Alessandro MenduniinWest Wing SolutionsAre you too slow for the modern Web?Ask yourself:Feb 15, 2018Feb 15, 2018
Alessandro MenduniinWest Wing Solutions#ASKTHEINDUSTRY 39: Is a 1 MB header image too big?I stumbled upon this question on the reddits and I figured I’d dive a little bit deeper, since I believe it is an interesting and…Mar 30, 2017Mar 30, 2017
Alessandro MenduniinWest Wing Solutions#ASKTHEINDUSTRY 38: When does a Web app make sense, and when would you go native instead?The other day I stumbled upon this tweet:Mar 29, 2017Mar 29, 2017
Alessandro MenduniinWest Wing Solutions#ASKTHEINDUSTRY 37: Why are GIFs a problem for performance?Until a while ago, if you opened sites like giphy or imgur you would have experienced all the bad and ugly of the slow and unresponsive…Mar 28, 20171Mar 28, 20171
Alessandro MenduniinWest Wing Solutions#ASKTHEINDUSTRY 36: What nobody is telling you about PWAsA Progressive Web App can be great. It is fast by default, it prompts for an Add to the Home screen action, it possibly utilizes push…Mar 21, 2017Mar 21, 2017
Alessandro MenduniinWest Wing Solutions#ASKTHEINDUSTRY 35: What is WebPagetest.org?Testing a web page is a hell of a journey. One cannot simply hit refresh in the browser locally to see whether things work as expected…Mar 21, 2017Mar 21, 2017
Alessandro MenduniinWest Wing Solutions#ASKTHEINDUSTRY 34: Can Preact be the lightweight solution to client-side hydration we’ve always…So, I’m developing this site and having a products list rendered server side (as you do). On the client, I need JavaScript to take over and…Mar 20, 2017Mar 20, 2017
Alessandro MenduniinWest Wing Solutions#ASKTHEINDUSTRY 33: How do you Tree Shake with rollup?Yet another piece of knowledge I’ve stolen from the Media Player Paul Lewis is building in the open. You can find it here. I highly…Mar 18, 2017Mar 18, 2017
Alessandro MenduniinWest Wing Solutions#ASKTHEINDUSTRY 32: Can one use just a subset of ES6 and stop worrying about filesize?Transpiling ES6 to ES5 is something that I don’t like to downplay. It is far too easy to lose sight of the actual code that gets shipped to…Mar 17, 2017Mar 17, 2017
Alessandro MenduniinWest Wing Solutions#ASKTHEINDUSTRY 31: What if I wanted to load JS without executing it?Fair enough, let’s see a couple of ways to tackle this specific problem. But first, let me clarify a couple of aspects.Mar 16, 2017Mar 16, 2017
