I just realized that using the "download" attribute on HTML links works only for same-origin resources by default. Fortunately, the "fix" is pretty simple, as long as you have control over your server’s response headers.
Read ItThe browser is very good at prioritizing resources requests on its own. But it's not always great. Priority hints makes it easy to provide explicit instructions as to how and in what network activity occurs.
Read ItIt's common for modern hosts to cache static assets in a flexible, but not most optimal way. Let's explore why that is and what we can do to push cache performance (for some assets) even further.
Read ItBy using PicPerf, Songwriter City's saw a sizeable reduction in total page weight and a healthy boost in its overall performance score. Here are the details.
Read ItTwo-way form input binding is a popular feature offered by JavaScript frameworks like Vue and Svelte. I took a minute to explore what the React version of it might look like. I don't hate the result.
Read ItIt's been a minute since they were introduced, but I finally took some time to see how variable fonts stack up to their static counterparts. At least for my own blog, it was worth the effort.
Read ItWalking through the process of running Dockerized Node & Puppeteer on Fly.io.
Read ItIt's all too common to see websites preload assets already embedded in their HTML. But doing so often doesn't gain you much, and fails to leverage the tool for the greatest impact.
Read ItUsing React Router + Laravel as an example, let's explore how to mount a multi-page SPA into an application with traditional, server-rendered routes, as well as the reasons you might want to do so.
Read ItAfter building content on Markdown and Notion for my blog posts, I think I've finally found a CMS I can see myself sticking with for a while.
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