Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert dissect CSS, CMS workflows, and AI coding agents weekly.
ShopTalk Show pairs relaxed developer banter with real front-end problem solving. Recent episodes move from CSS layout tricks and browser animation APIs to Sanity, TC39, the sanitizer API, and the odd travel or movie detour.
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ShopTalk Show is a long-running two-host interview and panel podcast for front-end web professionals, recorded weekly by Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert. Most episodes open with a listener-submitted question — often about CMS authoring, accessibility, or a CSS edge case — before moving into an extended conversation with an invited guest from the web development or design-tools world. Recurring subject matter includes CSS layout mechanics (anchor positioning, grid, container style queries, custom properties), content management systems and editorial workflows, web components, and the browser platform's ongoing feature releases (Safari updates, PWA install behavior, CSS functions). A large and growing share of recent episodes is devoted to AI coding tools — Cursor-style agents, MCP servers, Anthropic's 'skills' concept, and the practical failure modes of AI-generated code — discussed from the perspective of practitioners integrating these tools into real front-end work rather than as abstract hype. Guests have included Sanity.io's Simon and TLDraw founder Steve Ruiz, generally people building developer tools, CMS platforms, or design/canvas software. Chris Coyier draws on his CodePen background for questions about editors, authoring tools, and browser-based games; Dave Rupert brings a working developer's perspective on CSS demos and AI-agent experimentation. The tone is conversational and informal, with tangents and running jokes alongside technical explanation, rather than a scripted or narrative structure. Listeners benefit most if they already write front-end code and want opinionated, example-driven takes rather than tutorial-level basics. The show functions partly as an oral history of current web-dev debates — CMS design, browser compatibility, and now AI tooling — as they unfold in real time.
Made for: Front-end developers and web professionals who want practitioner-level discussion of CSS features, CMS architecture, and emerging AI coding tools.
What sets it apart: Pairs two working front-end practitioners answering listener-submitted technical questions with guest interviews, grounding abstract topics like AI agents and MCP in day-to-day CSS and CMS build work rather than generalist tech-news coverage.
ShopTalk is a podcast about front end web design, development and UX. Each week Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert are joined by a special guest to talk shop and answer listener submitted questions.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
ShopTalk Show makes front-end craft legible by connecting browser APIs and interface decisions to the practical work of building and maintaining software.
ShopTalk Show turns front-end design into a lively working conversation, with Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert moving easily between practical implementation, visual choices, and the habits behind software making.
Browser APIs become lively arguments that make you care about sanitizers, anchors, and oddly specific CSS.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A lively builder conversation about AI agents, content tools, and why good software still needs human taste.
ShopTalk Show brings Simon, Sanity's CTO and co-founder, back for a loose, lively conversation about content systems, AI coding agents, and the human judgment still needed to make software worth maintaining.
A funny, practical web-design chat where one CSS min() detail opens into a larger conversation about maintainable sites.
ShopTalk Show 709ad is web craft as loose shop talk: Chris and Dave riff on episode-count bravado, AI taking the job, and the oddly satisfying business of making layouts behave. The useful bit is small but real.
A practical, bantery ShopTalk Show episode on making popovers and dialogs animate from the point of interaction.
ShopTalk Show turns a loose morning chat into a compact CSS craft session, centered on anchor positioning, popovers, starting styles, and the much-grumbled-over allow-discrete value.
A loose, practical ShopTalk conversation about the Sanitizer API and the tradeoffs behind safer HTML handling.
ShopTalk Show turns a new web security API into the kind of practical craft conversation it does best. Dave Rupert and Chris Coyier keep the mood loose, with just enough bad security jokes, while Frederick Braun from Mozilla's Firefox application security team explains what the…
A casual, useful ShopTalk Show riff on clickbait promises, podcast pacing, and why AI coding tools need browser context.
Dave and Chris turn a loose ShopTalk Show hang into a sharp conversation about the promises web media makes and the tools developers now expect to work beside.
A loose, funny web-craft episode about vibe coding, blocked APIs, and the stubborn rules of usable UI.
Dave Rupert and Chris Coyier let a loose web-craft chat wander into the strange, still-unsettled business of making things with AI. The episode starts with the texture of online habit, from watching Balatro videos to the way streamers have to think about what comes after a…
A lively, technical ShopTalk Show conversation about TL Draw, web canvases, and making interactive tools practical.
ShopTalk Show brings Dave Rupert and Chris Coyier together with Steve Ruiz for a loose, technically minded conversation about TL Draw and the kinds of products people want to build on an infinite canvas.
A funny, practical riff on keeping publishing tools generous for writers and strict about what reaches the page.
Dave and Chris Coyier turn a loose ShopTalk Show conversation into a practical case for restraint in publishing tools. After the usual pop-culture riffing, they settle into a sharp point about WYSIWYG editors, Markdown, and the HTML that can leak out when authors are given too…
Long-form Apple talk with sharp product judgment and deep tech history.
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Henry Eliot walks Paris, Lisbon, and Cambridge to unlock classic novels with expert guests.
Simon brings Sanity back, and Dave and Chris spend the first stretch wobbling through a sanity bit before the useful stuff kicks in.
Chris and Dave come in merged.
Two hosts reminisce about a past trip to Hawaii for a conference, reflecting on life-changing experiences and the legacy of their friend Christopher Schmidt.
The host shares a chaotic travel story involving sleep deprivation and a noisy neighbor, while discussing movies like 'Parasite' and 'DTF Detroit' in a comedic, rambling style.
The hosts discuss video production challenges and ideas for improving camera setup during their podcast recordings.
Dave and Chris ease in.
Security jokes run out fast.
Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert discuss JavaScript, ECMAScript, and the TC39 standards group with guest Ajwal from Egalia.
A podcast about front-end web design, development, and UX, with hosts discussing industry topics and answering listener questions.
Chris and Dave discuss what happens to your digital assets after death, mixing humor with tech philosophy.
The hosts celebrate episode 700 with banter about 3D printing glasses and discuss front end web development.
Chris and Dave discuss the distinction between internet and web developers, with guest Jeremy Keith, in a casual tech talk show.
The click still needs confirming.
Value arrives weirdly fast.
Steve Ruiz shows up relaxed and ready to talk.
Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert interview Brad and Ian Frost about their European trip and web development topics.
Chris and Dave introduce the episode and guest Peter Pistorius, discussing speech habits and his influence from CSS Tricks.
Chris and Dave discuss whether HTML can import itself, comparing it to CSS and JavaScript import capabilities, with guest Jake Archibald.
Chris and Dave interview Jen Simmons about new web platform features and Safari updates.
A humorous episode of ShopTalk Show discussing front-end web development, accessibility, and dark patterns.
Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert discuss front-end web development, programming languages, and answer listener questions with humor.
Chris and Dave discuss AI's impact on web development and review the Windsurf code editor.
Chris and Dave discuss listener questions and front-end web development topics with a guest.
Chris and Dave discuss front end web development, including alternative browsers and HTML humor.
Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert discuss front-end web development, issue a correction about a conference organizer, and answer listener questions about alternatives to US-based cloud services.
Chris and Dave discuss listener topics about teaching CSS from scratch and front-end development.
Chris and Dave discuss a new carousel configurator demo in Chrome Canary with guest Adam Argyle.
Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert chat with guest Andy Bell about his studio Set Studio, domain names, and front end development tools.
Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert interview web personality David Darnes about front-end development and listener questions.
Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert discuss their new YouTube channel and the benefits of video for their front-end web design podcast.
Two developers discuss their busy schedules, podcast quality, and share memories of hypnotist shows from school assemblies and vacations.
The hosts discuss whether their podcast's tagline needs updating, reflect on recent AI-focused episodes, and explore the evolution of design inspiration platforms like Dribbble.
This episode of the Shop Talk Show features casual conversation between hosts about parenting challenges, including dealing with a sick child during a workday and humorous family anecdotes.
Dave opens with a rap-bit cold open, then the conversation drifts from aging out of pop-culture radar into the everyday hassle of letting authors write for the web.
This episode of the Shop Talk Show podcast features hosts Dave Rupert and Chris Coyier interviewing special guest Jason Lengstorf, discussing their history in web design and content creation.