on WebsiteLinks PixiJS: The HTML5 Creation Engine Unreal Engine: Powerful Real-Time 3D Creation Tool Balatro: A Unique Gaming Experience Xbox Adaptive Controller: Accessibility in Gaming Designing Content Authoring Experiences by Greg Dunlap on Kickstarter Craft CMS: A Flexible Content Management System Analysis: ChatGPT’s Political Views Are Shifting Right Search Engine Podcast: Insights and Discussions PouchDB: A Pocket-Sized Database on GitHub Zero Docs: Documentation for Zero Replicache: Real-Time Data Synchronization Obsidian: Sharpen Your Thinking

Show DescriptionJason joins us to talk about his rebranding to CodeTV.dev, how Chris Coyier helped him become a star, the power of free, how he makes money with CodeTV, sponsorship and tech shows, crappy web cams, and the gear he uses to look and sound amazing. Listen on WebsiteGuestsJason LengstorfGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialJason Lengstorf is the producer of CodeTV.dev, where he helps tech companies connect with developer communities through better devrel strategy and media. Links tv for developers — CodeTV The Best React-Based Framework | Gatsby Scale & Ship Faster with a Composable Web Architecture | Netlify The Great British Bake Off Web Development Challenge Leet Heat Pilot TV for Developers Dropout Comedy Nebula Universe Sunny Nihilist Declaration Philosophize This! Episodes BenQ RD280UA Monitor iPhone Webcam for Mac Webcam Comparison Sony FX3 Camera ATEM Mini SponsorsBenQNot really but you should call us Mr or Ms BenQ!

Show DescriptionDoes layout make CSS difficult to learn from scratch, Chris quizzes Dave about Balatro, getting back into Pokemon, why should Google have to sell Chrome, adding fun features to apps you already have to keep you using them like Raycast, and thoughts on the VS Code forks + AI. Listen on WebsiteLinks Web Awesome Layout Anatomy Balatro Pokémon GO A Little Arm Chair Businessin’ about Chrome – Chris Coyier Raycast Focus works really well - daverupert.com Cursor - The AI Code Editor Trae - Ship Faster with Trae Codium is now Qodo | Quality-first AI Coding Platform Windsurf Editor by Codeium Zed - The editor for what's next Ghostty Helix SponsorsComplete CSSGet to a level in development that you never thought would be possible with this expansive CSS course from Andy Bell. You won't be the same developer after completing it.

Show DescriptionDealing with AI creating fake work by famous artists, HTML is actually a programming language, Chrome 133 updates, attr updates, making "this" less annoying, and Scott Jehl's trying to standardize Async CSS. Listen on WebsiteLinks This Aged Great! Faking William Morris, Generative Forgery, and the Erosion of Art History HTML Programming Language HTML Semantics Consensus CSS attr() Upgrade Making this less annoying Powerful Apps for Mac & iOS Let's Standardize Async CSS! Off The Main Thread

Show DescriptionHard hitting investigative journalism episode warning: Chris and Dave speculate on the ways a project like void(0) could make money. Listen on WebsiteLinks Biome, toolchain of the web Vite | Next Generation Frontend Tooling Rollup Rolldown Jest Vitest | Next Generation testing framework Playwright Cypress VoidZero | Next Generation Tooling for the Web The JavaScript Oxidation Compiler Astro Deno, the next-generation JavaScript runtime Bun — A fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime The World's Most Trusted Game Development Engine - Unreal Engine Laravel - The PHP Framework For Web Artisans Deploy your Laravel PHP application painlessly | Laravel Forge 37signals Basecamp: Project management software, online collaboration Simpler Static Site Generator Cloud Application Platform Igalia Chats

Show DescriptionIn this episode, we kick off the New Year with chats about battling illness over the holidays, the challenges of maintaining productivity, the differences between slash pages, wikis, and blog posts, how we use RSS, the importance of containers and context, Dave talks about living with ADHD, developing a system approach to CSS, Chris' thoughts on upgrading to an M4 MacBook Pro, and writing in Pug. Listen on WebsiteLinks Chris Coyier.net slash pages /uses chipotle - IndieWeb Digital gardening daverupert.com Feedbin Reeder NetNewsWire: Free and Open Source RSS Reader for Mac and iOS Unread: An RSS Reader Riverside: HD Podcast & Video Software | Free Recording & Editing I got the ADHD, too - daverupert.com My ADHD diagnosis process | Brad Frost CSS wants to be a system - daverupert.com M4 – Chris Coyier Getting Started – Pug

Show DescriptionThe employees of the startup RAPPTR (Quinn Pine, Blaze Lightyear, Astra Q, and Eddit Kit) find themselves in quite a pickle as a rogue investor tries to take over the company while CEO Chad is recovering in his napping pod. Join us on a workplace-themed role playing adventure created by Dave Rupert. Listen on WebsiteGuestsAlex (Eddie)Guest's Main URL • Guest's SocialA web developer from Atlanta, GA that specializes in Vue.js, python, and PHP. Ben (Blaze)Guest's Main URL • Guest's SocialA user-centered frontend developer with a focus on web accessibility. Miriam (Astra)Guest's Main URL • Guest's SocialCo-Founder of OddBird, working on CSS in a W3C group. Links Hard Code & Soft Skills Lasers & Feelings by John Harper one.seven design studio SponsorsBluehostFind unique domains, web hosting, and WordPress tools, all in one place. Empower your business or digital agency with Bluehost.

Show DescriptionRiffing off the CSS Wrapped 2024 list from the Chrome team, we're talking field-sizing, animate to height, anchor positioning, custom scrollbars, cross-document view transitions, scroll-driven animations, and more! Listen on WebsiteLinks CSS Wrapped 2024 Introducing TODS – a typographic and OpenType default stylesheet | Clagnut by Richard Rutter OpenType SponsorsBluehostFind unique domains, web hosting, and WordPress tools, all in one place. Empower your business or digital agency with Bluehost.

Show DescriptionWe're talking HTML this episode, detail summary, HTML datalist element, styling selects, anchored pop ups, popovers, invokers, HR in select, target=blank, HTML for People, and what we still need. Listen on WebsiteLinks The <details> and <summary> elements are getting an upgrade - Stephanie Stimac's Blog Request for developer feedback: customizable select | Blog | Chrome for Developers HTML & CSS Dropdowns HTML Latest Control Browser noopener links Stylable Select Element Self-Closing Tags in HTML Riverside Select Element with Rules HTML Basics for Beginners The aside element AI Note Taking Interop 2025 SponsorsBluehostFind unique domains, web hosting, and WordPress tools, all in one place. Empower your business or digital agency with Bluehost.

Show DescriptionHow do you like your turkey at Thanksgiving, building social capital with the neighbors, a brief SportsTalk Show segment, noticing easter eggs in apps and the web, what is a component anyway, CSS parts follow up, and questions about Alpine.JS and ESLint. Listen on WebsiteLinks How to Spatchcock Chicken, a Step-by-Step Guide Half-Life Scott Jehl on Web Components CSS Parts Relief ESLint Sorting Plugin GitLens Biome

Show DescriptionChris Person from Aftermath joins us to chat about the state of forums in 2024, being downwind of knowledge, forum drama, Reddit and StackOverflow's impact on forums, the importance of the individuals caring for knowledge and information, and the benefits and struggles of cooperatives in reporting. Listen on WebsiteGuestsChris PersonGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialMakes Highlight Reel. Co-Founder 'n blogger at Aftermath.site. Links Forums Are Still Alive, Active, And A Treasure Trove Of Information - Aftermath chris person (@Papapishu) / X Highlight Reel | creating videos of the best recent clips from around the gaming Highlight Reel Forum Channels FAQ Lego Storage Solutions Bogleheads RomHacking Metal Finishing The Something Awful Forums Jeff Atwood StackOverflow Build Civilized Communities Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts Gawker Plot History Defector 404 Media Hell Gate Overview Open Source Blogging SponsorsBluehostFind unique domains, web hosting, and WordPress tools, all in one place. Empower your business or digital agency with Bluehost.

Show DescriptionWe've got a few leftovers from Halloween to process, what's been happening with Passkeys in late 2024, have you tried to write HTML faster than a bot can suggest it to you, CSS anchor positioning and popover polyfills, scroll driven animation thoughts, CSS nesting, and what's the reason for Java? Listen on WebsiteLinks Auth0: Secure access for everyone. But not just anyone. Stripe Checkout | Checkout Pages for Your Website Passkeys Authentication Mundango Storytelling Developer Tools SponsorsBluehostFind unique domains, web hosting, and WordPress tools, all in one place. Empower your business or digital agency with Bluehost.

Show DescriptionRiffing off a Dave Rupert blog post, Chris and Dave talk through the pros and cons of web components, when to use them, when it's a bad idea to use them, what would it take to make the Next.js of web components, and how long until we don't need anymore frameworks? Listen on WebsiteLinks Where web components shine - daverupert.com Fluent UI - Get started - Fluent UI React Website Improvement Begin Team to Join Eleventy Generator Components URLPattern Polyfill SponsorsBluehostFind unique domains, web hosting, and WordPress tools, all in one place. Empower your business or digital agency with Bluehost.

Show DescriptionHow important is the DX of software vs how important is the person showing off the software, Douglas Crockford and JSON, remembering XML, trying to write better HTML for email, new TC39 proposal, workshopping t-shirts, and what do you do if you want a little bit of database on your website? Listen on WebsiteLinks Web Unleashed 2024 - FITC New High Contrast Syntax Highlighting Themes – CodePen Douglas Crockford JSON JSON Feed Slow Horses JavaScript Compiler Proposal ECMAScript 2024 Updates Contentful Strapi Sanity Content System Heroku Cloudflare Turso Netlify Blobs bolt.new SponsorsBluehostFind unique domains, web hosting, and WordPress tools, all in one place. Empower your business or digital agency with Bluehost.

Show DescriptionDave's designing a new tshirt, questions for lawyers about copyrights for code projects, what does the copyright in the footer actually do, what do Dave and Chris require for personal web projects, does Jekyll get updated anymore, the Bob from Hell UX pattern, viewing ads on CNN, what about Joomla or Statamic, and how do paid fonts on the web work? Listen on WebsiteLinks Coming home | A Working Library Release v4.3.4 · jekyll/jekyll How to Monetize a Blog The Verge Joomla CMS Craft CMS Statamic Kirby Adapts SponsorsBluehostFind unique domains, web hosting, and WordPress tools, all in one place. Empower your business or digital agency with Bluehost.

Show DescriptionBrian Muenzenmeyer joins the show to talk about his book, Approachable Open Source, ways we can make open source easier to get in, important conversations around funding and supporting open source, and whether money helps maintainers deal with burnout or not? Listen on WebsiteGuestsBrian MuenzenmeyerGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialAuthor of Approachable Open Source, Principal Front End Engineer. Links Shop | Approachable Open Source Approachable Open Source Brian Muenzenmeyer Front-End Social SimpleBits® Atomic Design Creation Open Source Gardening WTFPL Security Risk Reduction VoidZero | Blog Announcing Biome A Book Apart SponsorsBluehostNeed a site right now? Bluehost has AI that builds you custom WordPress sites in minutes. Fast, easy, and ready to grow. Go to bluehost.com/shoptalk and start today!

Show DescriptionWe're getting some feelings out about WordPress and Matt Mullenweg vs WP Engine drama, as well as the Web Components conversation that happened this past week. Listen on WebsiteLinks WP Engine sues WordPress co-creator Mullenweg and Automattic, alleging abuse of power | TechCrunch Automattic demanded a cut of WP Engine’s revenue before starting WordPress battle - The Verge WP Engine Banned from Using WordPress.org Resources – WP Tavern The WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explained | TechCrunch Matt Mullenweg: ‘WordPress.org just belongs to me’ - The Verge WP Engine Term Sheet Theo and Matt Mullenweg Matt Discusses WordPress WCUS 2024 Q&A Modern WordPress Learning Automattic | Five for the Future | WordPress.org Automattic Alignment Matt Mullenweg Calls Out GoDaddy Matt Mullenweg Charitable Contributions Lee Wittlinger Location WebOps Platform WP Engine Hacker Interview WordPress.com WordPress Hosting Web Components Present Web Components Are Not the Future

Show DescriptionJeff Robbins stops by to talk about his software, Visibox, that was used at Frostapalooza for presenting video at the concert, what it's like building an app with Electron, how it's distributed, how files are used and managed, and how he supports hardware devices inside Electron. Listen on WebsiteGuestsJeff RobbinsGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialCreator of Visibox, Musician in 123Astronaut & Orbitband, Cofounder at Lullabot, Executive Coach at jjeff․com. Links MV7+ - Podcast Microphone NT-USB Microphone Jeff Robbins (@jjeff) Jeff Robbins FROSTAPALOOZA - A CONCERT/PARTY/HAPPENING ON AUGUST 17th, 2024 CodePen: Online Code Editor and Front End Web Developer Community Learning Web Design with Jennifer Robbins Visibox Announcement Lullabot Spaceage Cross-Platform App Development Desktop Apps with Web Frontend SponsorsJam.devOne click bug reports devs love. Find out more at jam.dev

Show DescriptionFabian Kägy helps us understand the modern WordPress development process, Gutenberg vs Block editor vs full site editing, building with blocks or pages, what's coming in the Twenty Twenty-Five Theme, and whether the theme authoring process has been made too difficult in 2024? Listen on WebsiteGuestsFabian KägyGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialCore Contributor and WordCamp Speaker. Director of Editorial Engineering at 10up. Links 10up | finely crafted websites and tools Fabian Kägy - User Experience focused developer currently building great user experiences within the WordPress Block Editor as the Director of Editorial Engineering @10up. fabiankaegy (Fabian Kägy) on GitHub @fabiankaegy on Twitter / X Fabian Kägy (@fabiankaegy) – WordPress user profile | WordPress.org Fabian Kägy on LinkedIn ACF Plugin Create Block Theme WordPress/twentytwentyfive St. Jude Donation SponsorsJam.devOne click bug reports devs love. Find out more at jam.dev

Show DescriptionThomas Steiner from Project Fugu talks with us about AI in Chrome, the small large language model in use, how features like this are rolled out, the ethics and concerns around sending and sharing data, on device vs web APIs, and ideas for use cases and ways to explore AI on the web. Listen on WebsiteGuestsThomas SteinerGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialDeveloper Relations Engineer at Google, focused on the Web and Project Fugu. Links Web Capabilities (Project Fugu) Chrome.dev Prompt API Playground Summarization API Playground Translation API API Playground Chrome AI Proposal Chrome AI Experiment Intelligence Preview Prompt API Proposal Writing Assistance APIs Proposal Web Translation Proposal WICG WebML TPAC 2024 Agenda TPAC 2024: Overview Cache AI Models SponsorsJam.devOne click bug reports devs love. Find out more at jam.dev