Austin Gil articles - 64 total
The C̶a̶k̶e̶ User Location is a Lie!!!
I recently sat in on a discussion about programming based on user location. Folks that are way...
I Deployed My Own Cute Lil’ Private Internet (a.k.a. VPC)
Recently, I had the pleasure of attending DeveloperWeek in Oakland, CA. In addition to working the...
Advanced Architecture for AI Application (AKA AAAA!)
Surprise! This is a bonus blog post for the AI for Web Devs series I recently wrapped up. If you...
AI for Web Devs: Deploying Your AI App to Production
Welcome back to the series where we have been building an application with Qwik that incorporates AI...
AI for Web Devs: Addressing Bugs, Security, & Reliability
Welcome back to this series where we have been learning how to build web applications with AI. So...
AI for Web Devs: AI Image Generation
Welcome back to this series where we are learning how to integrate AI products into web...
AI for Web Devs: Prompt Engineering
Welcome back to this series where we are building web applications that incorporate AI tooling. In...
AI for Web Devs: What Are Neural Networks, LLMs, & GPTs?
Welcome back to this series where we’re building web applications with AI tooling. Intro &...
AI for Web Devs: Faster Responses with HTTP Streaming
Welcome back to this series where we’re building web applications with AI tooling. Intro &...
AI for Web Devs: Your First API Request to OpenAI
Welcome back to this series where we are learning how to integrate AI products into web...
AI for Web Devs: Project Introduction & Setup
If you’re anything like me, you’ve noticed the massive boom in AI technology. It promises to...
File Upload Security and Malware Protection
Today we’re going to be wrapping up this series on file uploads for the web. If you’ve been following...
CDNs: Speed Up Performance by Reducing Latency
Welcome back to this series all about file uploads for the web. In the previous posts, we covered...
Stream File Uploads to S3 Object Storage and Save Money
This is the fourth post in a series all about uploading files for the web. In the previous posts, we...
File Uploads for the Web (3): File Uploads in Node & Nuxt
Welcome back to this series on uploading files to the web. Upload files with HTML Upload files with...
File Uploads for the Web (2): Upload Files with JavaScript
Welcome back to this series, all about uploading files to the web. If you miss the first post, I’d...
File Uploads for the Web (1): Uploading Files with HTML
Today we are kicking off the first post in a series all about uploading files to the web. In this...
Recap of my experience at THAT Conference 2023
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure and privilege of attending THAT Conference Austin as a...
Cancel Duplicate Fetch Requests in JavaScript Enhanced Forms
If you’ve ever use JavaScript fetch API to enhance a form submission, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Top 2022 Blog Hits and What I Learned
First off, thank you for being here. I’ve been reviewing the traffic on my site for 2022 and I feel...
CSS Named Colors: Groups, Palettes, Facts, & Fun
Note: Due to publishing limitations, the groups of colors in this post are inserted as images. For...
Promises, Thenables, & Lazy-evaluation: What, Why, How
It’s the start of a new year, and while lots of folks are promising to be more active, I’m going to...
How to Build Great HTML Form Controls
Today I'm going to show you all the things to consider when building the perfect HTML input. Despite...
Conditional API Responses For JavaScript vs. HTML Forms
Today, I’ll show you how to detect whether an HTTP request was submitted via HTML form or...
4 ways CSS :has() can make your HTML forms even better
There’s been a lot of hype lately around the CSS :has() pseudo-class. And rightly so! It’s...
PX or REM in CSS? Just Use REM
CSS has a lot of different units that you can choose from. In many cases, there is one unit...
Automatically Deploy Apps to VPS with Git Triggers & Coolify
I make a lot of silly projects, and one things I’ve wanted for a long time is a way to automate...
6 Steps to Improve HTML Images For Users & Developers
TLDR: <img> with just src : Easy to implement. Good developer experience. No...
Edit Someone Else’s Website: contenteditable & designMode
The first time I opened up my devtools and changed the contents of a website, I actually thought...
Under-Engineered Productivity > Over-Engineered Distractions
Today I wanted to talk to you about developer blogs. To really set the tone, I’ll point to this...