Episodes
A paginated list of episodes in order. We heard you like WordPress loops.
React! TypeScript! Jobification! Drupal!
Dave & Chris and thoughts on career advice that worked 3 years ago but isn't as helpful now, marking tests with ChatGPT, is taking a Drupal job in 2024 a good idea, Chris got #gear sniped, P3 color follow up, the confusing File System APIs, and where did all the lightboxes go?
TypeScript in 2024, Signals, Productivity Sniped, and Follow Up
Dave's about to be eclipsed, the state of TypeScript in 2024, signals stage zero proposal, corrections on accessibility in frameworks (thanks!), web apps for better collaborative writing, getting productivity sniped, the problem with email may be you, indieweb follow up, and ultimate guitar tab apps.
Blake Watson on Home Cooked Apps
What 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 and advice he has for making them, resisting the urge to monetize or growth hack them, and a few CodePen v2 thoughts sprinkled in at the end.
Can WordPress Kill Your Resume, Fav Parts of Web Dev, Exploring HTMX, and more!
We're opening up the ShopTalk mailbag and answering your questions, including does WordPress on your resume kill your job chances, what are our fav and least fav parts of web dev, our thoughts on HTMX, and what is it like to use pnpm instead of npm.
Astro Launches an Integrated Database
Fred 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.
Web Sustainability with Michelle Barker
We'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.
Jim Nielsen on Subversive URLs, Blogging + AI, and Design Engineers
Jim 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.
VS Code Plugins, Git as a Radical Statement, Tailwind & Arc Drama
A 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!
Deno, React Alternatives, and Copilot Concerns with Triple Threat Josh Collinsworth
Josh (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.
What Does Accessibility Really Mean?
Voiceover 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.
Brad Frost on A Global Design System + Frostapalooza
Brad Frost has got design systems on his mind—at a global scale. What is a global design system? Are two design systems ever the same? How would this slot inside atomic design? What has been the response from the web community to global design system as an idea? And what's Frostapalooza?
Where Will The Web Be 12 Years from Now?
We'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 Show history, we're looking forward to what's to come with ideas around cookie banners, undo, no more passwords, React, Deno, Node, and Mozilla's future, ChatGPT's thoughts, accessibility, blockchain, VR / AR, hoverboards, P3 color space, indie web, JS bundle sizes, and more!