Episodes

  • 614: CSS Grid Level 3 aka Masonry with Adam Argyle
    May 6 2024
    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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    57 mins
  • 613: Recording Live Music, WebC, Open Source, & WordPress Studio
    Apr 29 2024
    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 Deceptiv
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 612: Matt Haughey on a Fantasy Blogging CMS Setup
    Apr 22 2024
    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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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 611: React! TypeScript! Jobification! Drupal!
    Apr 15 2024
    Show DescriptionDave & Chris and thoughts on career advice that worked 3 years ago but isn't as helpful now, marking tests with ChatGPT, is taking a Drupal job in 2024 a good idea, Chris got #gear sniped, P3 color follow up, the confusing File System APIs, and where did all the lightboxes go? Listen on Website →Links chan (@chantastic) / X The Texas Tribune The Coming Wave Book Drupal - Open Source CMS | Drupal.org Electric Air Duster - 130000RPM Compressed Air Duster,3 Gear Adjustable Jet Dry Blower can Reusable Can for Computer Keyboard,Outdoors,Car,Home. : Electronics xScope • Measure. Inspect. Test. The Many, Confusing File System APIs – Cloud Four Sponsors
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    54 mins
  • 610: TypeScript in 2024, Signals, Productivity Sniped, and Follow Up
    Apr 8 2024
    Show DescriptionDave's about to be eclipsed, the state of TypeScript in 2024, signals stage zero proposal, corrections on accessibility in frameworks (thanks!), web apps for better collaborative writing, getting productivity sniped, the problem with email may be you, indieweb follow up, and ultimate guitar tab apps. Listen on Website →Links Streamlining APIs, Databases, & Microservices | Apollo GraphQL Svelte • Cybernetically enhanced web apps Ember.js - A framework for ambitious web developers Web Test Runner: Modern Web Frontend Masters Boost – Helping Your Journey to Senior Developer Notion – The next gen of notes & docs Paper Stashpad - Your streamlined Google Docs alternative ButterDocs | Google Docs Alternative for Serious Writers & Teams Things - To-Do List for Mac & iOS Godspeed Aboard - Collect. Organize. Collaborate. Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking Analog - The original to-do system by Ugmonk CleanShot X for Mac IndieWebify.Me - a guide to getting you o
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 609: Blake Watson on Home Cooked Apps
    Apr 1 2024
    Show DescriptionWhat is a home cooked app? Blake Watson is on this episode to talk all about the kinds of apps that make a good home cooked app, tips and advice he has for making them, resisting the urge to monetize or growth hack them, and a few CodePen v2 thoughts sprinkled in at the end. Listen on Website →GuestsBlake WatsonGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterCurrently a member of the frontend dev team at MRI Technologies, working on projects for NASA. Links Watson Brothers Games An app can be a home-cooked meal blakewatson.com – About blakewatson.com – MagnoliaJS 2023: The joys of home-cooked apps MRI Technologies blakewatson.com – Building our own private Discord knockoff blakewatson.com – Things I miss blakewatson.com – Use your Mac the way I do: a thought experiment Overimagine1/old-discord-font: CSS to revert Discord's font change. A Fine Start - minimal new tab page Knockout : Home Vue.js - The Progressive JavaScript Framework | Vue.js The Programming Language Lua Save 10%
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • 608: Can WordPress Kill Your Resume, Fav Parts of Web Dev, Exploring HTMX, and more!
    Mar 25 2024
    Show DescriptionWe're opening up the ShopTalk mailbag and answering your questions, including does WordPress on your resume kill your job chances, what are our fav and least fav parts of web dev, our thoughts on HTMX, and what is it like to use pnpm instead of npm. Listen on Website →Links Front End Happy Hour Playdate Develop for Playdate Nuxt: The Intuitive Vue Framework · Nuxt ThePrimeagen Fast, disk space efficient package manager | pnpm Yarn SponsorsRadical DesignAre you an aspiring designer, developer, marketer, or fanny pack tester? Maybe you're a burnt-out designer struggling for fresh ideas, or perhaps you have no idea where to start with design? Do you need to find a way to make your sites less boring and more memorable? Well then, this course is for you.
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    44 mins
  • 607: Astro Launches an Integrated Database
    Mar 18 2024
    Show DescriptionFred K. Schott stops by to talk about Astro announcement of Astro DB. The pluses and minuses of it, and whether you have to always use the database with Astro DB. We get into how to seed your database, upgrading the database, and the almost weirdly generous pricing model. Listen on Website →GuestsFred K. SchottGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterCo-creator of Astro. Links Astro DB: A Deep Dive | Astro Astro DB Astro DB: A Deep Dive | Astro tursodatabase/libsql: libSQL is a fork of SQLite that is both Open Source, and Open Contributions. StackBlitz | Instant Dev Environments | Click. Code. Done. Schema.org - Schema.org Ben Holmes on X: "Astro built a database platform. How does it work? Clerk Lucia documentation PlanetScale forever Astro DB Just Released Sponsors
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    1 hr and 2 mins