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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November 2015

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
July 15, 2015

Adblocking software reduced a Canadian university’s bandwidth usage by up to 40%
July 9, 2015

Why text is often better than icons in your user interface
July 6, 2015

Making AJAX requests with native JavaScript
July 1, 2015

A native JavaScript equivalent of jQuery’s .ready() method

June 2015

June 26, 2015

The danger of relying on your Google PageSpeed Insights score to measure web performance
June 24, 2015

Separation of concerns in WordPress
June 22, 2015

The anatomy of a vanilla JavaScript plugin
June 19, 2015

Preventing email spam without using a lame contact form
June 17, 2015

You don’t need to learn command line
June 16, 2015

Belongings: How the Homeless Live
June 15, 2015

Buoy: A tiny collection of helper methods for getting things done in native JavaScript

May 2015

May 22, 2015

Progressive Enhancement and <code>.no-JS</code>
May 21, 2015

Announcing the Spare Parts Newsletter
May 20, 2015

HTTP2 explained in 5-minutes
May 19, 2015

Website or app?
May 18, 2015

Lightning fast tapping
May 15, 2015

Better Responsive Images
May 13, 2015

Common Mobile User Interface Challenges
May 11, 2015

Measuring Performance
May 8, 2015

Mobile-Friendly Navigation
May 7, 2015

Updates to Wicked Fast Websites
May 6, 2015

How to support thousands of devices without losing your mind
May 4, 2015

Why web performance and responsive web design matter
May 1, 2015

How to go from idea to published ebook in 5 days

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Free Download: A beginner’s guide to high-performance responsive web design
April 24, 2015

Building websites that work on an e-ink kindle… revisited
April 22, 2015

Climbing the DOM until you get a match using native JavaScript
April 21, 2015

How to connect a Roku to hotel wifi
April 20, 2015

Just because someone doesn’t have JavaScript turned off doesn’t mean they have a JS-enhanced experience
April 17, 2015

Let buttons be buttons