ShopTalk
Episodes
616: Strum Machine with Luke Abbott
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionLuke Abbott is the creator of Strum Machine, an app that simulates backing tracks by stitching together individual notes, chords, and ...
615: Dave Goes Windows For Real
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 abo...
614: CSS Grid Level 3 aka Masonry with Adam Argyle
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 re...
613: Recording Live Music, WebC, Open Source, & WordPress Studio
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionChris bought recording gear off an Instagram ad, our thoughts on WebC, CodePen upgrades Yarn, thoughts on the commercial value of open...
612: Matt Haughey on a Fantasy Blogging CMS Setup
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionMatt is here to talk about creating the perfect fantasy CMS for blogging, moderating comments at Metafilter, building sane defaults in...
611: React! TypeScript! Jobification! Drupal!
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
610: TypeScript in 2024, Signals, Productivity Sniped, and Follow Up
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionDave's about to be eclipsed, the state of TypeScript in 2024, signals stage zero proposal, corrections on accessibility in frameworks ...
609: Blake Watson on Home Cooked Apps
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
608: Can WordPress Kill Your Resume, Fav Parts of Web Dev, Exploring HTMX, and more!
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionWe're opening up the ShopTalk mailbag and answering your questions, including does WordPress on your resume kill your job chances, wha...
607: Astro Launches an Integrated Database
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
606: Web Sustainability with Michelle Barker
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionWe're talking with Michelle Barker about the idea of paying to support bloggers (and podcasters!) via services like Patreon, drumming ...
605: Jim Nielsen on Subversive URLs, Blogging + AI, and Design Engineers
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 conten...
604: VS Code Plugins, Git as a Radical Statement, Tailwind & Arc Drama
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 fro...
603: Deno, React Alternatives, and Copilot Concerns with Triple Threat Josh Collinsworth
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 an...
602: What Does Accessibility Really Mean?
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionVoiceover pays us a visit, we talk about what accessibility really means, the difficulty of closing a dialogue element, web components...
601: Brad Frost on A Global Design System + Frostapalooza
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionBrad Frost has got design systems on his mind—at a global scale. What is a global design system? Are two design systems ever the sam...
600: Where Will The Web Be 12 Years from Now?
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionWe've got your feedback as well as our thoughts on where we all think the web will be in 2036 - as we celebrate 12 years of ShopTalk S...
599: Fighting the Algorithm With RSS, Blogging, and the IndieWeb
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionDave and Chris discuss indie web culture, the role of social media in today's society, and the challenges and strategies of freelancin...
598: Jen Simmons on Interop, WebKit Releases, and New CSS Features in Safari
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionJen Simmons, Apple Evangelist on the Web Developer Experience team for Safari & WebKit, stops by to talk about what Interop is, an...
597: How Many VS Code Plugins, Poor Charlie’s Almanack, and Where to Start in 2024?
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionWe're closing in on episode 600 and need your help to celebrate! Listen in to learn how to contribute to the episode. We're also talki...
596: The Year of AI, Arc, and Being Mad About the Right Thing
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionLooking back at the year of AI, using Arc on macOS and now Windows, dreaming of subscriptions, and knowing how to be mad about the rig...
595: MedTalk Show, Plagiarism and Code Grifting, and How We’re Testing Code
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionBlood pressure, stress, and COVID highlight the MedTalk Show portion of this episode, a new "Did You Know" segment about dev tools in ...
594: Wiping Your Laptop, UX of Password Codes, and :Has Tips and Tricks
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionIn this episode we're discussing making tech videos, website tinkering, :has tricks, SVG path commands, and the complexities of CSS &a...
593: Beep & Texts, Tumblr, JavaScript & Web Components, & Cool Blog Post Ideas
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Show DescriptionThoughts on smashing all communication messaging apps together, what's happened to Tumblr under Automattic, what the situation is with...