Archive // Files 008–001

Articles

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

  1. File // 008

    The fast path is usually the accessible path

    Clear structure and fewer surprises help keyboards, screen readers and everyone in a hurry.

    9 min read ↗
  2. File // 007

    The enhancement can arrive late

    A working link is a useful loading state for the script that improves it.

    6 min read ↗
  3. File // 006

    Loading is not a page type

    Skeleton screens cannot replace deciding what should appear first.

    4 min read ↗
  4. File // 005

    A personal website is a very small internet

    You choose the links, the pace and what remains available ten years later.

    10 min read ↗
  5. File // 004

    Variable, but not unpredictable

    Using a typeface’s axes as a system instead of a bag of visual effects.

    7 min read ↗
  6. File // 003

    The server should be boring

    The best infrastructure story often ends with fewer moving parts.

    5 min read ↗
  7. File // 002

    Fast according to which visit?

    The median hides the reader on the old phone at the edge of coverage.

    8 min read ↗
  8. File // 001

    Begin with a document

    Before components and pipelines, there is a title, a paragraph and someone waiting to read them.

    6 min read ↗