Not Knowable

Casual appreciation about our dealing with knowledge.

Published on September 29, 2024, filed under Philosophy.

Untrained Engineering Managers

Web development has always had a developer training issue, but it also has one on the management and leadership side. On a challenge we’re all familiar with but rarely talk and do something about.

Published on September 27, 2024, filed under Development and Management.

Website Optimization Measures, Part XXVI

Optimizations related to the Google docs viewer, dependency management, English terms in German copy, Prettier, AWS, SEO bots, Eleventy, and DreamHost.

Published on September 19, 2024, filed under Development.

On Ticket Management

Issue tracking tools like Jira, GitHub Issues, or Bugzilla are essential for managing bugs and tasks (that is, issues). However, not everyone finds ticket management convenient or convincing. A perspective on why tickets matter, and how they can be used well.

Published on September 17, 2024, filed under Development and Management.

The Assessment Paradox

For any individual or group we may think that it can assess itself best because it knows itself best. Yet this is not reliable. We may then think it’s other individuals or groups interacting with that first individual or group who may be able to assess it. This is not so, either.

Published on September 14, 2024, filed under Philosophy and Management.

2024: 0.5% of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML

The annual HTML conformance analysis, validating 200 home pages of the most popular websites. Despite improvements, there is no signal of commitment to valid output as a quality baseline to benefit end users as well as web development as a profession.

Published on September 11, 2024, filed under Development.

On Disagreement

From discomfort that can lead to shortcuts to challenges that may yield transformations.

Published on September 8, 2024, filed under Everything Else.

The HTML History and Optimization Cheat Sheet

Compare elements and specifications, check on void elements and optional tags.

Published on September 5, 2024, filed under Development.

Notes on Setting Up a Static Website With AWS (Route 53, S3, ACM)

…and whether doing so is worth it. (There are pos and cons, and they all seem pretty dramatic.)

Published on September 4, 2024, filed under Development.

Notes on Hooking Up a Website With Cloudflare

I played around with Cloudflare.

Published on September 3, 2024, filed under Development.