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Riccardo Margiotta

@riccardomargiotta.co.uk

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🖥️ Lead Engineer (Digital Product Ops) at Arnold Clark ✏️ HTML/CSS/UX/WebPerf obsessive 👦👧👧 Daddy 🍕 Vaguely Italian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Mostly Scottish 🎮 Mario/Zelda/Halo fan 🤷‍♂️ Emoji enthusiast

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Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · 17d

Same on the west coast! Cat is locked in, trampoline tied down...

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performance.now() conference @perfnow.nl · 20d

Schedule schedule on the wall, who has the best line-up of them all?

perfnow.nl/schedule.html

Screenshot of the performance.now() conference schedule. Follow the link in the main text to read it.

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Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · 21d

It's such a great tool, thank you for providing (and maintaining!) it.

Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Sep 11

I was picturing a Highlander scenario.

Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Sep 10

Right, that's #perfnow day one sorted. 🤩

Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Sep 9

Typical September in Scotland really

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Andy Bell @bell.bz · Sep 8

This proud CSS programmer is happy that we’ve finally got some merch going.

We’re running teemill for now to gauge interest and we already have ideas for more stuff.

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Various t-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies, all arranged in a bleed-out, overlapping grid.

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Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Sep 9

"We all know it's a programming language. Now you can show everyone you're a proud CSS programmer."

YES PLEASE

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Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Sep 9

Another year, another incredible lineup. 😍 Can't wait!

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Piccalilli @piccalil.li · Sep 5

The vast majority of your users are not, in fact, using the latest and greatest iPhone. Lower-end Android devices far outweigh them, so it’s imperative to test on them and make them a part of your development workflow — especially if you use a JavaScript framework.

csswizardry.com/2025/08/low-...

Low- and Mid-Tier Mobile for the Real World (2025) – CSS Wizardry

Discover the most representative low- and mid-tier mobile devices for web performance testing in 2025.

csswizardry.com

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Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Sep 3

Returning after a social media hiatus and catching up on a lot of excellent #webperf posts. Thanks for sharing, everyone!

Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Sep 3

He also just showed up in Alien: Earth! I haven't seen the latest one, but I have a bad feeling poor Roger has been eaten

Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Sep 3

I checked the stats, 6% of our mobile traffic last month was reported as a Galaxy A device of some kind. 👀

Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Sep 3

Thanks Harry, that's helpful. I'm a little tired of sitting in stakeholder meetings talking about the Moto G Power while everyone brings out their latest iPhone. As you say, I need to instill that awareness that slow doesn't mean old, and that we are not our users.

Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Sep 3

That's great news, congratulations! Just got my ticket sorted, can't wait. 🎉

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performance.now() conference @perfnow.nl · Sep 1

performance.now() is coming!

The night before the conference, 29th of October, @mozilla.org organises performance.sync(), the pre-meetup where you can meet your peers to mentally prepare for two days of information overload. They're also looking for a few people to present.
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performance.sync() 2025 · Luma

performance.sync() is a meet-up taking place on the evening before the performance.now on Wednesday October 29th! We are looking for speakers! Submit your…

luma.com

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Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Nov 26

I do that thing with Steam / Nintendo eShop sales where I see a game that I think "Oh yeah, I've been meaning to buy that!", only to find I did in fact already buy that (most likely in a previous sale). 😅

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Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Nov 25

I am the one humming the Game Boy Tetris A theme to myself while loading the belt. At least, I hope I'm humming it to myself.

Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Nov 25

Rainwave is new to me, I'll check it out! Game soundtracks (and to a lesser degree film/TV soundtracks and other classical music) are almost all I listen to while working, I generally find lyrics too distracting.

Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Nov 21

Oooh, the example shown here is gorgeous!

Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Nov 20

Watching all the awesome folks in the #webperf community showing up to request Core Web Vitals in Safari:

a group of avengers are fighting each other in a scene from the movie avengers

Alt: A scene from the movie Avengers Endgame where ever superhero has assembled for battle

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Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Nov 19

I like that. I'm typically dealing with render or layout issues, so I often rely on a classic (but maybe extreme) "delete everything, what's the smallest thing I can get to render" approach as an initial sanity check.

Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Nov 19

That is *wild*. Some impressive debugging skills on display.

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Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Nov 19

So smooth now!

Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · Nov 19

Phew, managed to avoid being snapped while munching a stroopwafel. 😅

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