React performance tips: two techniques to optimize re-renders before using memo() or useMemo().
Tips for reducing client-side JavaScript in Next.js applications, including disabling JS on static pages and replacing React with Preact.
Technical analysis advising against using Basic and Standard (S0 & S1) tiers in Azure SQL Database, citing performance, permissions, and feature limitations.
Analyzing AWS Lambda cold starts for ASP.NET, exploring initialization delays and benchmarking performance for serverless applications.
Explains how web fonts cause layout shifts (CLS) and provides techniques to prevent them, including font optimization and using font-display: optional.
Explores psychological principles for improving user experience during web waits, suggesting alternatives to traditional loading spinners.
Explores the accessibility implications of the CSS content-visibility property, testing its impact on screen readers and the accessibility tree.
A technical comparison of Server-Side Rendering (SSR) and Static Site Generation (SSG) in Next.js, explaining their benefits and use cases.
Explains Java 16's Stream::mapMulti method as a faster alternative to flatMap, with code examples and performance considerations.
Explores the UX of skeleton screens for loading states, discussing their origins, benefits, and potential misuse in web development.
A guide to setting up and configuring the JIT compiler in PHP 8, including enabling opcache and understanding the complex configuration options.
A Python tutorial comparing methods to remove duplicates from a list, focusing on performance and code clarity.
Analyzes how medium-sized text fields impact PostgreSQL query performance through the TOAST storage mechanism.
Compares Python's type() and isinstance() functions, explaining their differences, performance, and when to use each.
Explains Python membership testing using 'in' operator vs. for loops, with benchmarks showing performance differences.
Explains the best way to check for True/False in Python, comparing performance and recommending the PEP8-compliant 'if variable:' idiom.
Explores Google Analytics proxying, a technique to bypass ad-blockers for more accurate tracking, and discusses its ethical implications.
A technical comparison of Python's list.sort() and sorted() functions, analyzing their performance with benchmarks and correcting common testing mistakes.
Explores new experimental performance features in Puma 5, including a 'sleep sort' latency reduction technique for Ruby web servers.
Compares Python for loops and list comprehensions, analyzing performance benchmarks and best use cases for filtering lists.
