ShopTalk

By Chris Coyier & Dave RupertTechnology

ShopTalk episodes

February 03, 2025650: Layout in CSS, Balatro Q&A, Chrome Biz, & Forkin VS Code
Show Description
Does layout make CSS difficult to learn from scratch, Chris quizzes Dave about Balatro, getting back into Pokemon, why should Google have to sell Chrome, adding fun features to apps you already have to keep you using them like Raycast, and thoughts on the VS Code forks + AI.
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Web Awesome Layout Anatomy
Balatro
Pokémon GO
A Little Arm Chair Businessin’ about Chrome – Chris Coyier
Raycast Focus works really well - daverupert.com
Cursor - The AI Code Editor
Trae - Ship Faster with Trae
Codium is now Qodo | Quality-first AI Coding Platform
Windsurf Editor by Codeium
Zed - The editor for what's next
Ghostty
Helix
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1 hr 5 min
January 27, 2025649: Chrome 133, Attribute Update, and Standardized Async CSS
Show Description
Dealing with AI creating fake work by famous artists, HTML is actually a programming language, Chrome 133 updates, attr updates, making "this" less annoying, and Scott Jehl's trying to standardize Async CSS.
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This Aged Great!
Faking William Morris, Generative Forgery, and the Erosion of Art History
HTML Programming Language
HTML Semantics Consensus
CSS attr() Upgrade
Making this less annoying
Powerful Apps for Mac & iOS
Let's Standardize Async CSS!
Off The Main Thread
1 hr
January 20, 2025648: Speculating on Funding Open Source
Show Description
Hard hitting investigative journalism episode warning: Chris and Dave speculate on the ways a project like void(0) could make money.
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Biome, toolchain of the web
Vite | Next Generation Frontend Tooling
Rollup
Rolldown
Jest
Vitest | Next Generation testing framework
Playwright
Cypress
VoidZero | Next Generation Tooling for the Web
The JavaScript Oxidation Compiler
Astro
Deno, the next-generation JavaScript runtime
Bun — A fast all-in-one JavaScript runtime
The World's Most Trusted Game Development Engine - Unreal Engine
Laravel - The PHP Framework For Web Artisans
Deploy your Laravel PHP application painlessly | Laravel Forge
37signals
Basecamp: Project management software, online collaboration
Simpler Static Site Generator
Cloud Application Platform
Igalia Chats
54 min
January 13, 2025647: Slash Pages vs Wikis vs Posts, RSS, Living with an ADHD Diagnosis, and M4 Upgrades
Show Description
In this episode, we kick off the New Year with chats about battling illness over the holidays, the challenges of maintaining productivity, the differences between slash pages, wikis, and blog posts, how we use RSS, the importance of containers and context, Dave talks about living with ADHD, developing a system approach to CSS, Chris' thoughts on upgrading to an M4 MacBook Pro, and writing in Pug.
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Chris Coyier.net
slash pages
/uses
chipotle - IndieWeb
Digital gardening
daverupert.com
Feedbin
Reeder
NetNewsWire: Free and Open Source RSS Reader for Mac and iOS
Unread: An RSS Reader
Riverside: HD Podcast & Video Software | Free Recording & Editing
I got the ADHD, too - daverupert.com
My ADHD diagnosis process | Brad Frost
CSS wants to be a system - daverupert.com
M4 – Chris Coyier
Getting Started – Pug
54 min
December 16, 2024646: Hard Code & Soft Skills
Show Description
The employees of the startup RAPPTR (Quinn Pine, Blaze Lightyear, Astra Q, and Eddit Kit) find themselves in quite a pickle as a rogue investor tries to take over the company while CEO Chad is recovering in his napping pod.
Join us on a workplace-themed role playing adventure created by Dave Rupert.
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GuestsAlex (Eddie)
Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social
A web developer from Atlanta, GA that specializes in Vue.js, python, and PHP.
Ben (Blaze)
Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social
A user-centered frontend developer with a focus on web accessibility.
Miriam (Astra)
Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social
Co-Founder of OddBird, working on CSS in a W3C group.
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Hard Code & Soft Skills
Lasers & Feelings by John Harper
one.seven design studio
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1 hr 12 min
December 09, 2024645: Mouthblogging CSS in 2024
Show Description
Riffing off the CSS Wrapped 2024 list from the Chrome team, we're talking field-sizing, animate to height, anchor positioning, custom scrollbars, cross-document view transitions, scroll-driven animations, and more!
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CSS Wrapped 2024
Introducing TODS – a typographic and OpenType default stylesheet | Clagnut by Richard Rutter
OpenType
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57 min
December 02, 2024644: Mouthblogging HTML in 2025
Show Description
We're talking HTML this episode, detail summary, HTML datalist element, styling selects, anchored pop ups, popovers, invokers, HR in select, target=blank, HTML for People, and what we still need.
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The and elements are getting an upgrade - Stephanie Stimac's Blog
Request for developer feedback: customizable select | Blog | Chrome for Developers
HTML & CSS Dropdowns
HTML Latest Control
Browser noopener links
Stylable Select Element
Self-Closing Tags in HTML
Riverside
Select Element with Rules
HTML Basics for Beginners
The aside element
AI Note Taking
Interop 2025
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55 min
November 25, 2024643: Social Capital, Easter Eggs in Apps, & CSS Parts
Show Description
How do you like your turkey at Thanksgiving, building social capital with the neighbors, a brief SportsTalk Show segment, noticing easter eggs in apps and the web, what is a component anyway, CSS parts follow up, and questions about Alpine.JS and ESLint.
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How to Spatchcock Chicken, a Step-by-Step Guide
Half-Life
Scott Jehl on Web Components
CSS Parts Relief
ESLint Sorting Plugin
GitLens
Biome
1 hr 2 min
November 18, 2024642: Chris Person on Forums, Reddit, and Cooperative Reporting
Show Description
Chris Person from Aftermath joins us to chat about the state of forums in 2024, being downwind of knowledge, forum drama, Reddit and StackOverflow's impact on forums, the importance of the individuals caring for knowledge and information, and the benefits and struggles of cooperatives in reporting.
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GuestsChris Person
Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social
Makes Highlight Reel. Co-Founder 'n blogger at Aftermath.site.
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Forums Are Still Alive, Active, And A Treasure Trove Of Information - Aftermath
chris person (@Papapishu) / X
Highlight Reel | creating videos of the best recent clips from around the gaming
Highlight Reel
Forum Channels FAQ
Lego Storage Solutions
Bogleheads
RomHacking
Metal Finishing
The Something Awful Forums
Jeff Atwood
StackOverflow
Build Civilized Communities
Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts
Gawker Plot History
Defector
404 Media
Hell Gate Overview
Open Source Blogging
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1 hr 5 min
November 11, 2024641: Passkey Usage, Writing Code with a Bot, and What’s Up With Java?
Show Description
We've got a few leftovers from Halloween to process, what's been happening with Passkeys in late 2024, have you tried to write HTML faster than a bot can suggest it to you, CSS anchor positioning and popover polyfills, scroll driven animation thoughts, CSS nesting, and what's the reason for Java?
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Auth0: Secure access for everyone. But not just anyone.
Stripe Checkout | Checkout Pages for Your Website
Passkeys Authentication
Mundango Storytelling
Developer Tools
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59 min