Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert join Adam and Jerod for a ShopTalk & Friends conversation on the viability of the web, making content, ads to support that content, Codepen’s future plans, books, side quests, and social networks devaluing links.

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Big news - A new era for the Changelog Podcast Universe and CPU.fm launches in 2025.

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