ShopTalk

By Chris Coyier & Dave RupertTechnology

ShopTalk episodes

June 22720: TypeScript Complaints, Slowing Down, and AT Proto Protocols
Show Description
In praise of a solid Shure microphone (sponsor??), AI being really helpful in certain situations, TypeScript complaints about complaining, TypeScript at CodePen, should we all slow down a bit, CI jail and work trees, AT Proto and related protocols, interestForElement in HTML, and how many spoons do you have left for Clues by Sam?
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MV7+ - Podcast Microphone - Shure USA
Lit
Devin | The AI Software Engineer
Understanding Standard.Site
Now in your timeline: Standard.site brings richer previews from across the open web - AT Protocol
tv for developers — CodeTV
HTMLButtonElement: interestForElement property - Web APIs | MDN
Using interest invokers - Web APIs | MDN
Spoons by Sam - daverupert.com
htmx ~ Code is Cheap(er)
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1 hr 5 min
June 15719: Estimating Project Time, React Server Components, and Lifetime Offers
Show Description
How do you estimate how long a task or project is going to take? Is it easier or more difficult with AI's help? Were web components a mistake? What do we think about Cloudflare's EmDash now? And are lifetime offers a good or bad thing in the dev community?
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Keyframes, Cash, and CodePen w/ Shaw - Whiskey Web and Whatnot
Meeting Design - For Managers, Makers, and Ever
:host CSS pseudo-class - CSS | MDN
Introducing EmDash
WP Migrate
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1 hr 4 min
June 08718: 3D Printing Life Upgrades, Don’t Give Away Your Dopamine, and CodePen App Deploys
Show Description
Dave's upgrading his office with a 3D printer, Chris is ordering 3D printed parts for his van, using mobile Starlink, Chris redesigned his website, playing puzzle games like Statedoku, Chess Peace, and Clues by Sam, how CodePen is going to support pointing domains at your app, and what Vite getting bought by Cloudflare signals.
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Kagi - Reclaim the Web & Restore Your Privacy
A week on the road
The New Van – Chris Coyier
Chris Coyier – Web craftsman, blogger, author, speaker.
Social RSS (?) – Chris Coyier
Statedoku — Daily US States Puzzle | Sudoku Meets American Geography
Chess Peace - A Peaceful Chess Puzzle Game for iPhone, iPad & Mac
Clues By Sam
Online Courses • Josh W. Comeau
JavaScript for Everyone - Piccalilli
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59 min
June 01717: Better DX for Web Components, What Was Popular That Now We’re Used To?
Show Description
Dave's changing up his camera angles, Chris has been upgrading his Sprinter van, how many hobbies is too many, what kinds of web tech was popular years ago that now seems normal, why isn't the DX around web components better, how can I structure my code to compose other custom elements, and what still can't be done on the web these days?
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Custom Elements Manifest
Diffs, Trees, and VS Code 2.0 - Syntax #1008
CodePen Radio
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54 min
May 25716: Google I/O 2026 Recap Edition
Show Description
We're running down what's new from Google for the web and figuring out if it's web developer Xmas or AI Doomsday this year.
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Paul Irish
The Dialog Element with Entry and Exit Animations
15 updates from Google I/O 2026
Google I/O 2026: What's new in Web UI
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1 hr 4 min
May 18715: Would You Like a LLM With Your Browser?
Show Description
What happens to a website when it stops? Is there a space for an internet salvage yard for websites? How do you feel about LLMs being included with your browser? And are we ever going to find out where AI got all it's data from?
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Mat on Google's Prompt API
Hard Fork - The New York Times
633: Thomas Steiner on AI in Chrome and the Web – ShopTalk
Building Toward a Sustainable Content Economy for the Agentic Web | Microsoft Advertising
Introducing Vanishing Culture: A New Book on the Loss of Our Digital Memory | Internet Archive Blogs
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53 min
May 11714: Camping, Burnout, and Chris’ CSS Talk
Show Description
How responsible should you be for fixing your own website for others, Dave's got a blacklog of blog posts, Chris got a camper van, debating burnout even when you love your work, a weekly AI doomer check in, and Chris has a talk for Smashing Magazine happening by the time you hear this.
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Winnebago Revel | AWD Off-Grid Camper Van
Naz Hamid
Opus OP4 Camper | Premium Off-Road Inflatable Trailer USA
HealthyGamerGG - YouTube
Smashing Conferences — Smashing Magazine
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54 min
May 04713: AI + Design Systems with Brad and Ian Frost
Show Description
Brad and Ian Frost are back to chat about integrating AI into website and design system building, how to keep AI slop out of your design systems, building things humans need regardless of the tooling, and thinking of AI as a fancy linter.
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GuestsBrad Frost
Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social
Ian Frost
Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social
Links
Redesigning My Website While Painting a Mural: The Ancient Future of Web Design - YouTube
AI & Design Systems Course with Brad Frost, TJ Pitre, and Ian Frost
Brad Frost
Ian Frost
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1 hr 14 min
April 27712: Lazy Loading the Web with Scott Jehl
Show Description
Chris Coyier and Scott Jehl discuss the recent advancements in lazy loading on the web, the process of standardization, browser support, and the future of web performance optimization.
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GuestsScott Jehl
Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social
Tech lead of the Performance & Accessibility Team at Squarespace.
Links
Scott Jehl, Web Designer/Developer
YouTube Embeds are Bananas Heavy and it's Fixable – Frontend Masters Blog
How To Use Standard HTML Video & Audio Lazy-Loading on the Web Today — Squarespace Engineering Blog
Squarespace & Web Standards: How We Helped Bring HTML Video & Audio Lazy Loading to Today's Browsers — Squarespace Engineering Blog
web-platform-tests documentation — web-platform-tests documentation
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1 hr 5 min
April 20711: Where did Oh My Zsh Come From? And Using Rails in 2026
Show Description
We've got Robby Russell, maintainer of Oh My Zsh, on the show to talk about why Chris has it installed, what makes a good Zsh plugin, Oh My Zsh plugins Robby recommends, what it's like working in Rails in 2026, dealing with project dependancies, and how Rails apps make use of frameworks?
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GuestsRobby Russell
Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social
CEO and Partner at Planet Argon
Links
Oh My Zsh - a delightful & open source framework for Zsh
Robby Russell - CEO, Partner
Planet Argon
On Rails Podcast
Maintainable Software Podcast
ohmyzsh/plugins/autojump
shadcn/ui
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1 hr 4 min