Best Interop Podcasts (2025)

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689: Tyler Sticka on Colorpeek 2 and Awesome CSS 1:04:04

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Show Description In this episode we sit down with Tyler Sticka to discuss upgrading his project, Colorpeek. We explore the practical applications of web components and CSS, and how they are shaping the future of web development. Tyler shares his experiences with prototyping and the challenges of maintaining simplicity in design. Listen on Website W…

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688: Modern CSS Round-Out Tabs, OpenUI, and Why Websites? 55:58

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Show Description Dave and Chris discuss the transition of QuietUI's license to open source, the creative process behind blogging, modern CSS techniques, and the features of QuietUI, a new design system with unique components. Listen on Website Watch on YouTube Links CodePen 50 Reasons to Build a Website – Frontend Masters Blog "Why would anybody st…

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687: Ben Frain on Responsive Design 1:06:03

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Show Description Ben's got an updated edition of his book, Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS, to chat about as well as how much AI is being inserted into writing, layers, scope, color contrast vs contrast color, shouldn't AI bots pay for data they slurp, iFrames permissions issues in Chrome, anchor positioning, and where have all the blogger…

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Reimagining Post-Acute Care: Signature HealthCARE is Kno2 Connected! 56:50

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It’s a special episode of Kno2fy just in time for Dreamforce! Hosts Dr. Peter Schoch and Therasa Bell sit down with Doug Owens, CIO at Signature HealthCARE, to talk about breaking down barriers in post-acute care through smarter, connected technology. Together, they'll give you a front row seat to see how Signature is utilizing the Kno2 MuleSoft Co…

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686: Todd Libby on Deceptive Patterns 1:00:22

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Show Description Todd Libby is on the show to talk with us about deceptive patterns on the web, what WCAG is and who it's for, and 5 deceptive patterns in use on the web today. Listen on Website Watch on YouTube Guests Todd Libby Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social Web developer and developer advocate from Portland, Maine now living in Phoenix, Arizo…

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685: Fix My Home Tech, What’s Up with Firefox, and the MVP Car 1:06:14

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Show Description Who's the person to hire when your home network isn't working as reliably as it should? And while we're at it - can you also fix Dave's Find My notifications? What's the plan with Firefox in 2025? And Dave blogs (and mouth blogs) about his struggles with the MVP car. Listen on Website Watch on YouTube Links Why I hate the MVP car -…

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684: What Motivates Chris to Keep Working on CodePen? 1:09:48

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Show Description Listener questions about CSS ruby-position, crafting adaptive layouts using a responsive component, what keeps Chris motivated to work on CodePen, why are there no positive issues on GitHub., tech support in the age of AI, and a semi-regular segment of inbox therapy. Listen on Website Watch on YouTube Links Crafting adaptive layout…

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683: iOS 26 Safari, Material Support on the Web, and Fixing The Button Problem 54:33

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Show Description Dave and Chris discuss the release of Safari in iOS26, the aesthetics of Liquid Glass in CSS, the importance of material design, and the role of TypeScript in modern web development. The conversation also touches on when to consider rebuilding a tech stack, the significance of user experience, and how to know when to choose a new t…

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682: Whiskey, Security, Antitrust, and Fun with CSS Functions 57:05

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Show Description Dave'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.…

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681: CSS Reset Update, Arc Gets Bought, and Why Websites? 1:07:22

2M ago1:07:22

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Show Description Chris 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 Website Watch on YouTube Links Bend Old-Time Jams and Events Join or Die Join or Die on Netflix Bowling Alone - Wikipedia Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on the …

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680: CSS random(), IDs in HTML, and Chris Goes Browser Shopping 48:08

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Show Description A 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 Website Watch on YouTube Links Monchhichi - Wikipedia Rolling th…

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679: Two Idiots Argue With Kevin Powell About CSS 54:45

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Show Description Kevin 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 Website Watch on YouTube Guests Kevin Powell Guest's Mai…

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CMS, AI, & More: Is Healthcare Ready to Connect? 41:31

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Dr. Peter Schoch and Therasa Bell are back to kick off the new season with a discussion on all things CMS and why edge adoption is the key to unlocking true healthcare interoperability. Together, they're breaking down the new groundbreaking CMS initiatives, why EHR vendors need a curriculum of support, and how AI will accelerate the path to better …

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678: AI Hype, Browser Journey, and Content Creation Incentives 54:58

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Show Description Identifying 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 Website Watch on YouTube Links Introducing GPT-5 - YouTube Simon Willison on ai Orion Browser by Kagi VisBug Chr…

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677: Background Code Agents, Append AI, and RSS Starter Packs 1:02:02

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Show Description What 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 Websi…

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David Sankel – Rust and C++ Interop

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David Sankel from Adobe and who sits on the C++ Standards Committee discusses efforts to make it easier for Rust and C++ to work together.By Tim McNamara (timClicks)

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676: The $200 Upgrade, CSS Module Scripts, and Social Media Ethos 1:00:07

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Show Description It'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 Website Watch on YouTube Links how to make a killer thumbnail …

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675: Building Hot Page with Tim Farnam 1:03:59

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Show Description Tim 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 Website Watch on YouTube Guests Tim Farnam Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social Creative coder ba…

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674: Context in Console, CodePen’s New Editor, and Looking for a New Arc 1:01:39

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Show Description Dave'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 Co…

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673: Live-streaming Demos, CSS Animation Composition, and Anchor Position 59:14

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Show Description Chris 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 o…

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672: Design Tokens, Web Compents, and Web Monetization 51:30

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Show Description We'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 Website W…

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671: Naming Consistency, HTML Includes, and Mixins 1:05:28

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Show Description Chris 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 Website Watch on YouTube Links Understanding CSS cor…

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670: Brad and Ian Frost on Their New Design Tokens Course 1:08:26

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Show Description Brad 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 giv…

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669: Peter Pistorius on Developing RedwoodSDK 1:07:06

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Show Description We'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. Lis…

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Guillaume Gomez – Rustdoc as a case study of developer tooling

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Beautiful documentation that's easy to generate is one of Rust's superpowers, but that superpower does not come for free. Guillaume Gomez describes his longstanding involvement in the project, starting in 2013.By Tim McNamara (timClicks)

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What Keeps Us Up at Night: Interop Edition 42:49

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In this episode, Dr. Peter Schoch and Therasa Bell are back to unpack the real challenges and real opportunities at the heart of healthcare interoperability. From the persistent struggle with referrals to the rising pressure on EHR vendors to deliver more intuitive, workflow-friendly solutions, they dig into what’s holding the industry back and wha…

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668: Jake Archibald on Native HTML Includes 1:05:24

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Show Description Jake 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 Website Guests Jake Archibald Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social Engineer at Shopify. Once swam…

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David Lattimore – Faster Linker, Faster Builds

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David introduces his linker, wild. Along the way, he teaches about how compilers work, what the linker is and how Rust enables him to write major ambitious projects.By Tim McNamara (timClicks)

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667: Jen Simmons on Declarative Web Push, Form Control Styling, & More 1:07:02

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Show Description Jen 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 Website Watch on YouTube Guests Jen Simmons Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social Safari & WebKit Evangelist. Member of the CSS Working Group. Webmaster since 1996. Links webk…

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666: What Are the Evils of the Web Platform? 1:02:12

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Show Description How 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 Website Watch on YouTube Links Markup from hell - HTMHell Incompl…

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665: JavaScript Educator and Twitch Streamer Mat Marquis 1:01:18

6M ago1:01:18

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Show Description Fresh 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 Website Watch on YouTube Guests Mat Marquis …

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664: Figma Sites, CSS Carousels, and Internship Prep 1:05:29

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Show Description How 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 Website Watch on YouTube Links Windsurf (formerly Codeium) - The most powerful AI Code Editor Figma Si…

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Crypto’s Casino Phase: The Future of Bitcoin, Ethereum & DeFi with Jordi Alexander 43:53

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Join Jordi Alexander, CEO of Selini Capital and host of the Steady Lads podcast, as he unpacks the current state of global markets and crypto in a high-stakes era. From the macroeconomic shifts driving Bitcoin and gold to the speculative bubbles bursting in altcoins and meme tokens, Jordi shares his candid views on where value lies today. This epis…

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663: HBD Dave, Silly Web Fun, Color-Mix Tips 1:00:32

6M ago1:00:32

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Show Description Do 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 Website Watch on YouTube Links The Adventure Zone | Maximum Fun Don't let your vo…

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Why Ethereum Got Scaling Wrong with Lucian Mincu of MultiversX 44:39

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Lucian Mincu, co-founder of Multiverse X, dives deep into the critical decisions that shaped the blockchain industry. He shares why Ethereum abandoned state sharding and how Multiverse X boldly implemented it from day one to redefine scalability and speed. Discover the game-changing potential of sub-second finality, adaptive state sharding, and the…

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662: Alternative Browsers, Discord vs Circle, and AI in the Browser 1:03:00

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Show Description We'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 Website Watch on YouTube Links Newfangled Browser Alternatives – Frontend Masters Blog Zen Browse…

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661: Working Vacations, Ripping Out JavaScript, and Non-US Cloud Service Options 58:56

7M ago58:56

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Show Description What 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 Website Watch on YouTube Links European Al…

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Access Granted: Say Hello to Individual Access Services 56:44

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In this episode, we're joined by Matt Becker, VP of Interoperability at Kno2. Your hosts and special guest explore Individual Access Services (IAS)! This conversation will be all about how technology, especially AI, is transforming the way patients engage with their own healthcare data, making care more personal, informed, and efficient. They'll to…

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660: Teaching CSS, Conferences, and Masonry Updates 58:48

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Show Description Follow 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 Website Watch on YouTube Links The Homebrewery - NaturalCrit SmashingConf in-person Conferences 2025 — …

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10% Yield on ETH? Here’s How Plaza Finance Does It 43:23

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Ryan Galvankar, founder of Plaza, joins to discuss the groundbreaking launch of on-chain bonds and leverage products built on Base. From a 10% ETH-backed yield to the role of institutions in DeFi, Ryan explores how Plaza is redefining decentralized finance. Tune in to understand why long-term ETH investments could outpace market cycles and how prog…

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659: CSS Carousel Configurator Demos with Adam Argyle 1:10:29

7M ago1:10:29

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Show Description Adam 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 Website Watch on YouTube Guests Adam Argyle Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social CSS at Google. Links Ch…

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"Liquidity Fragmentation Isn't a Technical Problem, It's an Economic One" - Josh Bowen of Astria 49:27

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Most rollups today aren’t sovereign. They rely on a single sequencer, creating a major centralization risk. Josh Bowen, CEO of Astria Labs breaks down how shared sequencing fixes this—eliminating blockchain silos and making rollups more secure and interoperable. Without shared infrastructure, modular blockchains just become fragmented networks. We …

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658: Andy Bell on Working with Clients, Writing, and Building Courses for Web Builders 1:02:22

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Show Description We'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…