Web Design & Development
How to Get Choosing Hosting Right
Selecting where a website or application runs, from shared hosting to managed platforms and cloud infrastructure. Key takeaways Managed platforms: handle update...
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
Planning Website Maintenance: What Actually Works
The ongoing work a website needs after launch, from security updates to content and performance. Key takeaways Security updates: platforms and dependencies need...
Web Design & Development
Writing Requirements Developers Can Build From
Describing what a system must do in a way developers can build and testers can verify. Key takeaways Testability: good requirements can be verified Solutions: s...
Web Design & Development
How to Get Technical Due Diligence Right
Assessing the state of a website or application before acquiring, inheriting or taking over its maintenance. Key takeaways Dependencies: outdated components car...
Web Design & Development
Phased Website Launches, Done Properly
Releasing a site in stages rather than switching everything at once. Key takeaways Traffic splitting: some users can be routed to the new site Duplicate content...
Web Design & Development
Managing Scope Changes: The Decisions That Matter
Handling requests for changes after a project's scope has been agreed. Key takeaways Impact: changes affect time, cost and other work Documentation: change...
Web Design & Development
Custom Build or Template: How to Choose
Choosing between a theme or template and a bespoke build for a website. Key takeaways Speed: templates launch faster Constraints: templates impose structure and...
Web Design & Development
Planning for Traffic Growth, Done Properly
Preparing a site's infrastructure and operations for sustained growth rather than one-off spikes. Key takeaways Bottlenecks: databases usually limit growth...
Performance & Accessibility
How to Get Largest Contentful Paint Right
The time until the largest image or text block in the viewport has rendered — a proxy for when a page looks loaded. Key takeaways Good: 2.5 seconds or less Need...
Performance & Accessibility
Interaction to Next Paint: The Decisions That Matter
A measure of responsiveness: how long a page takes to render a visual response after a user interaction. Key takeaways Good: 200 milliseconds or less Needs impr...
Performance & Accessibility
Cumulative Layout Shift, Done Properly
A measure of how much visible content moves unexpectedly during a page's life. Key takeaways Good: 0.1 or less Needs improvement: between 0.1 and 0.25 Most...
Performance & Accessibility
How to Get WCAG Conformance Levels Right
The three levels of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines — A, AA and AAA — and what claiming one actually commits you to. Key takeaways Levels: A, AA and AA...
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