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Colors on the web are confusing — but they don't have to be! The HSL format makes it easy for humans and computers to work with color.

In case you missed it, last month we released Lighthouse Parade, a CLI tool to automatically run and aggregate Lighthouse performance reports across an entire site. One of the most requested features has been the ability to limit which pages are crawled. We're excited to release Lighthouse Parade 1.1, which introduces three new flags to accommodate these use cases.

Lighthouse Parade is a Node.js command line tool that crawls a domain and gathers lighthouse performance data for every page. With a single command, the tool will crawl an entire site, run a Lighthouse report for each page, and then output a spreadsheet with the aggregated data. Each row in the generated spreadsheet is a page on the site, and each individual performance metric is a column. This is convenient for high-level analysis because you can sort the rows by whichever metric you are analyzing.

We recently set up a GitHub Action to automatically upload our site updates to WP Engine whenever we push to a specific branch. we suspect other teams might find it useful, too.

Join me in exploring a recent experience where I started with flawed logic (without realizing it) and the steps I took to fix my bug. Let’s experience some broken code together. 🎉

For many designers, the process of finding one's place within a design system can be surprisingly tough.

Development toolchains now have many more layers of tools than they did years ago. Because of this change, the JS code that runs in our users' browsers looks less like the original code we authored. Periodically checking the code generated by our tools can lead to opportunities to reduce bundle size and improve performance for users.

Sometimes labels for form fields are short and to the point. But other times, it’s helpful to provide users with more detailed information. Consider the common pattern of selecting a pricing plan for…

Website speed and performance are a question of equity. Fast and lightweight sites mean that everyone can access your content equally. It’s not only an economic imperative; it’s a moral imperative.