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547: WordPress and GraphQL with Jason Bahl

Jason Bahl joins the show to talk about the GraphQL and WordPress connection, his work on WP GraphQL plugin, Faust and Atlas from WP Engine, Jamstack and Wordpress, and more.




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581: DevRel, Musical Mics, Social Sharing, and 100 Years of WordPress

Dave calls a quick Luro branding meeting, some thoughts on DevRel, Chris tries to figure out musical instrument mics, follow up on WordPress from a previous episode, Chris' journey through the social graph options, 100 year hosting with WordPress, and the introduction of a new segment: Happy Project Share Time.




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585: Blog Redesign, Sounds on a Website, Accessibility Tests, and Safari 17

Chris redesigned his blog, using sounds on your website to make it seem fancy, what can't automated accessibility tests test, and what's new in Safari 17.




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589: CSS Functions, Read It Later, Making Money in Business, and More

A quick bit of union news follow up, CSS function round up, Read It Later inside Feedbin, fun uses for a Stream Deck+, how to turn up the money dial in your own business, and having the audacity to call yourself a publisher.




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602: What Does Accessibility Really Mean?

Voiceover pays us a visit, we talk about what accessibility really means, the difficulty of closing a dialogue element, web components at work, and jQuery 4 is out.




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608: Can WordPress Kill Your Resume, Fav Parts of Web Dev, Exploring HTMX, and more!

We're opening up the ShopTalk mailbag and answering your questions, including does WordPress on your resume kill your job chances, what are our fav and least fav parts of web dev, our thoughts on HTMX, and what is it like to use pnpm instead of npm.




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613: Recording Live Music, WebC, Open Source, & WordPress Studio

Chris bought recording gear off an Instagram ad, our thoughts on WebC, CodePen upgrades Yarn, thoughts on the commercial value of open source, Automattic releases an app to install WordPress locally, IBM buys Hashicorp, income tax software, and a hack for getting Safari to respect background colors used in a pseudo selector.




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621: Setting Up Prettier and Linting, Comparing Colors, and Accessibility Overlays

We've got follow up on Cloudflare and Cara from last episode, a question about setting up Prettier and auto linting, a cool tool from a listener on comparing colors, a question about using tooling like Craft or more user friendly apps like Webflow when working with clients, and our takes on accessibility overlays.




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630: Frostapalooza Recap, Follow Up, and Messy Codebases

Chris has a birthday today 🎉, we recap our Frostapalooza experience celebrating Brad Frost's birthday, do all codebases become a mess, Mermaid, TLDraw, and Figjam thoughts, making tiny games, where's the follow up in web and world news, and what's the current state of CMS' on the web?




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634: Fabian Kägy on WordPress, Blocks, and Enterprise Dev

Fabian Kägy helps us understand the modern WordPress development process, Gutenberg vs Block editor vs full site editing, building with blocks or pages, what's coming in the Twenty Twenty-Five Theme, and whether the theme authoring process has been made too difficult in 2024?




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636: W Hot Drama Week (WordPress, WP Engine, and Web Components – Oh My!)

We're getting some feelings out about WordPress and Matt Mullenweg vs WP Engine drama, as well as the Web Components conversation that happened this past week.




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Beware of excess cement

Cement deteriorates with age, and has an inherent weakness of cracking.




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In times of distress

It is only through community action can we tackle water shortage.




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Unsuccessful malls on the verge of closure

Poor management practices have resulted in many malls across the country becoming unviable spaces.




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Pressure to possess

Buildings need to become simpler and smaller, without compromising on the essential needs.




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Water lessons

Late rains, drought, flood, water shortage, sanitation… issues remaining to be tackled are many.




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A premium for cleanliness

If you’re looking at buying a home, take a pick from one of India’s cleanest cities.




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Balrampur Chini hopes success of polylactic acid plant will be sweet

In conversation with Avantika Saraogi, ED, and Stefan Barot, President, Chemicals Division, Balrampur Chini Mills




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The last thing business founders need is a wasteful public spat

As entrepreneurship explodes in India, we need more iconic founders who not only build sustainable firms but also retain their humility




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Cargo companies upsize for new business

Booming demand for ecommerce delivery spurs freight handlers to open more centres, digitise for efficiency




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Gopal Rai calls meeting over Winter Action Plan progress 




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Haryana Congress to move court over ‘violations’ by BJP during Assembly poll

Panel to gather information from party’s candidates about various violations




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Congress gears up for Delhi poll battle with month-long ‘Nyay Yatra’

Maken, Sukhu flag off foot march; Kharge, Rahul expected to join at different junctures; yatra scheduled to end on Dec. 4; people won’t forget Cong.’s tie-up with AAP in Lok Sabha election: BJP




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Accessibility for disabled persons is a human and a fundamental right: SC judgment

The court asked the government to enable the creation of public and private spaces, services and products of an ‘universal design’ which could be accessed by everyone, regardless of their ability, age, or status




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Congress holds 25-km ‘Nyay Yatra’ in old Delhi




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Delhi Assembly elections | Congress leader Mateen Ahmed joins AAP, AAP leader Harsharan Singh Balli returns to BJP

Setback for Congress as five-time MLA Mateen Ahmed jumps ship to Aam Aadmi Party, days after his son, daughter-in-law join Kejriwal-led party; former Minister Balli quits AAP and returns to BJP




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1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Delhi HC says murder trial to continue against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler

Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri was hearing a plea filed by Mr. Tytler seeking a stay on the trial proceedings taking place against him in a Delhi court. The court would continue with the hearing on November 29




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Values that make a business tick

The authors use their experience to show that business should be about ethics, dharma and more




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Lessons learnt in the hot seat

Jeff Immelt, the former CEO of GE, recounts his experience of steering the company during turbulent times




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Cashing out of a business, smartly

The book draws upon diverse experiences of entrepreneurs to highlight the need for an exit strategy




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International conference to recommend policies to address gender inequality at farms

“The conference aims to promote the sharing of cutting-edge knowledge on gender and inclusion in agri-food systems.”




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Mangoes in Tamil Nadu hit by excessive heat, but farmers hopeful

Farmers in Tamil Nadu are struggling with poor yield, but there is also good news with new varieties being discovered




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Eyebrows raised as Central team visits Anantapur to assess rabi drought during rainy kharif

The team choosing mandals like Vidapanakallu and Vajrakarur which received excessive rain in June, draws flak from farmers and district officials alike; farmers worry as to how to present their drought woes to the officials who are visiting their fields which are now rain-fed and green




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India’s agri transformation a lesson for others: Modi

India has become the second-largest producer of food grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton, sugar, and tea, says PM Modi at the inauguration of the 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists




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Shivraj Chouhan blames Congress again for problems in agricultural sector; Opposition walks out in Rajya Sabha

Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar asks Mr. Chouhan to look at pending issues of farmers




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Mangrove restoration in T.N. makes a small but steady progress

The Tamil Nadu Forest Department and non-governmental organisations are working to restore mangroves at various sites of the Ennore-Pulicat wetlands. In the meantime, the National Centre for Coastal Research has identified land available for restoration in Cuddalore, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, and Thoothukudi




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PM Modi expresses condolences over demise of renowned organic farmer Pappammal

In 2021, she was given the Padma Shri award for popularising organic farming in India and was regarded as a pioneer in the agriculture field




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After loss of one vision, carpenter overcomes odds to script a success story in farming

After Udayakumar, from Mahadevikadu, near Haripad, lost his vision in one eye 15 years ago, his career as a woodworker came to an abrupt end. He then turned to agriculture to find solace and success through determination and resilience.




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The certainty trap [electronic resource] : why we need to question ourselves more--and how we can judge others less / Ilana Redstone ; foreword by Joe Walsh.

Durham, North Carolina : Pitchstone Publishing, [2024]





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Why statistics don't define Siraj's success...

Statistics don't always reflect a true picture, and Siraj doesn't want to be critical of himself regarding the number of wickets in his kitty.




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Women in India earn 19% less than men: report




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Business confidence dips to 5-month low in May




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RBI panel to study FinTech business in India




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Sun Pharma to focus on skincare to boost OTC business




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Rupee settles flat at 84.07 against U.S. dollar for second straight session

The local unit was also weighed down by elevated crude oil prices as well as firm American currency amid rising U.S. treasury yields, forex traders said.




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BJP protecting SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch from answering to PAC: Congress

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said Ms. Buch was being protected from giving answers to Parliament, from resigning as SEBI chief and from an investigation into her alleged links with the Adani Group companies. Ms. Buch had skipped the PAC meeting citing personal reasons




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Markets fall in early trade on relentless foreign fund outflows

Equity indices fall due to foreign fund outflows and muted earnings, with Sensex and Nifty declining in early trade




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Documentary on Srirangam’s processinal deity screened




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T.N. stretch of Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway may be completed by August 2025

While the 24.50-km package from Walajapet to Arakkonam has the most progress, with over 84% of the work being carried out, the Arakkonam to Kancheepuram package has the least progress with about 52%