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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August 2016

• 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&#8217;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?
• November 13, 2015

  Boost your donation revenue with recurring donations
• November 13, 2015

  How much revenue is your slow website costing you?

September 2015

• September 23, 2015

  On Privacy and Social Welfare

August 2015

• August 26, 2015

  Release the Kraken! (version 7)

July 2015

• July 28, 2015

  A web performance case study: Save One Soul Animal Rescue League