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Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 07/07/2026

If you're not using popovers yet...why not!? - Accessible by default - No JavaScript - Baseline 2025 Master popovers in 9 minutes 👇 youtu.be/sl_cGD327BY

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Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 01/07/2026

The new major version of @astro.build is out! Everything is moving to Rust! 🦀 youtu.be/KBOgV7kuSm8

Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 28/06/2026

Super proud of my daughter. - Ran her first 5k yesterday - Topped her age group at 29:41 Special thing to share running with her 🥰

Chris with his daughter holding their medals

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Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 27/06/2026

What are you building today? I'm building out a custom API for all my task management with Convex as my backend, Vercel for deployment (I'm building a web interface), and a full MCP server, CLI, skills, etc. We've got full docs and more, too. Hoping to open source it soon.

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Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 07/04/2026

Code with AI. Clean up poop. Need I say more? clawdagotchi.com

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Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 07/04/2026

I built a tamagotchi for claude code. - approve/reject requests - clean up poops - try to keep it alive I will not be taking questions at this time clawdagotchi.com

Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 25/02/2026

I’m trying to ask the hard questions, to develop a different way of thinking. 5 lessons I’m trying to learn. 👇

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Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 24/02/2026

For those still writing CSS 😊 Here's a squishy hover I've been using a lot recently. 👇 youtu.be/HrSnHMaWpGA

Micro-interactions still matter

Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 23/02/2026

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My thoughts on @astro.build joining @cloudflare.social. TLDR; I'm optimistic, still sponsoring the community maintainers, and watching closely :) youtu.be/IISgoIsABs8?...

My thoughts on Astro joining Cloudflare

Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 09/12/2025

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Something ✨ NEW ✨ is coming... LIVE content collections in @astrodotbuild 6.0. Here's an early sneak peak 👇 youtu.be/wgIYciR0hvk

Live content collections (first look)

Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 09/12/2025

My course is 33% off for the holidays. Ask someone to get it for you with a custom link 👇

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Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 20/11/2025

Had a lot of fun talking about conferences and meetups with Jess 🙌 Stick around to the end for the revelation of one of my secret hobbies haha. youtu.be/JyEXnpc1UlM

Tips for Conferences and Meetups

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Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 13/11/2025

Had a lot of fun talking about making dev videos with Jess 😄 youtu.be/snmIflF8OlE

YouTube video by Convos Dot Dev

How to make dev videos

Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 03/10/2025

Name a more iconic team. I'll wait.

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Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 30/09/2025

React devs, it's time to look at @astro.build again. ✅ useActionState hook ✅ Astro actions React 19 useActionState now works natively in Astro. youtu.be/-0pbaYcQJ-0

React form hooks in Astro!

Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 26/09/2025

An interview more than 10 years in the making with @ismh86.net👇 5 days left for @stjude.bsky.social 40 dev prizes for donors youtu.be/_0Y_7-mjVkg

My Interview with Stephen Hackett

Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 22/09/2025

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Chatting through chapter 3 of Eloquent JavaScript. 🚨 Live now🚨

Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 10/09/2025

Some thoughts on how to onboard to a large codebase - Chris makes some confident guesses 🤣 and talks about docs - Jess gives her perspective from onboarding at Microsoft and DoorDash youtu.be/iNfno7VWOxI

Tips to onboard to a large codebase

YouTube video by Convos Dot Dev

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Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 09/09/2025

We can do this! 💪 Yesterday I learned of a mutual friend whose 9-month old is fighting leukemia. Every dollar counts.

Fundraiser snowing 1191 out of 5000 dollars raised

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Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 05/09/2025

You all are so generous! 😭 Already at >$1000 raised! 🟢🟢⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪

Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 04/09/2025

Already raised $546!! 🟢⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪⚪ Let's help defeat childhood cancer together!

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Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 29/08/2025

How does AI change the learning journey? Ep 3 of convos.⁠dev is out!

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Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 28/08/2025

🥳 Too excited not to share early 🥳 (4th annual!) 2025 fundraiser for curing childhood cancer is live! You can even win prizes for donating! A huge thanks to the Vercel, Mux, Neon, Warp, Wallaby, CloudCannon, Dracula, and GitTower for providing! codinginpublic.dev/fundraiser

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St. Jude Fundraiser | Let’s Cure Childhood Cancer

Donate to my St. Jude Fundraiser in September to help cure childhood cancer and for a chance to win some amazing tools!

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Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 21/08/2025

First 4 things you install on a new mac. You can only pick 4. Go.

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Astro @astro.build · 19/08/2025

New in Astro 5.13 — enums for your database columns. Learn more about that type safety with @codinginpublic.dev 🎓

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They fixed Astro DB types!

Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 09/08/2025

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You know how some days you feel super competent and excited to code and like you can learn anything? Today is not this day. 🤣

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Chris Pennington @codinginpublic.dev · 01/08/2025

I started a podcast! My friend, Jess Wang, and I launched a podcast today! Super casual chats about dev life, marketing, design, and anything else we feel like talking about. Come join us! Subscribe on YouTube or listen in your favorite podcast player.