Episodes

  • 704: Sanitizer API with Frederik Braun
    Mar 2 2026
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    We talk with Frederik Braun from Mozilla about the Sanitizer API, how it works with HTML tags and web components, what it does with malformed HTML, and where CSP fits in alongside the Sanitizer API.

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    GuestsFrederik Braun

    Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social

    Security engineer and manager working on the Mozilla Firefox web browser

    Links
    • Frederik Braun: Why the Sanitizer API is just setHTML()
    • Frederik Braun
    • freddyb (Frederik B)
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 703: Ujjwal Sharma and TC39
    Feb 23 2026
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    We're joined by Ujjwal Sharma to talk about what the TC39 is, who's in it, and how the TC39 group guides JavaScript.

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    GuestsUjjwal Sharma

    Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social

    Developer Advocacy, Programming Languages & Web Standards

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    • Ryzokuken (Ujjwal Sharma)
    • LinkedIn
    • X (Twitter)
    • Igalia
    • TC39
    • Use JSDoc
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • 702: Lit-HTML, Implied Target for Popover, and Website Builders
    Feb 16 2026
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    Chris has opinions about being sick, implied target for popovers, should Apple provide cross platform virtual machine images for Safari testing, what tips are there for beginners to HTML and CSS, which website builder CMS's do we recommend, and a Chipotle hack for your lunch plans.

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    Links
    • The Missing Link for Web Components – Frontend Masters Blog
    • Better defaults for popovers - Manuel Matuzovic
    • 346: With Ben Evans – CodePen
    • Ben Evans on CodePen
    • Pure CSS Only Portrait - Isla
    • Pure CSS Still Life - Water and Lemons
    • A Single Div
    • Webflow
    • Craft CMS
    • Sanity
    • Contentful
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    49 mins
  • 701: Digital Archives, OpenClaw Security Concerns, and @Property Declarations
    Feb 9 2026
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    When Dave dies, who gets his domain name? How OpenClaw is a massive security concern, tips on handling a broad design surface area with a design system, changing database values with text-transform, should you declare CSS properties with @property, and was Chris wrong about CSS?

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    Links
    • Your Home for a Century: Our 100-Year Domains and Plans
    • 1Password Access after Death, Legacy Contacts | 1Password Community
    • From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface | 1Password
    • Openclaw (clawdbot), Agents and the Age of Personal Software - YouTube
    • bbPress.org
    • WooCommerce
    • cap - no cap
    • Nice Select · February 3, 2026
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  • 700: Popover Web Component, Bugs in Blocks, and Where’s Vue?
    Feb 2 2026
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    We're passing over another milestone episode and answering your Q's with our A's while we do it: Dave goes 3D printing, should CSS be inside a web component, Chris is trying to build web component for popovers, why isn't Vue used or talked about more, finding bugs in blocks in the new CodePen, and we're grateful for 700 episodes.

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    Links
    • Vue.js - The Progressive JavaScript Framework | Vue.js
    • vuejs/petite-vue
    • Syntax: Hacking Pizza Ordering For Fun And Profit - YouTube
    • Theo - Twitch
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    55 mins
  • 699: Jeremy Keith on Web Day Out
    Jan 26 2026
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    Web Day Out is coming up and Jeremy Keith from Clearleft (name pending the ShopTalk Show rebrand) is here to chat about it and while we've got him, Dave throws him on the hot seat to answer some hard hitting journalism questions about the state of the web in 2026.

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    Links
    • Web Day Out in Brighton, March 12th 2026
    • Strategic design partners for website and service design | Clearleft
    • css.properties
    • Raycast - Your shortcut to everything
    • Rachel Andrew – Doing stuff on the web since 1996.
    • Browser support at Clearleft
    • CSS Day 2026, 11th & 12th of June, Amsterdam
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    59 mins
  • 698: Why is AI Bad at CSS, Monofonts, and Safari Dev Tools
    Jan 19 2026
    Show Description

    Why are AI tools so bad at CSS layout, Robin Rendle inspired monospaced fonts, CodePen's slideVars library, why are Safari dev tools so hard to use, button follow up, and what player component does ShopTalk use for it's website?

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    Links
    • Clair Obscur | Expedition 33
    • Apple One
    • Where’s the AI design renaissance?
    • Outlyne
    • Bolt
    • Lando Norris
    • Robin Rendle
    • Dave Rupert
    • Casey Newton
    • slideVars - Automatic Sliders for CSS Custom Properties
    • Media Chrome Docs
    SponsorsAxe-conAxe-con - the world's largest digital accessibility conference is from the makers of Axe-core and Axe DevTools Browser Extension. Taking place online on February 24-25. Registration is free and also gets you access to the on-demand recordings. Axe-con has a specific Development Track for dev content - some top speakers are Ire Aderinokun (front-end developer and Google developer expert), Jesse Beach (Software Engineering Manager at Meta), and other prominent folks from orgs like Coinbase, Zendesk, Red Hat, Atlassian, and more.
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    59 mins
  • 697: Web Install API, Resizing Text, Active View Transition Type
    Jan 12 2026
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    We're talking new stuff (to us) that we haven't chatted about yet like display:grid-lanes, the web install API, resizing text on the web, scroll triggered animations, active view transition type, and a Quick Look at CodePen v2 features.

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    Links
    • 694: Invoicing with Studioworks with Jessica and Chris – ShopTalk
    • Email Marketing Platform | Litmus
    • Most Reliable App & Cross Browser Testing Platform | BrowserStack
    • Ios Vs Android In 2025 · December 27, 2025
    • Masonry Layout is Now grid-lanes | CSS-Tricks
    • Bruce Lawson's personal site : A first look at the Web Install API
    • PWAStore - Free Web App Store | Install Apps Instantly
    • Download the latest indie games - itch.io
    • Grid Paper
    • Squoosh
    • SVGOMG - Optimize and minify SVG images
    • Never write your own Date Parsing Library—zachleat.com
    • FitText - A plugin for inflating web type
    • Twenty Twenty-Five - daverupert.com
    • Cyd Stumpel | Portfolio Cyd Stumpel
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    1 hr and 6 mins