Archive // Files 016–009

Articles

Notes on the web, its machinery and the choices hiding underneath.

  1. File // 016

    One page, arriving in pieces

    Streaming HTML changes when the reader can begin, not only how long the transfer takes.

    10 min read ↗
  2. File // 015

    The quiet work of finding an address

    Resolvers, records and the chain of questions behind a familiar domain.

    7 min read ↗
  3. File // 014

    The photograph costs more than the page

    A closer look at the largest request in an otherwise careful interface.

    8 min read ↗
  4. File // 013

    There is no div for courage

    Semantic HTML asks you to decide what the thing is before styling it.

    4 min read ↗
  5. File // 012

    A lock icon is the start of the story

    What transport security protects, and what it never promised to.

    6 min read ↗
  6. File // 011

    The page has more than one clock

    Network time, parse time and the moment an interface becomes trustworthy.

    9 min read ↗
  7. File // 010

    A header is a small policy document

    Caching, privacy and intent compressed into a few terse lines.

    5 min read ↗
  8. File // 009

    Delete the build step, keep the discipline

    What plain files simplify and which problems they leave squarely with you.

    8 min read ↗