JavaScript overindulgence remains an affirmative choice, no matter how hard industry 'thought leaders' gaslight us. Better is possible, but we must want it enough to put users ahead of our own interests.| Infrequently Noted
I have worked with dozens of teams surprised to have found themselves in the JavaScript ditch. They all feel ashamed because they've been led to believe they're the first; that the technology is working fine for other folks. It isn't.| Infrequently Noted
SNAP benefits sites for more than 20% of Americans are unusably slow. All of them would be significantly faster if states abandoned client-side-rendering, and along with it, the legacy JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, etc.) built to enable the SPA model.| Infrequently Noted
It would be tragic if public sector services adopted the JavaScript-heavy stacks that frontend influencers have popularised. Right?| Infrequently Noted
Interaction to Next Paint is now a stable Core Web Vital metric, replacing First Input Delay.| web.dev
How to build web pages so they work in HTML first: starting with HTML, extra styles and features, using JavaScript.| www.gov.uk
How much HTML, CSS, and JavaScript can we afford? More than in years past, but much less than frontend developers are burdening users with.| Infrequently Noted
View this on WebPageTest.org...| WebPageTest
Recommendations for implementing logic and rendering in apps.| web.dev
Why hydration is a workaround, not the solution. Dive deeper into hydration. Understand how Resumability works.| Builder.io
Despite advances in browser tooling, automated evaluation, lab tools, guidance, and runtimes, modern teams struggle to deliver even decent performance with today's popular frameworks. This is not a technical problem per se. It's a management issue, and one that teams can conquer with the right frame of mind and support.| Infrequently Noted
