Mike Hall
@mikehall314.bsky.social
Web developer and Doctor Who fan (not in that order). Science, reason, and critical thinking. Skeptical of the Placebo Effect.
Director of Merseyside Skeptics. Co-host of Skeptics with a K. Director of The Skeptic. Director of QED. Autistic. /H(?:e|im)/ui
Director of Merseyside Skeptics. Co-host of Skeptics with a K. Director of The Skeptic. Director of QED. Autistic. /H(?:e|im)/ui
Right. Time to play in the Green Cathedral.
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Right. Time to play in the Green Cathedral.
Absolutely bananas. And still I find myself arguing with stakeholders who do not see bundle size as a priority
How broken is today's frontend culture?
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
HTTP Archive: Page Weight
This report tracks the size and quantity of many popular web page resources. Sizes represent the number of bytes sent over the network, which may be compressed.
httparchive.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Absolutely bananas. And still I find myself arguing with stakeholders who do not see bundle size as a priority
Reposted by Mike Hall
How broken is today's frontend culture?
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
HTTP Archive: Page Weight
This report tracks the size and quantity of many popular web page resources. Sizes represent the number of bytes sent over the network, which may be compressed.
httparchive.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
How broken is today's frontend culture?
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
Reposted by Mike Hall
November 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Well. I would like to watch An Unearthly Child today. But Stef is a knob so I can’t.
November 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Well. I would like to watch An Unearthly Child today. But Stef is a knob so I can’t.
Finally got around to watching Fantastic Four. Shocked—shocked, I tell you—that the plot involves Pedro Pascal protecting a child of special significance.
November 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Finally got around to watching Fantastic Four. Shocked—shocked, I tell you—that the plot involves Pedro Pascal protecting a child of special significance.
Everyone else debugs like this right?
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Everyone else debugs like this right?
Reposted by Mike Hall
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reposted by Mike Hall
Just over 3 hours until Early Birds End! And they are flying out today.
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Just over 3 hours until Early Birds End! And they are flying out today.
Why would you spin it off at TG Jones, which just looks like a knock off? You could have gone back to John Menzies, for example.
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Why would you spin it off at TG Jones, which just looks like a knock off? You could have gone back to John Menzies, for example.
My train tickets are messed up. So I am STRESSED.
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
My train tickets are messed up. So I am STRESSED.
Any web software folk who are involved in that sort of thing, I’ve got a talk I’m itching to do about extreme optimisation, and the benefits of designing for super low end devices.
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Any web software folk who are involved in that sort of thing, I’ve got a talk I’m itching to do about extreme optimisation, and the benefits of designing for super low end devices.
#ffconf My favourite thing about fandoms is the unabashed love of something. At a time when it’s terminally uncool to genuinely love things, and things have to be liked ironically, or loved because it’s bad — there is something refreshing about just really loving stuff for its own sake.
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#ffconf My favourite thing about fandoms is the unabashed love of something. At a time when it’s terminally uncool to genuinely love things, and things have to be liked ironically, or loved because it’s bad — there is something refreshing about just really loving stuff for its own sake.
#ffconf The code review process of some open source projects can be brutal, unforgiving, and disheartening. It’s perhaps an area we should try to improve.
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#ffconf The code review process of some open source projects can be brutal, unforgiving, and disheartening. It’s perhaps an area we should try to improve.
Reposted by Mike Hall
This is one of my biggest gripes with AI generated code. People don't understand what they're committing and that's so dangerous. #ffconf with @jesslynnrose.bsky.social & @edaeren.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is one of my biggest gripes with AI generated code. People don't understand what they're committing and that's so dangerous. #ffconf with @jesslynnrose.bsky.social & @edaeren.bsky.social
#ffconf Loved that talk on AI tooling diminishing the processes that drive learning. Genuinely fantastic stuff ❤️ and points I’m taking back to my team.
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
#ffconf Loved that talk on AI tooling diminishing the processes that drive learning. Genuinely fantastic stuff ❤️ and points I’m taking back to my team.
Reposted by Mike Hall
#ffconf "code you did not write is code you do not understand. You cannot maintain code you don't understand " great talk from @jesslynnrose.bsky.social and @rivea0.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
#ffconf "code you did not write is code you do not understand. You cannot maintain code you don't understand " great talk from @jesslynnrose.bsky.social and @rivea0.bsky.social
#ffconf I find I learn so much better when I am using a new tool to solve a real problem I have. That introduces a friction that a tutorial with known answers never satisfies
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#ffconf I find I learn so much better when I am using a new tool to solve a real problem I have. That introduces a friction that a tutorial with known answers never satisfies