April 2025

Eleventy: A GitHub Workflow to Check if an Automated Dependency Update Would Break Your Site

A little safety measure to prevent updates to package.json, package-lock.json, and .nvmrc (or similar) from causing a hiccup.

Published on April 22, 2025, filed under .

How I Run Eleventy (It’s Complicated?)

Aliases, debug mode, non-versioned builds as part of a centralized, versioned site exports repo—and the thinking behind it all.

Published on April 18, 2025, filed under .

5 Ways to Reduce HTML File Size on Your Website, Step 0

The journey begins with an unpopular step.

Published on April 16, 2025, filed under .

Empathy

Lack of empathy is not a sign of strength, but a liability for all of us.

Published on April 6, 2025, filed under .

The cover of “Tara.”

New Book: Tara (A Utopia)

A human-inspired, AI-generated, human-edited story about refusing to live in a dystopia—and transforming the world instead.

Published on April 3, 2025, filed under .

Micro-Scrum

Decide on one thing to ship, then ship (or learn).

Published on April 1, 2025, filed under .

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