Geoff Graham

Jan 9, 2025 | smashingmagazine.com | Geoff Graham

9 min readPerformance,Optimization,ToolsShare on Twitter, LinkedInWe know that browsers do all sorts of different things under the hood. One of those things is the way they not only fetch resources like images and scripts from the server but how they prioritize those resources. Chrome and Safari have implemented a “Tight Mode” that constrains which resources are loaded and in what order, but they each take drastically different approaches to it.

Nov 5, 2024 | smashingmagazine.com | Geoff Graham

8 min readPerformance,Optimization,Core Web Vitals,ToolsShare on Twitter, LinkedInFeeling good with your Lighthouse score of 100%? You should! But you should also know that you’re only looking at part of the performance picture. Learn how Lighthouse scores are measured differently than other tools, the impact that has on measuring performance metrics, and why you need real-user monitoring for a complete picture. We’ve all had that moment.

Aug 22, 2024 | css-tricks.com | Geoff Graham

A gem from Chris Ferdinandi that details how to use custom events to hook into Web Components. More importantly, Chris dutifully explains why custom events are a better fit than, say, callback functions. With a typical JavaScript library, you pass callbacks in as part of the instantiate process. […] Because Web Components self-instantiate, though, there‚Äôs no easy way to do that. There’s a way to use callback functions, just not an “easy” way to go about it.

Aug 21, 2024 | css-tricks.com | Geoff Graham

Hey look at that, the State of CSS Survey for 2024 is open and taking submissions.

Aug 21, 2024 | css-tricks.com | Geoff Graham

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