On making stuff with code. And making code to do stuff.

Web Development

Front-end testing tools

February 3, 2020
React lifecycle diagrams

December 17, 2019
Goodbye controllers, hello request handlers

October 16, 2019
Does javascript guarantee object property order?

August 21, 2019
Registering custom URLs with custom templates in WordPress (without using page templates)

July 6, 2018
Filtering active menu element class on WordPress

March 12, 2018
Why some apps use fake progress bars

March 1, 2018
Let’s talk about usernames

February 16, 2018
In Praise of Theory in Design Research: How Levi-Strauss Redefined Workflow

February 5, 2018
Control HTTP 301 redirects caching

October 10, 2017
Hosted ElasticSearch (2017 edition)

March 17, 2017
Simple, automated and low cost MySQL backup strategy

March 2, 2017
Best way to initialize a class on a WordPress plugin

December 22, 2016
Pixel Density, Demystified

July 4, 2016
The greatest countries and administrative subdivisions database ever

January 12, 2016
Getting response headers data from an AJAX request with javascript

January 9, 2016
Would you use Rails for a new company?

September 17, 2015
The most complete localization data you’ll ever need

September 8, 2015
Un-breaking lighttpd’s broken mod_access

June 10, 2015
Architecting Websites for the HTTP/2 Era

May 25, 2015
Horizontally scaling PHP applications

May 14, 2015
Oracle MySQL 5.6 vs Percona Server 5.5 vs MariaDB 5.5

April 22, 2015
Backups are simple

April 9, 2015
HTTP2 for front-end developers

March 10, 2015
HOWTO: Install Node+NPM as user (not root)

February 2, 2015