Slack - why are you auto converting my links to titles? I've been hunting for an option to disable this and so far the only thing that works is to make all of my messages markdown ( which is annoying in a different way ). #slack
Joseph Scott
@josephscott.bsky.social
Lead of the performance team at Automattic. https://josephscott.org/
Finally, a CLI/module for testing compression dictionary deployments: blog.patrickmeenan.com/2026/07/26/t... Thanks to @programmingart.bsky.social @sergeyche.dev and @yoav.ws for not letting me continue to ignore building it 😂
Testing Compression Dictionary Deployments - Patrick Meenan's Blog
Robin Marx has been asking me for a Compression Dictionary Transport (RFC 9842) test tool for a long time (since well before AI was actually useful for this...
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In chrome canary, you can now see metrics for soft navs in the Performance -> Live Metrics h/t @tunetheweb.com 🤘
I'm seriously starting to wonder if the YandexBot ever makes a valid request to a site. Most of the requests I've seen look like complete garbage.
If you make websites for a living, stop what you're doing and read this research by @tammyeverts.com; it shows what many of us have been saying for a long time: even if there is such a thing as "fast enough", it's generally *much* faster than you are targeting: embrace.io/blog/research-co…
New research: The Core Web Vitals thresholds you trust might be wrong for your site
Core Web Vitals data from ten leading online retailers reveals that "good" for Google may not be good enough for your users or your business.
embrace.io
Asking an LLM how to fix what ever broken state git managed to get into - both helpful in that it is fixed, and annoying that git manages to fall into these states in the first place
If you are not defaulting to zero based graphs, please provide a simple option to switch. It is frustrating to see only graphs that show large shifts, when the data shows it only moved hundredths of a millisecond.
Turned off View → Allow Mouse Reporting in macos terminal so that I can copy from claude sessions over ssh again
Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.
I like this idea - it would make using prerender an easier decision in more places #webperf
IntentToShip@intenttoship.dev · 2mo agoBlink: Intent to Extend Experiment: Speculation Rules: prerender-until-script Action
Spurs v. Thunder, Game 1 - wow, double overtime, that was an intense and fun game! This is the type of 7 game series you always hope for in the playoffs #nba
I had a great time working with @itsdavemartin.bsky.social on a building a new way to use WordPress.com to easily start a private social network just for friends & family - or for those that really appreciate the short form blogging experience - wordpress.com/blog/2026/04... #wordpress
A New Theme for Short-Form Blogging on WordPress.com
At WordPress.com, we believe short thoughts deserve a real home. Today we’re introducing a new theme built for quick posts, replies, and reblogs: the kind of writing that lives somewhere betw…
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TIL: PHP_CLI_SERVER_WORKERS for the #php built-in web server - www.php.net/manual/en/fe... - not sure how I missed that, as I've used the built-in server for local dev work from time to time
PHP: Built-in web server - Manual
Built-in web server
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I noticed this #utah #jazz ice cream at the store the other day www.facebook.com/FarrsIceCrea... - given how bad the Jazz were this year I half expect this to have a very bitter taste #nba
That project AI was helping me with that I was so excited about a while back? It's finally ready enough for some public exposure: I bring you "Waterfall Tools": blog.patrickmeenan.com/2026/04/12/i...
Introducing Waterfall Tools - Patrick Meenan's Blog
I’ve been wanting to build a 100% client-based waterfall tool for a long time. Something with a much more modern rendering engine and UI than WebPageTest’s s...
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I really enjoyed watching Project Hail Mary - overall positive message about our ability to do incredibly hard things when we work together and sacrifice for one another.
My 16 year old after seeing the 1971 Willy Wonka movie for the first time - "why did they ever remake this, Gene Wilder was perfect" - no argument from me :)
I get a surprising amount of satisfaction from deleting dead code