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Modern CSS tricks for massive performance gains with Michael Hladky

January 22nd, 2026  |  25 mins 57 secs

css

Michael Hladky joins the pod to explain how CSS performance improvements like content-visibility, CSS containment, contain layout, and contain paint can dramatically outperform JavaScript virtual scrolling. The conversation explores virtual scrolling, large DOM performance, and how layout and paint work inside the browser rendering pipeline, including recalculate styles and their impact on INP Interaction to Next Paint. Michael shares real-world examples of frontend performance optimization, discusses cross-browser CSS support including Safari content-visibility, and explains why web performance issues tied to rendering are often misunderstood and overlooked.

Source maps: how does the magic work? with Nicolo Ribaudo

October 21st, 2025  |  25 mins 51 secs

css, javascript, source maps, typescript

Ever wondered how source maps actually work? In this episode, Nicolo Ribaudo, Babel maintainer and TC39 delegate, breaks down how source maps connect your JavaScript, TypeScript, and CSS back to the original code — making debugging, stack traces, and observability smoother in Chrome dev tools.

We dive into how source maps help in both development and production with minified code, explore tools like Webpack, Rollup, Next.js, and Svelte, and share when you should turn off source maps to avoid confusion.

State of CSS in 2025 with Adam Argyle and Kevin Powell

October 1st, 2025  |  43 mins 26 secs

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In this episode of PodRocket, Adam Argyle and Kevin Powell discuss the results of the latest State of CSS survey and share how new capabilities like functions, mixins, nesting, and container queries are changing the way developers approach styling. We dive into the ongoing conversation around Tailwind and pre-processors, and look at the practical impact of features such as scroll driven animations, view transitions, and cascade layers. Adam and Kevin also explain how advances like relative color syntax and app property are making CSS variables more dynamic and reliable. Along the way, we touch on browser interoperability and imagine what’s ahead for CSS, from motion blur to fit text and beyond.

How to fall in love with CSS with Kevin Powell [Repeat]

July 4th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  31 mins 30 secs

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In this repeat episode, Kevin Powell, CSS Evangelist, returns to talk about why CSS can be frustrating to developers and how to make working with it fun and enjoyable.

How to fall in love with CSS with Kevin Powell

February 8th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  31 mins 30 secs

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Kevin Powell, CSS Evangelist, returns to talk about why CSS can be frustrating to developers and how to make working with it fun and enjoyable.

CSS nesting with Adam Argyle

December 8th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  47 mins 59 secs

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With the recent announcement that most major browsers support CSS nesting, Adam Argyle, Google Chrome DevRel and part of the CSS Working Group, returns to give a deep dive on the long-awaited feature.

Modern CSS in real life with Chris Coyier

October 17th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  43 mins 35 secs

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We welcome back THE CSS guy, Chris Coyier, founder of CSS Tricks and co-founder of CodePen, as he talks to us about why he loves CSS, how to use the newest features of CSS, understanding colors, and more.

Bun vs. Node, CSS containers, and complex UIs

October 6th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  12 mins 47 secs

bun, css, ui

In this week’s roundup, hear snippets of our discussions about how Bun is creating runtime competition, what CSS containers actually are, and how to deal with complex UIs.

State of CSS, Bun 1.0, and v0

September 29th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  38 mins 23 secs

bun, css, vercel

Back with our monthly panel episode, we discuss the State of CSS 2023 results, the Bun 1.0 release, if Vercel’s v0 is all hype, and more with panelists Cassidy Williams, Chris Bautista, Paul Mikulskis, and Noel Minchow.

CSS containers with Miriam Suzanne

September 28th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  29 mins 28 secs

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Learn all about CSS containers and their capabilities with CSS superstar, Miriam Suzanne, co-creator of OddBird and Sass core member.