Blogs and tutorials
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28 Sep 2023
How to use jQuery with Astro
Understanding how to use jQuery in an Astro project was hard to Google. So I wrote my own guide for you and my future self.
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21 Sep 2023
From LCP to CLS: Improve your Core Web Vitals with Image Loading Best Practices
Learn all about image lazy loading and how it can help improve performance, UX and core web vitals.
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16 Jul 2023
5 reasons you should hire me as your next developer experience engineer
I’m excited to be looking for my next role as a Developer Experience Engineer. Here are five reasons why you should hire me.
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25 Jun 2023
How I deploy my website using my Apple Watch
TL:DR; a serverless function and build hook on Netlify, and an Apple Shortcut.
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19 Jun 2023
The best light/dark mode theme toggle in JavaScript
Learn how to build The Ultimate Theme Toggle™️ for your website using JavaScript, CSS custom properties, local storage and system settings.
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18 May 2023
A/B test CMS authored content with Netlify Edge Functions
Learn how to run an A/B test using content from your CMS and Netlify Edge Functions.
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14 May 2023
How to split traffic and A/B test different page layouts on the same URL
Learn how to split traffic for A/B testing between different page layouts without changing the URL using Netlify Edge Functions.
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3 May 2023
The universal CSS * selector isn't actually universal
For my ENTIRE career I have been living with an enormous misconception: the universal CSS selector doesn't actually select EVERYTHING.
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23 Apr 2023
Hide text in CSS pseudo elements from screen readers with this one weird trick
Learn how to hide decorative text generated by CSS from screen readers, so that your weird designs don't interrupt the flow of the text.
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16 Apr 2023
The Acronyms of Rendering on the Web
Learn about different types of rendering on the web, and how it impacts user experience, site performance, and SEO.
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12 Apr 2023
Improve E-commerce Site Performance with Rendering Strategies
Learn how to optimize UX, site performance and SEO by taking a strategic approach to how you render different pages of your e-commerce store.
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17 Mar 2023
Make time
I used use a week of PTO to see what tips and tricks I could experiment with to try and fix my life. Here’s how it went.
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6 Jan 2023
How do I get started in web development?
Asking “How do I get started with web dev?” is like asking “How do I get started with cooking?”
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3 Jan 2023
2022: what I made, what I learned, and what I didn't do
Let's take a look back at 2022: what I made, what I learned — both professionally and personally — and what I didn't get around to.
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12 Dec 2022
How to get the user’s timezone in JavaScript with Edge Functions
You don‘t need client-side JavaScript to localize dates and times according to timezone — use timezone data in Netlify Edge Functions.