

ShopTalk
Chris Coyier & Dave Rupert
A podcast about web design and development.
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May 27, 2024 • 59min
617: Economic & AI Vibes with Jason Grigsby
Jason Grigsby discusses the impact of economic conditions, AI advancements, and the influence of social media signals on job mobility. Topics include white-collar recession, AI-generated voices, ethical AI frameworks, and the evolution of search engine algorithms.

May 20, 2024 • 1h 5min
616: Strum Machine with Luke Abbott
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 Website →GuestsLuke AbbottGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialMusician and creator of Strum Machine.
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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
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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.
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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
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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 SocialCSS DevRel Google Chrome, CSSWG
member, host on GUIchallenges, co-host: CSSpodcast and BAD at CSSpodcast, maker of VisBug, OpenProps and GradientStyle.
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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
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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.
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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
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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 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.
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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
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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.

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.

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.

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.