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...en.wikipedia.orgThundering herd problem - Wikipedia 000
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 21/11/2025"Access from your country was disabled by the administrator". Lol, wth? 🤷 010
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 29/10/2025Back in Amsterdam for @perfnow.nl. Hope to see you there. 😊 010
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 28/08/2025While it is absolutely not a Tailwind problem I feel that Tailwind makes it easier to accidentally add `all` or transition on slower CSS properties. It might be nice to have some linter warning. 020
Reposted by Kevin FarrugiaSam Rose @samwho.dev · 11/07/2025I made a quiz about the JS Date parser is. It's very easy and you will score very high. jsdate.wtfjsdate.wtfnew Date("wtf")How well do you know JavaScript's Date class? 62476158
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 09/07/2025I'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. 1713
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 05/07/2025Elk.zone is really nicely done.elk.zoneElkA nimble Mastodon web client 130
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 05/07/2025For some reason you need to skip the first bit (~0:05), then it starts playing as usual. 🤷 000
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 04/07/2025Cursor's `Tab` behavior is impressively good but the cognitive overhead of a different IDE (and overriding my keyboard shortcuts) is driving me crazy. 😵 000
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 26/06/2025Leave it in the hands of some kids for a while and you won't recognize that plane any longer. 😁 000
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... 120
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 31/05/2025Thanks. In the past week or two I have started using Obsidian Web Clipper actually (I'm a long time Obsidian user) and so far it's working well. The only hiccup is that it doesn't work on Chrome mobile. 020
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 23/05/2025Baseline 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... 183
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 23/05/2025Pocket 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. 131
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 20/05/2025Do you want to keep your kids busy? Give them LEGO instructions from ChatGPT. 😂 020
Reposted by Kevin FarrugiaBarry Pollard @tunetheweb.com · 07/05/2025We'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.comGitHub - 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. 14712
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 28/04/2025The @httparchive.org 's Web Almanac is looking for contributors for this year's edition. github.com/HTTPArchive/...github.comContribute to the 2025 Web Almanac · HTTPArchive almanac.httparchive.org · Discussion #4062Dear 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 ... 097
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 28/04/2025Back from a peaceful week in the Polish countryside with the family. 020
Reposted by Kevin FarrugiaKevlin Henney @kevlin.bsky.social · 01/04/2025There'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. 35421
Reposted by Kevin FarrugiaPerformanceObserver @performanceobserver.dev · 27/03/2025Hey 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. #webperfperformanceobserver.devPerformanceObserver: A virtual web perf meetupJoin the PerformanceObserver virtual performance meetup to get all the latest web performance news and hang out with the community. 066
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 26/03/2025Your regular reminder to not trust AI before diving off a cliff. 😂 000
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 17/02/2025After debugging this briefly and discussing it with the JIRA team, we confirmed the issue is actually caused by React DevTools not JIRA. Once React DevTools is disabled, JIRA performs well. (the JIRA website enables profiling on production) 010
Reposted by Kevin FarrugiaUna Kravets @una.im · 14/02/2025The Interop 2025 dashboard is live! (and I spy anchor positioning right at the very top!!!) wpt.fyi/interop-2025wpt.fyiweb-platform-tests dashboard 3547
Reposted by Kevin FarrugiaPerformanceObserver @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.devperformanceobserver.devPerformanceObserver: A virtual web perf meetupJoin the PerformanceObserver virtual performance meetup to get all the latest web performance news and hang out with the community. 144
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 06/02/2025Hadn'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.comHow to Avoid News Burnout and Outrage FatigueOutrage fatigue can wear us down—but we can take care of ourselves in an onslaught of overwhelming news. 001
Reposted by Kevin FarrugiaBarry Pollard @tunetheweb.com · 31/01/2025If 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! 2104
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 04/02/2025I like his music actually and I'm guessing he has a more interesting story than most, so it might be worth a read. 😁 Thx 010
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 03/02/2025Any recommendations for non-fiction books? Probably not politics or history, but almost anything else is good. 😁 210
Reposted by Kevin FarrugiaSia 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.devperformanceobserver.devPerformanceObserver: A virtual web perf meetupJoin the PerformanceObserver virtual performance meetup to get all the latest web performance news and hang out with the community. 44218
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 03/01/2025Ah OK I thought it was specific to my user. 😅 The queryLocalFonts API is only supported on Chrome: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W... Thanks to your article and tool I understood some concept that before I just skimmed over and used without understanding. 🙌developer.mozilla.orgWindow: queryLocalFonts() method - Web APIs | MDNThe window.queryLocalFonts() method returns a Promise that fulfills with an array of FontData objects representing the font faces available locally. 120
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 03/01/2025Similarly, when choosing some fonts from the dropdown it uses serif instead of the selected font, so I need to input the local font name manually. For example, "NotoSans-Regular" instead of "Noto Sans" 200
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 03/01/2025I was experimenting with your tool and noticed that the name of the font in the CSS snippet doesn't match my own tests using `queryLocalFonts()`. For example, the tool outputs `src: local("DejaVu Sans");` instead of `local(DejaVuSans)`. I'm not sure if this is browser (Chrome) /OS (Ubuntu) specific. 100
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 27/12/2024I 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. 🤦 010
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 18/12/2024Heads up that there is a crbug for _1. Allow per-request slowdown_: issues.chromium.org/u/1/issues/4...issues.chromium.orgChromium 120
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 10/12/2024No option to remove it? On other hosts I have seen an exclusion list but no option to disable it entirely. 😩 Also if you want a shorter cache TTL, according to your post, having duplicate `cache-control` headers will take the most restrictive one. 010
Reposted by Kevin FarrugiaHenri 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. 093
Reposted by Kevin FarrugiaTony McCreath @tony.mccreath.id.au · 09/12/2024This 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.comRecord and analyze a performance trace #DevToolsTipsYouTube video by Chrome for Developers 073
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 09/12/2024> TODO: figure out that other Cache-Control and ditch it Is it possible that this is being added by the hosting provider? For example, WPEngine automatically adds cache-control headers. 200
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 06/12/2024A great read from @kurtextrem.de with lots of useful links and actionable items. 🙌 020
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 04/12/2024Nothing to see here, just JIRA taking almost 6 seconds to open a dialog. 🤷 🤯 130
Reposted by Kevin FarrugiaHenri Helvetica 🧑🏾🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I 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.orgThe 2024 Web AlmanacThe 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. 12912
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 29/11/2024Just came across this useful list from @mandymichael.bsky.social with font performance resources. 🚀 github.com/mandymichael...github.comGitHub - mandymichael/font-performance-resources: A collection of handy resources for understanding font performance on the webA collection of handy resources for understanding font performance on the web - mandymichael/font-performance-resources 0204
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 26/11/2024Got some new props? 😅 I still need to update my blog post after we spoke a few months ago. 🫣 010
Reposted by Kevin FarrugiaRobin Marx @programmingart.bsky.social · 26/11/2024My 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* 🤡 #webperfyoutube.comHow browsers REALLY load Web pages — Robin MarxYouTube video by We Love Speed 54220
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 26/11/2024Added a comment and updated the demos to use a querystring `?noprerender=true` to disable the prerendering. Current status: 010
Kevin Farrugia @imkev.dev · 26/11/2024I removed the prerendering from both demos and now they are behaving identically, indicating the issue isn't the response header. Previously, with prerendering the VT wouldn't run on the faulty demo. 100
