What Chris Coyier thinks about optimism

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Front-end developer and writer; co-founder of CodePen, founder of CSS-Tricks, and co-host of the ShopTalk Show podcast.

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1. 21 Sept 2026

   Our readingRunning a niche text-based publication as a profitable business is difficult in the current tech environment.

   Their wordsIt's a difficult time in tech to try to run a niche text-based publication as a profitable business.

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