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584: Community, Partnerships, Images, and Astro with Fred K. Schott

Fred K. Schott stops by to talk about building community, open source and sponsorship, building on partnerships in the dev community, WordPress + Astro, view transitions, using Discord for support, and leaking secret Astro Studio details.




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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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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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606: Web Sustainability with Michelle Barker

Show DescriptionWe're talking with Michelle Barker about the idea of paying to support bloggers (and podcasters!) via services like Patreon, drumming as a fun side gig from CSS, how big of an issue digital sustainability is, trying to understand the environmental impact of our websites and digital life, wondering why YouTube embeds are still so […]




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610: TypeScript in 2024, Signals, Productivity Sniped, and Follow Up

Dave's about to be eclipsed, the state of TypeScript in 2024, signals stage zero proposal, corrections on accessibility in frameworks (thanks!), web apps for better collaborative writing, getting productivity sniped, the problem with email may be you, indieweb follow up, and ultimate guitar tab apps.




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611: React! TypeScript! Jobification! Drupal!

Dave & Chris and thoughts on career advice that worked 3 years ago but isn't as helpful now, marking tests with ChatGPT, is taking a Drupal job in 2024 a good idea, Chris got #gear sniped, P3 color follow up, the confusing File System APIs, and where did all the lightboxes go?




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620: Cloudflare #HotDrama, Auth, and Prototyping Thoughts

Show DescriptionWe dive a bit deeper into the Cloudflare drama of the past couple of weeks, Instagram ads vs Cara art, what to do about Auth in your app, pre-negging any sponsorships, prototyping and feedback on projects, and ideas for future topics. Listen on Website →Links Cloudflare took down our website after trying to force […]




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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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Improve quality of indoor air

Outdoor air pollutants are impacting the indoor environment and builders have to take remedial measures, says M.A. Siraj




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Green dream a reality now

Chennai-based green building consultant Sumitra Vasudevan gives tips on how to ensure your home has a low carbon footprint.




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How a city deals with water

Water flows through streams and channels and forms a distinct part of the urban landscape of Tehran.




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Alternatives and affordability

Each housing project has to be site-specific, culturally appropriate and climatically conforming.




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Rooting for sustainability

At the World Bamboo Congress held in Korea this year, Rebecca Reubens spoke about bamboo’s potential for holistic sustainability through design.




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Typecasting eco-ideas

Important public buildings ignore the time-tested lessons of sustainability found in local architecture. By SATHYA PRAKASH VARANASHI




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Bikes for last mile connectivity

The Japanese are increasingly shunning cars to help the urban environment get greener.




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Give high priority to fire safety

In majority of high-rise buildings, power supply distribution and meter panels are located in the basement floors making them vulnerable to fire mishaps, writes Avala Buchi Reddy




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Style and substance, from waste

Many architects with green ideologies have converted waste to usable construction material, some of it in the most innovative manner.




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A sporty knock from India Inc

A growing crop of corporates are making serious investments in sports and beginning to reap the rewards, too




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Startups join the party with craft mixers

How non-alcoholic mixers, handcrafted by small players, are edging out sugary soft drinks, sodas in cocktail glasses




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How ‘priority sector’ status can rev up Jan Dhan banking

How regulation can nudge private banks to promote financial inclusion




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As India’s installed solar capacity crosses 90GW, a look at the journey 

Sun-sational growth: In September, India’s installed solar power capacity reached 90,762 MW. Given the current rate of monthly capacity additions, there is little doubt that installed capacity will exceed 100 GW in 2024-25.




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New venture Zerofifty from ad veterans wants to simplify the agency model

ZeroFifty Mediaworks, set up by three ad veterans, wants to bring in Bandra vibes into the agency model




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How to report faulty glucose monitors, insulin pumps

UK regulator has a reporting scheme to identify safety concerns in diabetes-care devices




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‘Our goal is beauty for each,’ says L’Oréal India chief

Aseem Kaushik, who leads the global beauty giant in India, says tech is playing a big part in its personalisation journey




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CEA plans 613 GW RE transmission capacity

Higher generation of renewable energy challenges grid stability




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IAF Mig-29 fighter crashes near Agra, pilot ejects to safety

An enquiry has been ordered by the IAF, to ascertain the cause of the accident




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Jamiat cautions NDA partners, says ‘crutches’ cannot escape responsibility for Waqf Bill

The Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind urged NDA partners TDP and JD(U) to heed Muslim sentiments on the contentious issue surrounding the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024




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HC tells jail authority to decide plea on lack of facilities for visiting lawyers




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Air quality 'very poor' in Delhi

Delhi’s air quality remains “very poor” with some areas in the “severe” category, despite a slight improvement




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Delhi election: AAP to hold nine-day convention for party workers




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Delhi's air quality remains 'very poor', AQI at 367

The minimum temperature in Delhi was recorded at 18.0 degrees Celsius, 3.7 notches warmer than usual.




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Devotees throng Delhi ghats, mark Chhath Puja festivity with prayers, songs, selfies

Lakhs of devotees offer ‘Sandhya Arghya’ to the setting sun on the third day of the four-day festival; political leaders make a beeline for ghats with an eye on Purvanchali voters ahead of Assembly poll




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Delhi's air quality remains 'very poor' on November 8

Meanwhile, a thick layer of morning mist and smog blanketed the city as the minimum temperature dropped to 18.1 degrees Celsius, 3.8 degrees above normal; AQI stood at 387




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Delhi’s air quality remains ‘very poor’, layer of smog over city for ninth day post-Diwali

Delhi’s air quality reaches severe levels, blamed on stubble-burning, Diwali fireworks, and low wind speed




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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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Three juveniles held for murder in Delhi; political row erupts over city’s crime rate




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Delhi air quality ‘very poor’ on November 10

The National Capital wakes up to toxic air with AQI at 334, ‘very poor’ air quality due to stubble-burning, Diwali fireworks, and low wind speed




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Security upped outside Canadian High Commission due to protest against temple attack

The Hindu Sikh Global Forum members are marching towards the High Commission in the Chanakyapuri area




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Dribbling past gender stereotypes in rural Odisha

Odisha takes a lead in inspiring and training young tribal boys and girls to play mixed-gender football matches and drive social change in the State




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Delhi’s air quality ‘very poor’ to ‘severe’ on November 11

Delhi’s air quality persists in the ‘very poor’ category more than a week post-Deepavali




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‘No religion encourages an activity that creates pollution: SC on firecrackers

The Supreme Court wondered why the Delhi Government delayed imposition of the ban on firecrackers till October 14, when the order of ban was issued




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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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Former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Ram Narayan Bhardwaj joins BJP  




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DMRC launches bike taxis for last-mile connectivity




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Delhi HC says murder trial to continue against Jagdish Tytler in 1984 riots case

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 will continue with the hearing on November 29




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ARRL Recognizes University of Scranton During Amateur Radio Station Dedication

The University of Scranton in Pennsylvania has a new amateur radio station, W3USR. A dedication was held at the university’s Loyola Science Center on Friday, October 25, 2024, led by Dr. Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, an associate professor of physics and electrical engineering, and club advisor for the University of Scranton Amateur Radio Club.

The new W3USR University of Scranton Amateur Radio Sta...




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Can India arrest income inequality?

Thomas Piketty’s prescriptions are too radical. Dattopant Thengadi’s vision is more useful for us




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The inevitability of uncertainty

The book tells us quite convincingly that the future is unknown. But it does not offer an alternative




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Exploring India’s diversity

A corporate honcho’s reflections on business and beyond




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Straddling royalty and politics

A riveting account of Scindias’ royal and political journey