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May 13, 2024 • 1h 4min

615: Dave Goes Windows For Real

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 Website →Links 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 Sponsors
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May 6, 2024 • 57min

614: CSS Grid Level 3 aka Masonry with Adam Argyle

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 Website →GuestsAdam ArgyleGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterCSS 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 Sponsors
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Apr 29, 2024 • 1h 3min

613: Recording Live Music, WebC, Open Source, & WordPress Studio

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 Website →Links 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 Sponsors
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Apr 22, 2024 • 1h 2min

612: Matt Haughey on a Fantasy Blogging CMS Setup

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 Website →GuestsMatthew HaugheyGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterA 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 Sponsors
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Apr 15, 2024 • 54min

611: React! TypeScript! Jobification! Drupal!

Guest chan (@chantastic) discusses career advice in tech, Drupal job prospects, using AI for journalism, alternative to canned air for cleaning keyboards, CSS color spaces, evolving file APIs in web development, and the evolution of lightboxes in web design.
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Apr 8, 2024 • 1h 2min

610: TypeScript in 2024, Signals, Productivity Sniped, and Follow Up

Discussion on the future of TypeScript in 2024, signals for managing state in programming, correcting accessibility in frameworks, web apps for collaborative writing, productivity challenges, email issues, indieweb follow-up, and the controversy over guitar tab apps.
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Apr 1, 2024 • 1h 7min

609: Blake Watson on Home Cooked Apps

Blake Watson, a frontend dev at MRI Technologies, discusses home-cooked apps, resisting monetization, and CodePen v2. Topics include designing a NASA dashboard, Font changes in Discord, browser extensions, Vue vs Angular, and motivation in creative projects.
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Mar 25, 2024 • 44min

608: Can WordPress Kill Your Resume, Fav Parts of Web Dev, Exploring HTMX, and more!

The hosts discuss the impact of WordPress on resumes, evolving tech for developers, and exciting advancements like triggered animations and APIs. They also explore preferences in web dev, challenges with software bugs, using PHP for updates, and enhancing HTML with powerful controls.
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Mar 18, 2024 • 1h 2min

607: Astro Launches an Integrated Database

The podcast discusses the launch of Astro DB, a database platform for Astro framework users. Topics include upgrading databases, seeding data, and the generous pricing model. They also explore using WordPress as a database, managing databases with SQLite, and the ease of Clerk for project development. Additionally, they touch on the frustrations of password management and the importance of designing secure database technology.
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Mar 11, 2024 • 56min

606: Web Sustainability with Michelle Barker

Web sustainability advocate Michelle Barker discusses paying to support bloggers, drumming from CSS, digital sustainability challenges, environmental impact of websites, large YouTube embeds, disabling cookies, and building the web sustainably.

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