The long slow decline
Episode Summary
Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert join Adam and Jerod for a ShopTalk & Friends conversation on the viability of the web, making content, ads to support that content, Codepen’s future plans, books, side quests, and social networks devaluing links.
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Featuring:Chris Coyier – Website, GitHub, XDave Rupert – Website, GitHub, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:Big news - A new era for the Changelog Podcast Universe and CPU.fm launches in 2025.
ShopTalk Show
Codepen
Number Flow
Dave’s bookshelf
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