Loftie Ellis articles - 13 total
Finding the largest favicon with js
As part of an audit I wanted to fetch the highest quality favicon for every page that we check. It tu...
Switching from Netlify to SimpleAnalytics
I moved my web analytics for PageWatch, my blog and some personal projects to Simple Analytics. I wa...
What are those LSEP characters on certain pages?
If you browse the web on windows, you might have from time to time see characters like these: T...
IndieHackers light theme
I built a light theme extension (Chrome for now) for indiehackers, for the few people like me who pre...
Python Tip: Auto-reload the console on file changes
I find myself using the python console often in python (and Django) to test various things. But one a...
PyDevTo - unofficial dev.to api for python
Dev.to has a pretty awesome community for sharing coding knowledge. I wanted to republish my posts t...
Things you may not know about Chrome DevTools
I use the Chrome Developer tools pretty much daily, but there are a few things I wish I knew earlier...
Programming Music
What kind of music do you generally prefer for coding? Personally I find myself looking for: Long...
Gridsome 0.7 Released!
Gridsome is a new static site generator based on the JAMstack, and it is the underlying software powe...
3 Useful bookmarklets I use (almost) daily
Note: Dev.to doesn't allow javascript in links, so to install these bookmarklets please go to https:...
How to add Twitter and Facebook cards to your vue app
Adding Twitter/Facebook cards is a great way to improve the experience for when people share your sit...
Deploying Vue with Netlify, from scratch
Deploying Vue with Netlify, from scratch Netlify is a great platform for vue apps. You can...
Django Console tip: autoload your models
Django console tip: autoload your models Several times per day I would open the Django co...