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March 04, 2021

You really should be on the latest version of PHP

Here's a brief post about why you should keep your software up-to-date, specifically about PHP 8.0, in this case.

Tagged as: Programming
February 17, 2021

Font subsetting on the web made easy

How to turn an OTF/TTF file into a subset web font, in a few easy steps.

Tagged as: Programming
January 31, 2021

Cleaning up PHP Monitor’s source code

How I made some important changes in the PHP Monitor codebase.

Tagged as: Programming
December 28, 2020

Developers need low-end devices

With new M1 Macs now available to everyone, one of the concerns I’ve seen floating around the internet is that the performance increase of the new M1 Macs is going to be offset by developers’ blatant disregard for performance in general.

Tagged as: Programming
October 11, 2020

Swift is a great programming language

I've really enjoy programming in Swift lately. This is a brief post of language features I enjoy.

Tagged as: Programming
June 23, 2020

Xdebug with Laravel Valet and PhpStorm

A guide on how to set up Xdebug with PhpStorm and Laravel Valet

Tagged as: Programming
May 11, 2020

Turbo Boost

I have opinions on thermal throttling, boost mode and low-power computers.

Tagged as: Programming
April 18, 2020

Backups with Aegis

I have set up an extra way to backup my website, with a new console app, Aegis.

Tagged as: Programming
December 08, 2019

WebKit’s no performance regression policy

The WebKit team has an interesting zero-tolerance policy for performance regressions.

Tagged as: Programming
November 03, 2019

Using GoAccess to read NGINX access logs

Did you know you can still analyze your web traffic without explicit analytics like Google Analytics? You can just use your nginx access logs!

Tagged as: Programming
November 02, 2019

CSS variables and prefers-color-scheme

CSS variables are pretty well-supported. Here's how easy it can be to roll out a dark mode if you're properly using CSS variables.

Tagged as: Programming
October 21, 2019

This website is now entirely JS-free

I got rid of all the JavaScript on my website. Why? On principle.

Tagged as: Programming