Third-Party Scripts Are A Trust Decision
A 2025 article about analytics, tracking, embedded tools and why every third-party script should have a clear reason to exist.
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DevelopmentAccessibility Reviews Belong In Normal Development Work Accessibility Reviews Belong In Normal Development Work
A practical article about folding accessibility checks into everyday design and development rather than treating them as a final audit.
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DevelopmentPerformance Budgets Are Better When They Behave Like Operational Rules Performance Budgets Are Better When They Behave Like Operational Rules
A practical article about making performance budgets useful during everyday website decisions rather than leaving them as launch reports.
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DevelopmentThe Case For Less JavaScript In Everyday Interfaces The Case For Less JavaScript In Everyday Interfaces
A practical article about choosing smaller JavaScript, native browser behaviour and lighter interaction patterns for normal websites.
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DesignDesigning Blocks For The Person Editing On A Friday Afternoon Designing Blocks For The Person Editing On A Friday Afternoon
A practical look at WordPress block design from the perspective of editors who need safe, repeatable patterns under normal working pressure.
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DevelopmentSpeculative Loading And The Problem With Guessing The Next Click Speculative Loading And The Problem With Guessing The Next Click
A practical article about speculative loading, perceived speed and why performance features still need judgement.
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AIAI Coding Agents Need Boundaries, Not Blind Trust AI Coding Agents Need Boundaries, Not Blind Trust
A practical 2025 reflection on using AI coding agents carefully inside real development work without handing over responsibility.
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DevelopmentThe Staging Site Is Where Bad Assumptions Should Break The Staging Site Is Where Bad Assumptions Should Break
A practical article about using staging environments to expose risky assumptions before they reach a live WordPress website.
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DesignCSS Is Becoming Easier To Trust CSS Is Becoming Easier To Trust
A 2025 reflection on browser support, Baseline, Interop and why modern CSS feels less like a risk during real website builds.
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DevelopmentThe Website Brief Now Needs An Ownership Plan The Website Brief Now Needs An Ownership Plan
A practical look at why website briefs need to describe ownership after launch, not just pages, designs and development requirements.