A nostalgic look at the HTML <area> element and image maps, comparing them to Tamagotchis and discussing early 2000s web design practices.
Learn how to extract text and data from PDFs using Python tools like pypdf, OCR, and table extraction techniques.
Author reflects on being named a Python Software Foundation Fellow, highlighting community contributions and shared recognition with Adam Johnson.
A technical guide on how to layer multiple CSS gradients to create visual effects, including a marker highlight effect for text.
Analyzes how JavaScript-heavy web architectures harm public service sites, causing slow performance and access barriers for users on low-end devices.
Argues that APIs should not redirect HTTP to HTTPS, but instead disable HTTP or return errors, to prevent accidental unencrypted data exposure.
Analyzes the growing complexity of the Emoji standard, focusing on skin tone, gender, and direction variants, and discusses Apple's unprecedented removal of some emojis in iOS 17.4.
A tutorial on building a ChatGPT-like chat application using Ruby on Rails and the Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI model, covering setup, models, and integration.
A guide on integrating ControlD DNS with Tailscale to resolve device names while using custom DNS endpoints.
The author explains why their PHP framework, Tempest, will require PHP 8.4 as a minimum version, citing future-proofing, community advancement, and managing adoption.
Analysis of California's slow BenefitsCal SNAP portal vs. Code for America's faster, simpler getcalfresh.org, focusing on web performance and architecture.
Explains why micro-benchmarks are often misleading for performance optimization and advocates for real-world profiling instead.
Explains how to use the ActivatorUtilitiesConstructor attribute in .NET to control which constructor is selected during dependency injection.
A guide for R users to learn basics of Python, HTML, CSS, JS, and C++ to enhance their data science and web development projects.
An overview of Capella Space's SAR satellite fleet and a guide to accessing and analyzing their freely available satellite imagery.
The .NET team concludes its async2 experiment, exploring a new runtime-based implementation of async/await for improved efficiency and flexibility.
An investigation into how JavaScript-first frontend culture and bloated frameworks contributed to performance issues, especially on low-end mobile devices.
Explains the HTML <address> element's semantic meaning and demonstrates how to correctly mark up contact information using Microdata and schema.org.
Explains the React useCallback hook, its purpose for memoizing functions to optimize performance, and provides a practical usage example.
A guide to refactoring Vue.js 3 applications by replacing manual fetch logic with TanStack Query for efficient data fetching, caching, and state management.
