Category Archives: performance

Early Hints vs. Resource Hints vs. Speculation Rules: Which is right for what, and when?

It’s no secret: the faster things arrive in the browser, the faster the browser can show them to your users. But there are lots of ways to get things into the browser faster. This article compares three similar, but quite different, techniques, explaining how they are similar, how they are different, when each should be used, and how together they create a powerful performance trio. Continue reading

What’s the Most Important Performance Metric?

TTFB? FCP? LCP? INP? CLS? Something else? What’s your most important perf metric? Continue reading

Investigating… can CLS cause a high LCP?

Speedcurve’s Page Speed Benchmarks reported Costco.com’s LCP averaging at 6.85s. But could it be that CLS is at least part of the problem? Read to find out! Continue reading

NoLoJS Featured on the Coffee with Developers Podcast

On February 18, 2026, I sat down with Chrisitan Heilmann of Coffee with Developers to chat about NoLoJS and lots and lots of other web-type stuff. Have a listen and let me know what you think! Continue reading

Investigating… a High LCP for Nike.com

Speedcurve’s Page Speed Benchmarks reported Nike.com’s LCP averaging at 4.36s. I got it down to 1.36s. Read to find out how! Continue reading

Home page update

After YEARS of the same design and having only a blogroll as my home page, I decided to add a landing page in front. Things are likely to change, but would love to hear what you think so far! Continue reading

NoLoJS Repo Gets New Doc Pages

An upgrade to the NoLoJS repo, adding an auto-generated static documentation site, with loads of bells and whistles. Would love to hear your thoughts! Happy reducing! Continue reading

Today’s Readings

The latest installment in my “Today’s Readings” series, offering my rants and thoughts based on findings from around the world-wide web, including Accessibility, CSS, CWV, Design, DevTools, HTML, JS, NoLoJS, Performance, Shopify, Speculation Rules and more. Happy reading! Continue reading

Today’s Readings

The latest installment in my “Today’s Readings” series, offering my rants and thoughts based on findings from around the world-wide web, including A11Y, AI, CSS, CSV, Debugging, DevTools, JS, NoLoJS, Performance, Progressive Enhancement, RWD, UI, UX, WP and more. Happy reading! Continue reading

NoLoJS: Reducing the JS Workload with HTML and CSS

Introducing NoLoJS: an open-source design library of components that reduce reliance on JS, where possible, in favor of HTML and CSS. Continue reading