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How to Make Sure Your Website Doesn’t Suck After Google’s Core Vitals Update

Stop what you’re doing, open Chrome, and navigate to the Lighthouse tool — you’re going to need it

Dec 18, 2020

Neon Google sign

Dec 18, 2020

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How I Earned 17,000 Followers for My Facebook Page

Spoiler: It wasn’t easy (or cheap), there’s also a bit about cheese

Dec 5, 2020

A social media “like” bible made into a neon sign

Dec 5, 2020

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Laravel Bytes

How to use YAML files in Laravel effectively

It reduced the amount of code in my application quite dramatically.

Mar 5

How to use YAML files in Laravel effectively

Mar 5

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Hello, Love

Yes, My Mum Died. Ask Me About It.

People think death isn't an easy subject to broach, but it can be.

Dec 8, 2021

Yes, My Mum Died. Ask Me About It.

Dec 8, 2021

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Better Programming

5 Traits of Successful Web Developers

Some aren’t what you think

Jan 21, 2021

5 Traits of Successful Web Developers

Jan 21, 2021

How to Make the Perfect Cup of Tea

How do you like yours? I like mine to taste like tea.

Jan 19, 2021

How to Make the Perfect Cup of Tea

Jan 19, 2021

About The Digital

A place for Digitally minded ideas.

Jan 18, 2021

About The Digital

Jan 18, 2021

Why Netflix’s Price Increase Couldn’t Have Come at a Worse Time

And by adding 16 million customers worldwide during the pandemic, did it really need to?

Jan 12, 2021

Why Netflix’s Price Increase Couldn’t Have Come at a Worse Time

Jan 12, 2021

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The Startup

Why I Quit Web Development for a Digital Marketing Role

And why my need to solve problems guided me back.

Jan 5, 2021

Why I Quit Web Development for a Digital Marketing Role

Jan 5, 2021

30 Things I’ve Learned From My First 30 Days on Medium

How many times can you refresh the stats page before it’s considered a problem?

Dec 23, 2020

30 Things I’ve Learned From My First 30 Days on Medium

Dec 23, 2020

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