Modern CSS Round-Out Tabs, OpenUI, and Why Websites? (ep688)

Dave Rupert and Chris Coyier discuss the transition of QuietUI's license to open source, the creative process behind blogging, modern CSS techniques, and the features of QuietUI, a new design system with unique components.

Links:
CodePen https://blog.codepen.io/

50 Reasons to Build a Website – Frontend Masters Blog https://frontendmasters.com/blog/50-r...

"Why would anybody start a website?" - daverupert.com https://daverupert.com/2025/09/why-wo...

Clues By Sam https://cluesbysam.com/

Inkwell Games https://inkwellgames.com/

wip: terminal (initial commit) https://www.terminal.shop/

Modern CSS Round-Out Tabs – Frontend Masters Blog https://frontendmasters.com/blog/mode...

Quiet UI https://quietui.org/

Web Awesome https://webawesome.com/

Lots to shout about in Quiet UI - daverupert.com https://daverupert.com/2025/10/quiet-ui/

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:59 Blogging
05:59 Exploring Holotypes and Website Purposes
08:59 Why build a website in 2025?
14:57 CSS Techniques and Modern Design Challenges
17:53 CSS: Shape Primitives
30:40 Understanding Curve and Arc Syntax in CSS
35:40 Single Directional Overflow in CSS
38:58 Exploring Quiet UI and Its Components
50:11 The Importance of Open Source in Design Systems