Using Screen Recordings to Identify Page Load Performance Issues
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Sometimes a picture (or in this case a video) is worth a thousand words, and identifying page load performance issues is no exception.
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Running Lighthouse CI Server Locally
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While it would be better in almost every way to host Lighthouse CI Server somewhere, running it locally can still be a useful way to to collect some baseline performance measurements. These are the steps I followed to run an instance locally and collect some initial data.
Embedding a File From Github as a Gist
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In cases where prism.js syntax highlighting isn't practical on my site, these tools to create a gist-like embed from any github file have come in handy.
Adding Simple Pagination to an 11ty Collection
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11ty can handle pagination really well, but finding the right subset of the many pagination features can be a little difficult to figure out. Here's how I added simple previous and next links and post totals to the list pages on this blog.
Configuring Lighthouse CI with Github Actions
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I'll be spending time auditing web performance over the next couple of weeks, and wanted to start with some simple baseline measurement. Lighthouse CI was an easy entry point - here's how I set it up using Github actions.
Adding Excerpts to an 11ty RSS Feed
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There are a couple of ways to add excerpts to 11ty feeds, here is a look at the approach I ended up using for this site.
Running Lando on an Apple Silicon Mac
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While I've done some development on my M1 MacBook, I had been procrastinating on doing any Docker based development. Decided to take the plunge today.
Creating Multiple Feeds with the 11ty RSS Plugin
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A few small configuration adjustments that can be used to create multiple filtered feeds using the 11ty RSS plugin.
Gatsby Debugging in VS Code
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A few useful links to configure server and client side debugging in Gatsby projects