Jason Bahl joins the show to talk about the GraphQL and WordPress connection, his work on WP GraphQL plugin, Faust and Atlas from WP Engine, Jamstack and Wordpress, and more.

Kristin Valentine from Vox joins the show to talk about text editor CMS fun across multiple sites, Vox's Chorus, The Verge redesign, sharing Design Systems, theming articles, and a fun new game called "Can Your Text Editor Do This??"

Topics for this one include how do you learn about web performance news? Do you need a web components sommelier? Our thoughts on Syntax going to Sentry, and being able to focus on the things you want to focus on. Passkeys, Arc split screen, and vibe driven development.

Dave calls a quick Luro branding meeting, some thoughts on DevRel, Chris tries to figure out musical instrument mics, follow up on WordPress from a previous episode, Chris' journey through the social graph options, 100 year hosting with WordPress, and the introduction of a new segment: Happy Project Share Time.

Chris redesigned his blog, using sounds on your website to make it seem fancy, what can't automated accessibility tests test, and what's new in Safari 17.

Talking web components, progressive enhancement, style-able components, having to pay before you get to see a demo, being annoyed at the business of SEO, and subscriptions vs ads.

What is a home cooked app? Blake Watson is on this episode to talk all about the kinds of apps that make a good home cooked app, tips and advice he has for making them, resisting the urge to monetize or growth hack them, and a few CodePen v2 thoughts sprinkled in at the end.

Chris bought recording gear off an Instagram ad, our thoughts on WebC, CodePen upgrades Yarn, thoughts on the commercial value of open source, Automattic releases an app to install WordPress locally, IBM buys Hashicorp, income tax software, and a hack for getting Safari to respect background colors used in a pseudo selector.

Adam Argyle stops by to chat about the conversation that's happening around CSS Grid / Masonry. What do we want? What might Apple's response to Google be? And nitpicking the spec just for fun.

We're chatting with Jason Grigsby about what a white-collar recession means, how the sources and methods of consuming news shape our perspectives, whether the current economic conditions represent a market correction and if a rebound is imminent. We explore the critical decision of whether to embrace AI advancements or risk being left behind. We also talk about AI-generated voices, large language models and ethics, and the impact of social media signals in an AI world.

We're talking website rendering, server side rendering, Astro's server islands, perf hits for navigation elements, updating software because the docs aren't available for older versions, and a new Microsoft Edge was released.

Brian Muenzenmeyer joins the show to talk about his book, Approachable Open Source, ways we can make open source easier to get in, important conversations around funding and supporting open source, and whether money helps maintainers deal with burnout or not?

How important is the DX of software vs how important is the person showing off the software, Douglas Crockford and JSON, remembering XML, trying to write better HTML for email, new TC39 proposal, workshopping t-shirts, and what do you do if you want a little bit of database on your website?

We will have to brace ourselves for a likely water deficient scenario from June to September this year.

A bunch of Chennai students are making Paani Genie, a 90-litre water container that can be rolled along.

Experts tell us why the country’s solar revolution needs the involvement of developers and not just a few enthusiastic individuals

Late rains, drought, flood, water shortage, sanitation… issues remaining to be tackled are many.

RB driver Liam Lawson apologised to Sergio Perez after the pair clashed at the Mexican Grand Prix but the New Zealand rookie said he would not change his aggressive approach to Formula One racing.

Why headhunters go for traits like leadership, communication, and emotional intelligence

Sun-sational growth: In September, India’s installed solar power capacity reached 90,762 MW. Given the current rate of monthly capacity additions, there is little doubt that installed capacity will exceed 100 GW in 2024-25.

After West Asia, oil-rich countries like Uzbekistan are generating demand for solar energy 

Personal fitness diary

From picking the right module to asking the right questions on quality and maintenance, a shopping guide for rooftop solar systems

Startup sets out to fill a crucial gap in satellite imagery for real-world applications

Data from the CPCB's Sameer app, which provides hourly AQI updates, showed that out of the 38 monitoring stations, 13 were in the severe category with readings above 400

Lakhs of devotees offer ‘Sandhya Arghya’ to the setting sun on the third day of the four-day festival; political leaders make a beeline for ghats with an eye on Purvanchali voters ahead of Assembly poll

The longtime JMM-loyalist, who has now switched to the BJP, adds that decisions he had taken as CM — on tribal language education, PESA implementation, and jump-starting state recruitments — have been put on hold now

AAP chief asks supporters to devote as much time as possible to help the party win upcoming Delhi Assembly election, launches mobile number, website to register volunteers; playing victim card: BJP

Addressing an event of an educational institution in New Delhi, the Vice-President said it is time to "bid adieu to this"

The court asked the government to enable the creation of public and private spaces, services and products of an ‘universal design’ which could be accessed by everyone, regardless of their ability, age, or status

Key solar indicators were lower this week, with average daily solar
flux down from 194.3 to 170.5 and average daily sunspot numbers
declining from 129.3 to 127.7.

On October 22, Spaceweather.com reported:

"THE SUN IS TAKING A QUICK BREAK: Solar Max is hard work. Just ask
the Sun. After flaring almost without pause for the past 10 months,
the Sun is taking a quick break. Solar activity has been low fo...

Solar activity increased this week. Average daily sunspot number
went from 127.7 to 197.4 and average solar flux from 170.5 to 240.2.

Predicted solar flux is 270 on November 1-2, 265 and 260 on November
3-4, 250 on November 5-7, 214, 195 and 182 on November 8-10, 172,
168, 174 and 165 on November 11-14, and 162 on November 15-16.

Predicted planetary A index is 5, 8, 15, and 10 on November 1-4, 5
on N...

A rare November hurricane made landfall in western Cuba as a Category 3 storm Wednesday and continued to move slowly toward the northwest Thursday morning. Volunteer ham radio operators were there to provide surface reports to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Hurricane Rafael left Cuba’s 10 million residents without power and on Thursday afternoon was a Category 2 storm moving away from C...

The tech journalist and author of Coders explains how programmers have such a huge impact in our everyday lives

The author shows a mirror to our own lives

Jeff Immelt, the former CEO of GE, recounts his experience of steering the company during turbulent times

Your brand is also about how the world perceives you

Kaji Nemu, a variety of indigenous lemon, was declared the state fruit of Assam, and lovers of this fruit, share thoughts about this tangy delight

Some trivia from prisons across the country

Using a method called accelerated anaerobic composting, a demonstration plant installed in a gated community in Hyderabad is turning dry leaves into bio-manure with recommended nitrogen and carbon content

The district received 26.5 mm of rain in 72 hours against the average of 1.9 mm

With over 80% dip in yield following adverse weather conditions, the prospects of earning profits have faded; the situation has turned adverse, as competitors from Telangana and Tamil Nadu started supplying stocks to the pulp units predominantly located in Chittoor district

Minister for Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare M.R.K.Panneerselvam, while presenting the State’s Agriculture Budget, had said that Geographical Indication tag would be obtained for 10 agricultural products at a cost of ₹30 lakh

The monsoon brings nearly 70% of the rain India needs to water farms and refill reservoirs and aquifers; nearly half of the farmland depends on the annual rains