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Bundle Analysis: Find the Dependency That Doubled Your JS

Practical guide to identifying which npm package is inflating your JavaScript bundle, using source maps, treemaps, and bundle analyzers.

10 min read
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Partial Hydration in Astro: Measuring the Break-Even Point

Measuring the break-even point for islands in Astro: when client-side JavaScript cost outweighs the static savings. Includes benchmarks and decision framework.

7 min read
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Signals versus hooks: two reactivity models and what each costs you

Comparison of signal-based and hook-based reactivity models in JavaScript frameworks, covering performance trade-offs, memory costs, and integration challenges.

8 min read
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CSP for SPAs: Inline Styles Without Blocking

Configure a Content Security Policy that allows inline styles in a modern SPA without weakening protections or resorting to unsafe-inline.

11 min read
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Font Loading Without Layout Shift: Subsetting, size-adjust, Fallback

How to prevent layout shift from web fonts using subsetting, size-adjust CSS, and fallback metric overrides. Covers tooling, trade-offs, and gotchas.

7 min read
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Web Workers for Main-Thread Relief: What Actually Belongs Off-Thread

A practical framework for deciding which tasks benefit from off-thread execution and which don't, with concrete API patterns and measured trade-offs.

10 min read
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Cache-Control, ETags and stale-while-revalidate for Static Exports

How to configure Cache-Control, ETags, and stale-while-revalidate for statically exported sites when you have no server to negotiate cache.

10 min read
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Ditching Modal Libraries for Native Dialog and Popover

How to replace third-party modal libraries with the native HTML dialog element and the popover attribute, including API shapes, accessibility, and styling limits.

8 min read
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View Transitions API for Multi-Page Apps Without a Framework

Implement smooth cross-document page transitions in vanilla server-rendered apps using the View Transitions API, with fallback strategies for unsupported browsers.

8 min read
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