The two Reacts
A very well written overview of when client-side functionality and server-side functionality make sense to use for a […]
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Root and branch
Notes from an interview of Dr. John Grimshaw, director of the Yorkshire Arboretum, on tree planting, climate pledges, and conservation, published in House & Garden September […]
Time to rethink mobile-first CSS?
An interesting look at whether the current mobile-first paradigm is problematic. Ultimately, the title feels a little like click-bait; to me the solution proposed remains mobile-first, but suggests […]
Event.target.closest
A lot of JavaScript used on web pages simply waits for a user to click on some element on the page, and then executes a […]
Climbing the ladder of abstraction with AI
Wattenberger frequently breaks my brain with some of their incredibly well-reasoned and unique ideas, and this talk from AI Engineer Summit is no exception. The core ideas being introduced are around […]
Zero JavaScript CSS-in-JS
One of the core downsides to CSS-in-JS is that you have to compile it on the client, which means increased bundle sizes and slower rendering. Linaria is an attempt to fix that, by providing all of […]
The Trick to Animating Grid Columns
Animating a grid element provides a lot of potential for fancy UIs and interesting interactions, but it's not immediately obvious when searching online how it needs to work and what the limitations are.
Clickable Confusion with NVDA
Understanding why non-interactive Storybook components are often announced as clickable by NVDA and other screenreaders.
Server-side versus client-side analytics
Dave has been running Netlify Analytics (server-side) and Fathom (client-side) for a few years, and the results are in: data integrity is hard. They offer a solid overview of why neither dataset […]
My Virtual Forest
I continue to be impressed by the commitment Krystal – my web host – shows towards green computing. Their recent milestone of planting a million trees also highlighted a really cool charity: Ecologi.
60 years of rewilding
Monks Wood Wilderness was a regularly ploughed field 60 years ago. Then (for whatever reason) it wound up without clear ownership and became an environmental study well ahead of its time: a rewilding […]
CLI image compression
Squoosh looks like a great image compression tool. Either drag'n'drop or link into their […]
The environmental issues of cryptoart
A depressing deep-dive into the world of NFTs (non-fungible tokens), cryptoart, and why crypto-anything is an ecological and social […]
A movement to green the web
A powerful and insightful piece by Michelle on the direct environmental impact the tech sector has, the way in which tech workers can demand further accountability and action, and the reality that […]
Wireless charging is a disaster waiting to happen
Not only that, but slight changes to the alignment between phone and charger decreased efficiency massively, so that millimetre tweaks could result in 80% more energy for a single charge. Plus, […]
Fund efforts to solve the climate crisis
I've seen some good reviews of Ecologi. For a relatively low monthly cost (<£5) you can fund tree planting, rewilding initiatives, and environmental community schemes all over the world. They've […]
Web carbon calculator
Accuracy in carbon footprint tools will always be a little dubious, but the Website Carbon Calculator is still a neat idea. theAdhocracy is currently sitting at 89% "cleaner" than the average […]
Jamstack is fast only if you make it so
Critique of JavaScript-heavy frontend frameworks and useful deep-dive into the issues of using client-side scripts or libraries for webmentions. Nicolas rightfully points out that this isn't just […]