677: Background Code Agents, Append AI, and RSS Starter Packs

Show DescriptionDave's got a Whiskey related content warning, recent security vulnerabilities in NPM, challenges with password management, and the complexities of digital security. They delve into Google's antitrust issues and the dynamics of the browser market, before transitioning to innovations in CSS, including custom properties and functions. The conversation wraps up with thoughts on the future of CSS and web development. Listen on WebsiteLinks Whiskey Web and Whatnot: Web Development, Neat Storybook: Frontend workshop for UI development Largest NPM Compromise in History - Supply Chain Attack : r/programming We all dodged a bullet - Xe Iaso Post by @cabel.panic.com — Bluesky Special: One on One with a Hacker – ShopTalk 1Password Watchtower This 25-minute video is the most riveting sudoku puzzle you will ever watch | The Verge Many years on the job and I still don't get it. - daverupert.com if() - CSS | MDN CSS at-rule functions - CSS | MDN CSS color-scheme-dependent colors with light-dark() – Bram.us Matthias Ott

Show DescriptionChris is updating us on the progress of his CSS reset, thoughts on The Browser Company and Arc being bought by Atlassian, and in 2025 why would anyone build a website? Listen on WebsiteLinks Bend Old-Time Jams and Events Join or Die Join or Die on Netflix Bowling Alone - Wikipedia Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on the Birth of the Agentic Web - The Verge Chris' CSS Starter

Show DescriptionA quick update on Dave's hair, CSS random(), view transitions in CSS, thinking about IDs in HTML, opening details elements in a new tab, Chris tries out Edge, Shift, Zen and more, how Dave is trying to kick his YouTube tab habit, and government design fails. Listen on WebsiteLinks Monchhichi - Wikipedia Rolling the Dice with CSS random() | WebKit Cyd Stumpel | Portfolio Cyd Stumpel Get to know Microsoft Edge on Mac | Microsoft Edge Download Firefox for Desktop — from Mozilla Zen Browser Shift Browser | Drag and Drop. Build Your Custom Browser Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine Limiting YouTube to a Single Tab - daverupert.com America by Design Fail 18F - Wikipedia

Show DescriptionKevin Powell is on the show with breaking news about display masonry, how his career on YouTube started and where it's at now, selling courses and diversifying the content you create, struggling with being on all the platforms, and writing vs video in the age of AI. Listen on WebsiteGuestsKevin PowellGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialCSS Evangelist. I absolutely love CSS, and I want to help new front-end devs enjoy learning it, and help seasoned vets see how great it really is. LinksHere's the content formatted as a markdown linked list: Kevin Powell | CSS Evangelist Kevin Powell - YouTube Courses Kevin Powell | creating front-end video tutorials | Patreon KevinPowellCSS - Twitch Kevin Powell (@kevinpowell.co) — Bluesky Kevin Powell (@[email protected]) - Front-End Social Kevin on CodePen kevin-powell (Kevin Powell) · GitHub

Show DescriptionIdentifying where we are in the AI hype cycle, a quick #davegoeshairy update, what has been the impact of AI on tech creators, Chris is making his own CSS starter on stream, and Item flow / masonry discussions. Listen on WebsiteLinks Introducing GPT-5 - YouTube Simon Willison on ai Orion Browser by Kagi VisBug Chrome Canary Features For Developers - Google Chrome Download Microsoft Edge Zen Browser Google Backtracks On Plans For URL Shortener Service Impact of AI on Tech Content Creators Pre-commit Hooks, requestAnimationFrame, Code Reviews, and More - Syntax #922 CodePen Radio CSS Tools: Reset CSS Item Flow – Part 2: next steps for Masonry | WebKit

Show DescriptionWhat helps you remember a person's name, thinking about background coding agents, is AI for append only mode, what are MCPs and how should I think about them, what has been working for more than a month not just the last two days, and coming up with an RSS starter pack riffing off Molly White's article on using RSS. Listen on WebsiteLinks Visual Studio Code - YouTube Cursor - The AI Code Editor Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined A single data and AI development environment - Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio - AWS Jules - An Asynchronous Coding Agent Curate your own newspaper with RSS Chris Coyier – Web craftsman, blogger, author, speaker. The Homepage of Dave Rupert - daverupert.com Chris Coyier Molly White The Verge Adactio: Jeremy Keith Adactio: Links Jim Nielsen's Blog Home | Rach Smith's digital garden Maggie Appleton Naz Hamid kottke.org - home of fine hypertext products live laugh blog | hi, i'm jenn schiffer and this is my lifestyle blog Sharing what we learn about the responsive web – Cloud Four web.dev Blog | WebKit Home - Microsoft Edge Blog Blog • Lea Verou Frontend Masters Blog – Helping Your Journey to Senior Developer ui.dev | JavaScript, but fun. Welcome to Ethan Marcotte's website — Ethan Marcotte Josh Collinsworth | Blog everything changes Writing – Eric Bailey Balatro University - YouTube

Show DescriptionIt's time for a ShopTalk GearTalk segment on video and audio upgrades, a chat about better YouTube thumbnails, buying the $200 Yamaha guitar (or equivalent in other areas of life), Chris and Dave riff on CSS modules, and what's your social media ethos in 2025? Listen on WebsiteLinks how to make a killer thumbnail (for the 2025 algorithm) - YouTube Facecam 4K | Elgato Before I go: Always buy the $200 Yamaha - daverupert.com The $200 Yamaha – Chris Coyier 668: Jake Archibald on Native HTML Includes – ShopTalk 668: Jake Archibald on Native HTML Includes - YouTube 605: Jim Nielsen on Subversive URLs, Blogging + AI, and Design Engineers – ShopTalk 504: Jim Nielsen Blogging, App Icons, Color, and Images – ShopTalk A social media ethos - daverupert.com

Show DescriptionTim Farnam stops by to talk with Chris and Dave about his new project, Hot Page, and why and how he started building it after working in print and web news. (20% discount code for the Design Tokens Course: SHOPTALKSHOWISAWESOME) Listen on WebsiteGuestsTim FarnamGuest's Main URL • Guest's SocialCreative coder based in Mexico City, building Hot Page to help people make better websites, learn web development and quit their reliance on big tech. Links Hot Pricing Design Tokens Course with Brad Frost and Ian Frost Web Awesome SponsorsDesign Tokens CourseWorld-renowned design systems experts Brad Frost (creator of Atomic Design) and Ian Frost teach you everything you need to know about creating an effective design token system to help your organization design and build at scale.

Show DescriptionDave's coming in hot from vacation, how CodePen's new editor imports packages, should CodePen fix your code if you forgot something, the struggle to get the right context in the console, Chris is still shopping for an Arc replacement, and the struggles with inspiration driven engineering. (20% discount code for the Design Tokens Course: SHOPTALKSHOWISAWESOME) Listen on WebsiteLinks Orion Browser by Kagi Meet Dia Chrome Canary SigmaOS Mythic Quest - Wikipedia SponsorsDesign Tokens CourseWorld-renowned design systems experts Brad Frost (creator of Atomic Design) and Ian Frost teach you everything you need to know about creating an effective design token system to help your organization design and build at scale.

Show DescriptionChris and Dave chat about whether you should wing it or script your videos, unplanned demos versus the safety net of edited videos, streaming software with Ecamm Live vs OBS vs Streamlabs, new CSS animation composition, and anchor positioning thoughts. (20% discount code for the Design Tokens Course: SHOPTALKSHOWISAWESOME) Listen on WebsiteLinks Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Sony ZV-1 Twitch > jlengstorf Twitch > ChrisCoyier YouTube > Chris Coyier Frontend Masters Figma Canva Figma Buzz YouTube > Mark Rober YouTube > The Coding Train Ecamm Live YouTube > CodePen Floating UI SponsorsDesign Tokens CourseWorld-renowned design systems experts Brad Frost (creator of Atomic Design) and Ian Frost teach you everything you need to know about creating an effective design token system to help your organization design and build at scale.