There seemed to be a hot minute when the tech industry understood the value of idle tinkering and made a point of providing ‘side project time’ as an explicit working perk. The concept endures — I’m lucky enough to work somewhere that has it — but it seems to have been outpaced in recent years…
Read to the end to see a very satisfying performance by a hard-working stripper… In today’s edition: Why can’t the web be both weird AND accessible, at the same time? The 6.8 Release Squad is assembled and ready to roll out. Content Warning: There’s a really dumb knock-knock joke in this one. Watch out. Hot…
It’s not too far-fetched to say AI is a pretty handy tool that we all rely on for everyday tasks. It handles tasks like recognizing faces, understanding or cloning speech, analyzing large data, and creating personalized app experiences, such as music playlists based on your listening habits or workout plans matched to your progress. But…
Illustration has been used for 10,000 years. One of the first ever recorded drawings was of a hand silhouette found in Spain, that is more than 66,000 years old. Fast forward to the introduction of the internet, around 1997, illustration has gradually increased in use. Popular examples of this are Google’s daily doodles and the…
Read to the end to see the only thing we have to say about pineapple on pizza… In today’s edition: Congrats to the first ever winner of the Kim Parsell Memorial WordCamp Europe Scholarship – Lena Stergatou! What’s 122 feet tall and has skis for eyelashes and spruce trees for arms? WP Gives a Hand…
There are over a billion websites. It’s much easier for hackers to exploit a single vulnerable resource that connects to countless websites than to go after them one at a time. This is why WordPress plugins are a popular way in which hackers break into websites. So, let’s talk about what happens when one of…
As expected from anyone who has ever tried building anything solo, my goal was not to build an app but the app — the one app that’s so good you wonder how you ever survived without it. I had everything in place: wireframes, a to-do list, project structure — you name it. Then I started…
This article is a sponsored by DebugBear I was chatting with DebugBear’s Matt Zeunert and, in the process, he casually mentioned this thing called Tight Mode when describing how browsers fetch and prioritize resources. I wanted to nod along like I knew what he was talking about but ultimately had to ask: What the heck…
The list of attributes available in HTML is long and well-documented. Even if you haven’t memorized them (and there’s totally nothing wrong with an author… er… random person off the street, who has), there are a bunch of places where HTML attributes you’re familiar with will have different or more specific jobs. Let’s take a…
This article is a sponsored by Cloudways Product launches and sales typically attract large volumes of traffic. Too many concurrent server requests can lead to website crashes if you’re not equipped to deal with them. This can result in a loss of revenue and reputation damage. The good news is that you can maximize availability…
