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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Transform Image URLs with a Simple Cloudflare Worker
Cloudflare Workers make it easy to quickly transform HTML on the fly with no third-party dependencies. Let's show how smooth the process is by building one to prepare every image URL for use with PicPerf.io.
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Hold a Healthy Sense of Caution Whenever Running a curl|bash Command
Piping a curl response to bash is flexible, power distribution tactic used by software authors. But using it well means never losing sight of the inherent risks that come along with it.
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It's Never Been Easier to Performantly Put Images on the Web
The web has made many significant, meaningful advancements in performantly loading and rendering images over the years. Let's reminisce about a few.
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Why Am I Getting a 502 Bad Gateway After Turning on Plausible?
If you've ever gotten a "bad gateway" error from your self-hosted instance of Plausible Analytics, there are a couple of things you might try first.
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How to Back Up Your Self-Hosted Plausible Analytics Data
Backing up your data is critical for effectively any self-hosted application. Let's explore how you can make it happen for Plausible Analytics.
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Picking the Right Tool for Maneuvering JavaScript's Event Loop
Depending on the task, it's helpful to be able to schedule work throughout various parts of the event loop's lifecycle. Let's explore some of the tools available for doing it.
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Raise the API Rate Limit for a Self-Hosted Instance of Plausible
If you're running Plausible Analytics on a virtual machine (or some other box), you don't need to abide by the default API key rate limit it enforces. Let's walk through how to raise it.
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Let's Bring Back JavaScript's `with()` Statement
JavaScript's "with()" statement is effectively deprecated and strongly discouraged from use. But I'm not so sure it's justified.
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Executing Dangerously Injected Scripts Inside React Components
In rare moments, you might want to execute script tags injected with React's dangerouslySetInnerHTML prop. Here's how to make it possible.
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"Server-rendering your UI is expensive!"
Show me it matters.
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