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681: CSS Reset Update, Arc Gets Bought, and Why Websites?
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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 Links 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 Agen…
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680: CSS random(), IDs in HTML, and Chris Goes Browser Shopping
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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 Links Monchhichi - Wikipedia Rolling the Dice with CSS r…
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679: Two Idiots Argue With Kevin Powell About CSS
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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 Guests Kevin Powell Guest's Main URL • Guest's S…
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678: AI Hype, Browser Journey, and Content Creation Incentives
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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 Links Introducing GPT-5 - YouTube Simon Willison on ai Orion Browser by Kagi VisBug Chrome Canary Featur…
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677: Background Code Agents, Append AI, and RSS Starter Packs
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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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676: The $200 Upgrade, CSS Module Scripts, and Social Media Ethos
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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 Links how to make a killer thumbnail (for the 2025 alg…
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675: Building Hot Page with Tim Farnam
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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 Guests Tim Farnam Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social Creative coder based in Mexico Cit…
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674: Context in Console, CodePen’s New Editor, and Looking for a New Arc
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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
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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
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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 L…
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671: Naming Consistency, HTML Includes, and Mixins
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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 Links Understanding CSS corner-shape and the…
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670: Brad and Ian Frost on Their New Design Tokens Course
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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
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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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668: Jake Archibald on Native HTML Includes
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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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667: Jen Simmons on Declarative Web Push, Form Control Styling, & More
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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 Guests Jen Simmons Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social Safari & WebKit Evangelist. Member of the CSS Working Group. Webmaster since 1996. Links webkit.org Safari Rel…
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666: What Are the Evils of the Web Platform?
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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 Links Markup from hell - HTMHell Incomplete List of Mista…
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665: JavaScript Educator and Twitch Streamer Mat Marquis
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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 Guests Mat Marquis Guest's Main URL …
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664: Figma Sites, CSS Carousels, and Internship Prep
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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 Links Windsurf (formerly Codeium) - The most powerful AI Code Editor Figma Sites Figma Make Fi…
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663: HBD Dave, Silly Web Fun, Color-Mix Tips
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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 Links The Adventure Zone | Maximum Fun Don't let your voice be flattened …
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662: Alternative Browsers, Discord vs Circle, and AI in the Browser
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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 Links Newfangled Browser Alternatives – Frontend Masters Blog Zen Browser Horse Browser V…
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661: Working Vacations, Ripping Out JavaScript, and Non-US Cloud Service Options
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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 Links European Alternatives A lack…
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660: Teaching CSS, Conferences, and Masonry Updates
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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 Links The Homebrewery - NaturalCrit SmashingConf in-person Conferences 2025 — Friendly, inclusi…
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659: CSS Carousel Configurator Demos with Adam Argyle
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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 Guests Adam Argyle Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social CSS at Google. Links Chrome Canary Featu…
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658: Andy Bell on Working with Clients, Writing, and Building Courses for Web Builders
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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…
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657: David Darnes on Web Components and Design Systems
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Show Description David 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 Website Guests David Darnes Guest'…
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