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A historical record of foundational web development blog posts. Favicon of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXcxvBJuULUWatch From Zero to CMS in 2 Minutes with CloudCannon and Eleventy (on YouTube) to learn how this web site was made.

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Favicon for Cool URIs don’t changeCool URIs don’t change

Tim Berners-Lee () Edit

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Favicon of https://alistapart.com/article/dao/A Dao of Web Design

John Allsopp () Edit

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Favicon of https://alistapart.com/article/tohell/To Hell With Bad Browsers

Jeffrey Zeldman () Edit

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Favicon of https://alistapart.com/article/journey/From Table Hacks to CSS Layout: A Web Designer’s Journey

Jeffrey Zeldman () Edit

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Favicon for Bake, Don’t FryBake, Don’t Fry

Aaron Swartz () Edit

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Favicon for CSS Zen GardenCSS Zen Garden

Dave Shea () Edit

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Favicon of https://alistapart.com/article/slidingdoors/Sliding Doors of CSS

Douglas Bowman () Edit

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Favicon of https://clagnut.com/blog/348/How to size text using ems

Richard Rutter () Edit

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Favicon of https://web.archive.org/web/20150910072359/https://adaptivepath.org/ideas/ajax-new-approach-web-applications/Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications

Jesse James Garrett () Edit

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Favicon for HTML Design PrinciplesHTML Design Principles

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Favicon of https://alistapart.com/article/understandingprogressiveenhancement/Understanding Progressive Enhancement

Aaron Gustafson () Edit

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Favicon of https://www.slideshare.net/stubbornella/object-oriented-cssObject Oriented CSS

Nicole Sullivan () Edit

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Favicon of https://alistapart.com/article/responsive-web-design/Responsive Web Design

Ethan Marcotte () Edit

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Favicon of https://smacss.com/Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS

Jonathan Snook () Edit

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Favicon of https://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/introducing-the-new-responsive-designed-bostonglobecomIntroducing the new responsive-designed BostonGlobe.com

Patty Toland () Edit

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Favicon of https://responsivenews.co.uk/post/18948466399/cutting-the-mustardCutting the Mustard

BBC News () Edit

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Favicon of https://blog.chriszacharias.com/page-weight-mattersPage Weight Matters

Chris Zacharias () Edit

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Favicon of https://csswizardry.com/2013/01/mindbemding-getting-your-head-round-bem-syntax/MindBEMding – getting your head ’round BEM syntax

Harry Roberts () Edit

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Favicon of https://alistapart.com/article/improving-ux-through-front-end-performance/Improving UX Through Front-End Performance

Lara Hogan () Edit

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Favicon of https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/atomic-web-design/Atomic Web Design

Brad Frost () Edit

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Favicon of https://jakearchibald.com/2013/progressive-enhancement-still-important/Progressive Enhancement is Still Important

Jake Archibald () Edit

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Favicon of https://alistapart.com/article/axiomatic-css-and-lobotomized-owls/Axiomatic CSS and Lobotomized Owls

Heydon Pickering () Edit

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Favicon of https://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/mv-initial-load-timesResearching the Performance costs of JavaScript MVC Frameworks

John Bender () Edit

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Favicon of https://frankchimero.com/blog/2015/the-webs-grain/The Web’s Grain

Frank Chimero () Edit

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Favicon of https://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technologyChoose Boring Technology

Dan McKinley () Edit

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Favicon of https://aerotwist.com/blog/react-plus-performance-equals-what/React + Performance = ?

Paul Lewis () Edit

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Favicon of https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/11/modern-static-website-generators-next-big-thing/Why Static Site Generators Are The Next Big Thing

Matt Biilmann () Edit

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Favicon for The Veil of IgnoranceThe Veil of Ignorance

Adam Morse () Edit

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Favicon of https://www.zachleat.com/web/comprehensive-webfonts/A Comprehensive Guide to Font Loading Strategies

Zach Leatherman () Edit

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Favicon of https://mina.codes/posts/pantsuit-the-hillary-clinton-ui-pattern-library/Pantsuit: The Hillary Clinton UI pattern library

Mina Markham () Edit

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Favicon of https://resilientwebdesign.com/Resilient Web Design

Jeremy Keith () Edit

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Favicon of https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2018/09/how-to-build-a-low-tech-website/How to Build a Low-tech Website?

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Favicon of https://talks.jensimmons.com/jugbbeEverything You Know About Web Design Just Changed (Intrinsic Web Design)

Jen Simmons () Edit

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Favicon of https://css-tricks.com/the-great-divide/The Great Divide

Chris Coyier () Edit

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Favicon of https://matthiasott.com/articles/into-the-personal-website-verseInto the Personal-Website-Verse

Matthias Ott () Edit

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Favicon of https://mxb.dev/blog/the-css-mindset/The CSS Mindset

Max Böck () Edit

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Favicon of https://css-irl.info/video-building-complex-layouts-future-sync/Building Complex Layouts with CSS Grid

Michelle Barker () Edit

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Favicon of https://www.braintraffic.com/insights/what-does-a-content-strategist-doWhat does a Content Strategist Do?

Kristina Halvorson () Edit

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Favicon of https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2020/01/migration-from-wordpress-to-jamstack/How Smashing Magazine Manages Content: Migration From WordPress To JAMstack

Sarah Drasner () Edit

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Favicon of https://eev.ee/blog/2020/02/01/old-css-new-css/Old CSS, new CSS

Evelyn Woods () Edit

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Favicon of https://timkadlec.com/remembers/2020-04-21-the-cost-of-javascript-frameworks/The Cost of Javascript Frameworks

Tim Kadlec () Edit

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Favicon of https://seirdy.one/posts/2020/11/23/website-best-practices/Best practices for inclusive textual websites

Rohan Kumar () Edit

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Favicon of https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/01/the-unreasonable-effectiveness-of-simple-html/The unreasonable effectiveness of simple HTML

Terence Eden () Edit

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Favicon of https://thoughtbot.com/blog/tailwind-and-the-femininity-of-cssTailwind and the Femininity of CSS

Elaina Natario () Edit

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Favicon of https://buildexcellentwebsit.es/Be the browser’s mentor, not its micromanager.

Andy Bell () Edit

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Favicon of https://dev.to/tigt/making-the-worlds-fastest-website-and-other-mistakes-56naMaking the world’s fastest website, and other mistakes

Taylor Hunt () Edit

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Favicon of https://www.oddbird.net/2022/11/11/platform-tools/When Our Tools Hold Us Back

Miriam Suzanne () Edit

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Favicon of https://infrequently.org/2023/02/the-market-for-lemons/The Market for Lemons

Alex Russell () Edit

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