Is it better to use ems/rems than px for font-size?
The answer used to be absolutely yes because, if you used px units, you prevented the text from being resized by the user at all.
Understanding Async Await
When writing code for the web, eventually you'll need to do some process that might take a few moments to complete. JavaScript can't really multitask, so
let vs. const
There are multiple ways to declare variables in JavaScript. We had var, and while that still works like it always has, it is generally said that let and const
Bringing the community together in Figma
There is a lot we are excited about as we look to the year ahead. At the core of it all is the community.
How To Create And Deploy Angular Material Application — Smashing Magazine
A walkthrough of creating an Angular 8 web application and a QR Code generator app completely based on Angular while hosted on Netlify. In this article, Shubham will take you into a walkthrough of creating an Angular 8 web application using the official Angular Material Design library. We will be creating a QR Code generator web application completely based on Angular while hosted on Netlify.
Accelerating UDP packet transmission for QUIC
Significant work has gone into optimizing TCP, UDP hasn't received as much love, putting QUIC at a disadvantage. Let's explore a few tricks that help mitigate this.
Prototyping optimizations with Cloudflare Workers and WebPageTest
Have you ever wanted to quickly test a new performance idea, or see if the latest performance wisdom is beneficial to your site? As web performance appears to be a stochastic process, it is really important to be able to iterate quickly and review the effects of different experiments.
The Auto-Flowing Powers of Grid's Dense Keyword
Let's say we're working on the homepage of a news website. You're probably used to seeing some card-based content in a grid layout, right? Here's a classic
PostgreSQL Connection Pooling: Part 2 – PgBouncer - High Scalability -
When it comes to connection pooling in the PostgreSQL world, PgBouncer is probably the most popular option. It’s a very simple utility that does exactly one thing – it sits between the database and the clients and speaks the PostgreSQL protocol, emulating a PostgreSQL server. A client connects to PgBouncer with the exact same syntax it would use when connecting directly to PostgreSQL – PgBouncer i
The Split Personality Of Brutalist Web Development — Smashing Magazine
No frills, or flashing neon frills with sprinklers attached? ‘Brutalist’ websites have flourished in recent years, but their guiding philosophy remains unclear. Brutalist web design has grown so quickly that there does not seem to be a clear consensus on what the style actually is. To some it means practicality, to others audacity. Love it or hate it, brutalist architecture celebrates rawness.
Security on the Internet with Cloudflare for Teams
When Cloudflare launched, businesses bought expensive on-premise hardware to keep their sites online. If they wanted those sites to be faster, or safer, they needed to buy more boxes.
Cloudflare + Remote Browser Isolation
Cloudflare announced today that it has purchased S2 Systems Corporation, a Seattle-area startup that has built an innovative remote browser isolation solution unlike any other currently in the market.
Introducing Cloudflare for Teams
Ten years ago, when Cloudflare was created, the Internet was a place that people visited. People still talked about ‘surfing the web’ and the iPhone was less than two years old, but on July 4, 2009 large scale DDoS attacks were launched against websites in the US and South Korea.
Jetpack Slideshow Block
One of the many (many) useful things that Jetpack does is give you extra-fancy custom blocks in the WordPress block (AKA Gutenberg) editor: a slideshow,
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Why You Should Choose HTML5 article Over section — Smashing Magazine
Browsers’ visual display of headings nested inside `` elements makes it look as if they are assigning a logical hierarchy to those headings. However, this is purely visual and is not communicated to assistive technologies. In this article, Bruce Lawson explains what use we have of `` and how authors should mark up headings that are hugely important to AT users.
Introducing Increment subscriptions
You can now subscribe to Increment, Stripe’s software engineering magazine.
PaperWM: tiled window management for GNOME
PaperWM: tiled window management for GNOME
Cloudflare Expanded to 200 Cities in 2019
We have some exciting news to ring in the new decade: Cloudflare’s global network has expanded to 200 cities across 90+ countries.
Is "is" Useful?
God I'm funny.
Understanding CSS Grid: Creating A Grid Container — Smashing Magazine
In a new series, Rachel Andrew breaks down the CSS Grid Layout specification. This time, we take a detailed look at what happens when you create a grid container and the various properties that can be applied to the container to shape your grid.
How to Build Your Resume on npm
Just yesterday, Ali Churcher shared a neat way to make a resume using a CSS Grid layout. Let’s build off that a bit by creating a template that we can spin up
How To Decide Which PWA Elements Should Stick — Smashing Magazine
Are you using sticky elements on your mobile website or PWA? If so, take a moment and ask yourself this question: Do you have anything in them besides your logo, hamburger menu or search bar? If that’s not the case, then it’s time to shake things up. Your mobile visitors are primed to take action. You just need to make it easy for them to do so — and sticky bars and elements are the perfect opport
New Year, New Job? Let's Make a Grid-Powered Resume!
Many popular resume designs are making the most of the available page space by laying sections out in a grid shape. Let’s use CSS Grid to create a layout that
