The article explores how modern web bloat, like heavy CSS and JavaScript, makes websites unusable for people with slow, dialup-like internet connections.
Laravel Mix is the new asset compilation tool replacing Laravel Elixir in Laravel 5.4, using Webpack instead of Gulp.
A technical guide on implementing web push notifications using Service Workers and VAPID keys, covering both front-end and back-end setup.
A guide to fixing GitHub's automatic language detection for repositories by using a .gitattributes file to exclude vendor files.
Explains Go's dependency management philosophy, tools like go get, and the $GOPATH workspace structure for handling packages.
An explanation of CSS Grid Layout's core terminology, including grid containers, items, lines, columns, rows, and tracks.
A deep dive into advanced Java 8 topics like lambda APIs, Streams, Optional, and default methods for experienced developers.
A deep dive into the 68 initialization steps the CLR's Execution Engine performs before running any .NET code, from infrastructure setup to component startup.
A guide to updating the Windows Server 2012R2 image in Azure Stack using PowerShell and sysprep.
A developer shares his journey advocating for and witnessing the launch of Speed Index and Visually Complete metrics in Dynatrace's products.
A guide on configuring Rollbar error monitoring for Celery workers in a Django application, explaining common integration pitfalls.
Explores optimizing Django ORM queries to avoid the N+1 problem when dealing with Postgres joins and complex model relationships in APIs.
A tutorial on how to automatically update the copyright year in a Perch CMS footer using PHP variables and custom templates.
A developer explains the benefits of prototyping a web app UI with static HTML and a templating engine for rapid iteration.
A developer's recap of presenting the Gnocchi time-series database at the FOSDEM 2017 open-source conference in the Python devroom.
A developer's journey creating Tech Forward, a social change project, using Gomix, Express.js, and Google Spreadsheets as the tech stack.
A deep dive into troubleshooting performance issues with SQL Server's natively compiled stored procedures, focusing on unexpected preemptive waits and memory contention.
Introducing Duoload, a simple open-source tool for visually comparing the loading progression of two websites side-by-side.
A virtualization professional shares his process for organizing a local tech meetup (#vBeers) outside London, covering planning, scheduling, and promotion.
Introducing Laravel Dusk, a new browser testing tool for Laravel 5.4 that enables testing JavaScript-heavy applications.
