Shell Aliases That Save Us an Hour a Week
Git, rsync, and image tools, shortened to a few keystrokes.
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Theo Marsh
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Front-end developer and performance nerd. Maintains the studio build tools and quietly deletes JavaScript nobody asked for.
Writing a Clean WordPress Shortcode
Attributes, escaping, and output buffering done the boring way.
A Small Go Server for Static Previews
Serve a folder, add caching headers, and ship a single binary.
Parsing Markdown Front Matter in Python
Split, parse, and validate the YAML block at the top of a file.
Lazy-Loading Images Without a Library
Native loading hints, a sizes attribute, and one fallback.
Fluid Type with CSS clamp()
One line of CSS replaces a stack of media queries.
Caching Expensive Queries the Simple Way
A read-through cache pattern that fits in one function.
A Tiny JavaScript Helper for Reading Time
Estimate minutes-to-read in twelve lines, with no dependencies.
Finding Slow Pages with a Single SQL Query
Group request logs by path and sort by the ninety-fifth percentile.
Measuring Largest Contentful Paint in the Field
A PerformanceObserver snippet you can paste into any page.