Cookies Consent And The New Privacy Conversation Around Website Builds
A 2019 article about cookies, consent, analytics and why privacy started affecting ordinary website delivery rather than only legal documents.
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DevelopmentDark Mode Made Colour Choices Feel Less Permanent Dark Mode Made Colour Choices Feel Less Permanent
A 2019 article about dark mode, prefers-color-scheme and what happens when websites start responding to the visitor’s environment.
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DevelopmentWordPress Site Health And The Maintenance Work Clients Never See WordPress Site Health And The Maintenance Work Clients Never See
A practical article about WordPress Site Health, maintenance conversations and why technical issues need to be visible before they become emergencies.
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DevelopmentNative Lazy Loading And The End Of Every Image Needing A Script Native Lazy Loading And The End Of Every Image Needing A Script
A 2019 article about native lazy loading, image-heavy websites and the shift from custom JavaScript patterns to browser-level performance features.
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DevelopmentjQuery Was Still Everywhere And That Changed How I Planned JavaScript jQuery Was Still Everywhere And That Changed How I Planned JavaScript
A grounded look at working with jQuery in 2019, when newer JavaScript conversations were everywhere but real client websites still depended on older patterns.
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DevelopmentWhen Gutenberg Became The Editor We Had To Design Around When Gutenberg Became The Editor We Had To Design Around
A practical 2019 reflection on Gutenberg becoming part of day-to-day WordPress work, and why the editor changed how websites had to be planned.
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DevelopmentBabel 7 And The Cost Of Keeping Modern JavaScript Buildable Babel 7 And The Cost Of Keeping Modern JavaScript Buildable
A practical article about Babel 7, modern JavaScript and the build decisions that come with supporting real browsers.
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DevelopmentTypeScript 3.0 And Taking JavaScript Structure More Seriously TypeScript 3.0 And Taking JavaScript Structure More Seriously
A 2018 article about TypeScript 3.0 and why typed JavaScript started to feel more relevant to real interface work.
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DevelopmentReact 16 And Interfaces That Fail More Carefully React 16 And Interfaces That Fail More Carefully
A practical article about React 16, error boundaries and thinking about failure states inside component-based interfaces.
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DevelopmentTrying The Early Gutenberg Plugin And Thinking In Blocks Trying The Early Gutenberg Plugin And Thinking In Blocks
A 2017 perspective on trying the early Gutenberg plugin and what block-based editing could mean for WordPress projects.