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A podcast about web design and development. Released as audio and video.

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713: AI + Design Systems with Brad and Ian Frost thumbnail

713: AI + Design Systems with Brad and Ian Frost

4 May 2026

AI's evolving role in design workflows streamlines tasks like website redesign and component generation, balancing automation with human oversight, ethical UX considerations, accessibility, and alignment with design systems while addressing challenges of compliance, adaptability, and intentional decision-making.

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712: Lazy Loading the Web with Scott Jehl thumbnail

712: Lazy Loading the Web with Scott Jehl

27 Apr 2026

Squarespace's use of Intersection Observer API for lazy loading video/audio addresses retrofit challenges, optimizes bandwidth/eco-friendliness, navigates browser preloading behaviors, and explores accessibility, layout shift prevention, evolving web standards, and collaborative development efforts.

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711: Where did Oh My Zsh Come From? And Using Rails in 2026 thumbnail

711: Where did Oh My Zsh Come From? And Using Rails in 2026

20 Apr 2026

Ruby on Rails' resurgence in modern applications and large-scale systems like Shopify highlights its improved scalability, while addressing infrastructure complexity, legacy maintenance challenges, dependency risks, AI-driven automation potential, cultural barriers, and the need for streamlined workflows and future-proof design to reduce technical debt.

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710: Simen Svale from Sanity thumbnail

710: Simen Svale from Sanity

13 Apr 2026

Sanity's JSON-based, real-time headless CMS decouples content from presentation for cross-channel reuse, emphasizes structured data integration with AI, centralizes schema management via its MCP, and addresses legacy system challenges through tools like Pencil and Ingest to enable scalable collaboration.

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703: Ujjwal Sharma and TC39 thumbnail

703: Ujjwal Sharma and TC39

23 Feb 2026

ECMAScript is explained as the formal JavaScript standard, while JavaScript refers to particular implementations, with TC39 governing the language's evolution through a five-stage proposal process.

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