ShopTalk

Nov 18 2024 100 ep. 58 mins 1.5k
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A podcast about web design and development.

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642: Chris Person on Forums, Reddit, and Cooperative Reporting

Nov 18 2024 64 mins  
Show DescriptionChris 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. Listen on Website →GuestsChris PersonGuest's Main URL • Guest

641: Passkey Usage, Writing Code with a Bot, and What’s Up With Java?

Nov 11 2024 58 mins  
Show DescriptionWe'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? Listen on Website →Links Auth0: Secure access for everyone. But n

640: Navigating the Pros and Cons of Web Components

Nov 04 2024
Show DescriptionRiffing off a Dave Rupert blog post, Chris and Dave talk through the pros and cons of web components, when to use them, when it's a bad idea to use them, what would it take to make the Next.js of web components, and how long until we don't need anymore frameworks? Listen on Website →Links Where web components shine - daverupert.com Fluent UI - Get started - Flu

639: DX, JSON, XML, HTML, and Databases! Oh My!

Oct 28 2024 56 mins  
Show DescriptionHow important is the DX of software vs how important is the person showing off the software, Douglas Crockford and JSON, remembering XML, trying to write better HTML for email, new TC39 proposal, workshopping t-shirts, and what do you do if you want a little bit of database on your website? Listen on Website →Links Web Unleashed 2024 - FITC New High Contrast Sy

638: Q&A About Copyright, Jekyll, Joomla, Statamic, and More!

Oct 21 2024 55 mins  
Show DescriptionDave's designing a new tshirt, questions for lawyers about copyrights for code projects, what does the copyright in the footer actually do, what do Dave and Chris require for personal web projects, does Jekyll get updated anymore, the Bob from Hell UX pattern, viewing ads on CNN, what about Joomla or Statamic, and how do paid fonts on the web work? Listen on Website

637: Approachable Open Source with Brian Muenzenmeyer

Oct 14 2024 52 mins  
Show DescriptionBrian Muenzenmeyer joins the show to talk about his book, Approachable Open Source, ways we can make open source easier to get in, important conversations around funding and supporting open source, and whether money helps maintainers deal with burnout or not? Listen on Website →GuestsBrian MuenzenmeyerGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterAuthor of Approachable O

636: W Hot Drama Week (WordPress, WP Engine, and Web Components – Oh My!)

Oct 07 2024 49 mins  
Show DescriptionWe're getting some feelings out about WordPress and Matt Mullenweg vs WP Engine drama, as well as the Web Components conversation that happened this past week. Listen on Website →Links WP Engine sues WordPress co-creator Mullenweg and Automattic, alleging abuse of power | TechCrunch Automattic demanded a cut of WP Engine’s revenue before starting WordPress ba

635: Jeff Robbins and Visibox as an Instrument for Video

Sep 30 2024 61 mins  
Show DescriptionJeff Robbins stops by to talk about his software, Visibox, that was used at Frostapalooza for presenting video at the concert, what it's like building an app with Electron, how it's distributed, how files are used and managed, and how he supports hardware devices inside Electron. Listen on Website →GuestsJeff RobbinsGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterCreator o

634: Fabian Kägy on WordPress, Blocks, and Enterprise Dev

Sep 23 2024 60 mins  
Show DescriptionFabian Kägy helps us understand the modern WordPress development process, Gutenberg vs Block editor vs full site editing, building with blocks or pages, what's coming in the Twenty Twenty-Five Theme, and whether the theme authoring process has been made too difficult in 2024? Listen on Website →GuestsFabian KägyGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterCore Contrib

633: Thomas Steiner on AI in Chrome and the Web

Sep 16 2024 60 mins  
Show DescriptionThomas Steiner from Project Fugu talks with us about AI in Chrome, the small large language model in use, how features like this are rolled out, the ethics and concerns around sending and sharing data, on device vs web APIs, and ideas for use cases and ways to explore AI on the web. Listen on Website →GuestsThomas SteinerGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterDeve