Rachel Zick shares how FiveThirtyEight managed to stay up during election week despite record traffic and page views. The numbers are impressive, even if the teams knew what they were up against ahead of time: The site served "close to…

Chris Hartjes has a simple message for improving your coding skills: practice makes perfect. "For me I think there is a tripod upon which all your programming outcomes rely on: operating systems, editor, and language features. By refining and practicing…

The official release of WordPress 5.6 is just days away — December 8, 2020. Until then, you are encouraged to test Release Candidate 3, which is now available. 📦

If you've been living in a communication blackout or a cave without wi-fi, you might have heard that Salesforce announced their purchase of Slack for $27.7 billion. Something I wasn't aware of is that Slack might have been ripe for…

Eric Bailey offers some tips for creating an eco-friendly website: "Most of our crimes occur before the last mile, and it’s up to us as responsible designers and developers to do the hard work." 💦 Eric suggests checking to see…

Laura Coronado shares a WebDevStudio client success story that involved a startup, mySongbird, which aims to be "the ultimate destination for viewing live streaming musical performances." Laura's post briefly goes through two phases of the project. mySongbird’s services have transitioned…