Web design tools are great but they still fall short of all the incredible intrinsic based features of CSS. While there are features like auto-layout in Figma, they still fall so short of all the content driven features of The Web. Why is it that we still try to paint pretty pictures in a design tool and act like the web works that way? We can't co…

CSS: The Definitive Guide is exactly 1126 pages, written by Eric Meyer and Estelle Weyl. As they both said, "We read the CSS spec so you didn't have to." We ask them a ton of CSS questions and they gave us a ton of CSS answers.By David East

Apologies for the audio only upload. There were issues with getting the video feed published but check out YouTube for the video. CSS Day put on 14 different talks about some pretty interesting topics in CSS. It ended up being almost 12 hours of amazing CSS content and we’re going to give you an overview of each talk in just an hour. We’re going to…

There are so many things we spend time on thinking they’ll save us more in the long run but really, do they? Today on Bad at CSS we’re going to dive into a list of things we think are Time Wasters disguised as Time Savers. 0:00 - Is the juice worth the squeeze? 0:50 - Tests 6:07 - CI/CD* 13:37 - Build systems 16:02 - Rewrites 22:42 - Note taking ap…

What can you do with a single CSS keyframe? A metric ton. 0:00 - 50% keyframes are magic 0:49 - Animation is easier than you think 2:17 - Why at 50%? 6:51 - Trick 1 Shake 12:00 - Trick 2 Pulse 23:25 - Trick 3 Glitch 27:55 - Trick 4 Flip 32:45 - Trick 5 Fill 41:20 - Trick 6 Sheen 44:25 - Trick 7 Emphasize 46:50 - Trick 8 Censor 48:35 - Trick 900 Ton…

Container Queries are one of those CSS features everyone is so hyped about and with good reason. They give us a modern way to build and scope responsive components based on the size of the parent element rather than the browser view port. But, I’m not gonna lie. There’s a lot to this new feature.By David East

Today we're joined by Jacob Kastensmidt, who introduces us to Web Components, Lit, and how these fit into the larger frontend ecosystem. Show notes: Lit website - lit.dev Lit discord - https://discord.com/invite/buildwithlit Lit labs SSR - https://lit.dev/docs/ssr/overview/ Shoelace - https://shoelace.style/ --- Send in a voice message: https://pod…

Dave Rupert knows his inputs and we got a lot to learn. Dave's great blog - https://daverupert.com/ Dave on Twitter - https://twitter.com/davatron5000By David East

CSS is Hard. Each and every year. So what are the things that we should improve on in 2024?By David East

We promise that after this episode you'll never forget the three parameters of the clamp() function ever again.By David East

We promise. This episode is actually about CSS... I mean we get to it eventually. But what happens when you get a TypeScript fan (David) and a TypeScript skeptic (Adam) in a discussion? Well, a lot of spicy things are said. NOTE: We swear we recorded this before the whole DHH Turbo TypeScript fiasco.…

The amazing Chris Coyier (founder of CSS-Tricks.com and CodePen.io) sat down with us to tell us all the things in CSS that he's bad at. He even brought us a list.By David East

Figma has a brand new feature called Dev Mode! Adam was at Figma's big conference Config and he came here to teach us everything he knows about what Dev Mode has to offer. We also discuss why design handoffs are so difficult and tricks we've learned along the way. Chapters: 0:00 - Is Figma bad at CSS too? 0:29 - We are bad at design handoffs. 1:46 …

View Transitions are a brand new totally rad cutting edge feature in the browser. They allow you to specify animation states from one state to another a lot easier than ever before. But guess what? We’re still bad at them. In this episode Adam explains how awesome View Transitions are by explaining the difficulties of the FLIP animation technique. …

This episode of Developer Experience is about Developer Education. It’s a wonderful time to become a developer: the demand has never been higher, and there’s a literal ocean of free and paid content to kick start a new career in tech. This firehose of educational content is a side-effect of such a high demand for developers, and it makes it difficu…

On today's episode, Sarah Dayan discusses open source sustainability with Nicholas Zakas, creator of ESLint. ESLint is a widely popular JavaScript linter with a giant ecosystem of third-party plugins. If you have a JavaScript project with a continuous integration, you are certainly using ESLint and you do not want it to fail. Nicholas is also a sea…

On today's episode, our hosts Sarah and Bryan are chatting about Documentation with Adam Wathan from Tailwind CSS. To talk about this today, we invited (for the second time in the show) Adam Wathan, creator of Tailwind CSS. Tailwind is a CSS framework optimized for building custom designs really quickly without having to start totally from scratch.…

On this episode, our hosts Sarah and Bryan are chatting about accessibility with Kitty Giraudel. Kitty is a front-end developer and accessibility specialist who is currently leading the front-end team at Gorillas. Before this, they have led the front-end team to rebuild the web platform at N26, with a strong focus on accessibility. We are going to …

On today's episode, our hosts Sarah and Bryan are going to talk about the role of community in Developer Experience. We're all part of communities, whether we participate in them or not. Are they any major differences between developers centric communities and more traditional ones, centered around geography or interests? We're also seeing more and…

On today's episode, we're going to talk about fostering developer collaboration in a remote world. This is a special edition because Sarah Dayan is joined for the first time by her new co-host Bryan Robinson, Senior Developer Advocate at Algolia. Working remotely is not something new, especially in the tech industry, but since the beginning of the …

How to nail down the right abstractions for optimal DX? Building abstractions is at the core of API design. They become the face of your software, and they dictate a significant part of its developer experience. How to design the right abstractions? What is the difference between an opinionated software and a failing abstraction? To answer these di…

In this episode, Sarah Dayan chats with not only one, but two guests: - Sadek Drobi, Founder and CEO at Prismic - Haroen Viaene, Javascript Library Developer at Algolia They chat about what it takes for a technical product to blend into other people's codebases. How do you ensure that developers want to put your code in their code? Why is it as imp…

In this episode, we chat with Ben Hong from Netlify about the challenges of providing amazing developer experience for a wide variety of technical stacks. How do you consistently provide incredible DX to everyone when what you build isn't tied to a single platform? How do you properly think of such systems? Ben gives us insights on how the DX team …

In this first episode, we dive deeper into what is developer experience with Adam Wathan from Tailwind Labs and Lee Robinson from Vercel. Why did developer experience become so important? Concretely, what does it mean and how do you achieve it? Sarah Dayan chats with our 2 guests to uncover what makes awesome DX, what are the best examples out ther…

In this episode, host Brad Cypert sits down with Amos King (Elixir Outlaws, This Agile Life) to talk about starting Binary Noggin, running podcasts, and building developer focused communities.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/compile-time/message

Tomasz and I have been interacting on Twitter for some time now, so it was a lot of fun to finally speak with him. We talked about his experience getting into JavaScript and eventually becoming an authority on frontend development as well as the impact becoming a speaker has had on his career. Tomasz online: https://twitter.com/tlakomy…

In this episode of the Design Doc, host Brad Cypert (bradcypert.com) sits down with Osa Gaius of ParrotMob to talk about functional programming, elixir and building ParrotMob.Show Notes:1. Elixir2. Clojure3. Rich Hickey Talks4. Phoenix (Elixir Framework)5. Clojure for the Brave and True (Daniel Higginbotham) --- Send in a voice message: https://pod…

Host Brad Cypert sits down with Jason Lengstorf to talk about... well, Jason Lengstorf!Topics Covered: Speaking at conferences Developer Excellence at Netlify JAMStack GatsbyJS running his own business running his own blog running the Learn with Jason twitch stream and much more!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/c…

Nader Dabit is a Developer Advocate working at AWS. He is also an author, blogger, and React Native expert. Nader and I talked a lot about his journey into tech and about the background we both share as technologists living in the southern United States away from the major tech hubs. Nader's internet home: https://twitter.com/dabit3…

Kate Taggart is an Engineering Manager at Stripe, they come from a very abstract and technical background, which was interesting for me as a self-taught developer. Kate covered their own experiences as an individual contributor and as a manager, comparing and contrasting the two for my benefit. It's probably important to note that I interviewed Kat…

In this episode of the Design Doc, your host Brad Cypert sits down with Ethan Miller to talk about landing his first real dev job. We cover how Ethan got into development, what his code boot camp experience was like, and more. If you've ever wondered if a code boot camp is right for you, this is the episode for you.--- Send in a voice message: http…

In this episode, guest Shane Burkhart talks with host Brad Cypert about how he learns new technology and keeps up with the changes in the software landscape. We also talk a bit about react, the JVM, Hacker News, Dev.to, and much more. Tune in to find out. Show Notes React TypeScript GraphQL GoLang Clojure Kotlin Scala HackerNews Dev.to As always, y…

In our second episode of the Design Doc Podcast, host Brad Cypert sits down with game developer Barry Rowe to talk about his experience as an indie game developer. We talk about unity, game development, and several other fun pieces of technology. As always, you can follow your host on Twitter or at bradcypert.com. You can follow Barry Rowe and Roar…

In our first real episode of the Design Doc Podcast, host Brad Cypert sits down with software engineer Matt Balmer to talk about one of Matt's personal projects - Dungeon Pad. Matt dives into the project from a high level, his choices regarding which technology to use and talks about some of the issues that he ran into while building Dungeon Pad. S…

Charity Majors is the CTO of Honeycomb.io, and has spent a career deep in tech. We talked at length about her struggles and strategies for growth and the challenging transition from individual contributor to manager and leader. Charity is an incredibly authentic and open individual and I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to chat with her.…

Jason Lengstorf is a Developer Advocate, and at the time of this recording, he was heading up the learning team for Gatsby. During this interview, Jason and I cover his background and his experiences learning to lead. Near the end of the conversation, Jason shares his take of the differences between management and leadership. Jason's internet home:…

Ben Halpern is best known for building the DEV community, centered around https://dev.to. During our conversation, we talked about his journey from marketer to developer and from developer to founder. Ben shared with me why he uses the title Webmaster and a little bit about his upbringing and unique world-view. Ben's Incredible Website: http://benh…

Laurie Barth is a mathematician turned Software Engineer. She is known for giving a ton of excellent talks and sharing her opinions about software development online. We got the change to talk about her start in tech, her transition from a tangential field, and her journey into speaking about her career at conferences. Laurie on Twitter: https://tw…

Taylor Otwell is the creator and maintainer of Laravel, a PHP framework for modern web applications. Taylor's also a fellow Arkansan! We talked a ton about running an Open Source project and the successful career Taylor has built around the Laravel project. You can find more about Taylor on Twitter: https://twitter.com/taylorotwell…

Molly Struve is a Lead Site Reliability Engineer, blogger, and speaker who I've been following on Twitter for quite a while. In our conversation we cover her experience transitioning into the software industry, dealing with imposter syndrome, and the struggles she has experienced growing into a leadership role. You can find more about Molly on Twit…

Chris is the creator and CEO of GoRails, a site that hosts his Ruby and Ruby on Rails screencasts. Chris is also an Open Source developer and a well-known content creator. He co-hosts the Remote Ruby podcast. In our conversation we talk about Chris' start in Open Source, the value of learning in the open, and his strategies for learning new skills.…

Jessica is a Lead Engineer at Atomist, she is also a well-known conference speaker and writer. Jessica shared some of her strengths and taught me about thinking in systems. We also touched on some of the unique experiences Jessica has witnessed as a woman in tech. Jessica online: http://jessitron.com/…

Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas are the authors of The Pragmatic Programmers, one of the most influential software engineering books of all time. Andy and Dave are also original members of the agile movement and have been writing code for several decades. They are programmers. Andy and Dave's internet home: https://pragprog.com/…

Cassidy Williams is a Senior Software Engineer at CodePen. Before joining CodePen, Cassidy worked at a ton of different companies ranging from startups to Amazon. During the interview, we talk about her journey from beginner to senior and Cassidy shares her own strategies for growing as an engineer. Cassidy on the internet: https://twitter.com/cass…

Tung Nguyen runs BoltOps, an AWS consultancy, and is the former VP of Engineering for Bleacher Report. Tung grew with Bleacher Report from the first hire to leading the engineering team, during our conversation we talk about that journey and about the differences now that he works independently. Tung's internet home: https://www.boltops.com/…

Justin Hennessy is a Vice President of Engineering at Neto E-Commerce Solutions in Australia. Justin has been an engineering doer and facilitator for two decades and has developed expertise in mentoring other engineers. During this interview, Justin and I discuss his own experience as an engineer and how that experience helps him to be a more effec…

In this episode, we are discussing OneGraph, GraphQL, ReasonML schema stitching, 3factor.app architecture, web assembly, unikernels and more Panel Vladimir Novick Tanmai Gopal Special Guests Sean Grove - Co founder @OneGraph Links: Sean Grove SpotDJ app Mirage talks AFL Tanmai Gopal React apollo hooks - now supports subscriptions! Vladimir @Vladimi…

In this episode, we are discussing progressive web apps, 3factor.app architecture, GraphQL, caching solutions and more Panel Vladimir Novick (https://twitter.com/VladimirNovick) Special Guests Maxim Salnikov PWA advocate, DevRel @microsoft Links: Maxim https://whatwebcando.today/ https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ Vladimir @VladimirNovick G…

Vaidehi is a Staff Software Engineer at Tilde and creator of content series like BaseCS and BaseDS. She has built a career around educating others while building software. Vadehi and I discuss her experiences transitioning from a writing career, stepping into the dev community spotlight, and her strategies for self-improvement. Vaidehi's internet h…

Today theme is Gatsby Themes!And we have a call with Jason Lengstorf - a developer advocate, senior engineer, and occasional designer at Gatsby.https://www.gatsbyjs.orghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV2zu9FvUTw - React Finalnd: Gatsby and Themes The Future of Gatsby5 minutes of React - podcast about React hot topics and JavaScript ecosystem. https…