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LinkAbout web performance
Web performance affects how quickly people can see and use a website. These articles explain how browsers load pages, how performance is measured, and how websites can be made faster.
- Improving the core web vitals of the NC-CMS2 : Discover how I improved the user experience of a content management system. Learn about the strategies and methodologies used to enhance web vital scores.
- How do browsers load websites? : When surfing the internet and clicking on links you have to wait for everything to load, but what are you waiting for the browser to do?
- Why improve your website's performance? : You're browsing the internet and click on a link, anticipating what lies beyond, but you're met with a loading spinner.Can we do better?
About design thinking
Design shapes the relationship between technology and its users. These articles explore transparency, usability, inclusivity, and the choices behind user-centred digital experiences.
- We must decentralise the internet further : The internet was built to be open, resilient, and decentralised. Now it's fragile and controlled by a handful and we face the dangers of centralisation.
- Designs need to respect its users : Learn about the importance of designing with user respect in mind as well as readability, usability, and accessibility for creating user-friendly designs.
- Never accept solutions from your users : When my boss asks me to implement a feature I always remind him 'Don't think in solutions but problems'. Sounds weird but let me explain.
About human experiences
Technology changes how people work and live. These articles consider the social and economic consequences of those changes, with particular attention to artificial intelligence.
- How AI companies make it harder to stop : AI companies sell tools that promise to save time while their usage windows, expiring allowances and pricing make it harder to stop working.
- The hidden costs of AI convenience : AI can increase output while weakening the expertise, autonomy and bargaining power that workers and organisations need to remain independent.
- The yes-and problem with artificial intelligence : AI can cite credible sources and still misrepresent them. The problem begins when generated continuation is presented as established knowledge.
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