Hi š, I'm Stephen Meriwether. This is my blog where I write about technology and the internet.
Like most software developers Iāve spent countless hours, outside of work, on side projects. Also like most software developers, I have nothing to show for it. Iāve mostly blamed myself - āI donāt have enough disciplineā is a common phrase echoing in my head. That very well may be true but that certainly isnāt the entire story. Iāve spent the past...
I love building websites! Iām not talking about web apps that are more common on the internet these days, whether they be single-page React apps or server-side rendered Ruby on Rails apps. Iām talking about good, old fashioned websites. Websites that are simple and accessible. Websites that you donāt have to fight with and also have a small footpri...
Web font performance is often overlooked, but can have a real impact on your websiteās user experience and performance. One of the best controls available to us is the CSS font-display property. Using it, weāre able to tell the browser how weād like it to render our web fonts.font-display Block ā donāt render any text until the fonts load, resulti...
What is Chia?Skip this if you already know what Chia isChia is a new cryptocurrency based on āproofs of space and timeā. It differs from āproofs of workā crypto (like Bitcoin) in the amount of energy it takes to validate transactions on the blockchain. With Chia, the energy-intensive work is done up-front to create āplotsā. Those plots are used to...
Tomorrow (11/10/20) is Appleās āOne More Thingā event šØāš». Rumors have it that weāll see the first ARM-powered Macs. The transition to ARM has a ton of upside but the plan for a successful ecosystem transition is murky. Iām excited to see what gets announced tomorrow. Of all the things Iām excited about, there are 2 things that standout: graphics p...