666: What Are the Evils of the Web Platform?

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4.8 • 625 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Show DescriptionHow it all comes back to the why column, dark patterns, privacy and tracking, getting emails forever from one purchase, how to be bold with communication while still being respectful, HTMHell, CSS mistakes, are we anti-JSON, and the state of FitVid in 2025. Listen on Website →Links Markup from hell - HTMHell Incomplete List of Mistakes in the Design of CSS [CSS Working Group Wiki] JSON Editing Douglas Crockford on JSON Fluid Video Plugin Sponsors

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0:00.0	And lo, on this day, the seventh seal of HTML hell was open,
0:05.5	dark patterns of greed and corruption spewing forth from its gaping maw.
0:10.6	But fear not, dear listener, our heroes are on the scene.
0:15.0	Still, the question remains.
0:17.6	Will they be able to stop the nightmare with nothing but their wit and wisdom to guide them tune in now
0:24.1	wind up
0:25.6	god You've entered the Shadow Dom.
0:47.0	Welcome ShopperMediax to episode 666 of the Shop Talk show.
0:54.9	I'm Dave the Dark Lord, Rupert, and with me is Chris.
1:01.8	Christopher Coyer.
1:04.1	Christopher?
1:05.3	Uh-huh.
1:05.9	Never heard of that.
1:06.8	Christopher.
1:07.8	That's Lucifer's brother who's even worse.
1:13.3	He's even meaner.
1:18.0	I write bad HTML.
1:21.1	Yeah, he doesn't validate his code.
1:24.3	He's the worst.
1:27.4	On that note, I do have a slight correction for previous episodes. code he's the worst.
1:29.5	On that note, I do have a slight correction from previous episodes.
1:33.2	Members of the accessibility
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