Taking Variable Fonts for a Spin
It's been a minute since they were introduced, but I finally took some time to see how variable fonts stack up to their static counterparts. At least for my own blog, it was worth the effort.
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Run Puppeteer with Docker on Fly.io
Walking through the process of running Dockerized Node & Puppeteer on Fly.io.
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How to Better Leverage Browser Preloading
It's all too common to see websites preload assets already embedded in their HTML. But doing so often doesn't gain you much, and fails to leverage the tool for the greatest impact.
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Mount a Multi-Page SPA into an App with Server-Side Routing
Using React Router + Laravel as an example, let's explore how to mount a multi-page SPA into an application with traditional, server-rendered routes, as well as the reasons you might want to do so.
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Why I Moved from Notion to Ghost for My Headless CMS
After building content on Markdown and Notion for my blog posts, I think I've finally found a CMS I can see myself sticking with for a while.
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Why Your Website Should Use Modern Image Formats
With respect to performance, the format you choose for your site's images can have a huge impact on your site's performance and overall user experience.
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Why I Like Using Maps (and WeakMaps) for Handling DOM Nodes
Breaking down some of the reasons Maps (and WeakMaps) are especially useful tools when working with a large number of DOM nodes.
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Elegant Memoization with Ruby’s .tap Method
There are a few different ways to memoize complicated chunks of code in Ruby. Here's why .tap is my personal favorite.
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If Possible, Don't Run Prism.js in the Browser
I just moved this site's content over to a headless Ghost instance. As a part of that move, instead of processing Markdown, I'm retrieving raw HTML. I like that. It means fewer dependencies and a less complex build process.But it also means I need to do a little more work
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Consider Animating Your Canvas in a Web Worker
With so much going on on the browser's main thread, keeping a canvas animation buttery smooth can sometimes be a challenge. Web workers can help ease that hassle by handling the painting process elsewhere.
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More Elegant Destructuring with JavaScript Generators
Exploring one of the few practical-ish use cases for iterables and generators I’ve come across so far — destructuring an arbitrary number of entities on demand.
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Use a MutationObserver to Handle DOM Nodes that Don’t Exist Yet
Exploring how the MutationObserver API stacks up against the more traditional approach of polling for nodes that’ll eventually be created.
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You’ve Got Options for Removing Event Listeners
Reviewing some of the most common approaches available to remove event listeners in JavaScript.
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Use the .matches() Method to Determine if a Selector Matches an Element
A Superior, Native Alternative to the Lame Approaches I’ve Used in the Past
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What I Like About Astro
What Stuck Out While Migrating My Blog from Next.js to Astro
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