650: Layout in CSS, Balatro Q&A, Chrome Biz, & Forkin VS Code
Does layout make CSS difficult to learn from scratch, Chris quizzes Dave about Balatro, getting back into Pokemon, why should Google have to sell Chrome, adding fun features to apps you already have to keep you using them like Raycast, and thoughts on the VS Code forks + AI.
Guests

Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert
This episode is with just Chris & Dave, ShopTalk Show's hosts. Chris is the co-founder of CodePen and creator of CSS-Tricks, and Dave is lead developer at Paravel.
Time Jump Links
- 00:48 attr follow up
- 12:06 Does layout make CSS difficult to start from scratch?
- 14:35 The Balatro podcast
- 21:47 Understanding Pokemon
- 29:57 Sponsor: Complete CSS
- 32:00 Arm Chair Businessin’ about Chrome
- 41:11 Adding features to apps like Raycast
- 50:51 Do you use Stage Manager on macOS?
- 51:43 Forking VS Code
Links
- Web Awesome Layout Anatomy
- Balatro
- Pokémon GO
- A Little Arm Chair Businessin’ about Chrome – Chris Coyier
- Raycast Focus works really well - daverupert.com
- Cursor - The AI Code Editor
- Trae - Ship Faster with Trae
- Codium is now Qodo | Quality-first AI Coding Platform
- Windsurf Editor by Codeium
- Zed - The editor for what's next
- Ghostty
- Helix
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