Dave Smart
@tamethebots.com
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(semi) professional goth. Full-time idiot with a computer. Tech SEO & Dev at tamethebots.com #Webdev #TechSEO
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Nerdy stuff! @mozilla.org #Firefox just enabled support for #INP with v144 🎉

I dived into our raw RUMvision data. And yep, can confirm that it works when using Google's web-vitals #JavaScript library 😍

(updated) article + chart + baseline badges in a blogpost:
www.rumvision.com/blog/firefox...
I can just see someone, somewhere sat there thinking "feels like I forgot something... Ah well, can't be that important"
This now supports both the CrUX API and the CrUX History API, so you can now ask questions like

"What are the CWV trends like for example.com on desktop and mobile, across the whole site?"
MCP Server fever! Following on from the robots.txt MCP server release of yesterday, today I've launched one for you web perf fans!

Query the CrUX API in your favorite AI tool

Example: youtu.be/et7Og7_Ii6E?...

Get the details here: tamethebots.com/tools/cwv-hi...

#WebPerf #CWV #CoreWebVitals
Using the Tame The Bots CrUX API MCP Server
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It's here. JavaScript for Everyone is now available to…everyone!

The amount of effort and experience packed into this course is unbelievable and we know you're going to love it.

Get yours for £189, down from £249, for 2 weeks and super-charge your career prospects

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A high quality, expansive written course that will elevate your JavaScript skills to a level you never thought was achievable.
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It's named after the tone you used to hear when someone hung up the phone on you
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🎉 Announcing the #SEOFOMO x @similarwebinsights.bsky.social London Free Meetup on November 20, from 6pm to 9pm 🔥

Featuring 3 SEO panels, there will also be free drinks, food, giveaways, and super fun networking 💪😎

Register now for free: www.eventbrite.es/e/seofomo-x-...
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Re-up for the evening crowd: uncovered some weird grok behaviour, found some weird keywords, none of it makes sense. chris-spann.co.uk/provide-a-de...
Oh no, the Wee-Fi is down.
Priorities check out.
The pull signs, and total lack of handles lead me to believe this is an area only accessible to those with sticky hands.

I think I have found the secret Spiderman society HQ
A door with pull signs, but no handles.
Real shame you couldn't make it Gastón! Would have been cool to catch up
It would have been rude not to, after all. What's the saying? "when in Rome, be in Dublin and have a pint of Guinness."

Something like that anyway.
A pint of Guinness.
Glue 6 foot skeletons together.
Really looking forward to that too! Will ration the Guinness to leave a little room for some learnin'
My startup GoonPass™ which uses your device's camera to not only determine your age but how horny you are, thereby directing you to the appropriate level of smut, will be secure, because everyone will be too sweaty to recognise IRL.
The first "UK Porn Block" / "Child Safety" data breach is out.

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/oct/07/discord-data-breach-proof-of-age-id-leake
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I knew it would be quick, but not that quick.
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I mentioned before that we’re switching Lighthouse Performance audits to the new and improved Insights. The same Insights that you can see in DevTools Performance panel traces.

That’s happening in Lighthouse 13 due to be released very soon. Maybe even this week!
Arrived in Dublin for the Google product experts summit, and what a glorious day it has laid on.
Picture of McCafferty's bar in Dublin
Such is the folds in warp and weft of the time space continuum of development.
Around about the 90% finished phase? Probably "B@st4rd 'effin thing"