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Tiruchi Corporation embarks on special drive at night to capture and sterilise street dogs

About 125 stray dogs have been caught and sterilised at Tiruchi animal birth control centres in the last 10 days after the Corporation launched the special drive




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Railways using treated water from its STP for maintaining green spaces

The treated water is stored in an overhead tank and used in gardens at the two railway rest houses meant for officers at Kallukuzhi near Tiruchi Railway Junction




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Peravurani farmers’ market starts functioning




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High-level committee formed to facilitate clearances for companies that signed MoU, says Minister

Constant monitoring was being done now from the time of signing of MoUs to providing employment in new industrial units, says Industries Minister T.R.B. Rajaa




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NTK chief Seeman booked for alleged ‘derogatory remarks’ against Karunanidhi




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Uppiliyapuram, gateway to scenic Pachamalai, lacks bus stand with passengers left to fight the elements

Buses stop at a busy junction making it difficult for commuters as well as local businessmen; a site is yet to be identified for the bus stand




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EPS’s dream of AIADMK staging a comeback in 2026 election will not materialise: Law Minister Regupathy




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Students and agriculture officials grapple with logistical, technical issues during digital crop survey




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Association holds protest against delay in Anna University’s staff absorption, promotions




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AIADMK ready to join hands with like-minded parties to defeat DMK: Palaniswami




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548: Infinite Canvas, Luro + Figma, and Scraping or Crawling

What's going to happen to homework with AI? Thoughts on infinite canvas which leads into Luro and Sigma integration, and Chris gets nerdsniped and tries to scrap (or should he crawl?) websites for data.




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550: Sanity with Simen Svale Skogsrud and Espen Hovlandsdal

Simen and Espen from Sanity stop by to talk about the origins of Sanity, how Sanity Studio works, good use cases for Sanity, how Sanity does real time updates, what Groq is, and where to start with Sanity.




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556: Andrey Sitnik and Using OKLCH for Color

Andrey Sitnik from Evil Martians talks with us about why OKCLH is the best way forward for color on the web, how to incorporate it into design systems, getting your designers to use OKCLH, and what kind of fallback support is needed.




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563: Getting Pulled by the Algorithm, AI Training Data, and SVG Drawing

There's a special guest on the show who takes aim at the billionaires in web dev, do we know better than the algorithm for news, why is AI training data such a secret, Chris and Dave discover JetBrains, monorepo struggles, and SVG drawing tools.




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568: Display Contents, Passkeys Follow Up, Yellow Fade Technique, and TOTK Talk

Macho Man Randy Standards stops by for a quick chat, Passkeys follow up, discussing the safety of Display: contents, the yellow fade technique, how hot CSS is right now (so hot), and a check in on how everyone's doing with Tears of the Kingdom.




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571: Searching vs AI, Getting Designers to Play Nice, and Web Components

Do you listen at 2x? Do Chris and Dave sound weird at normal speed IRL? How searching compares to using AI, chatbots kind of suck at context, getting a designer to work with developers at an agency, what happened to content visibility, and how to best build a design system using web components.




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574: Estelle & Eric on CSS The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition

Estelle Weyl and Eric Meyer join us to talk about the 5th edition of their book, CSS: The Definitive Guide. We talk about some of CSS' biggest blunders, custom scroll bars, single line comments, shorthand in CSS, useless CSS trivia, and how to get started learning CSS in 2023.




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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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587: Why Ethan Marcotte Thinks Tech Workers Deserve a Union

Ethan Marcotte is here to talk about his new book, You Deserve a Tech Union, and discusses topics such as why we need unions in tech, who gets to be in the union, how unions can help deal with the AI question, union busting, and some arguments against unions.




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592: Web Component Therapy, SEO Therapy, and Learning Something New like Swift

Talking web components, progressive enhancement, style-able components, having to pay before you get to see a demo, being annoyed at the business of SEO, and subscriptions vs ads.




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605: Jim Nielsen on Subversive URLs, Blogging + AI, and Design Engineers

Jim Nielsen joins us to about URLs and linking as the new subversive way to maintain the web, paying for news in Canada, should content creators be worried about AI, the case for design engineers, RSS in HTML, and the state of state and UI.




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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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623: Assigning Weight Dynamically, CoPilot vs Other AI, and Monorepos

We're talking about assigning a weight to items in a layout, differentiating between banger posts and regular blog posts, using social engineering to get PR's accepted, monorepo thoughts, using CoPilot vs other AI programming support bots, has TypeScript benefited from AI, and what happens if you turn off CoPilot?




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Guidelines for green urbanisation

The Ministry of Urban Development has proposed environmental guidelines for construction projects in urban areas. Nidhi Adlakha reports




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F1: Verstappen pulls off stunning win

Red Bull's Max Verstappen dealt Lando Norris a shattering blow in their Formula One title battle by winning a wet and chaotic Sao Paulo Grand Prix from 17th on the grid.




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Could Maini be India's next F1 driver?

India could finally have a driver on the F1 grid after 13 long years.




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Gunning for a slice of billion-dollar defence contracts 

How a college project birthed a bootstrapped manufacturer of components for the armed forces 




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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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A rising star in retirement planning

Amid a steadily swelling subscriber base, how the NPS can build on the momentum to reach its full potential




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Looking for unicorns among livestock

Got milk: The rising demand for a healthier, diverse product range is driving the growth of tech-enabled dairy start-ups in India




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Investing in companies with ‘indicorn’ potential

Titan Capital backs seed-stage companies with potential to reach ₹100 crore revenue within five years




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Flat organisation believers: Can you imagine a world without managers?

What does a manager do that we keep hiring new ones or keep promoting more of them? Which managerial layer is the most important?




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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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Morning runs, protein-packed breakfast, and a rest day

The daily quest to balance work, health, and personal life




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Outgunning fake drugmakers

Stringent steps needed to keep India label safe from fly-by-night operators




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Senior feline resident: Defib stays at his ambulance station 

Online petition halts re-homing of 16-year-old cat in London




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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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Magnite opus

Improved features, better practicality, and a familiar design, all make the new Nissan Magnite worth a second look




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Fem-tech: Niche and fertile for growth

Offering tech-enabled healthcare solutions exclusively for women, the fem-tech segment is clocking steady growth




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Make Hindi universally acceptable: Amit Shah says at Kendriya Hindi Samiti meet

Speaking at the 32nd meeting of the Kendriya Hindi Samiti, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said it was necessary to translate all education curricula into Hindi and other Indian languages




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Govt., BJP spar over Chhath planning as festivities begin today




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Two juveniles apprehended for dragging policemen on car’s bonnet 




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Campaign to discourage open burning from Nov 6, 588 teams to be deployed: Delhi Minister Rai

Mr. Rai said 588 teams from different civic agencies, including the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), will be deployed to report open burning incidents across the national capital




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Chairman of Waqf Bill committee taking unilateral decisions, Opposition MPs tell Speaker

Will continue to attend JPC meetings, says Opposition after submitting memorandum to Birla




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Delhi govt. to start drive against burning of waste in open today

Delhi, neighbouring States likely to experience ‘very poor’ quality air over next 10 days, have placed the depts. concerned on high alert: Gopal Rai




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




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Delhi HC permits man to buy The Satanic Verses after Centre fails to produce notification banning the book

India was one of the first countries to ban the book’s import and sale, citing concerns over its content being offensive to the Muslim community




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Stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana | Caught in the cross (farm) fire

Despite the reduction in stubble burning over the years, farmers say the lack of incentive, plus the high cost of machines, pushes them to set fields on fire after harvesting paddy at the start of every winter.  The Hindu reports on the practice in Punjab and Haryana that causes smoke to drift across north India’s Gangetic plain




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Delhi cop Nidhin Valsan’s inspiring journey from arresting cancer to Ironman finish line

Diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2021, IPS officer Nidhin Valsan resurrected himself by competing the Ironman triathlon and writing his memoir because he hopes to be a good influence on other cancer patients




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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