

ShopTalk
Chris Coyier & Dave Rupert
A podcast about web design and development.
Episodes
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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 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.
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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

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

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 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.
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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

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.

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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Mar 4, 2024 • 1h 5min
605: Jim Nielsen on Subversive URLs, Blogging + AI, and Design Engineers
The podcast explores subversive URLs, paying for news, AI concerns for content creators, the importance of design engineers, RSS integration in HTML, and the impact of UI on organizational alignment. It also touches on ethical dilemmas in tech, WordPress dynamics, and the challenges of multi-dimensional problems in design engineering.