illdave

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I'm a Ruby programmer, search marketer and web performance consultant. I'm currently building a recipe bookmarking app - [Moon](https://savetomoon.com)

Feel free to get in touch about anything - I'm on twitter @davepeiris

illdave.at.hn

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Comment · 1 year ago

This is really great - refreshing to have something that's instantly useful, with no need to signup/login. Really fast, immediately helpful - this is wonderful.

Google's real monopoly is on the user data propellernet.co.uk

49 illdave 2 years ago 36 comments

How I test site speed changes using Chrome's local overrides (2021) tryblackbird.com

58 illdave 3 years ago 30 comments

Is React hiding your navigation links from Google? propellernet.co.uk

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How Cloudflare is reducing the environmental impact of web searches blog.cloudflare.com

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Making the Cybertruck landing page faster tryblackbird.com

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How I test site speed changes using Chrome's local overrides (2021) tryblackbird.com

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Comment · 6 years ago

Thank you!

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How do search engines treat trailing slashes and capital letters in URLs? propellernet.co.uk

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Comment · 7 years ago

I completely agree with this - those flashing lights, music and big reveal is all optimised for a dopamine hit. It feels pretty manipulative.

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Recent submissions

Google's real monopoly is on the user data propellernet.co.uk

How I test site speed changes using Chrome's local overrides (2021) tryblackbird.com

Is React hiding your navigation links from Google? propellernet.co.uk

How Cloudflare is reducing the environmental impact of web searches blog.cloudflare.com

Making the Cybertruck landing page faster tryblackbird.com

How I test site speed changes using Chrome's local overrides (2021) tryblackbird.com

Show HN: Airspace – async communication for remote teams

How do search engines treat trailing slashes and capital letters in URLs? propellernet.co.uk

How do search engines treat trailing slashes and capital letters in URLs? propellernet.co.uk

Where does your tax go? (UK) tax.printexpress.co.uk

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