Salma Alam-Naylor

I write code for your entertainment.

Manchester, UK Joined on Oct 17, 2020 https://whitep4nth3r.com/

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Senior Developer Relations Advocate at Sentry

81 posts published

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Salma Alam-Naylor

May 12 '22

Light and dark mode in just 14 lines of CSS

#css #webdev

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Feb 11 '22

How to build an HTML-only accordion — no JavaScript required!

#webdev #html #beginners

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Apr 11 '21

How to build, test and release a node module in ES6

#webdev #javascript #node #npm

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Mar 14 '21

My Twitch live coding setup in OBS

#twitch #webdev #productivity #womenintech

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Apr 24

Why don’t we talk about minifying CSS anymore?

#webdev #performance #css

7 min read

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Apr 12

Your background images might be causing CLS

#webdev #performance #css

9 min read

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Mar 28

How I fixed my BRUTAL TTFB

#performance #webdev

9 min read

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Mar 12

What is INP and why you should care

#webdev #performance

7 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Mar 11

My blog post workflow

#writing

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Feb 21

The future of Jamstack is anti-capitalist

#jamstack #webdev

4 min read

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Feb 20

Ramblings about JavaScript scope, weird errors and frameworks

#javascript #webdev

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Jan 26

How to deal with API rate limits

#api #javascript #webdev #tutorial

7 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Dec 18 '23

How to fix error: invalid character in entity name in RSS feeds

#xml #webdev #rss

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Dec 18 '23

Fallbacks for HTTP 404 images in HTML and JavaScript

#webdev #tutorial #html #javascript

5 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Dec 5 '23

Everything I install and set up on a new MacBook as a web developer

#tools #productivity #development

5 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Nov 11 '23

A story about HTTP status codes and why you should read documentation

#webdev #programming #http #api

6 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Sep 29 '23

How to use jQuery with Astro

#javascript #webdev #jquery

2 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Sep 25 '23

From LCP to CLS: Improve your Core Web Vitals with Image Loading Best Practices

#webdev #html #performance

8 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jun 26 '23

How I deploy my website using my Apple Watch

#javascript #serverless #ios

6 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jun 20 '23

The best light/dark mode theme toggle in JavaScript

#webdev #css #javascript

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Salma Alam-Naylor

May 4 '23

The universal CSS * selector isn't actually universal

#css #beginners #webdev

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Apr 24 '23

Hide text in CSS pseudo elements from screen readers with this one weird trick

#css #webdev #beginners

2 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Apr 17 '23

The Acronyms of Rendering on the Web

#webdev #beginners #html #javascript

7 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jan 3 '23

2022: what I made, what I learned, and what I didn't do

#devjournal

11 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Dec 12 '22

How to get the user’s timezone in JavaScript with Edge Functions

#webdev #javascript #tutorial #deno

5 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Nov 22 '22

A responsive striped CSS gradient inspired by 80s VHS tapes

#webdev #css #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Nov 15 '22

Single-page applications, multi-page applications, the history of Twitter tech, and a failed project

#javascript #webdev #twitter

7 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Oct 26 '22

Personalize your static site based on a previous site referral

#javascript #webdev #serverless

11 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Oct 4 '22

I changed my mind about writing new JavaScript frameworks

#javascript

4 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Sep 6 '22

Rewrite your git history in 4 friendly commands

#git #webdev #beginners #tutorial

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Sep 1 '22

What's the difference between : and :: in CSS?

#css #webdev #beginners

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Aug 24 '22

Rewrite HTML and transform page props in Next.js with Next.js Advanced Middleware

#netlify #nextjs #serverless #typescript

8 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Aug 12 '22

Add personalization to static HTML with Netlify Edge Functions — no browser JavaScript required

#netlify #html #serverless #javascript

8 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jul 25 '22

How to view Google Lighthouse scores for your site in Netlify

#netlify #webdev #tutorial #productivity

3 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jun 23 '22

Should I write a new JavaScript framework?

#discuss #webdev #javascript #programming

1 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jun 14 '22

How to deploy an Astro site

#webdev #javascript #jamstack #astro

10 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jun 9 '22

Build a business card CLI tool

#node #javascript #tutorial

6 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

May 30 '22

Level up your link previews in Slack

#webdev #html #beginners

5 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

May 11 '22

What is Jamstack?

#webdev #beginners #jamstack

6 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Apr 27 '22

We're all living on it. But what exactly is The Edge?

#serverless #javascript #jamstack

8 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Apr 5 '22

HTML is all you need to make a website

#webdev #html

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Mar 30 '22

How I massively improved my website performance by using the right tool for the job

#webdev #jamstack #nextjs #11ty

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Mar 21 '22

How to format dates for RSS feeds (RFC-822)

#webdebv

3 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Mar 7 '22

How to delete all merged git branches with one terminal command

#git #productivity

2 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Mar 4 '22

Why you should ship your silly side projects

#webdev

5 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Feb 22 '22

Build a CMS preview workflow for your Jamstack site

#jamstack #tutorial #javascript

11 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor for Netlify

Feb 15 '22

How to deploy your Netlify site with an Elgato Stream Deck

#serverless

4 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Feb 13 '22

How I improved your Google Lighthouse SEO score with a lot of research and one quick PR

#webdev

3 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Feb 6 '22

Debug your CSS layouts with this one simple trick

#css #webdev

2 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jan 18 '22

How to use really long environment variables in Netlify functions

#serverless #netlify #node

4 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Dec 14 '21

An introduction to GraphQL and how to use GraphQL APIs

#graphql #beginners #webdev

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Nov 29 '21

How to load responsive images in AVIF and WebP using the HTML picture element

#html #a11y #webdev

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Oct 25 '21

TIL: How to use GraphQL variables to give my queries type safety

#graphql #javascript #webdev #security

6 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Oct 11 '21

Next.js Dynamic Routes With Contentful's GraphQL API — with Jason Lengstorf

#nextjs #javascript #jamstack #graphql

2 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Oct 5 '21

What is a REST API?

#webdev #beginners #codenewbie #api

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Sep 17 '21

Ecommerce and Next.js on the Jamstack — with Colby Fayock

#nextjs #webdev #ecommerce #javascript

1 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Sep 9 '21

How to build a personalized image social sharing app with Cloudinary and Next.js

#webdev #javascript #nextjs

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Sep 2 '21

Why I love building with Next.js — a fireside chat with Cassidy Williams of Netlify

#nextjs #javascript #webdev

1 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Aug 12 '21

Tech Talk: How to prevent the collapse of society by building an accessible web

#techtalks #javascript #webdev #a11y

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Aug 12 '21

What is an API?

#webdev #javascript #beginners

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Aug 5 '21

A Next.js complete beginner tutorial using the Spotify API

#webdev #javascript #nextjs

3 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jul 12 '21

How to avoid using relative path imports in Next.js

#nextjs #javascript

1 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jul 9 '21

How I set up my new Next.js projects with a handy bash script

#webdev #bash #nextjs

2 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

Jul 5 '21

How to add Algolia InstantSearch to your Next.js application

#javascript #webdev #nextjs #tutorial

11 min read

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