2026 (2)
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?
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