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Mostly on Medium, mostly about making the web faster.

Published under the indieNik publication. Newer thinking lives in the CLAUDE.md and decision records of each project, which is where I write most days now.

  1. 23 Aug 2024 · Medium

    Enrolling in the Medium Partner Program: A New Chapter for Indian Writers

    Why the Partner Program opening to India matters, and how the setup works.

  2. 29 Oct 2021 · Medium

    How to lazy load your images?

    Three approaches to lazy loading, and the src and data-src pattern behind them.

  3. 27 Oct 2021 · Medium

    Ember.js vs React.js: when to use what?

    Right tool for the task. React versus Glimmer is the fairer comparison.

  4. 25 Oct 2021 · Medium

    I automated an hour long process within seconds using Google Sheets

    Apps Script pulls ad leads into Sheets every two hours with geocoding. An hour of work became twenty seconds.

  5. 23 Oct 2021 · Medium

    A party analogy to understand authentication vs authorisation

    A nightclub door explains 401 versus 403.

  6. 6 Jun 2020 · Medium

    How to improve performance of an Angular application by optimising images?

    Image optimisation as the cheapest performance win.

  7. 9 Dec 2017 · Medium

    How hard can Angular (4/5/6) be?

    An Angular and Firebase checklist PWA built in four days.

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