May 20, 2020 — It’s not enough to optimize an application. You need to prevent performance from degradation, and the first step to do it is to make performance changes visible. In this article, Anton Nemtsev shows a couple of ways of showing them in the GitLab merge requests. Read More…

April 13, 2020 — In this eighth issue of Inspired Design Decisions, Andy Clarke will explain how learning about American graphic designer and typographer Herb Lubalin has transformed his approach to typography on the web. Read More…

April 1, 2020 — This article introduces the concept of the headless CMS, a backend-only content management system that allows developers to create, store, manage and publish the content over an API. Read More…

March 23, 2020 — In this seventh instalment of Inspired Design Decisions, Andy Clarke will explore how American art director and graphic designer Otto Storch inspires his designs for the web. Read More…

March 16, 2020 — In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to use the HTML Intersection Observer API to implement infinite scrolling and image lazy loading in a React functional component. In the process, we’ll learn how to use some of React’s hooks and how to create Custom Hooks. Read More…

March 9, 2020 — Thanks to some recent changes in browsers, it’s now well worth setting width and height attributes on your images to prevent layout shifts and improve the experience of your site visitors. Read More…

March 2, 2020 — How do we use blend modes to add depth to our designs, vertical text for impact and clipping paths to bring in character and energy to a design? In this article, we’ll explore just that. Read More…

January 6, 2020 — Let’s make 2020… fast! A front-end performance checklist (PDF/Apple Pages/MS Word), with everything you need to know to create fast experiences on the web today. Read More…

November 5, 2019 — In this article, we’re going to look at how Flatfile helps you create a better import experience for your users, team and product. Read More…