Ever since the advent of memcached and its ilk, the server-side has been able to benefit from reduced load by caching recently or oft-requested resources. This hasn’t become any less important and valuable. If anything, in this era of the webApp, when native...
The topic of minification tends to come up in the context of reducing bandwidth usage. After all, if the Internet is a series of tubes with a finite size, its important to keep our contribution small and prevent clogs (Tip: keep your site small, or it’ll get...
The scenario: One lone programmer, sitting in a dark basement, up against the might of the military-industrial complex. Her fingers fly across the keyboard, arcane symbols leaping from mind to screen; her face is locked in an expression of intense concentration, stark...
It’s been on my TODO list ever since I first heard about it. Everyone I spoke to seemed enthused about it – or else viciously opposed to it, which is almost as strong an encouragement to try it for myself, just to see what all the fuss is about. I already knew...
