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https://danluu.com/web-bloat/
https://danluu.com/octopress-speedup/
https://tonsky.me/blog/pwa/
https://hpbn.co/
https://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm
https://blog.codinghorror.com/an-exercise-program-for-the-fat-web/
https://developers.google.com/speed
https://mobile.twitter.com/danluu/status/1252792626257866754 (Google AV1 announcement)
https://developers.google.com/search/blog#speed-and-google-search (1st link from Google Pagespeed Insights, "Read the latest Google Search Central blog posts about performance & speed."
https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2020/the-mythical-fast-web-page/

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{
  "baseUrl": "http://localhost:3000",
  "chromeWebSecurity": false,
  "projectId": "$PROJECT_ID",
  "viewportWidth": 1920,
  "viewportHeight": 1080,
  "defaultCommandTimeout": 10000,
  "retries": {
    "runMode": 2,
    "openMode": 0

jthodge

We want PlanetScale to be the best place to work. But every company says that, and very few deliver. Managers have a role in creating an amazing work experience, but things go awry when the wrong dynamic creeps in.

We have all seen those managers who collect people as “resources” or who control information as a way to gain “power.” In these cultures, people who “can’t” end up leading the charge. This is management mediocrity.

What will make us different? At PlanetScale, we won’t tolerate management mediocrity. We are building a culture where politics get you nowhere and impact gets you far. Managers are here to support people who get things done. They are as accountable to their team as their team is accountable to them.

We evaluate managers on the wellbeing and output of their team, how skillfully they collaborate with and influence others, and how inclusively and transparently they work.

You can expect your manager to:

• Perceive a better version of you and support you in getting there

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58 bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere

When making this website, i wanted a simple, reasonable way to make it look good on most displays. Not counting any minimization techniques, the following 58 bytes worked well for me:

main {
  max-width: 38rem;
  padding: 2rem;
  margin: auto;
}

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Fixing macOS 10.14, 10.15, 12

Dark main menu without the rest of dark mode

1. Set Light mode
2. defaults write -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes
3. Log out and log back in
4. Set Dark mode

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layout	title
post	RethinkDB: why we failed

Posted on Github by Slava Akhmechet

When we [announced][shutdown-announcement] that RethinkDB is shutting down, I promised to write a post-mortem. I took some time to process the experience, and I can now write about it clearly.

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defaults write com.apple.Dock appswitcher-all-displays -bool true
killall Dock