AMP is controversial, to say the least. Dave and I did a show on it about a year ago that to me felt fairly balanced in addressing some of the issues. Let’s cover some recent news and responses.
One thing that isn’t usually controversial: it’s fast. AMP pages are damn performant. Even that, though, is contentious. Ferdy Christant notes:
Technically correct AMP pages will perform very similar to any non-horrible web page.
The difference between AMP performing instantly and …
AMP News is a post from CSS-Tricks
There is a quote that I bet every one of you has heard many times. You know the one. The one that reminds you how hard naming is.
Let’s talk names.
We talk often about how hard naming is, but it’s less common see people talk about how to get better at it. Even naming philosophies lend structure to naming, but don’t pick names for you. Names are more than just some hard thing we get needlessly caught up in. …
Working Towards Better Naming is a post from CSS-Tricks
Frank Chimero published a new talk-turned-essay, Everything Easy is Hard Again.
May we all be as wonderfully self-reflective and eloquent as Frank one day. There is a lot there, so please read it. Part of the theme is that web design and development has seemingly repetitive cycles that can kick even quite experienced people back down the ladder:
I don’t feel much better at making [websites] after 20 years. My knowledge and skills develop a bit, then things change, …
Complexity is a post from CSS-Tricks
Using custom fonts is getting increasingly easier. We’ll cover the basics of usage here and get into the more in-depth features that are helpful for developers who want to level up and aim to perfect advanced concepts, like loading font files.
Understanding Web Fonts and Getting the Most Out of Them is a post from CSS-Tricks
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