705: CodePen Public Beta, Anchor Positioning, and Build Awesome

About this episode

Chris discusses the public beta of CodePen v2, AI skills, anchor positioning issues, and the evolution of Build Awesome.

Show DescriptionChris talks through going public with CodePen v2's beta, the magic words and AI skills needed today, Chris has a beef with anchor positioning, thoughts on classless CSS libraries, Eleventy growing up into Build Awesome, and how would you pass an hour by quickly? (Hopefully by listening to this podcast.) Listen on WebsiteWatch on YouTubeLinks Magic Words Anchor Interpolated Morph (AIM) · January 23, 2026 Build Awesome by Font Awesome Build Awesome: We're pausing our Kickstarter! Build a Web Site in 7 Minutes with Build Awesome Quiet UI Good Sudoku CodePen

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Coyier, Dave Rupert

Topics covered

• CodePen
• AI skills
• anchor positioning
• classless CSS libraries
• Build Awesome
• web development

Keywords

• CodePen
• AI skills
• anchor positioning
• classless CSS
• Build Awesome
• web development
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CodePen, Font Awesome, Eleventy

Products: Build Awesome, Good Sudoku, Quiet UI

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