A guide to optimizing React context value for performance, recommending state/dispatch separation and warning against premature optimization.
Explains how to use Cypress's .clock() and .tick() commands to control time in tests, making them faster by skipping delays.
React performance tips: two techniques to optimize re-renders before using memo() or useMemo().
Explores the Doherty Threshold and the importance of sub-400ms response times for user engagement, referencing a TV show and technical concepts.
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.
A developer compares JavaScript's performance.now and Date.now for measuring raw computing speed, sharing test methods and findings.
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.
