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5 steps to faster web fonts

Fine-tune your font files and optimise your loading strategy for maximum speed + minimum FOUT

System fonts don’t have to be ugly

Make your site faster and more environmentally-friendly by taking a system-fonts-first approach

Simply write better

Improve your technical writing by cutting down on adverbs

Flexible components in Eleventy with Nunjucks macros

An opinionated guide to accessibility testing

Automated tools like Lighthouse are great, but if you want to really understand accessibility, you’ll need to get your hands dirty.

The shady world of Google Analytics proxying

If you’re tracking me, at least be honest about it

Google Analytics: A luxury your users are paying for

86% of the top 100,000 websites use it, but what’s the cost to users?

The most accessible JavaScript framework

According to the WebAIM million survey it’s Gatsby, but can you trust automated accessibility tests?

Your blog doesn’t need a JavaScript framework

Why I choose Eleventy over Gatsby for my new website