What Does AI Really Mean? — Smashing Magazine
We, as human beings, don’t worry too much about making sure the connections land at the right point. Our brain just works that way, declaratively. However, for building AI, we need to be more explicit. Let’s dive in! In 2024, Artificial Intelligence (AI) hit the limelight with major advancements. The problem with reaching common knowledge […]
An Engineering Perspective — Smashing Magazine
In this article, Edoardo Dusi shares the engineering and architectural choices made by the team at Storyblok and how real-world migration challenges were addressed using modern PHP practices. Content management is evolving. The traditional monolithic CMS approach is giving way to headless architectures, where content management and presentation are decoupled. This shift brings new challenges, […]
How To Design For High-Traffic Events And Prevent Your Website From Crashing — Smashing Magazine
Product drops and sales are a great way to increase revenue, but these events can result in traffic spikes that affect a site’s availability and performance. To prevent website crashes, you’ll have to make sure that the sites you design can handle large numbers of server requests at once. Let’s discuss how! Product launches and […]
Lesser Known Uses Of Better Known Attributes — Smashing Magazine
HTML attributes are like little instructions that we add to the markup of elements to make them do certain things or behave in certain ways. For example, most of us know that the target attribute with a value of _blank opens the link in a new tab or window. But did you know that you […]
Why Browsers Produce Different Performance Results — Smashing Magazine
We know that browsers do all sorts of different things under the hood. One of those things is the way they not only fetch resources like images and scripts from the server but how they prioritize those resources. Chrome and Safari have implemented a “Tight Mode” that constrains which resources are loaded and in what […]
How to Set Up WordPress Error Logs In Your WP-Config File
This sounds very techy, but it’s manageable with this guide. By switching on error logs, you’ll be able to easily find the bugs that are in your WordPress website. Ready to troubleshoot like a pro? Let’s dive into the world of WordPress error logs. Understanding WordPress Error Logs This is a basic text display of […]
Learning To Let Go Of Perfection — Smashing Magazine
The best and worst thing about solo development is the “solo” part. There’s a lot of freedom in working alone, and that freedom can be inspiring, but it can also become a debilitating hindrance to productivity and progress. Victor Ayomipo shares his personal lessons on what it takes to navigate solo development and build the […]
The Role Of Illustration Style In Visual Storytelling — Smashing Magazine
How do we determine the most suitable illustration style? How should illustrations complement and reflect your corporate identity? What will resonate most with your target audience? And regarding the content, what type of illustration would best enhance it, and how would it work for the age range it is primarily for? Thomas Bohm shares insightful […]
Building Smarter, Faster, And Private Applications — Smashing Magazine
Shouldn’t there be a way to keep your apps or project data private and improve performance by reducing server latency? This is what on-device AI is designed to solve. It handles AI processing locally, right on your device, without connecting to the internet and sending data to the cloud. In this article, Joas Pambou explains […]
Warhol Arts: A Digital Playground of Pop, Pixels, and Pure Motion
This project’s been turning heads—and for good reason. Warhol Arts isn’t just visually striking; it’s packed with clever interactions, refined motion, and a whole lot of Webflow and GSAP wizardry under the hood. So we asked Serhii Polyvanyi, founder and creative director at BL/S®, to take us behind the scenes. In this deep dive, he […]