What tools can you use to check Core Web Vitals?
When it comes to Core Web Vitals there are a whole range of tools and techniques available for checking your site. In this post I'll compare some of the most popular.
The high performance cost of Facebook Pixels
Facebook Pixels can be one of the worst third-parties for website performance. I'll explore why, and how you can use them without harming performance
Documenting architectural decisions with decision logs
Using decision logs to help tackle to problem of undocumented architectural decisions
Moving from Gatsby to Eleventy
After building this site with Gatsby I've quickly simplified and switched over to Eleventy
2020: Year in Review
Looking back over 2020, a year overshadowed by a pandemic but with some shimmers of hope through completed projects and lockdown walks
Core Web Vitals – the beginning of the end for AMP?
With Core Web Vitals making performance a search ranking factor does this mean we no longer need AMP?
Atomic design – hierarchy for your components
Atomic design is a hugely popular framework for describing and communicating UI components in a hierarchical way – we'll dive into why that's useful
Metrics, Metrics Everywhere! Where to start with web performance metrics
Web performance metrics get pretty overwhelming. By focusing on perceived performance we can identify key user-centric metrics to keep track of.
How many pages? SpeedCurve synthetic check budget calculator
Explore how to manage your SpeedCurve checks using my budget calculator
COVID-19: May & June
Spring turns into summer as lockdown starts to ease
Synthetic vs RUM Performance Monitoring – The Pepsi Challenge
Synthetic and RUM. Whats the difference, and why should you use both?
COVID-19: Weeks 6, 7 & 8
Lockdown continues as time flies by and the weeks merge into one