Nathaniel

Web Developer. I make doodad.dev, prodtodolist.com, my personal site is endtimes.dev

London Joined on Dec 6, 2020

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Web Developer at Self-employed

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Nathaniel

Aug 25 '22

Why your website should be under 14kb in size

#todayilearned #webperf #webdev #performance

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Nathaniel

Mar 17 '21

Why your website should work without JavaScript.

#webdev #a11y #javascript #html

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Nathaniel

Dec 19 '20

Why your website should use dithered images

#webdev #webperf #performance #images

6 min read

Nathaniel

Nov 27 '23

Download all of Wikipedia on your phone

#productivity

3 min read

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Nathaniel

Nov 25 '23

Why lowercase letters save data

#webdev #performance #html #javascript

1 min read

Nathaniel

Jul 29 '23

Practical Betterments

#showdev #jamstack #webdev #writing

1 min read

Nathaniel

Jun 3 '23

SVG to CSS Data URL converter with maybe the smallest possible output.

#showdev #webdev #css #performance

1 min read

Nathaniel

Jun 1 '23

Accessibility issues with stylized unicode characters

#a11y #webdev #beginners #frontend

4 min read

Nathaniel

Mar 10 '23

The internet's latest website: InputOutput.dev

#showdev #webdev #design #frontend

1 min read

Nathaniel

Jan 30 '23

Zero byte apple-touch-icon markup

#webdev #performance #webperf #html

2 min read

Nathaniel

Jan 23 '23

Handheld Friendly — Why do so many websites have this mystery tag?

#html #webdev #performance #webperf

2 min read

Nathaniel

Jan 16 '23

Zero byte favicon markup — Keep the favicons without any of the markup

#webdev #performance #html #design

2 min read

Nathaniel

Jan 9 '23

Actually, dark mode can save the planet

#webdev #css #design #ux

6 min read

Nathaniel

Aug 21 '22

X-UA-compatible: What it is and why you don’t need it on your website

#todayilearned #html #webdev #webperf

4 min read

Nathaniel

Aug 14 '22

I tested every link preview meta tag on every social media and messaging app — so you don't have to! It was super boring!

#webdev #performance #html #webperf

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Nathaniel

Aug 3 '22

An HTML and CSS only multiple color scheme picker

#a11y #webdev #css #html

12 min read

Nathaniel

Aug 26 '21

Should websites have a dark-mode toggle button?

#discuss #webdev #css #a11y

1 min read

Nathaniel

Aug 5 '21

Should we be using estimated reading times?

#discuss #a11y #webdev #writing

1 min read

Nathaniel

Jul 7 '21

CSS Lens Flare

#showdev #css #webdev #html

1 min read

Nathaniel

Jun 22 '21

Not Another Gradient Generator

#showdev #css #webdev #vue

3 min read

Nathaniel

Apr 6 '21

Get out of my <head>! redundant head tags you can safely delete

#webdev #html #webperf #performance

3 min read

Nathaniel

Mar 23 '21

Where (and how) can a web developer learn more about cyber security?

#discuss #webdev #cybersecurity #security

1 min read

Nathaniel

Mar 22 '21

Spin the Wheel — a customizable roulette wheel in less than 30kb with a no-javascript fallback.

#showdev #webdev #javascript #css

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Nathaniel

Mar 18 '21

Fun Tilting Form Validation Idea.

#webdev #css #html #ux

2 min read

Nathaniel

Mar 16 '21

Why does google's home page declare conflicting character encodings?

#discuss #webdev #webperf #performance

1 min read

Nathaniel

Mar 15 '21

Do you ever block Javascript?! Why!?

#discuss #javascript #a11y

1 min read

Nathaniel

Mar 14 '21

An HTML and CSS only dark‑mode toggle button.

#html #css #a11y #javascript

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Nathaniel

Feb 23 '21

TIL: You can use css to remove the double-tap zoom feature on iOs

#css #html #ios #ux

1 min read

Nathaniel

Feb 22 '21

Missing Dice

#showdev #javascript #html #css

2 min read

Nathaniel

Jan 5 '21

Can Dark Mode Save Battery Life and Human Civilzation?

#climate #webdev #css #mobile

3 min read

Nathaniel

Jan 3 '21

TIL: Your DNS has a significant impact on site speed.

#webperf #zzz #dns

2 min read

Nathaniel

Jan 2 '21

TIL: How to add spaces to the dock on MacOS

#productivity #apple #macos

1 min read

Nathaniel

Jan 1 '21

TIL: You can leave out html, head, and body tags in your HTML.

#html #webperf #webdev

1 min read

Nathaniel

Dec 26 '20

Listen for Changes Between Dark and Light Mode with Javascript

#javascript #css #webdev

1 min read

Nathaniel

Dec 24 '20

TIL: Use a keyboard shortcut to quickly toggle light and dark mode on MacOs.

#productivity #macos #webdev

2 min read

Nathaniel

Dec 20 '20

I Built An Online Image Dithering Tool — Dither Me This!

#showdev #webdev #webperf #vue

1 min read

Nathaniel

Dec 8 '20

.dev and HSTS preload - How to save 71 Bytes on every http request.

#http #performance #security #webperf

2 min read

Nathaniel

Dec 7 '20

TIL: You can restore the startup chimes on MacOS

#mac #macos #macbook

1 min read

Nathaniel

Dec 6 '20

TIL: You can use Emojis as Favicons

#emoji #html #firstpost #favicon

2 min read

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