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729: After Dark Edition! Microlighter, Tri-state Drama, and Editing Video Quickly

Show Description Dave and Chris try to get their LUTS in a row, figure out which app to use to edit and publish video quickly, Dave's new syntax highlighter microlighter, could web MCP be a good thing to help agents use CodePen better, and saying no is as important as what you do ship. Listen on Website Watch on YouTube Links Introducing Microlighter - daverupert.com MicroLighter - A zero-dep…

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728: BIMI, Good Favicon Practice, and CSS @Layer Exploration

Show Description Having 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 Website Watch on YouTube Links How and Why to Implement BIMI Selectors - BIMI Group You kinda want an orange favicon. – Chris Coyier Thinking Horizontally in…

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727: Front-End Complexity, AI Co-Authorship, and New CSS Navigation Patterns

Show Description We tackle a listener question about why junior front-end devs are expected to know so much beyond HTML and CSS, then get into Dave's real-world fix swapping old WebKit line-clamp hacks for the new CSS line-clamp property and the subtle bugs that kind of truncation work can cause. They also debate whether AI tools like Claude or Copilot deserve co-author credit on commits, gripe…

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726: Be More Weird, Sameness is Ok, and People Noticing the Effort You Put In

Show Description We're checking on quarter 3 KPIs, using AI for admin dashboards is kind of fun, being a weirdo is something we should aspire to, there's a reason things sometimes all look the same and that's ok, people see the effort you put in to your creativity on the web, and thoughts on generating a random post on a static site generator. Listen on Website Watch on YouTube Links Lunch Money –…

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725: CodePen 2.0, Templates on the Web, The Year of HTML?

Show Description CodePen 2.0 is out now and we're talking about the launch, the idea of templating on the web, and how HTML could look very interesting in the future. Listen on Website Watch on YouTube Links Yarn Announcing TypeScript 7.0 CodePen 2.0 announcement blog post Sponsors Notion Write custom tools for Notion Agents that generate assets, query live data, and hit any API. Listen for…

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724: Ask Dan Abramov Anything About AT Proto

Show Description If you're 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 create a schema, what can be updated or modified later, is there going to be a PDS revolution, how does Standard.site fit into it all, and what…

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723: Ads on Your Website, UX for Web Dev Jobs, and Progressive Web Components

Show Description How 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 Website Links BuySellAds Carbon Ads It needs to map back to a role – Eric Bailey Elena | Progressive Web Components Ariel Salminen David Darnes…

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722: The No-AI Talk Challenge, Picking Rails Tooling, Dark Mode?

Show Description Chris & Dave have been challenged to not talk about AI this episode - do they succeed? How do I optimize tracking pixels in my web app, what's the best book on CMS and authoring experiences, picking the best tooling in Rails that won't be obsolete, SPF, DNS, and D-Marc, adding dark mode to a website, and dealing with good old fashioned F.A.R.T. Listen on Website Watch on YouTube…

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721: New Gear, Nerding Out, and VS Code Forks

Show Description What 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 Dave's got a minimum viable design system idea. Listen on Website Watch on YouTube Links FFConf Figma Config 2026 SpaceX locks in $60 billion Cursor deal Google Antigravity Devon: An open-source pair…

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720: TypeScript Complaints, Slowing Down, and AT Proto Protocols

Show Description In 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 protocols, interestForElement in HTML, and how many spoons do you have left for Clues by Sam? Listen on Website Links MV7+ - Podcast Microphone -…

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719: Estimating Project Time, React Server Components, and Lifetime Offers

Show Description How do you estimate how long a task or project is going to take? Is it easier or more difficult with AI's help? Were web components a mistake? What do we think about Cloudflare's EmDash now? And are lifetime offers a good or bad thing in the dev community? Listen on Website Links Keyframes, Cash, and CodePen w/ Shaw - Whiskey Web and Whatnot Meeting Design - For Managers, Makers,…

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