Den Odell articles - 11 total
Constraints and the Lost Art of Optimization
In 1984, Steve Jobs walked over to a bag standing on stage and pulled out a computer that would...
The Main Thread Is Not Yours
When a user visits your site or app, their browser dedicates a single thread to running your...
Escape Velocity: Break Free from Framework Gravity
Frameworks were supposed to free us from the messy parts of the web. For a while they did, until...
HTML’s Best Kept Secret: The <output> Tag
Every developer knows <input>. It’s the workhorse of the web. But <output>? Most have...
Code Reviews That Actually Improve Frontend Quality
Most frontend reviews pass quickly. Linting's clean, TypeScript's happy, nothing looks broken. And...
We Keep Reinventing CSS, but Styling Was Never the Problem
We’ve been building for the web for decades. CSS has had time to grow up, and in many ways, it has....
The Web Is About to Get Better for Everyone, Everywhere
The next big thing in web development isn’t a framework. It’s a piece of legislation. Starting...
AI Is Just The Latest Frontend Killer. Don't Panic.
Apparently, frontend developers are about to be made obsolete. AI can scaffold a site from a prompt,...
Building the Web in Islands, Not Mountains
Not every site needs to be a full-blown app. In fact, most don’t. What they need is to be fast,...
Hacking Layout Before CSS Even Existed
Before flex, before grid, even before float, we still had to lay out web pages. Not just basic...
Want to Be a Better Frontend Engineer? Try a Week On-Call
You’re going to hate me for saying this, but I actually like being on-call. I know. I know. But hear...