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All essays
Notes on the craft of the web, published when there is something worth saying.
2026
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The quiet parts of the network
DNS, anycast, and the unglamorous machinery that decides whether a page loads at all.
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Designing for the first hundred milliseconds
A practical budget for the moments before a page becomes useful.
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A smaller web
In praise of static pages, fewer dependencies, and sites you can still understand.