2026
A Simple Model to Address Work Performance Issues
Too often, we see leaders inadvertently and unnecessarily worsen perceived performance gaps, only to then struggle in turning the situation around. On a basic approach to understand and change what’s going on.
#28 · management
There Is No “Wrong” in CSS
CSS isn’t about universal “rights” or “wrongs”—a look at why standards aren’t dogmas, and why developer intent and platform responsibility may matter more than age of technique.
#27 · · development, css
Releasing Searcher, a Configurable, Privacy-Minded Chromium Extension to Trigger Random Searches
A mini-tool to make it costlier to invade your privacy.
“Conflict”
On not playing the modern language game, but calling things what they are.
#25 · politics
HTML Minifier Next: Zero-Config Mode, SVG Minification With SVGO, Even Faster
An update on recent improvements to the super-configurable web page minifier.
#24 · · tools, development, html, performance, optimization
The Web Development Glossary 4K
Introducing the latest edition of The Web Development Glossary, featuring updated definitions and nearly 1,000 additional terms. A must for anyone looking to navigate the web ecosystem and fill in gaps they never knew existed.
#23 · · books, development
Releasing .htaccess Punk—a Quick Helper to Check Redirects in .htaccess Files
Have you checked your .htaccess on broken redirects today?
#22 · · tools, development, quality
Astro: How to Set Up More Powerful HTML Minification (in 31 Seconds)
On improving HTML as well as CSS, JS, and SVG minification in Astro projects.
#21 · · development, html, optimization
What if They Had Spent It on Peace?
Not only should we fight against civilian infrastructure intentionally being destroyed and entire civilian populations being displaced and killed—we must question the whole bias for violence.
#20 · politics
Website Optimization Measures, Part XXXVI
In this action-packed episode, improvements around GitHub Actions, article headings, CDNs, spellchecking, stale branches, acronym handling, Bing authentication, Eleventy performance, and site searches.
#19 · · development, optimization
On AI-Readying Engineering Organizations
What challenges increasing AI quality and proliferation bring for us as engineering leaders.
#18 · · management, development, ai
The Violence Imperative
Violence is too severe to tolerate.
#17 · · philosophy, politics, misc
On Lost Trust in European Leadership
If leadership masks complicity as solidarity, trust doesn’t just erode. A look at European silence and the cost of unconditional support for never-ending violence in the Middle East.
#16 · politics
Israel and the USA Really Declared War on Everyone
No one is safe when countries act with brutality and impunity.
#15 · politics
Yet Another War
Our handling of violence is broken: We need to become much more just and empathetic in deciding what violence we tolerate and what violence we fight and hold others accountable for.
#14 · politics
Eleventy: How to Work Around the “git Last Modified” Performance Bottleneck
On speeding up Eleventy sites when commit dates are too useful to drop.
#13 · · development, performance
A German, an American, and an Israeli Walk Into a Bar
How likely is it that someone you meet has killed an unarmed person?
#12 · misc
Compressor.js Next
Optimizing the JavaScript image compressor and converter.
#11 · · tools, development, javascript, performance, optimization
The Beautiful Web
It’s not Web4 and it has always been there.
#10 · · development, design
How to Improve Your HTML Game
On moving beyond unsystematic HTML by choosing a deliberate writing style, committing to validation, and regularly consulting the specification.
#9 · · development, html
HTML Minifier Next 5, a Quick Upgrade Guide
A checklist to work through the breaking changes of this major update.
#8 · · tools, development, html, performance, optimization
7 Ways to Manage Large-Scale Taxonomies
An experience-based, practical guide to controlling hundreds or thousands of tags.
#7 · · development, maintainability
Moving Away From US Services: A Few Favorites
On increasing the price for disrespecting international law and the international community, by changing our choices on who gets our attention and our money.
#6 · · development, politics, misc
Website Optimization Measures, Part XXXV
On markup for tags, Basecoat and Tailwind, Eleventy passthroughs, quotes, loops, links, Markdown code blocks, GitHub Actions, and Markdown indentation.
#5 · · development, optimization
On Living in a World That Suffers and Burns
What helps us deal with this spiraling mess out there is understanding something about our model of the world, making conscious decisions about who we are, and being smart about how we bring about change.
#4 · · politics, philosophy
The Largest Web Development Glossary, Now as a JetBrains IDE Plugin
Thousands of web development terms, at your fingertips.
#3 · development
HTML Minifier Next: Even Faster, JavaScript Minification With SWC, SVG Minification
On making HMN better and better.
#2 · · tools, development, html, javascript, performance, optimization
2025
On an extremely productive year that ended with a significant personal update, and a year that I’ll forever connect with genocidal colonialism, the breakdown of international law, and alienation from my home country.
#1 · misc