😴 I'm taking a break from February 1, 2024 until May 12, 2024, so I will be less active here and on social media.

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
September 10, 2019

Meet PHP Monitor, a companion for your multiple Homebrew PHP installations

A little bit of information about PHP Monitor, a macOS utility.

Tagged as: Programming
June 19, 2019

What's on my devices

Here's a list of software I have on my devices (in 2019). This list includes software used for personal and professional use.

Tagged as: Programming
December 01, 2018

Thoughts on paying for software and pricing models

In this post, I talk about software pricing. It's an interesting topic, but I have some brief thoughts, and here they are.

Tagged as: Programming
December 16, 2017

Don’t forget to turn on HTTP/2 to speed up your site

A short post on why you should turn on HTTP/2 support in nginx for your webserver.

Tagged as: Programming
December 12, 2014

I demand your permission: Android's biggest privacy problem

After having used Android on my Nexus 7 for over a year now, I talk about how Android has left me disappointed with its permissions management.

Tagged as: Programming
October 13, 2014

On Yosemite & developer tools

What to do when you want to upgrade to Yosemite for web developers running Vagrant and the like.

Tagged as: Programming
October 10, 2014

Back to Helvetica

My thoughts on the new typography and layout changes on the website. Also a brief piece about Helvetica as the default font in Yosemite in the footnotes.

Tagged as: Programming
August 17, 2014

Optimizing site performance: gulp, caching, and more

Let's take a look at optimizing site performance by using Gulp, and much more like image optimizations, Expires headers.

Tagged as: Programming