ShopTalk Chris Coyier & Dave Rupert

Show DescriptionMatt Visiwig stops by to chat with us about his site, SVGBackgrounds.com, a membership site for copy-and-paste website graphics built around SVG. We talk about why he built the site, how he decided to monetize it, competing with AI garbage on the web, pricing membership options, and how he's running the site.
Listen on Website →GuestsMatt VisiwigGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterSelf-employed web designer, building SVGBackgrounds.com.
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Customize and apply backgrounds fast | SVG Backgrounds
Matt Visiwig
Matt Visiwig (@MattVisiwig) / X
Purchase the Perfect MemberPress Plan for Your Site Today | MemberPress
chroma.js api docs!
jscolor: JavaScript Color picker with Opacity (alpha channel)
ACF | Advanced Custom Fields Plugin for WordPress
Frontend Masters Boost – Helping Your Journey to Senior Developer
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Show DescriptionWe're chatting with Jason Grigsby about what a white-collar recession means, how the sources and methods of consuming news shape our perspectives, whether the current economic conditions represent a market correction and if a rebound is imminent. We explore the critical decision of whether to embrace AI advancements or risk being left behind. We also talk about AI-generated voices, large language models and ethics, and the impact of social media signals in an AI world.
Listen on Website →GuestsJason GrigsbyGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterCo-Founder of Cloud Four. Author of Progressive Web Apps from A Book Apart.
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An Event Apart - Farewell
Cloud Four – Responsive web design and development, progressive web apps
Jason Grigsby – A resurrected blog on the Indie Web
Jason Grigsby (@grigs) / X
High-Salary Job Scarcity
Code Tests
AI Ethical Framework
iPhone Personal Voice
MacWhisper
Progressive Web Apps
Decoder
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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 TwitterMusician 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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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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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.
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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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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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