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72 views
Lighthouse v11.2 overhauls the Performance category report.
The sorting of audits is improved. Higher-impact and low-hanging-fruit items will be at the top.
Also an updated score gauge reveals, on hover, how the key metrics affect the score.
71 views
npm dependencies often fairly invisible.
One of my favorite browser extensions keeps you aware — npmhub lists all deps/devDeps right at the bottom of the GitHub repo page. And several great tools are a click away, including the best dependency graph visualizer.
https://github.com/npmhub/npmhub#readme
![Sometimes, like many, I doomscroll reddit.
[Aside: Their mobile web experience is user-hostile and champions dark patterns that others adopt. It pains me…]
When I click to play a video, 5% of the time, it starts **twice**. You can hear the 2nd but can't pause it.
Also noting the thumbnail is ~low-res, I had a suspicion. 👀 Opened devtools and, ayup: my `<lite-youtube>` embed.
Not the first time I g](/img?u=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.toot.cafe%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F113%2F330%2F080%2F944%2F361%2F767%2Fsmall%2F4228232fd674fe27.png)
42 views
Sometimes, like many, I doomscroll reddit.
[Aside: Their mobile web experience is user-hostile and champions dark patterns that others adopt. It pains me…]
When I click to play a video, 5% of the time, it starts **twice**. You can hear the 2nd but can't pause it.
Also noting the thumbnail is ~low-res, I had a suspicion. 👀 Opened devtools and, ayup: my `<lite-youtube>` embed.
Not the first time I g
13 views
…So far I haven't found much.
The GIFs in https://zendesk.engineering/event-pipelines-part-1-backpressure-and-buffering-1bba0ed3451e give the feel of what I want in this visualization framework.
And meanwhile this paper has some rich viz of a pipeline/"dataflow graph". https://cse.unl.edu/~ihowell/Documents/Wongsuphasawat%20et%20al:%20Visualizing%20Dataflow%20Graphs%20of%20Deep%20Learning%20Models
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Aug 21latest
59
Avg engagement / post
12–71
Typical post (engagement)
0.7%
Engagement vs followers
30/100
Variable reach
Sep 2018
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 12 and 71 likes + reposts (median 19) — reach is spiky, driven by the occasional post that pops.
🔥 Top post: Microsoft Edge stops using React for some of the browser UI and · 349 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.18 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 8 text · 3 image · 1 video.
Follower / following
7×
Follows 1.2K back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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The above bug was fixed three years ago. An upgrade to latest https://github.com/paulirish/lite-youtube-embed should be fine. No breaking changes. :)
Sometimes, like many, I doomscroll reddit.
[Aside: Their mobile web experience is user-hostile and champions dark patterns that others adopt. It pains me…]
When I click to play a video, 5% of the time, it starts **twice**. You can hear the…
@screenspan Thanks for https://screenspan.net/fallback ! Used it a bit ago to get a really close match and it was really helpful.
Web pages! 🥰 New Yorker piece highlights how the humble homepage offers sanctuary to social media overload. Some excerpts:
> Surrounded by dreck, the digital citizen is discovering that the best way to find what she used to get from social…
https://www.twitch.tv/geoguessr
Watching the GeoGuessr World Championship. 📍Surprisingly, this totally works as an esport. Kinda thrilling.
Lighthouse v11.2 overhauls the Performance category report.
The sorting of audits is improved. Higher-impact and low-hanging-fruit items will be at the top.
Also an updated score gauge reveals, on hover, how the key metrics affect the scor…
@lgarron Hey Lucas! I've been keeping a watch on your dotfiles for a while.. i really enjoy some high-quality fish config. :) I just noticed your `_abbr_define_subcommand` et al functions... and they totally match what I was trying to do.…
npm dependencies often fairly invisible.
One of my favorite browser extensions keeps you aware — npmhub lists all deps/devDeps right at the bottom of the GitHub repo page. And several great tools are a click away, including the best depen…
▶
…So far I haven't found much.
The GIFs in https://zendesk.engineering/event-pipelines-part-1-backpressure-and-buffering-1bba0ed3451e give the feel of what I want in this visualization framework.
And meanwhile this paper has some rich viz o…
Real-time streaming/pipeline visualizations 🚰
Are there any conventions or existing visualization types?
For instance, consider the video pipeline for a streamer. Each video frame is captured, overlays added, gets re-encoded in h264, uploa…
Sometimes, like many, I doomscroll reddit.
[Aside: Their mobile web experience is user-hostile and champions dark patterns that others adopt. It pains me…]
When I click to play a video, 5% of the time, it starts **twice**. You can hear the…
@screenspan Thanks for https://screenspan.net/fallback ! Used it a bit ago to get a really close match and it was really helpful.
Web pages! 🥰 New Yorker piece highlights how the humble homepage offers sanctuary to social media overload. Some excerpts:
> Surrounded by dreck, the digital citizen is discovering that the best way to find what she used to get from social…
https://www.twitch.tv/geoguessr
Watching the GeoGuessr World Championship. 📍Surprisingly, this totally works as an esport. Kinda thrilling.
Lighthouse v11.2 overhauls the Performance category report.
The sorting of audits is improved. Higher-impact and low-hanging-fruit items will be at the top.
Also an updated score gauge reveals, on hover, how the key metrics affect the scor…
@lgarron Hey Lucas! I've been keeping a watch on your dotfiles for a while.. i really enjoy some high-quality fish config. :) I just noticed your `_abbr_define_subcommand` et al functions... and they totally match what I was trying to do.…
npm dependencies often fairly invisible.
One of my favorite browser extensions keeps you aware — npmhub lists all deps/devDeps right at the bottom of the GitHub repo page. And several great tools are a click away, including the best depen…
▶
…So far I haven't found much.
The GIFs in https://zendesk.engineering/event-pipelines-part-1-backpressure-and-buffering-1bba0ed3451e give the feel of what I want in this visualization framework.
And meanwhile this paper has some rich viz o…
Real-time streaming/pipeline visualizations 🚰
Are there any conventions or existing visualization types?
For instance, consider the video pipeline for a streamer. Each video frame is captured, overlays added, gets re-encoded in h264, uploa…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
toot.cafe
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Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Sep 2018
An OG fediverse account from Mastodon's early years — a long, established presence.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2018 — 8 years ago.
👁️Averages 59 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.2× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated52/100
Fair
Credibility score
76%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 76% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.7% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (8+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
💚 Brand affinity
EstimatedBrands Paul Irish's audience is most likely to respond to — from detected sponsorships in this niche.
About
I work on web performance, Chrome DevTools, Lighthouse, and PageSpeed Insights.
In '97 I wrote a paper for English class on HTML Image Maps. I haven't changed much since.
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