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Salma Alam-Naylor

I write code for your entertainment.

Location Manchester, UK Joined Joined on  Personal website https://whitep4nth3r.com/ github website

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Senior Developer Relations Advocate at Sentry

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Your live coding stream does not need a bigger audience

Your live coding stream does not need a bigger audience

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How I reduced an API call from >5 seconds to under 100ms

How I reduced an API call from >5 seconds to under 100ms

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How I show Bluesky likes on my blog posts

How I show Bluesky likes on my blog posts

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Sentry can’t fix React hydration errors, but it can really help you debug them

Sentry can’t fix React hydration errors, but it can really help you debug them

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Work is meaningless, and it almost killed my husband

Work is meaningless, and it almost killed my husband

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How to make your web page faster before it even loads

How to make your web page faster before it even loads

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I conducted a community survey and here’s what I learned

I conducted a community survey and here’s what I learned

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Your bad LCP score might be a backend issue

Your bad LCP score might be a backend issue

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The best way to debug slow web pages 04:38

The best way to debug slow web pages

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How to hack your Google Lighthouse scores in 2024

How to hack your Google Lighthouse scores in 2024

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One does not simply delete cookies

One does not simply delete cookies

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5 easy tips to improve your personal website performance

5 easy tips to improve your personal website performance

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How to prevent Prettier putting a full stop on a new line after a link

How to prevent Prettier putting a full stop on a new line after a link

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Why don’t we talk about minifying CSS anymore?

Why don’t we talk about minifying CSS anymore?

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Your background images might be causing CLS

Your background images might be causing CLS

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How I fixed my BRUTAL TTFB

How I fixed my BRUTAL TTFB

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What is INP and why you should care

What is INP and why you should care

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My blog post workflow

My blog post workflow

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The future of Jamstack is anti-capitalist

The future of Jamstack is anti-capitalist

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Ramblings about JavaScript scope, weird errors and frameworks

Ramblings about JavaScript scope, weird errors and frameworks

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How to deal with API rate limits

How to deal with API rate limits

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How to fix error: invalid character in entity name in RSS feeds

How to fix error: invalid character in entity name in RSS feeds

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Fallbacks for HTTP 404 images in HTML and JavaScript

Fallbacks for HTTP 404 images in HTML and JavaScript

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Everything I install and set up on a new MacBook as a web developer

Everything I install and set up on a new MacBook as a web developer

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A story about HTTP status codes and why you should read documentation

A story about HTTP status codes and why you should read documentation

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How to use jQuery with Astro

How to use jQuery with Astro

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From LCP to CLS: Improve your Core Web Vitals with Image Loading Best Practices

From LCP to CLS: Improve your Core Web Vitals with Image Loading Best Practices

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How I deploy my website using my Apple Watch

How I deploy my website using my Apple Watch

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The best light/dark mode theme toggle in JavaScript

The best light/dark mode theme toggle in JavaScript

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The universal CSS * selector isn't actually universal

The universal CSS * selector isn't actually universal

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Hide text in CSS pseudo elements from screen readers with this one weird trick

Hide text in CSS pseudo elements from screen readers with this one weird trick

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The Acronyms of Rendering on the Web

The Acronyms of Rendering on the Web

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2022: what I made, what I learned, and what I didn't do

2022: what I made, what I learned, and what I didn't do

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How to get the user’s timezone in JavaScript with Edge Functions

How to get the user’s timezone in JavaScript with Edge Functions

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A responsive striped CSS gradient inspired by 80s VHS tapes

A responsive striped CSS gradient inspired by 80s VHS tapes

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Single-page applications, multi-page applications, the history of Twitter tech, and a failed project

Single-page applications, multi-page applications, the history of Twitter tech, and a failed project

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Personalize your static site based on a previous site referral

Personalize your static site based on a previous site referral

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I changed my mind about writing new JavaScript frameworks

I changed my mind about writing new JavaScript frameworks

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Rewrite your git history in 4 friendly commands

Rewrite your git history in 4 friendly commands

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What's the difference between : and :: in CSS?

What's the difference between : and :: in CSS?

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Rewrite HTML and transform page props in Next.js with Next.js Advanced Middleware

Rewrite HTML and transform page props in Next.js with Next.js Advanced Middleware

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Add personalization to static HTML with Netlify Edge Functions — no browser JavaScript required

Add personalization to static HTML with Netlify Edge Functions — no browser JavaScript required

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How to view Google Lighthouse scores for your site in Netlify

How to view Google Lighthouse scores for your site in Netlify

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Should I write a new JavaScript framework?

Should I write a new JavaScript framework?

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How to deploy an Astro site

How to deploy an Astro site

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Build a business card CLI tool

Build a business card CLI tool

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Level up your link previews in Slack

Level up your link previews in Slack

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What is Jamstack?

What is Jamstack?

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We're all living on it. But what exactly is The Edge?

We're all living on it. But what exactly is The Edge?

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HTML is all you need to make a website

HTML is all you need to make a website

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How I massively improved my website performance by using the right tool for the job

How I massively improved my website performance by using the right tool for the job

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How to format dates for RSS feeds (RFC-822)

How to format dates for RSS feeds (RFC-822)

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How to delete all merged git branches with one terminal command

How to delete all merged git branches with one terminal command

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Why you should ship your silly side projects

Why you should ship your silly side projects

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Build a CMS preview workflow for your Jamstack site

Build a CMS preview workflow for your Jamstack site

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How to deploy your Netlify site with an Elgato Stream Deck

How to deploy your Netlify site with an Elgato Stream Deck

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How I improved your Google Lighthouse SEO score with a lot of research and one quick PR

How I improved your Google Lighthouse SEO score with a lot of research and one quick PR

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Debug your CSS layouts with this one simple trick

Debug your CSS layouts with this one simple trick

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How to use really long environment variables in Netlify functions

How to use really long environment variables in Netlify functions

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An introduction to GraphQL and how to use GraphQL APIs

An introduction to GraphQL and how to use GraphQL APIs

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