ShopTalk

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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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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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Studioworks
Manage clients and contacts, send branded invoices, receive payments, access educational resources, and connect with a supportive community.

We’re building the best business hub for freelancers who want a custom client experience that feels polished and professional — with much more in store.

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Catching up on holidays adventures, Dave's year in ADHD land, and our predictions for 2026.

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Madhur Jaffrey Teaches Indian Cooking

What’s Going to Happen in Web Dev During 2026 - Syntax #967

2025 - Web Performance Calendar

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Studioworks
Manage clients and contacts, send branded invoices, receive payments, access educational resources, and connect with a supportive community.

We’re building the best business hub for freelancers who want a custom client experience that feels polished and professional — with much more in store.

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After a bit of gaming talk, Chris and Dave are sharing a bunch of cool projects that our Discord community members have been sharing over the past year including things like a web component based admin bar, shape CSS generators, new website portfolios, HTML-first web framework, email markup databases, miniature paintings, AI tools and ducks, and a lot more.

ShopTalk will be taking a break after this episode until the new year. Happy holidays for 2025 and we look forward to a great year in 2026 sharing our love of all things HTML, CSS, and building websites.

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BALL x PIT on Steam

Overwatch 2

Call of Duty® | Best-Selling Video Game Franchise

THE FINALS on Steam

Welcome to Steam

Home | Vulkan | Cross platform 3D Graphics

Dota 2

Counter-Strike 2

Learn JavaScript, React, and TypeScript to Node.js, Fullstack, and Backend | Frontend Masters

HTML for People

GitHub - StfBauer/markshell: Markshell allows you to convert Markdown to a beautiful output on the shell, Ideal for any custom built NodeJS CLI.

Admin Bar Component | Will Browar

ship-shape.win

Quina - Menu

Crashlands 2 | Games | Butterscotch Shenanigans

How Many Dudes? on Steam

Unoffice Hours Webring

Unoffice Hours - Dave Smyth

Dynamic Dummy Image Generator - DummyImage.com

Lynn Fisher

Nestflix

o(m)g:image | Question 1

Making o(m)g:image, Part III: The HTML - Jim Nielsen’s Blog

Outlyne - AI Website Builder | Create Stunning Websites with AI

Greenwood

I Hid a Dozen Easter Eggs on This Website – Unapologetic

MacStories - Apple news, app reviews, and stories by Federico Viticci and friends.

SotB14 | State of the Browser 14

The Email Markup Database

(2) Post | LinkedIn

Storybook MCP sneak peek

Andy Ford - miniature painter

Rubber AI

Baseline Tennis - Ulimate Tennis ladder for competitive and casual players

Intersecting Us - Where we explore math stories together.

bitty - a web tool for interesting pages

Dolphin Maker 2.0

Chris Enns + Lemon Productions

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Studioworks
Manage clients and contacts, send branded invoices, receive payments, access educational resources, and connect with a supportive community.

We’re building the best business hub for freelancers who want a custom client experience that feels polished and professional — with much more in store.

Show Description
Chris and Jessica from Studioworks join us to talk about their new app, why they're uniquely qualified to run an invoicing app, what the long term vision is for Studioworks, pricing models of subscription apps, how invoicing isn't just for web nerds anymore, helping neurospicy people get paid for their work, and what it's like to transfer to a new invoicing app.

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Guests
Jessica Hische
Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social
Jessica Hische is a lettering artist and author with a tendency to overshare and a penchant for procrastiworking.

Chris Shiflett
Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social
Chris Shiflett is a husband, father, entrepreneur, community leader, author, speaker, and amateur athlete.

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Studioworks.app

The web's grain by Frank Chimero

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tldraw
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Why do we turkey when there's so many (better) options for meals, how many hobbies do we really need and why can't we do all of them, Clues by Sam difficulties and doing the puzzle game circuit, does Dave like D&D or does Dave like systems, the ongoing web monetization attempts, and Brecht on range group.

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Alton Brown Cooks Food | Episode 1: The Big Bird

Big Green Egg

Tobi Workwear

Clues By Sam

Stars – Daily Puzzle | Inkwell Games

Fields – Daily Puzzle | Inkwell Games

Tiled Words

646: Hard Code & Soft Skills – ShopTalk

Lasers & Feelings by John Harper

Greetings, Scoundrel | Blades in the Dark RPG

Monster of the Week – Evil Hat

Mothership RPG – Tuesday Knight Games

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game | Paizo

Baldur's Gate 3 on Steam

633: Thomas Steiner on AI in Chrome and the Web – ShopTalk

Web Monetization is Still Inching Along – Frontend Masters Blog

Open Letter

Interledger Foundation

Web Monetization – Chrome Web Store

GateHub

Grid Paper

utilitybend Blog

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tldraw
Have you ever wanted to build an app that works kinda like Miro or Figma, that has a zoomable infinite canvas, that’s multiplayer, and really good, but you also want to build it in React with normal React components on the canvas?

Good news! tldraw is the world’s first, best, and only SDK for building infinite canvas apps in React.

tldraw takes care of all the canvas complexities — things like the camera, selection logic, and undo redo — so that you can focus on building the features that matter to your users. It’s easy to use with plenty of examples and starter kits, including a kit where you can use AI to create things on the canvas.

Get started for free at tldraw.dev/shoptalk, or run npm create tldraw to spin up a starter kit.