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Show DescriptionMatt Visiwig stops by to chat with us about his site, SVGBackgrounds.com, a membership site for copy-and-paste website graphics built around SVG. We talk about why he built the site, how he decided to monetize it, competing with AI garbage on the web, pricing membership options, and how he's running the site. Listen on WebsiteGuestsMatt VisiwigGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialSelf-employed web designer, building SVGBackgrounds.com. Links Customize and apply backgrounds fast | SVG Backgrounds Matt Visiwig Matt Visiwig (@MattVisiwig) / X Purchase the Perfect MemberPress Plan for Your Site Today | MemberPress chroma.js api docs! jscolor: JavaScript Color picker with Opacity (alpha channel) ACF | Advanced Custom Fields Plugin for WordPress Frontend Masters Boost – Helping Your Journey to Senior Developer

Show DescriptionWe're chatting with Jason Grigsby about what a white-collar recession means, how the sources and methods of consuming news shape our perspectives, whether the current economic conditions represent a market correction and if a rebound is imminent. We explore the critical decision of whether to embrace AI advancements or risk being left behind. We also talk about AI-generated voices, large language models and ethics, and the impact of social media signals in an AI world. Listen on WebsiteGuestsJason GrigsbyGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialCo-Founder of Cloud Four. Author of Progressive Web Apps from A Book Apart. Links An Event Apart - Farewell Cloud Four – Responsive web design and development, progressive web apps Jason Grigsby – A resurrected blog on the Indie Web Jason Grigsby (@grigs) / X High-Salary Job Scarcity Code Tests AI Ethical Framework iPhone Personal Voice MacWhisper Progressive Web Apps Decoder

Show DescriptionLuke Abbott is the creator of Strum Machine, an app that simulates backing tracks by stitching together individual notes, chords, and strums recorded on guitar, standup bass, and mandolin. We talk about what Strum Machine does, why he decided to build it, how bringing on a professional designer helped, pricing thoughts, and the "fun" of building a version on iOS. Listen on WebsiteGuestsLuke AbbottGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialMusician and creator of Strum Machine. Links Strum Machine: customizable backing tracks made from real instruments Tater Joes Old-Time Musical Mercantile Chris Coyier on Strum Machine iReal Pro Practice PG Music SoundJS Library Tone.js Latest Posts - Page 2 Apache Cordova Extensive Song Catalog howler.js A Tale of Two Clocks

Show DescriptionDave's got job news to share, as well as insight into the process of what applying for a job in tech is like in 2024. We also talk about styling, scoping, positioning, and floating UI. Listen on WebsiteLinks Algorithms & Data Structures | Learn Algorithms with TypeScript for Interviews | Frontend Masters Information asymmetry Fluent 2 Design System Font Awesome Web Awesome Icônes Iconify — Search Icons Create Floating UI User App Tour

Show DescriptionAdam Argyle stops by to chat about the conversation that's happening around CSS Grid / Masonry. What do we want? What might Apple's response to Google be? And nitpicking the spec just for fun. Listen on WebsiteGuestsAdam ArgyleGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialCSS DevRel Google Chrome, CSSWG member, host on GUIchallenges, co-host: CSSpodcast and BAD at CSSpodcast, maker of VisBug, OpenProps and GradientStyle. Links ‎Gemini - chat to supercharge your ideas Invent Masonry Layout Feedback on Masonry Layout – Frontend Masters Boost Masonry CSS Masonry What would you call this layout? Web Bloat Impact

Show DescriptionChris bought recording gear off an Instagram ad, our thoughts on WebC, CodePen upgrades Yarn, thoughts on the commercial value of open source, Automattic releases an app to install WordPress locally, IBM buys Hashicorp, income tax software, and a hack for getting Safari to respect background colors used in a pseudo selector. Listen on WebsiteLinks FROSTAPALOOZA - A CONCERT/PARTY/HAPPENING ON AUGUST 17th, 2024 601: Brad Frost on A Global Design System + Frostapalooza – ShopTalk Audigo - The pocket-size recording studio Final Cut Pro Sync iPhone Webcam for Mac Acapella PicPlayPost Eleventy Generator Astro Enhance Transform Plain Text Home page Efficient Package Manager Explore Coding Ideas Code Editor Community Node.js Documentary Goodbye Atom. Hello Zed. Zed is now open source Git Branching, Refined Design System Tracker Local WordPress Development Studio by WordPress.com WordPress Security & Performance Melanie Sumner IBM acquires HashiCorp TurboTax Deceptive Filing TikTok Tax Advice Safari Selection Rendering Val Town

Show DescriptionMatt is here to talk about creating the perfect fantasy CMS for blogging, moderating comments at Metafilter, building sane defaults into programs, how difficult the web is, do we want AI in our CMS, and where is content headed on the internet? Listen on WebsiteGuestsMatthew HaugheyGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialA writer with over 25 years of experience building products. In that time I've worked as a designer, coder, company founder, and senior writer. Links Matt Haughey Blogger.com - Create a unique and beautiful blog easily. MetaFilter | Community Weblog MovableType.org The story of b2, b2evolution and WordPress Ghost: The best open source blogging platform Micro.blog A Whole Lotta Nothing Notes from migrating 24 years of blog posts from WordPress to Ghost Ideas for my dream blogging CMS Embrace the weird The newest episode of Search Engine is incredible Best printer 2023: just buy this Brother laser printer everyone has, it’s fine - The Verge

Show DescriptionDave & Chris and thoughts on career advice that worked 3 years ago but isn't as helpful now, marking tests with ChatGPT, is taking a Drupal job in 2024 a good idea, Chris got #gear sniped, P3 color follow up, the confusing File System APIs, and where did all the lightboxes go? Listen on WebsiteLinks chan (@chantastic) / X The Texas Tribune The Coming Wave Book Drupal - Open Source CMS | Drupal.org Electric Air Duster - 130000RPM Compressed Air Duster，3 Gear Adjustable Jet Dry Blower can Reusable Can for Computer Keyboard,Outdoors,Car,Home. : Electronics xScope • Measure. Inspect. Test. The Many, Confusing File System APIs – Cloud Four

Show DescriptionDave's about to be eclipsed, the state of TypeScript in 2024, signals stage zero proposal, corrections on accessibility in frameworks (thanks!), web apps for better collaborative writing, getting productivity sniped, the problem with email may be you, indieweb follow up, and ultimate guitar tab apps. Listen on WebsiteLinks Streamlining APIs, Databases, & Microservices | Apollo GraphQL Svelte • Cybernetically enhanced web apps Ember.js - A framework for ambitious web developers Web Test Runner: Modern Web Frontend Masters Boost – Helping Your Journey to Senior Developer Notion – The next gen of notes & docs Paper Stashpad - Your streamlined Google Docs alternative ButterDocs | Google Docs Alternative for Serious Writers & Teams Things - To-Do List for Mac & iOS Godspeed Aboard - Collect. Organize. Collaborate. Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking Analog - The original to-do system by Ugmonk CleanShot X for Mac IndieWebify.Me - a guide to getting you on the IndieWeb ULTIMATE GUITAR TABS John Deere commits to letting farmers repair their own tractors (kind of) - The Verge SponsorsRadical Are you an aspiring designer, developer, marketer, or fanny pack tester? Maybe you're a burnt-out designer struggling for fresh ideas, or perhaps you have no idea where to start with design? Do you need to find a way to make your sites less boring and more memorable? Well then, this course is for you.

Show DescriptionWhat is a home cooked app? Blake Watson is on this episode to talk all about the kinds of apps that make a good home cooked app, tips and advice he has for making them, resisting the urge to monetize or growth hack them, and a few CodePen v2 thoughts sprinkled in at the end. Listen on WebsiteGuestsBlake WatsonGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialCurrently a member of the frontend dev team at MRI Technologies, working on projects for NASA. Links Watson Brothers Games An app can be a home-cooked meal blakewatson.com – About blakewatson.com – MagnoliaJS 2023: The joys of home-cooked apps MRI Technologies blakewatson.com – Building our own private Discord knockoff blakewatson.com – Things I miss blakewatson.com – Use your Mac the way I do: a thought experiment Overimagine1/old-discord-font: CSS to revert Discord's font change. A Fine Start - minimal new tab page Knockout : Home Vue.js - The Progressive JavaScript Framework | Vue.js The Programming Language Lua Save 10% on Thronefall on Steam Game Off 2023 - itch.io