I didn't know you could use sibling parameters as default values in functions.
Default parameter values have been in JavaScript for a while. But I just found out you can use sibling parameters as the default values themselves.
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Empty Building
I’ve started to notice my stomach bunch up when I come across #BuildInPublic hashtags, or see people throw around phrases like: “Forget everything else. Just get out there and build.”“It’s all about building cool stuff together.”“The future belongs to the builders.”“Stop talking. Start building.”“So much to build, so little time.”At first,
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JamComments Now Offers AI-Powered Moderation
You can now use an LLM to moderate new comments submitted through JamComments. Here's the why and how.
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It Might Be Worth Converting that GIF to an Animated WebP
The animated GIF has become a key piece of today’s meme culture, despite being around decades prior. But there are serious technical advantages to
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Exploring the Possibilities of Native JavaScript Decorators
frontendmasters.comNative support for decorators is inevitable! It simplifies augmenting class methods, which can help with things like logging, memoization, debouncing, and dependency injection.
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How to Back Up Self-Hosted Plausible Analytics Data to an R2 or S3 Bucket
Services like S3 and R2 can be invaluable when self-hosting Plausible Analytics. Let's walk through what it looks like to use them for automated backups a simple cron job.
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On Building Structured Data with Client-Side JavaScript
Thinking through some of the trade-offs and benefits in using client-side JavaScript to generate structured data.
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Control JavaScript Promises from Anywhere Using Promise.withResolvers()
frontendmasters.comA guest post I had the privilege of writing for the Frontend Masters blog.
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Re-Enabling Emails for Ghost CMS Members
After upgrading my self-hosted instance of Ghost CMS, a significant number of my members' emails were inappropriately disabled. Here's how I went about fixing it (for now).
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Adding Structured Data in Astro's Starlight Documentation Framework
Astro's Starlight documentation theme is great, but currently lacks support for building structured data (JSON-LD). Fortunately, it's easy enough to roll yourself by overriding a component.
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It’s Probably Only Getting More Important to Use (Good) Structured Data
Exploring the purpose of structured data in the SEO game, why it's poised to become even more important in the future, and how to start leveraging it well.
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Helpful Guidelines for Posting on LinkedIn
I’ve been observing some of the posting trends on here and it’s clear we could benefit from a few guidelines. You might think I’m unqualified to give them. But the facts suggest otherwise: I won $25 in cold, hard, American cash by winning second place in a community essay contest when
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Looking Forward to (Hopefully) Not Needing Responsive Images One Day
I’ve decided I don’t like the responsive image API in HTML, or at least the idea that we still need it as a performance tool.By "responsive," I mean "show different versions of an image based on device," using only HTML. If it’s been a minute, here’s a recap. You can
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You Might Consider Using an Image Sitemap
Depending on the site, image sitemaps can be a helpful tool in an SEO strategy, making it ultra-clear to search engines the images they can and should index. Let's explore setting one up.
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The Architecture Might Not Be the Problem
It’s interesting how language around service architecture changes as patterns fall in & out of favor.People who advocated for microservices years ago now refer to them as “nano” services. It seems to get at the costly hassle it can be to integrate with, iterate on, and maintain a service with
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