The web is an international phenomena - and just the fact that it exists is one of the many reasons there are so many people becoming nomadic - you can access everything, everywhere, right? Not so fast The idea of an open web accessible form anywhere is a great and noble idea. In practice - … Continue reading Digital Nomading: Accessing the web from abroad
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So, I'm building a website for my wife's project, and I found the perfect WordPress theme for her project. I know that you can run WordPress on Amazon EC2 instances, so I figured that would be the easiest way to go. There have been roadblocks. I've spent a lot of time Googling and working through … Continue reading Setting up a WordPress site on an EC2 instance
Do you love open source? Does your company have many Github repositories? Do you have a dedicated person keeping all the repos looking nice and complete? In my experience, many startups lean heavily on open source code that is released in GitHub repositories. There are often multiple repos for the product, for SDKs, for demos, … Continue reading Automate your Github with the (dot) Github repository
Having lived in Europe for the last 6 years, my family have come to love watching football tournaments. We got hooked while in Croatia in 2016, watching the games in outside pubs overlooking the sea, but the tradition held through the 2018 World Cup (camping on the wet Ireland coast, football was a great excuse … Continue reading When Live Streams go bad: ITV and the Euros
I have written a lot about how animated GIFs are a bloat on the web. But, I admit, they are never going away (they really do help with engagement!). So we have to do our best to make do, and ensure that we are not over bloating our pages with them. The best way to … Continue reading GIFS on the web: A new way to bloat
Doug Sillars: Performance Expert and Developer Advocate 