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Using the CSS Me Not Bookmarklet to See (and Disable) CSS Files
15.1.2022
Stoyan is absolutely correct. As much as we all love CSS, it’s still an important player in how websites load and using less of it is a good thing. He has a neat new bookmarklet called CSS Me Not …
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Japanese Firefighter Gets In Trouble For YouTube Gaming Side Hustle
12.1.2022
These days, side hustles are more common than ever. But one firefighter in Wakayama, Japan is being punishing for his double life as a gaming YouTuber. According to Mainichi and AFP, the 33-year-old firefighter uploading 314 videos between December 2020 to October 2021. The fire-fighting YouTuber...
The Web is More Gooder, and Other Observations on Today’s Web Tech
30.12.2021
I’m actually working on a talk (whew! been a while! kinda feels good!) about just how good the world of building websites has gotten. I plan to cover a wide swath of web tech, on purpose, because I …
Remember You Are Not the User
23.12.2021
One thing people can do to make their websites better is to remember that you are not representative of all your users. Our life experiences and how we interact with the web are not indicative of how everyone interacts with …
Show, Don’t Tell
23.12.2021
How much time do you spend designing the content presentation for your websites? When you write a new blog post or create a new page, are you thinking about just the words, or how your readers will engage with those …
Be Prepared for Failure and Handle it Gracefully
20.12.2021
When I was working at my first “real” job in the field in the mid-2000s, it was hammered in the web dev field to build tiny websites (no more than 100KB per page), only use JavaScript for special effects, and …
Maybe Nothing
17.12.2021
What’s one thing we can do to make our site better? Maybe nothing at all!
Our websites keep getting bigger and bigger! When we have a team with so many exciting ideas and such interesting technology, it can be easy …
Inspirational Websites Roundup #32
14.12.2021
Get updated on the latests web design trends with this carefully selected collection of creative websites.
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Learn From Remix
8.12.2021
I’ve built websites that are used by millions of people all over the world. I’ve made more mistakes than I care to count and I’ve had to deal with the repercussions of those mistakes for years thereafter. Through all of …
Jetpack Licensing for Agencies and Professionals
7.12.2021
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I’ve built WordPress websites for I don’t know how long now, but suffice to say I’ve relied on it for a bulk of the work I do as a freelance front-ender. And in that …
Reduce Your Website’s Environmental Impact With a Carbon Budget
6.12.2021
As I write this, world leaders are gathering in Glasgow for COP26, the international climate change conference, in the attempt to halt (or at least slow down) catastrophic climate change by pledging to end their countries’ dependence on fossil fuels. …
Embrace your code’s transience
2.12.2021
Websites change. Healthy codebases are constantly being updated. Legacy code dies when it eventually goes down with the ship. Recognizing that my code is transient allows me to be more practical about my code and what guides my decision-making as …
Control Layout in a Multi-Directional Website
23.11.2021
Many business websites need a multilingual setup. As with anything development-related, implementing one in an easy, efficient, and maintainable way is desirable. Designing and developing to be ready for multiple languages, whether it happens right at launch or is expected …
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Alabama Securities Regulator Shuts Down 97 Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Trading Websites
20.11.2021
The securities regulator of the U.S. state of Alabama has issued a cease and desist order against Acoin Trading and 96 other cryptocurrency websites. The crypto investment schemes promise “excessive returns,” report “fictitious account values,” and impose...
Crypto Exchanges & Bitcoin Price Trackers Among Venezuela’s Most-Visited Websites
18.11.2021
The Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his cohorts have long banged the drum about creating a “crypto-powered economy” – but it appears that either the message has got through to citizens, or Venezuelans have been adopting crypto of their own accord.
Per monthly web traffic data from...
Monster Girl Encyclopedia Wiki Will Be Sacked By Host Due To ‘Fetish’ Content
16.11.2021
Fandom, the company that now hosts a solid majority of video game and other pop-culture wikis, recently updated its “community creation policy” with a new section stating that it will no longer host pages that contain “fetish” content. Thanks to this policy update, the Monster Girl Encyclopedia...
Quickly Get Alerted to Front-End Errors and Performance Issues
11.11.2021
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Measuring things is great. They say what you only fix what you measure. Raygun is great at measuring websites. Measuring performance, measuring errors and crashes, measuring code problems.
You know what’s even better than …
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Digital Foundry's YouTube Channel Hacked By Cryptobros, Gets Taken Down
9.11.2021
The YouTube channel of technical experts Digital Foundry has been taken down for violating community guidelines after it was first hacked and then began broadcasting some crypto scam bullshit earlier today.Read more
Nice Ruins You Got Here
9.11.2021
Ellie Cooper is an artist based in the UK who has done stuff for companies like Disney and Google.Read more
Inspirational Websites Roundup #31
8.11.2021
A new collection of the most interesting and creative websites from the past couple of weeks.
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