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  1. 27 Mar 2024

    How I fixed my brutal TTFB

    I was EMBARRASSED.

    Web Dev 9 min read →
  2. 11 Mar 2024

    What is INP and why you should care

    Your website performance is now trash until you optimize for INP.

    Web Dev 7 min read →
  3. 21 Feb 2024

    The future of Jamstack is anti-capitalist

    Down with capitalism. - Mike Neumegen

    Web Dev 4 min read →
  4. 25 Jan 2024

    How to deal with API rate limits

    API rate-limiting is a minefield. Why are there no standards?

    Web Dev 7 min read →
  5. 20 Dec 2023

    Twitter ruined your link previews: here’s how Cloudinary can help

    Learn how to overlay text on your Open Graph images using the Cloudinary API and SDKs.

    Web Dev 11 min read →
  6. 18 Dec 2023

    How to fix error: invalid character in entity name in RSS feeds

    My RSS feed was broken for OVER A WEEK because I used an invalid character in the XML.

    Web Dev 1 min read →
  7. 14 Dec 2023

    Fallbacks for HTTP 404 images in HTML and JavaScript

    What if an image doesn’t exist anymore? What if someone accidentally deleted an image in your CMS? How do you detect and deal with this?

    Web Dev 5 min read →
  8. 10 Nov 2023

    A story about HTTP status codes and why you should read documentation

    Recently, I wrote some bad code. But this highlighted the importance of correct HTTP status codes, and how I should really read documentation.

    Web Dev 6 min read →
  9. 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.

    Web Dev 2 min read →
  10. 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.

    Web Dev 9 min read →
  11. 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.

    CSS 4 min read →
  12. 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.

    Web Dev 5 min read →
  13. 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.

    Tutorials 5 min read →
  14. 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.

    Web Dev 9 min read →
  15. 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.

    Web Dev 12 min read →
  16. 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?”

    Web Dev 1 min read →
  17. 15 Nov 2022

    Single-page applications, multi-page applications, the history of Twitter tech, and a failed project

    After I changed my mind about writing new JavaScript frameworks, I paused development on a new project, What the Framework (WTF). Here's why.

    Web Dev 8 min read →
  18. 12 Jun 2022

    How to deploy an Astro site

    Deploy an Astro project as a static, server-rendered, or edge-rendered site, try out some Netlify templates, and learn how to deploy to Netlify.

    Tutorials 9 min read →
  19. 29 May 2022

    Level up your link previews in Slack

    Add extra metadata to the head tag in your web pages to show richer previews in Slack when your link is unfurled.

    Tutorials 3 min read →
  20. 10 May 2022

    What is Jamstack?

    Let's explore Jamstack, “Jamstack-adjacent” technologies, and how you can get started building on the Jamstack.

    Web Dev 7 min read →
  21. 4 Apr 2022

    HTML is all you need to make a website

    HTML-only websites are a controversial and divisive topic. But why?

    Web Dev 3 min read →
  22. 29 Mar 2022

    How I massively improved my website performance by using the right tool for the job

    I rebuilt my website AGAIN with the aim of using as little JavaScript as possible to improve performance. Did I succeed? And what did I learn?

    Web Dev 10 min read →
  23. 21 Mar 2022

    How to format dates for RSS feeds (RFC-822)

    Here's a selection of links, guidance and code snippets to help you format dates for RSS feeds (RFC-822).

    Tutorials 2 min read →
  24. 4 Mar 2022

    Why you should ship your silly side projects

    Let's take a look at what we learned building a very silly site for the Netlify Dusty Domains project in December 2021.

    Web Dev 5 min read →
  25. 1 Mar 2022

    A prototype is all you need to launch a site

    Catch up on a Twitch live stream where I prototyped Women of Jamstack with 11ty and YOLO deployed it to Netlify on a custom domain.

    Web Dev 1 min read →
  26. 13 Feb 2022

    How I improved your Google Lighthouse SEO score with a lot of research and one quick PR

    Why has Google Lighthouse been penalising us for canonical links on different domains? I set out to solve this conundrum once and for all.

    Web Dev 3 min read →
  27. 11 Feb 2022

    How to build an HTML-only accordion — no JavaScript required!

    You don't need JavaScript to build accordions! Use HTML only and just four lines of code.

    Tutorials 2 min read →
  28. 13 Dec 2021

    An introduction to GraphQL and how to use GraphQL APIs

    Here's everything I learned this year about GraphQL for anyone getting started.

    GraphQL 10 min read →
  29. 29 Nov 2021

    How to load responsive images in AVIF and WebP using the HTML picture element

    A complete guide on how to serve responsive images in WebP and the new AVIF format where supported, using the HTML picture element.

    Tutorials 13 min read →
  30. 4 Oct 2021

    What is a REST API?

    REST? API? What does it all mean? Let’s break it down.

    Web Dev 8 min read →
  31. 16 Sep 2021

    Ecommerce and Next.js on the Jamstack — with Colby Fayock

    I sat down with Colby Fayock to chat about Next.js and how all of its features help enable developers to build great experiences on the web.

    Web Dev 48 min read →
  32. 7 Sep 2021

    How to build a personalized image social sharing app with Cloudinary and Next.js

    Encourage your event attendees to share their tickets for your next virtual event!

    Tutorials 11 min read →
  33. 11 Aug 2021

    What is an API?

    Let's learn about application programming interfaces.

    Web Dev 9 min read →
  34. 4 Aug 2021

    A Next.js complete beginner tutorial using the Spotify API

    I'm joined by Ebonie (metalandcoffee_) where we set up a new Next.js and Spotify API project to curate music recommendations.

    Tutorials 1 min read →
  35. 16 May 2021

    How to make your font sizes accessible with CSS

    Here's how to make sure your website respects font size preferences specified in browser settings using two important CSS concepts.

    Tutorials 3 min read →
  36. 3 May 2021

    When to use aria-labels in your HTML

    This is one of the most important ways to use aria-labels so your code provides contextual information to screen-readers and assistive tech.

    Tutorials 3 min read →