100 episodes

A podcast about web design and development.

ShopTalk Chris Coyier & Dave Rupert

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    • 4.9 • 498 Ratings

A podcast about web design and development.

    607: Astro Launches an Integrated Database

    607: Astro Launches an Integrated Database

    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

    • 1 hr 1 min
    606: Web Sustainability with Michelle Barker

    606: Web Sustainability with Michelle Barker

    Show DescriptionWe're talking with Michelle Barker about the idea of paying to support bloggers (and podcasters!) via services like Patreon, drumming as a fun side gig from CSS, how big of an issue digital sustainability is, trying to understand the environmental impact of our websites and digital life, wondering why YouTube embeds are still so large, disabling cookies, and how to build the web in a more sustainable way.
    Listen on Website →GuestsMichelle BarkerGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterSenior Front End Developer at Ada Mode, where Michelle works on Windscope, web-based data visualisation and exploration software for wind farm operators.
    Michelle also loves playing the drums. Their happy place is where creativity and code intersect
    You can also find Michelle writing and speaking about CSS and digital sustainability on the web and around the world.
    Links
    Michelle Barker
    Ada Mode
    Windscope
    CSS { In Real Life }
    Michelle Barker (@michelle@front-end.social) - Front-End Social
    Michelle Barker
    Michelle Barker on CodePen
    mbarker84 (Michelle Barker)
    shoptalkshow.com - Website Carbon Calculator
    paulirish/lite-youtube-embed: A faster youtube embed.
    SponsorsRadical Design CourseAre 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.

    • 56 min
    605: Jim Nielsen on Subversive URLs, Blogging + AI, and Design Engineers

    605: Jim Nielsen on Subversive URLs, Blogging + AI, and Design Engineers

    Show DescriptionJim Nielsen joins us to about URLs and linking as the new subversive way to maintain the web, paying for news in Canada, should content creators be worried about AI, the case for design engineers, RSS in HTML, and the state of state and UI.
    Listen on Website →GuestsJim NielsenGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterDesigner. Engineer. Writer.
    Links
    About - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
    “Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement - Anil Dash
    The Subversive Hyperlink - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
    More Files Please - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
    Canada to keep pressure on Facebook to pay for news, Trudeau says
    Cite Your Sources, AI - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
    For the first few decades of the web, the tacit agreement wa...
    The Case For Design Engineers, Pt. II - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
    RSS in HTML: A Follow-Up - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
    Style your RSS feed
    UI is a Function of Your Organization - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
    UI daverupert.com
    Notes from “Why Can’t We Make Simple Software?” By Peter van Hardenberg - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
    I Staked Out My Local Domino’s to See Just How Accurate Its Pizza Tracker Is
    The Benevolent Deception: When Should a Doctor Lie to Patients? - The Atlantic
    SponsorsElicitElicit’s goal is to radically increase high-quality reasoning in science and beyond. As early as 2017, they pioneered process supervision, an approach to breaking down complex work for advanced machine learning systems, so that it remains transparent and controllable. Today they use language models to help more than 200,000 researchers each month. They just raised a $9 million seed round and are looking for exceptional engineers across frontend, backend, and ML. If you're an exceptional front-end engineer looking to build the next generation of AI interfaces with a modern tech stack (Next, Tailwind, Chakra), join them!

    • 1 hr 4 min
    604: VS Code Plugins, Git as a Radical Statement, Tailwind & Arc Drama

    604: VS Code Plugins, Git as a Radical Statement, Tailwind & Arc Drama

    Show DescriptionA follow up on jQuery conversation, Microsoft owning all the things, what VS Code plugins are your ride or die, the ability to Git from wherever you want, Tailwind drama, global design system follow up, Arc Search gets roasted, and Frontend Design Conference is back!
    Listen on Website →Links
    GitHub - tc39/proposal-type-annotations: ECMAScript proposal for type syntax that is erased - Stage 1
    Chris Coyier on Embracing Technology and the Future of Web Development - Whiskey Web and Whatnot - Episode 131
    Zed
    Dracula Official
    GitLens
    Tower Git Client
    GitHub Desktop
    “Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement - Anil Dash
    Sourcetree
    Tailwind marketing and misinformation engine
    What is Utility-First CSS?: HeydonWorks
    A Global Design System | Brad Frost
    Thoughts on a Global Design System – Chris Coyier
    Arc Search
    Can Apple Win Back Music - Brad Frost
    Carolina Chocolate Drops
    TPAIN - Twitch
    Front-end Design Conference - April 25-26, 2024
    SponsorsWixWix Studio combines pure web design with maximum productivity. Taking the grind out of website creation for professional designers. Use the powerful visual editor, or work online in a VS Code-based IDE, or code locally and push changes via GitHub.

    • 56 min
    603: Deno, React Alternatives, and Copilot Concerns with Triple Threat Josh Collinsworth

    603: Deno, React Alternatives, and Copilot Concerns with Triple Threat Josh Collinsworth

    Show DescriptionJosh (or Jsoh) stops by to talk about his work at Deno, recent blog posts on Copilot, why Svelte is awesome and React is not, Apple and PWA, and building word games on the web.
    Listen on Website →GuestsJosh CollinsworthGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterFrontend Engineer at Deno, the maker and designer of the word games Quina, and Hondo.
    Links
    Josh Collinsworth
    Deno, the next-generation JavaScript runtime
    Deno Deploy | Deno
    Fresh - The next-gen web framework.
    I worry our Copilot is leaving some passengers behind - Josh Collinsworth blog
    How A Small Team of Developers Created React at Facebook | React.js: The Documentary
    Vite | Next Generation Frontend Tooling
    Screen Recorder for macOS. Beautiful videos in minutes | Screen Studio
    CleanShot X for Mac
    stitchy - crates.io: Rust Package Registry
    Raycast
    Home
    Squoosh
    RunJS - JavaScript Playground
    Quina - Menu
    Hondo - a word game in 100 words or less
    Home / PWABuilder
    SponsorsJoin Elicit as a software engineerElicit’s goal is to radically increase high-quality reasoning in science and beyond. As early as 2017, they pioneered process supervision, an approach to breaking down complex work for advanced machine learning systems, so that it remains transparent and controllable. Today they use language models to help more than 200,000 researchers each month. They just raised a $9 million seed round and are looking for exceptional engineers across frontend, backend, and ML. If you're an exceptional front-end engineer looking to build the next generation of AI interfaces with a modern tech stack (Next, Tailwind, Chakra), join them!

    • 1 hr 2 min
    602: What Does Accessibility Really Mean?

    602: What Does Accessibility Really Mean?

    Show DescriptionVoiceover pays us a visit, we talk about what accessibility really means, the difficulty of closing a dialogue element, web components at work, and jQuery 4 is out.
    Listen on Website →Links
    Opportunities for AI in Accessibility – A List Apart
    the-pastry-box-project.net
    An Alphabet of Accessibility Issues by Anne Gibson
    Alphabet of Accessibility Deck
    Understanding accessibility through ABCs – On the Issues
    Frontend Masters Boost – Helping Your Journey to Senior Developer
    storage-form Web Component - David Darnes
    CodeMirror
    FitVids.JS - A lightweight, easy-to-use jQuery plugin for fluid width video embeds.
    HTML with Superpowers | HTML with Superpowers
    Learn from Dave Rupert's courses | Frontend Masters
    jQuery
    SponsorsMiroFind simplicity in your most complex projects with Miro. Your first three Miro boards are free when you sign up today at Miro.com.

    • 1 hr 5 min

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498 Ratings

498 Ratings

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