Flexbox as a base layout is convenient but tricky due to CLS or “jank”. If the dimensions of the base flex container(s) are ambiguous, then the browser constantly recomputes the dimensions as HTML streams in.

My favorite trick is to give the browser dimension hints and avoid computational properties like flex. Set as many dimensions (width/height) as possible unambiguously. My Internet speed is sufficiently slow enough that I can see layout shifts in many sites, including my own (this micro blog).

Rainforest hike near Milford Sound/Piopiotahi in New Zealand (© Jim Patterson/Tandem Stills + Motion)

JavaScript relies on garbage collection (GC) to reclaim memory.

JavaScript relies on garbage collection (GC) to reclaim memory.

Roll your own JavaScript runtime

Tigresses of Telia Lake in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, India (© Ashish Parmar/Alamy)

This specification defines two formats and associated media types for representing sets of links as standalone documents. One format is

Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado (© Andrew R. Slaton/Tandem Stills + Motion)

Every so often I stumble upon really interesting YouTube channels. It doesn’t take very long though for all of them to go “poof” ..and gone.

Speaking of mmorpgs — this channel revisits old mmorpgs in current year. It’s mind blowing that many of them are still going, and that people still play them. I can’t even remember the last time I played a game, let alone a mmorpg.