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Chris Coyier & Dave Rupert

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Monday · 1 hr 10 min
738: The Trouble with Tests and Bugs, Interop Voting, and AI Skills
Show DescriptionDave’s got a great concert story to kick off the episode before talking AI-assisted tests, a practical use for HTML markers and templates, Interop voting, browser features like margin-trim, and how to stream content into a page without fi
October 19 · 1 hr 4 min
737: CSS alpha(), SVG with linked-parameters, and Arguing with Humans
Show DescriptionOn this episode were chatting about how to make modern tooling more collaborative and human-friendly, CSS alpha() and color-mix() features, Chris quizzes Dave on SVG features, voting for interop, CodePen + AI tools, and how to detect when
October 12 · 1 hr 9 min
736: Building Design Systems Using AI with TJ Pitre
Show DescriptionTJ Pitre joins us to talk AI in design systems, building and maintaining component libraries, the evolution of modular CSS and component workflows, connecting Figma and code, keeping components in sync across tools and teams, human review
October 5 · 56 min
735: Design System Docs, CodePen’s API, and Bucket Filling Conversations
Show DescriptionDave and Chris explore the evolving landscape of design systems, CodePens new API features, what happens when an app moves your cheese and how to respond, and Regretful APIs. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Bear — Markdown Notes De
September 28 · 57 min
734: Web Performance with Ben Schwarz
Show DescriptionBen Schwarz stops by to discuss the state of web performance, using his research on airline websites as a case study for practical insights on improving website speed and user experience. Listen on WebsiteGuestsBen SchwarzGuests Main URL
September 21 · length unknown
733: Treadmills, Bass Guitars, and Testing Web Components
Show DescriptionWere talking treadmill and musical gear, software maintenance, dependency management, technical debt, testing web components, and CSS-Tricks hot drama. Listen on WebsiteLinks Underdesk Treadmill – Chris Coyier Sarah Drasners Site Maggie A
September 14 · 1 hr 6 min
732: Thomas Steiner on New Cross-Origin Storage APIs
Show DescriptionWere joined by Thomas Steiner from Google to discuss his proposal for cross-origin storage, a new web API designed to bring back safe, cross-site resource sharing. We explore why the old shared-CDN caching model collapsed due to privacy a
September 7 · 58 min
731: Terminal UX, Running Multiple Services, Don’t Settle for an App
Show DescriptionWe want your positive tech support stories! Topics this week include wrangling DNS/DKIM/DMARC for a friends newsletter, comparing terminal tools like TMUX and Herdr, and juggling Rails, Node, and AI agent processes, and figuring out which
August 31 · 1 hr
730: A/B Testing with Charts, Music Recommendations, & Web Permissions
Show DescriptionThe realities of A/B testing, the future of specialized hosting in the AI era, microphone and camera permissions on the web, tricks for working with HTML email, and hyping Midnight Vinyl Club and How Many Dudes? Listen on WebsiteWatch on
August 24 · 58 min
729: After Dark Edition! Microlighter, Tri-state Drama, and Editing Video Quickly
Show DescriptionDave and Chris try to get their LUTS in a row, figure out which app to use to edit and publish video quickly, Daves new syntax highlighter microlighter, could web MCP be a good thing to help agents use CodePen better, and saying no is as
August 17 · 1 hr 1 min
728: BIMI, Good Favicon Practice, and CSS @Layer Exploration
Show DescriptionHaving type two fun, email branding with BIMI, accessibility details in icons and favicons, using AI as a coding and maintenance partner, CSS @layer property, design systems, and the economics of fast AI hardware. Listen on WebsiteWatch
August 10 · 58 min
727: Front-End Complexity, AI Co-Authorship, and New CSS Navigation Patterns
Show DescriptionWe tackle a listener question about why junior front-end devs are expected to know so much beyond HTML and CSS, then get into Daves real-world fix swapping old WebKit line-clamp hacks for the new CSS line-clamp property and the subtle bug
August 3 · 53 min
726: Be More Weird, Sameness is Ok, and People Noticing the Effort You Put In
Show DescriptionWere checking on quarter 3 KPIs, using AI for admin dashboards is kind of fun, being a weirdo is something we should aspire to, theres a reason things sometimes all look the same and thats ok, people see the effort you put in to your crea
July 27 · 1 hr
725: CodePen 2.0, Templates on the Web, The Year of HTML?
Show DescriptionCodePen 2.0 is out now and were talking about the launch, the idea of templating on the web, and how HTML could look very interesting in the future. Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Yarn Announcing TypeScript 7.0 CodePen 2.0 announc
July 20 · 55 min
724: Ask Dan Abramov Anything About AT Proto
Show DescriptionIf youre like Chris and understand a bit of the tech behind AT Proto but want to understand it at a deeper level, this episode is for you. How does it differ from straight up RSS and Mastodon, where is my identity being stored, how do I c
July 13 · 57 min
723: Ads on Your Website, UX for Web Dev Jobs, and Progressive Web Components
Show DescriptionHow do websites handle advertising embeds, thinking DND thoughts about team topologies, does knowing UX help get jobs in web dev, using Elena for building progressive web components, and dealing with buttons in web components. Listen on W
July 6 · 58 min
722: The No-AI Talk Challenge, Picking Rails Tooling, Dark Mode?
Show DescriptionChris & Dave have been challenged to not talk about AI this episode - do they succeed? How do I optimize tracking pixels in my web app, whats the best book on CMS and authoring experiences, picking the best tooling in Rails that wont
June 29 · 1 hr 2 min
721: New Gear, Nerding Out, and VS Code Forks
Show DescriptionWhat to do when you have more ideas than time, getting new musical gear, nerding out and getting excited about things, the state of conferences in 2026, Cursor being bought, and Daves got a minimum viable design system idea. Listen on Web
June 22 · 1 hr 4 min
720: TypeScript Complaints, Slowing Down, and AT Proto Protocols
Show DescriptionIn praise of a solid Shure microphone (sponsor??), AI being really helpful in certain situations, TypeScript complaints about complaining, TypeScript at CodePen, should we all slow down a bit, CI jail and work trees, AT Proto and related
June 15 · 1 hr 3 min
719: Estimating Project Time, React Server Components, and Lifetime Offers
Show DescriptionHow do you estimate how long a task or project is going to take? Is it easier or more difficult with AIs help? Were web components a mistake? What do we think about Cloudflares EmDash now? And are lifetime offers a good or bad thing in th

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