Chris Coyier
Front-end developer and writer; co-founder of CodePen, founder of CSS-Tricks, and co-host of the ShopTalk Show podcast.
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Running a niche text-based publication as a profitable business is difficult in the current tech environment.
It's a difficult time in tech to try to run a niche text-based publication as a profitable business.
chriscoyier.netSaid 21 Sept 2026This on korrents
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People who behave in ways that inconvenience others always fall into one of three types: they don't know it's rude, they don't care, or they disagree that it's rude.
These mocha-ordering fellow humans must fall into one of these categories: They don't know that it's rude They don't care that it's rude They disagree that it's rude
chriscoyier.netSaid 16 Sept 2026This on korrents
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Running a niche text-based publication as a profitable business is difficult in the current tech environment.
It's a difficult time in tech to try to run a niche text-based publication as a profitable business.
September 21, 2026 Said 21 Sept 2026
A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly.
That's why I thought DigitalOcean was a good buyer originally: it doesn't need to generate money directly; it can function as top-of-funnel customer acquisition via being a good community steward.
September 21, 2026 Said 21 Sept 2026
People who behave in ways that inconvenience others always fall into one of three types: they don't know it's rude, they don't care, or they disagree that it's rude.
These mocha-ordering fellow humans must fall into one of these categories: They don't know that it's rude They don't care that it's rude They disagree that it's rude
Which Rude is it? Said 16 Sept 2026
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A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows.
It takes some serious getting-used-to in Arc that you don't open multiple windows. You just have the one browser window. It's weird to have multiple windows. It lets you, but it probably shouldn't.
The Four Tiers of Tab Importance Said 15 Sept 2026
The US federal government will eventually impose heavy-handed control over the internet.
Sometimes I get super nervous that someday the US government is really going to fuck with the web. Like they are going to decide they just don't have enough control over it and are going to get really heavy-handed somehow.
46 Said 31 Aug 2026
Getting intensely worked up over how someone else lives is a sign to re-evaluate yourself, not them.
It's time for a re-evaluation if you're getting real worked up over how someone else is living.
46 Said 31 Aug 2026
Any website with public user-generated content will experience abusive behavior.
Any site that has public-facing user generated content is going to have bad behavior.
Clips from Hacker News Thread Said 12 Aug 2026
Any coding tool released in 2026 should include AI capabilities.
AI is conspicuously missing from our 2.0 release, for sure. A 2026 coding tool should have AI tools.
Clips from Hacker News Thread Said 12 Aug 2026
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rcmnd What they recommend 16 things — each backed by an exact quote.
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Uses Bear
Uses Figma
Figma for design. Mailplane to have a tabbed in-dock closable Gmail app.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2020
Uses Tower
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Uses TablePlus
TablePlus for dealing with databases. Tower for Git.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2020
Uses Local
Local for local WordPress development. VS Code for writing code.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2020
Uses Kap
Kap for small short-form screen recordings. CleanMyMac for tidying up.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2020
Uses ScreenFlow
ScreenFlow for big long-form screen recordings. Kap for small short-form screen recordings.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2020
Uses Audio Hijack
Audio Hijack for locally recording podcasts.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2020
Uses 1Password
1Password for password, credit cards, and other secure documents and notes.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2020
Uses BusyCal
BusyCal for calendaring. 1Password for password, credit cards, and other secure documents and notes.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2020
Uses Things
Things for personal TODO lists. BusyCal for calendaring.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2020
Uses Notion
Notion for tons of stuff. Project planning. Meeting notes. Documentation. Public documents.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2020
Uses Audioengine A2
I plug in some Audioengine A2s for speakers.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2020
Uses Logitech MX Master
At the office, I plug it into two of those LG UltraFine 4k monitors, a Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard, and a Logitech MX Master mouse. I plug in some Audioengine A2s for speakers.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2020
Uses LG UltraFine 4k
At the office, I plug it into two of those LG UltraFine 4k monitors, a Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard, and a Logitech MX Master mouse.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2020
Uses MacBook Pro
I use the 2018 MacBook Pro tricked out as much as they would sell it to me. It's the main tool for my job, so I've always made sure I had the best equipment I can.
usesthis.com 23 Jan 2020
Where they publish
Blog chriscoyier.net His personal blog.
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- Archived Tweets 13 Oct 2026 I finally got around to importing my whole historical Twitter archive (just my own original tweets, not replies or retweets) into this WordPress site as a proper Custom Post Type: https://chriscoyier.net/tweets I haven’…
- Atomic Wall Clocks 12 Oct 2026 Look at this clock. It’s a clock. I bought it once because I needed… a clock. It’s $29, which is totally reasonable for… a clock. Then it was Daylight Saving Time one day, and I went to update it, but… it was already up…
- EPS? 12 Oct 2026 I remember working in digital prepress decades ago that .eps files were just kinda weird, and I didn’t love it when I had to deal with them. Like, what even made this? Why? I assumed it was some kind of antiquated softw…
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- Dave’s Rule of Life 11 Oct 2026 Dave, from #735: Never trust an adult over 35 who can’t explain what they need from you in a bulleted list. I’m thinking like a laptop sticker or t-shirt, right? A little AI slop to help pick a direction can be helpful.…
- Media Diet 10 Oct 2026 Not much screen time for me lately, so this is a few months’ worth. But I have enjoyed some things! I have all these shows that I really wanna finish, but just can’t get the gumption to do it. Lanterns didn’t hit for me…
- Multipage 10 Oct 2026 Just noting Mat’s Multipage Version zine rules. I bought both issues right away. It’s weird, it’s funny, it’s a work of art, and you might even learn something. The page that is a spliced version of Marc Andreeson propo…
- Justice for CSS 9 Oct 2026 Fun seeing CSS be a topic in WIRED. Pete Millspaugh shouting out some greats: One programmer recently re-created Doom in CSS. Others have used it to build holographic Pokémon cards and 3D-rendering engines. Cassidy Will…
- Glasses 7 Oct 2026 How it started: How it’s going: This is my prescription: I think it means nearsightedness. I’m mostly fine with close-up objects (like my phone/computer), but things 10+ feet away are blurry. The glasses help! Nice for…
- Kelsey 6 Oct 2026 My sister is in a currently-running-on-TV political ad. It’s against the republican chucklefuck Tom Tiffany who was one of those anti-American dingleberries that claimed Biden “stole the election” and thinks Trumps tari…
- WordPress MCP 5 Oct 2026 I’ve still got all my WordPress sites on Pressable and happily so; I think they do a good job! They do everything you’d expect a WordPress host to do. The things I specifically like are: On that last point, I appreciate…
- im Water 4 Oct 2026 This promotional video is either too weird or not weird enough, but I like core idea of im Water: a carrying strap for a water bottle designed into the label itself. The family business had a screen printing business gr…
- Experience with Nectar Beds 30 Sept 2026 I recently bought a bed setup from Nectar. (This is not an ad; I just prefer linking to things.) I needed a quick setup for a guest room, and an online ad showing the no-hardware bamboo bed frame caught my attention. Th…
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Mastodon @chriscoyier@front-end.social Where he also posts.
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- I kinda love Mastodon emails. Feels like 2018 somehow, and also timelessly perfect. MJML can replicated it pretty well without too much custom CSS. 14 Oct 2026 codepen.io
- Archived Tweets I finally got around to importing my whole historical Twitter archive (just my own original tweets, not replies or retweets) into this WordPress site as a proper Custom Post Type:... 13 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Atomic Wall Clocks Look at this clock. It's a clock. I bought it once because I needed... a clock.... 12 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
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- EPS? I remember working in digital prepress decades ago that .eps files were just kinda weird, and I didn't love it when I had to deal with them.... 12 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Dave’s Rule of Life Dave, from #735: Never trust an adult over 35 who can't explain what they need from you in a bulleted list.... 11 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Multipage Just noting Mat's Multipage Version zine rules. I bought both issues right away. It's weird, it's funny, it's a work of art, and you might even learn something.... 10 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Justice for CSS Fun seeing CSS be a topic in WIRED. Pete Millspaugh shouting out some greats: One programmer recently re-created…... 9 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Glasses How it started: https://bsky.app/profile/chriscoyier.net/post/3ms2kti2s6s2x How it's going: This is my prescription: I think it means nearsightedness. I'm mostly fine with close-up objects (like my phone/computer), but things 10+ feet away are blurry.... 7 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Kelsey My sister is in a currently-running-on-TV political ad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgGFAlepe-4 It's against the republican chucklefuck Tom Tiffany who was one of those anti-American dingleberries that claimed Biden "stole the election" and thinks Trumps tariff plans are super neato.... 6 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- WordPress MCP I've still got all my WordPress sites on Pressable and happily so; I think they do a good job!... 5 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- im Water This promotional video is either too weird or not weird enough, but I like core idea of…... 4 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Experience with Nectar Beds I recently bought a bed setup from Nectar. (This is not an ad; I just prefer linking to things.)... 30 Sept 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Banjos in the Woods Went camping with Adam. He blogged it because blogging rules. His post has some videos we did kinda right when we got there for a memento. Here's a couple of those same songs in shorter clips smooshed together. 26 Sept 2026
- Knife Sharpening I've got a basic block of Zwilling J.A. Henckels knives. They are fine? Or were they when I got them?... 25 Sept 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Bass I bought a standup bass back in June! I set up a Facebook Marketplace alert for them, and it actually worked; a good option came up.... 24 Sept 2026 chriscoyier.net
- It's a little surreal watching Kevin recap the current CSS-Tricks situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_upvxCAUzM It's been rollercoastery after DigitalOcean's acquisition.... 21 Sept 2026 chriscoyier.net
- I’ll be at Axe-Con 2027 What? Axe-con '27: The world’s largest digital accessibility event. Where? At your computer. When? February 23-27, 2027…... 18 Sept 2026 chriscoyier.net
- The Avocadinator I think I bought this thing at some grocery store endcap or something. The magic is that it can do all three advocotasks:... 17 Sept 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Which Rude is it? The commerical airport we use here in Bend, Oregon is actually in Redmond, Oregon. Flights from here generally depart…... 16 Sept 2026 chriscoyier.net
- The Four Tiers of Tab Importance Arc is the greatest web browser ever, and has been tragically moved-on-from by The Browser Company of New York-come-Atlassian.... 15 Sept 2026 chriscoyier.net
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Bluesky chriscoyier.net Where he posts.
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- Horrible day here in Bend, Oregon. My daughter is OK. 15 Oct 2026
- The answer to this was pretty satisfying. 1. @cloudflaredev.bsky.social Worker running on a ~5min cron. 2. API keys stored in their secret store thing. 3. Hits the official APIs and pulls latest stuff 4. Stores IDs of latest stuff so it doesn't re-report same stuff. 5. Send to a Slack webhook 14 Oct 2026
- Moved my "Smashburgers in Bend" site over to @codepen.io since it's so good for that. codepen.io/editor/chris... A subdomain, naturally. 14 Oct 2026 smashburgers.chriscoyier.net
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- Archived Tweets I finally got around to importing my whole historical Twitter archive (just my own original tweets, not replies or retweets) into this WordPress site as a proper Custom Post Type:... 13 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Atomic Wall Clocks Look at this clock. It's a clock. I bought it once because I needed... a clock. It's $29, which is totally reasonable for... a clock. Then it was Daylight Saving... 12 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- EPS? I remember working in digital prepress decades ago that .eps files were just kinda weird, and I didn't love it when I had to deal with them. Like, what even... 12 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- has comedy ever done that thing where it's like "everything bagel?! there is only like 4 basic things on there. a real everything bagel would stretch our conceptions of time and space!!" 11 Oct 2026
- Dave’s Rule of Life Dave, from #735: Never trust an adult over 35 who can't explain what they need from you in a bulleted list. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p3Knthl4ZMU I'm thinking like a laptop sticker or t-shirt,... 11 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Media Diet Not much screen time for me lately, so this is a few months' worth. But I have enjoyed some things! My Brother the Minotaur: Really well-done kids' adventure show, begging... 10 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Multipage Just noting Mat's Multipage Version zine rules. I bought both issues right away. It's weird, it's funny, it's a work of art, and you might even learn something. The page... 10 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Here's a cool I just tried and it worked great. I pointed my agent at a cool Pen I was working on with variable fonts. I said "go pull the files from this Pen and incorporate the idea into the header of this local WordPress site I'm working on" It worked great. 9 Oct 2026
- Justice for CSS Fun seeing CSS be a topic in WIRED. Pete Millspaugh shouting out some greats: One programmer recently re-created Doom in CSS. Others have used it to build holographic Pokémon cards... 9 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Glasses How it started: https://bsky.app/profile/chriscoyier.net/post/3ms2kti2s6s2x How it's going: This is my prescription: I think it means nearsightedness. I'm mostly fine with close-up objects (like my phone/computer), but things 10+ feet away... 7 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Kelsey My sister is in a currently-running-on-TV political ad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgGFAlepe-4 It's against the republican chucklefuck Tom Tiffany who was one of those anti-American dingleberries that claimed Biden "stole the election" and... 6 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- WordPress MCP I've still got all my WordPress sites on Pressable and happily so; I think they do a good job! They do everything you'd expect a WordPress host to do. The... 5 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- The Endless + The Castle = Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie 5 Oct 2026
- im Water This promotional video is either too weird or not weird enough, but I like core idea of im Water: a carrying strap for a water bottle designed into the label... 4 Oct 2026 chriscoyier.net
- Based on some @css-only.dev feedback 💙 2 Oct 2026
- me talking about this cool niche feature of how CodePen can process code 2 Oct 2026
- Has anyone built a "all new comment from all videos on a YouTube channel get sent to a Slack channel" thing? 1 Oct 2026
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Podcast ShopTalk Show Co-hosts the ShopTalk Show podcast with Dave Rupert.
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- 737: CSS alpha(), SVG with linked-parameters, and Arguing with Humans 19 Oct 2026
- 736: Building Design Systems Using AI with TJ Pitre 12 Oct 2026
- 735: Design System Docs, CodePen’s API, and Bucket Filling Conversations 5 Oct 2026
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- 734: Web Performance with Ben Schwarz 28 Sept 2026
- 733: Treadmills, Bass Guitars, and Testing Web Components 21 Sept 2026
- 732: Thomas Steiner on New Cross-Origin Storage APIs 14 Sept 2026
- 731: Terminal UX, Running Multiple Services, Don’t Settle for an App 7 Sept 2026
- 730: A/B Testing with Charts, Music Recommendations, & Web Permissions 31 Aug 2026
- 729: After Dark Edition! Microlighter, Tri-state Drama, and Editing Video Quickly 24 Aug 2026
- 728: BIMI, Good Favicon Practice, and CSS @Layer Exploration 17 Aug 2026
- 727: Front-End Complexity, AI Co-Authorship, and New CSS Navigation Patterns 10 Aug 2026
- 726: Be More Weird, Sameness is Ok, and People Noticing the Effort You Put In 3 Aug 2026
- 725: CodePen 2.0, Templates on the Web, The Year of HTML? 27 Jul 2026
- 724: Ask Dan Abramov Anything About AT Proto 20 Jul 2026
- 723: Ads on Your Website, UX for Web Dev Jobs, and Progressive Web Components 13 Jul 2026
- 722: The No-AI Talk Challenge, Picking Rails Tooling, Dark Mode? 6 Jul 2026
- 721: New Gear, Nerding Out, and VS Code Forks 29 Jun 2026
- 720: TypeScript Complaints, Slowing Down, and AT Proto Protocols 22 Jun 2026
- 719: Estimating Project Time, React Server Components, and Lifetime Offers 15 Jun 2026
- 718: 3D Printing Life Upgrades, Don’t Give Away Your Dopamine, and CodePen App Deploys 8 Jun 2026
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GitHub chriscoyier His code.
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- smashburgers-in-bend — Few but mighty. 10 Oct 2026
- breakfast-burritos 24 Nov 2025
- baseline-browserslist 12 Nov 2025
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- aprilcoppini 22 Oct 2025
- my-portfolio — This is the website for my personal portfolio. 11 Jul 2025
- christopher.org 2 May 2025
- practical-svg 12 Aug 2024
- simple-lightning-css-setup — Example of minimal usage of Lightning CSS 4 Nov 2023
- kids-events — Little idea to scrape sites and display aggregate kids events. 14 Jan 2023
- learning-go 29 May 2022
- personal-cdn 17 May 2022
- chriscoyier 16 Mar 2022
- astro-css-trickzz — Astro version of Alex Riviere's https://css-tricks.com/css-trickz-an-experiment-with-netlifys-on-demand-builders/ 21 Sept 2021
- static-site-lol 18 Jun 2021
- inline-or-cache-svg---both — Let's see how possible this is. 8 Jun 2021
- PinnedAudio — WordPress theme with persistent audio player 28 Apr 2021
- aaa-next 21 Jan 2021
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