All Episodes

January 23, 2025 72 mins

This week, Robbie and Chuck talk with Adam Argyle about the quirks of CSS and JavaScript tooling, and modern web development. They discuss why JavaScript often takes center stage over CSS, the funding disparities between them, and what this means for developers.

In this episode:

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (02:32) - Whiskey review: Standard Spirit Wormwood Rye
  • (07:54) - Social media and Blue Sky
  • (09:39) - Is cereal soup?
  • (11:15) - The Hot Dog and sandwich debate
  • (17:55) - JavaScript library guilty pleasures
  • (25:40) - CSS vs. JavaScript tooling
  • (34:52) - How Tailwind is funded
  • (35:58) - Politics in business
  • (41:36) - Shotgun debugging and pair programming
  • (47:46) - What is the FG scale?
  • (49:51) - Robbie’s big Tailwind “FG”
  • (51:16) - CSS carousel
  • (57:08) - The complexity of CSS and HTML
  • (01:07:15) - The importance of accessibility
  • (01:08:54) - The problem with AI in CSS
  • (01:09:54) - Plugs
Links
Mark as Played

Advertise With Us

Popular Podcasts

Dateline NBC

Dateline NBC

Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com

24/7 News: The Latest

24/7 News: The Latest

The latest news in 4 minutes updated every hour, every day.

Therapy Gecko

Therapy Gecko

An unlicensed lizard psychologist travels the universe talking to strangers about absolutely nothing. TO CALL THE GECKO: follow me on https://www.twitch.tv/lyleforever to get a notification for when I am taking calls. I am usually live Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays but lately a lot of other times too. I am a gecko.

Music, radio and podcasts, all free. Listen online or download the iHeart App.

Connect

© 2025 iHeartMedia, Inc.