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6 Steps to Improve HTML Images For Users & Developers

Development, Front End, HTML, Optimization

Learn how to make HTML images better for users with responsive sizes and modern formats without making your life as a developer much harder.

Edit Someone Else’s Website: contenteditable & designMode

Development, Front End, HTML

You may be familiar with using devtools to modify a website's HTML. In this blog post, I'll show you two more ways: contenteditable and designMode.

Under-Engineered Productivity > Over-Engineered Distractions

Back End, Development, Optimization, WordPress

My tip for personal blogs is to avoid technical distractions. This article shows how to do so by setting up WordPress on Linode with just a few clicks.

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VS Code Timeline Restores Lost Work That Git Can’t

Development

VS Code Timeline can take snapshots of different save points of a file. This can help you save lost work that Git may not be able to.

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Fixing Obscure Bugs: Apache, GZip, ETags, & Edge Compute

Development, Edge Compute, Optimization

This post highlights an interesting use-case for using edge compute to solve an obscure performance bug with Apache's GZip module.

TIL: You Can Access A User’s Camera with Just HTML

Development, HTML, Video

The HTML capture attribute is interesting because it allows you to activate a user's camera with just HTML. This article covers it in more depth.

My Experience Speaking at VueConf US 2022

Vue.js

This post covers my experience speaking at VueConf including the conference review, advice for speakers, and considerations for future organizers.

Roll Your Own Static Site Host on VPS with Caddy Server

Back End, Command Line, Development

This blog post will teach you how to set up a static host on a virtual private server with Ubuntu, Caddy server, SSL, and SFTP access.

What is Edge Compute? It’s kind of like knitting dog hats

Back End, Development, Edge Compute, Optimization, Serverless

Edge compute is the new frontier in computing technology. This article explains what it is and why it's awesome, all along with cute pictures of dogs.

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Make Beautifully Resilient Apps With Progressive Enhancement

Back End, Development, Front End, HTML, JavaScript

Ignoring progressive enhancement could be seriously hurting your conversions. This article will show you how to build resilience into your apps.