698: Why is AI Bad at CSS, Monofonts, and Safari Dev Tools

ShopTalk

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4.9 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Show DescriptionWhy are AI tools so bad at CSS layout, Robin Rendle inspired monospaced fonts, CodePen's slideVars library, why are Safari dev tools so hard to use, button follow up, and what player component does ShopTalk use for it's website? Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Clair Obscur | Expedition 33 Apple One Where’s the AI design renaissance? Outlyne Bolt Lando Norris Robin Rendle Dave Rupert Casey Newton slideVars - Automatic Sliders for CSS Custom Properties Media Chrome Docs SponsorsAxe-conAxe-con - the world's largest digital accessibility conference is from the makers of Axe-core and Axe DevTools Browser Extension. Taking place online on February 24-25. Registration is free and also gets you access to the on-demand recordings. Axe-con has a specific Development Track for dev content - some top speakers are Ire Aderinokun (front-end developer and Google developer expert), Jesse Beach (Software Engineering Manager at Meta), and other prominent folks from orgs like Coinbase, Zendesk, Red Hat, Atlassian, and more.

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0:00.0	You're live in life.
0:17.0	You're live.
0:23.7	Hey!
0:25.3	Shamaniacs.
0:26.2	I was looking at the questions, the show knows.
0:29.2	Good to see you again.
0:30.4	Hey, Chris, how are you?
0:32.0	I'm okay.
0:32.9	A little sore throat, tis the season.
0:35.1	It's okay.
0:35.4	That's my blue shot, got my COVID shot. So I'm like, good to go there, but it doesn't prevent you from a little post-nasal drip, I'm afraid. Oh, yeah. Everyone's got sicknesses. I just got over it. Or like I had it earlier. And then now, I don't know. I think I have a boomerang, like, you know, big old sinuses. But we're also, like,
0:56.9	just got a bunch of weather. I mean, I know it's cold, actually cold where you're at,
1:02.1	but we have cold that came through. And whenever it comes through, it's just kind of like a,
1:06.4	you know, a 40 degree drop or something. And so all this wind comes. And then I think so it's allergies.
1:11.8	That's what's hard about Austin.
1:13.9	Yeah.
1:14.3	You know,
1:15.0	allergies when it's cold.
1:16.4	Okay.
1:16.9	If you get a chance,
1:17.9	pull up an Austin allergy map.
1:20.1	It is basically year round,
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