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Link from March 23rd, 2018 at 1:14pm

“Compressive images give us a reduced file size, but it greatly increases the memory footprint…it’s a trade-off we no longer need to make.” timkadlec.com/remembers/…

Chris Pederick

Link from December 1st, 2017 at 6:01pm

“Not all CSS files are critical enough to delay access to the content. To load less-critical CSS files without blocking page rendering, we need to load them asynchronously.” filamentgroup.com/lab/async-css.html

Chris Pederick

Link from September 15th, 2017 at 5:13pm

“Removing the white bars in Safari on iPhone X.” https://stephenradford.me/removing-the-white-bars-in-safari-on-iphone-x/

Chris Pederick

Link from July 12th, 2017 at 5:01pm

“A dark theme for Atom, iTerm, Slack, Sublime Text, Visual Studio Code and many more.” https://draculatheme.com/

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Link from April 14th, 2017 at 5:01pm

“Stop using those loading spinners in your user interfaces. It’s killing your apps’ experience more than you know.” uxdesign.cc/…

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Link from March 20th, 2017 at 5:01pm

”Don’t include social share buttons in small-screen websites unless the user just came from a social network.” https://bigmedium.com/ideas/no-mobile-share-buttons.html

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Link from January 18th, 2017 at 6:01pm

“The value of single-minded viewport optimization has diminished…web page optimization requires a reboot.” https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2016/the-viewport-doesnt-matter-anymore/

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Link from January 5th, 2017 at 6:01pm

“The web font world has changed. Here’s the modern font-face syntax I’d recommend.” https://www.zachleat.com/web/retire-bulletproof-syntax/

Chris Pederick

Link from December 2nd, 2016 at 8:01pm

“Some of the reasons, processes and challenges behind the Guardian moving their content to HTTPS.” theguardian.com/info/developer-blog/2016/nov/29/…

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Link from December 2nd, 2016 at 6:01pm

“A simple API called Web Share that allows websites to invoke the native sharing capabilities of the host platform.” https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/09/navigator-share

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Link from September 19th, 2016 at 5:01pm

“The AMP Validator extension will run the current page through the validator and report if it passes.” webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/09/how-to-best-evaluate-issues-with-your.html

Chris Pederick

Link from September 16th, 2016 at 5:01pm

”A ranked list of every Netflix original series.” https://www.vulture.com/2016/09/netflix-original-series-ranked-again.html

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Link from September 1st, 2016 at 5:01pm

“To enter numbers in web forms across the broadest range of devices we need to combine pattern and type=number.” https://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/type-number.html

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Link from August 22nd, 2016 at 5:01pm

“Small modules can have a surprisingly high performance cost depending on your choice of bundler and module system.” https://nolanlawson.com/2016/08/15/the-cost-of-small-modules/

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Link from August 19th, 2016 at 5:01pm

“The ideal list of devices to test mobile websites…continuously updated to include latest and upcoming devices.” https://www.browserstack.com/test-on-the-right-mobile-devices

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Link from August 10th, 2016 at 5:01pm

“Starting in iOS 10, WebKit relaxes its inline and autoplay policies for silent video elements.” https://webkit.org/blog/6784/new-video-policies-for-ios/

Chris Pederick

Link from August 9th, 2016 at 5:02pm

“Fira Code is a font containing a set of ligatures for common programming multi-character combinations.“ https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

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Link from August 8th, 2016 at 5:02pm

“Using Alfred 3 Snippets to turn :joy: into 😂 anywhere on your computer.” http://joelcalifa.com/blog/alfred-emoji-snippet-pack/

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Link from August 5th, 2016 at 5:02pm

“If you have links to another origin, you should use rel=”noopener”, especially if they open in a new tab/window.” https://jakearchibald.com/2016/performance-benefits-of-rel-noopener/

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Link from July 20th, 2016 at 5:02pm

”We transitioned our static assets to HTTP/2. Surprisingly, some sections of our platform felt noticeably slower.” 99designs.com.au/tech-blog/blog/2016/07/14/…

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