The Stream

I write about the intersection of frontend web development, punk, and gardening. I used to write more. Now I write less.

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September 2016

September 23, 2016

Reducing Harvard Business School’s page load time by 27 percent in 15 minutes
September 21, 2016

Stop using algorithms to force relationships on people
September 7, 2016

How to disable WordPress core updates
September 2, 2016

Accessible toggle tabs and accordions

August 2016

August 25, 2016

More accessible modals
August 24, 2016

MailChimp and WordPress
August 22, 2016

My three principles for building for the web
August 21, 2016

Updates to Kraken and Keel
August 17, 2016

How to go from idea to published book in a week
August 15, 2016

Fixing Fonts
August 12, 2016

Looking for web developer jobs when you don’t have much experience
August 10, 2016

Resume tl;dr
August 9, 2016

Keyboard accessibility improvements with JavaScript
August 8, 2016

Should you add books and conferences to your resume?

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Why “fun” workplaces are actually bullshit (and other career advice)

May 2016

May 23, 2016

Forbes, ad-blockers, and bullshit
May 16, 2016

Coca Cola Freestyle and Web Accessibility

April 2016

April 11, 2016

Hidden content for better a11y
April 6, 2016

Relative sizing FTW!

March 2016

March 28, 2016

I <3 DigitalOcean
March 23, 2016

The move away from broadband (or why web performance still matters)
March 21, 2016

Free Web Talk: Measuring Web Performance
March 16, 2016

In Defense of WordPress
March 14, 2016

Plugins are not bad for WordPress performance

February 2016

February 29, 2016

The terrible design of everyday things
February 4, 2016

Harbor gets Events
February 1, 2016

Reintroducing Keel, a lightweight boilerplate for WordPress theme developers

January 2016

January 27, 2016

Updates to Smooth Scroll
January 25, 2016

Inaccessible websites are a legal liability
January 14, 2016

A better drop-down menu
January 11, 2016

It’s about more than mobile

December 2015

December 21, 2015

How to make sure your website works on thousands of devices without losing your mind
December 21, 2015

The mobile context myth
December 21, 2015

Your data is lying to you

November 2015

November 16, 2015

Are you making your site unusable for 13 million people?