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Kevin Farrugia

@imkev.dev
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Frontend Engineering. Web Performance. Be kind.

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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 06/04/2026
Super proud of our first snowboarding child. 🏂
Two people carrying their snowboards on their way to the chair lift.
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 01/12/2025
"Thundering Herd" is my new favorite way to sound super smart in a presentation. 🐃 😁 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder...
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Thundering herd problem - Wikipedia
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 21/11/2025
"Access from your country was disabled by the administrator". Lol, wth? 🤷
Screenshot of a website showing block details.
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 29/10/2025
Back in Amsterdam for @perfnow.nl. Hope to see you there. 😊
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Sam Rose @samwho.dev · 11/07/2025
I made a quiz about the JS Date parser is. It's very easy and you will score very high. jsdate.wtf
jsdate.wtf
new Date("wtf")
How well do you know JavaScript's Date class?
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 09/07/2025
I'm looking to recruit talented senior engineers that have experience related to web performance monitoring and optimization. If that sounds like you—or someone you'd highly recommend—please send me a DM and I’ll share more details! The role is 100% remote and async-first.
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 04/07/2025
Cursor's `Tab` behavior is impressively good but the cognitive overhead of a different IDE (and overriding my keyboard shortcuts) is driving me crazy. 😵
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 26/06/2025
@tunetheweb.com does Chrome DevTools AI allow you to change the wheels from round to square? Very irresponsible! 😂 Context: chrome.dev/cinemai/devt...
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 23/05/2025
Baseline is now available in VSCode. This is a really neat feature with no extensions needed. (catching up on Google I/O 😅) Read more: web.dev/blog/baselin...
Screenshot of a VSCode dialog indicating that the `<dialog>` element is widely available across major browsers since 2022.
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 23/05/2025
Pocket will be discontinued. 😔 What do you guys recommend for storing articles to read later (ideally works across all devices)? support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fut...
support.mozilla.org
Pocket is Saying Goodbye: What You Need to Know | Pocket Help
More information about the end of support for Pocket.
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 20/05/2025
Do you want to keep your kids busy? Give them LEGO instructions from ChatGPT. 😂
Four LEGO diagrams that illustrate the four steps to create what resembles a robot. The instructions do not make any sense.
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 09/05/2025
I finally joined the #framework club. 😍
Photo of a closed Framework laptop from above.
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Barry Pollard @tunetheweb.com · 07/05/2025
We've just published v5.0.0 of the web-vitals JavaScript library for measuring Core Web Vitals. github.com/GoogleChrome... As a major release, this includes a number of breaking changes as detailed in the upgrading doc: github.com/GoogleChrome... Please read carefully before upgrading. 1/5 🧵
github.com
GitHub - GoogleChrome/web-vitals: Essential metrics for a healthy site.
Essential metrics for a healthy site. Contribute to GoogleChrome/web-vitals development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 28/04/2025
The @httparchive.org 's Web Almanac is looking for contributors for this year's edition. github.com/HTTPArchive/...
github.com
Contribute to the 2025 Web Almanac · HTTPArchive almanac.httparchive.org · Discussion #4062
Dear all, We are excited to announce the Call for Contributions for the 2025 Web Almanac (6th Edition)! The Web Almanac is an annual report that provides an overview of the state of the web, based ...
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 28/04/2025
Back from a peaceful week in the Polish countryside with the family.
Photograph of a child sitting on a skateboard, holding a football, watching a train pass by.
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Kevlin Henney @kevlin.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
There's a lot of talk about 'vibe coding' at the moment. Andrej Karpathy's tweet that introduced the term is often mentioned. I suspect, however, that many people who are promoting the idea in the context of commercial product development may not have read the whole tweet.
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PerformanceObserver @performanceobserver.dev · 27/03/2025
Hey folks, the next episode of PerformanceObserver is now scheduled for 16 April with @verlok.bsky.social and @ethangardner.com ! See all details at performanceobserver.dev including add to calendar links with the join instructions. #webperf
performanceobserver.dev
PerformanceObserver: A virtual web perf meetup
Join the PerformanceObserver virtual performance meetup to get all the latest web performance news and hang out with the community.
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 26/03/2025
Your regular reminder to not trust AI before diving off a cliff. 😂
Screenshot of Google Search results saying:

What is the world's highest death dive?
The current world record in height is 832.6 meters and is held by Côme Girardot (FRA). In the women's class, the record is at 359.7 meters and is held by Norwegian Asbjørg Nesje. The current world record in freestyle death diving is held by Lucien Charlon (SUI) with a height of 532.6 meters.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_diving
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Una Kravets @una.im · 14/02/2025
The Interop 2025 dashboard is live! (and I spy anchor positioning right at the very top!!!) wpt.fyi/interop-2025
wpt.fyi
web-platform-tests dashboard
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PerformanceObserver @performanceobserver.dev · 11/02/2025
📣 Reminder!! In 2 days, we have @toddhgardner.com and @inesakrap.bsky.social giving talks in our first meetup! For full details - check out our website (and add to calendar to get the join links)! performanceobserver.dev
performanceobserver.dev
PerformanceObserver: A virtual web perf meetup
Join the PerformanceObserver virtual performance meetup to get all the latest web performance news and hang out with the community.
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 06/02/2025
Hadn't heard of "outrage fatigue" or "doomscrolling" until recently, but lately I found myself wasting more time than I usually would on social media. www.scientificamerican.com/article/outr...
scientificamerican.com
How to Avoid News Burnout and Outrage Fatigue
Outrage fatigue can wear us down—but we can take care of ourselves in an onslaught of overwhelming news.
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Barry Pollard @tunetheweb.com · 31/01/2025
If you're using Speculation Rules there's a small bug in Chrome 133 (just rolling out now) where DevTools + Local Overrides causes prerenders to crash 😢 This only happens with DevTools open and when Local Overrides are enabled so shouldn't affect most of your users—but annoying for us developers!
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 03/02/2025
Any recommendations for non-fiction books? Probably not politics or history, but almost anything else is good. 😁
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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 16/01/2025
📣 I'm so excited to announce a new meetup I started! PerformanceObserver is a virtual meetup for the frontend web performance community! The first event will be announced shortly. You can join the newsletter to make sure you don't miss an event. #webperf performanceobserver.dev
performanceobserver.dev
PerformanceObserver: A virtual web perf meetup
Join the PerformanceObserver virtual performance meetup to get all the latest web performance news and hang out with the community.
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 27/12/2024
I asked Gemini AI if today is the 3rd Fri of the month. Today is Friday, Dec 27, 2024. To determine if it was the 3rd Friday of the month, we need to find the dates of all the Fridays in Dec 2024. * Dec 1: Sun * Dec 2: Mon ... As you can see, Dec 27, 2024 is the third Friday of the month. 🤦
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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
📢 Just a reminder, we're just under 24hrs from this stream tomorrow where we talk to authors from the ✨ WEB ALMANAC ✨ and the data they pulled. All links below. Streaming on Youtube, LinkedIn, and other platforms. See you tomorrow.
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Tony McCreath @tony.mccreath.id.au · 09/12/2024
This is a great one. Some nice tips on fixing Core Web Vitals. Plus, how to analyse and pass useful information on to your developers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A70...
youtube.com
Record and analyze a performance trace #DevToolsTips
YouTube video by Chrome for Developers
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 06/12/2024
A great read from @kurtextrem.de with lots of useful links and actionable items. 🙌
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 04/12/2024
Nothing to see here, just JIRA taking almost 6 seconds to open a dialog. 🤷 🤯
Screenshot of Chrome DevTools Performance Panel showing significant areas in Yellow (scripting).
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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I announced it yesterday, but I'm very excited for the @httparchive.org's stream I'll be leading in under 2 weeks: ✨ The Web Almanac Live! ✨ We'll discuss findings re: how the web is built. Data collected over months of research across 17 million sites + published almanac.httparchive.org/en/2024/
almanac.httparchive.org
The 2024 Web Almanac
The Web Almanac is an annual state of the web report combining the expertise of the web community with the data and trends of the HTTP Archive.
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 29/11/2024
Just came across this useful list from @mandymichael.bsky.social with font performance resources. 🚀 github.com/mandymichael...
github.com
GitHub - mandymichael/font-performance-resources: A collection of handy resources for understanding font performance on the web
A collection of handy resources for understanding font performance on the web - mandymichael/font-performance-resources
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Robin Marx @programmingart.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
My talk from this year's We Love Speed is on YouTube! 👇 In "Tight Mode: how browsers REALLY load web pages", I take a very deep/very nerdy dive into why browsers sometimes intentionally delay loading resources, why they all do it differently, and why they should *stop clowning around* 🤡 #webperf
youtube.com
How browsers REALLY load Web pages — Robin Marx
YouTube video by We Love Speed
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 26/11/2024
Super interesting talk on advanced performance techniques from @timvereecke.bsky.social for #welovespeed. 🙌 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjUr...
youtube.com
Beyond the basics, pushing the limits of webperf — Tim Vereecke
YouTube video by We Love Speed
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 25/11/2024
@bram.us Could you recommend some reading material to help me debug View Transitions (cross document, same origin) please? I have two sites with identical CSS, on one site they work as expected while on the other they only work when the user presses back/forward buttons.
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 25/11/2024
The AT Protocol is a super interesting idea. I'm curious how it will evolve over time, but the concept is 🤯.
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 19/11/2024
what gif pops up when you type in your name? 😂
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a woman with a surprised look on her face is screaming the word kevin .
ALT: a woman with a surprised look on her face is screaming the word kevin .
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Firefox Performance @firefoxperformance.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We're excited to share that Mozilla and @wikimedia.bsky.social will once again be hosting a #webperf devroom at @fosdem.bsky.social 2025! The call for participation is open until December 1st. Find details on how to submit your proposal at wiki.mozilla.org/Performance/... #fosdem #cfp
wiki.mozilla.org
FOSDEM 2025 - Call for Participation - MozillaWiki
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Scott Jehl @scottjehl.com · 15/11/2024
HEY. I had the great opportunity to go on the @syntax.fm podcast and talk about web performance, web components, & a lot more. That episode is live with an absolute linkbait title wherever you get your podcasts! 🎉 syntax.fm/show/848/web... open.spotify.com/episode/0YgS...
syntax.fm
Web Components Can’t Save Us with Scott Jehl - Syntax #848
Scott Jehl discusses his background in web development and responsive design at Filament Group agency, opinions on web components for UI patterns, styling complexities, design systems, and how they ar...
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Jason Grigsby @gri.gs · 15/11/2024
Yesterday during my #perfnow talk, I mentioned the Web Performance Slack. If you’d like to join the Slack, use this link before Nov 25: join.slack.com/t/webperf…
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 12/11/2024
Off to AMS for perfnow.nl. Hope to see you there. 👋
perfnow.nl
performance.now(); November 14–15, 2024, Amsterdam
On 14th and 15th of November, 2024, the fifth edition of performance.now() will take place in Amsterdam—a single track conference, covering today’s most important web performance insights.
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 11/11/2024
Happy to have contributed to the 2024 Web Almanac. 😊 Well done to all contributors and organizers. 🙌
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Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 11/11/2024
Hello people of Bluesky. Let's hope this one is for keeps! 😁
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