Web Design & Development
Monorepo Tooling: What Actually Works
Keeping several related projects in one repository, with tooling to build and test only what changed. Key takeaways Shared code: libraries can be used across pr...
Marcus Adeyemi
Builds and maintains the web work. Writes about front-end architecture, performance, accessibility and the unglamorous parts of keeping a site alive.
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Web Design & Development
A Practical Guide to API Gateways
A layer in front of backend services that handles routing, authentication, rate limiting and logging. Key takeaways Routing: gateways direct requests to service...
Web Design & Development
Message Brokers, Done Properly
Systems that pass messages between services, decoupling producers from consumers. Key takeaways Queues and topics: point-to-point and publish-subscribe serve di...
Web Design & Development
Geospatial Data in Web Apps: The Decisions That Matter
Storing and querying locations, areas and distances in applications such as store locators and delivery zones. Key takeaways Coordinate order: latitude and long...
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A Practical Guide to Multi-Region Deployment
Running an application in more than one geographic region for performance or resilience. Key takeaways Data residency: some data must stay in specific jurisdict...
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A Practical Guide to Zero Trust Access for Admin Tools
Securing internal tools by verifying every request rather than trusting the network. Key takeaways Identity-based access: access decisions rest on verified iden...
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Translation Workflows in Code, Done Properly
How translatable text is extracted from an application, sent to translators and returned into the build. Key takeaways Extraction: strings should live in resour...
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Experiment Implementation on the Web: What Actually Works
The technical side of running A/B tests, including assignment, flicker and measurement. Key takeaways Assignment: users must stay in the same variant consistent...
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Data Layer Design: The Decisions That Matter
The structured object on a page that supplies analytics and tag tools with consistent data. Key takeaways Structure: a defined schema keeps values consistent Ti...
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Setting Up SPF, DKIM and DMARC: The Decisions That Matter
The DNS records that authenticate email from a domain and tell receivers what to do with unauthenticated mail. Key takeaways SPF: lists which servers may send f...
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A Practical Guide to Blocking Scrapers
Limiting automated collection of content, prices and data from a website. Key takeaways Identification: crawlers can be verified by reverse lookup Rate limiting...
Web Design & Development
Design Tokens in Code: The Decisions That Matter
Turning design decisions such as color and spacing into values that flow from design tools into code. Key takeaways Single source: tokens should have one author...
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