Craig Buckler
@craigbuckler.com
Doing web development stuff since the mid 90s.
Talks and writes about it. Bangs on about standards, performance, accessibility, and vanilla frameworkless coding.
https://craigbuckler.com/
Talks and writes about it. Bangs on about standards, performance, accessibility, and vanilla frameworkless coding.
https://craigbuckler.com/
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Craig Buckler
@craigbuckler.com
· Nov 27
BTW, I'm a #web #developer who writes a bit.
www.sitepoint.com/author/craig...
blog.openreplay.com/authors/crai...
github.com/craigbuckler
On X as @craigbuckler.
Currently working on Publican: a tiny, simple, and very fast HTML-first static site generator.
www.npmjs.com/package/publ...
www.sitepoint.com/author/craig...
blog.openreplay.com/authors/crai...
github.com/craigbuckler
On X as @craigbuckler.
Currently working on Publican: a tiny, simple, and very fast HTML-first static site generator.
www.npmjs.com/package/publ...
CSS Terrain Generator
terra.layoutit.com/
Very clever. While I'm not sure you could use it for anything practical, the options, copy-able URL, iframe embedding, and Codepen export is something many more code generators should offer.
terra.layoutit.com/
Very clever. While I'm not sure you could use it for anything practical, the options, copy-able URL, iframe embedding, and Codepen export is something many more code generators should offer.
Layoutit Terra - CSS Terrain Generator
An interactive CSS terrain generator. Define a grid and generate your terrain!
terra.layoutit.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
CSS Terrain Generator
terra.layoutit.com/
Very clever. While I'm not sure you could use it for anything practical, the options, copy-able URL, iframe embedding, and Codepen export is something many more code generators should offer.
terra.layoutit.com/
Very clever. While I'm not sure you could use it for anything practical, the options, copy-able URL, iframe embedding, and Codepen export is something many more code generators should offer.
The State of JS 2025 survey is now open!...
survey.devographics....
(Has it really been a year since the last one???)
survey.devographics....
(Has it really been a year since the last one???)
State of JavaScript 2025
Take the State of JavaScript survey
survey.devographics.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The State of JS 2025 survey is now open!...
survey.devographics....
(Has it really been a year since the last one???)
survey.devographics....
(Has it really been a year since the last one???)
New browser alert...
helium.computer/
It's based on Chromium with privacy features and uBlock Origin built in.
It looks OK and is quite fast, but it's an alpha with little to differentiate it from Chromium yet. Worth keeping an eye on.
helium.computer/
It's based on Chromium with privacy features and uBlock Origin built in.
It looks OK and is quite fast, but it's an alpha with little to differentiate it from Chromium yet. Worth keeping an eye on.
Helium Browser
The web browser made for people, with love. Best privacy by default, unbiased ad-blocking, no bloat and no noise. Fully open source.
helium.computer
September 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
New browser alert...
helium.computer/
It's based on Chromium with privacy features and uBlock Origin built in.
It looks OK and is quite fast, but it's an alpha with little to differentiate it from Chromium yet. Worth keeping an eye on.
helium.computer/
It's based on Chromium with privacy features and uBlock Origin built in.
It looks OK and is quite fast, but it's an alpha with little to differentiate it from Chromium yet. Worth keeping an eye on.
StaticSearch is featured in WebToolsWeekly 630:
mailchi.mp/webtoolsw...
Many thanks @LouisLazaris!
It started because Publican.dev needed search, but has become more popular. I've just bought staticsearch.com - new site and example code coming soon.
mailchi.mp/webtoolsw...
Many thanks @LouisLazaris!
It started because Publican.dev needed search, but has become more popular. I've just bought staticsearch.com - new site and example code coming soon.
Web Tools #630 - JS Utilities, Build Tools, Uncats
JavaScript Utilities, Build Tools & Bundlers, and The Uncategorizables (misc. tools).
mailchi.mp
August 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
StaticSearch is featured in WebToolsWeekly 630:
mailchi.mp/webtoolsw...
Many thanks @LouisLazaris!
It started because Publican.dev needed search, but has become more popular. I've just bought staticsearch.com - new site and example code coming soon.
mailchi.mp/webtoolsw...
Many thanks @LouisLazaris!
It started because Publican.dev needed search, but has become more popular. I've just bought staticsearch.com - new site and example code coming soon.
StaticSearch v0.5.0 has been released:
publican.dev/news/st...
It adds search facilities to any static site.
This update allows you to show pages that include:
- any search term (logical OR)
- all search terms (logical AND), or
- a minimum percentage of search terms.
publican.dev/news/st...
It adds search facilities to any static site.
This update allows you to show pages that include:
- any search term (logical OR)
- all search terms (logical AND), or
- a minimum percentage of search terms.
StaticSearch v0.5.0 update
StaticSearch now supports more languages and can limit results to pages containing some or every search word.
publican.dev
August 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
StaticSearch v0.5.0 has been released:
publican.dev/news/st...
It adds search facilities to any static site.
This update allows you to show pages that include:
- any search term (logical OR)
- all search terms (logical AND), or
- a minimum percentage of search terms.
publican.dev/news/st...
It adds search facilities to any static site.
This update allows you to show pages that include:
- any search term (logical OR)
- all search terms (logical AND), or
- a minimum percentage of search terms.
Simple Live Reload:
leanrada.com/notes/s...
github.com/Kalabasa/...
It doesn't need a special server, proxy, SSE, WS etc.
The PerformanceObserver API gets all resources. A HEAD fetch polls every second and reloads the page on Last-Modified or ETag changes. Nice approach.
leanrada.com/notes/s...
github.com/Kalabasa/...
It doesn't need a special server, proxy, SSE, WS etc.
The PerformanceObserver API gets all resources. A HEAD fetch polls every second and reloads the page on Last-Modified or ETag changes. Nice approach.
August 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Simple Live Reload:
leanrada.com/notes/s...
github.com/Kalabasa/...
It doesn't need a special server, proxy, SSE, WS etc.
The PerformanceObserver API gets all resources. A HEAD fetch polls every second and reloads the page on Last-Modified or ETag changes. Nice approach.
leanrada.com/notes/s...
github.com/Kalabasa/...
It doesn't need a special server, proxy, SSE, WS etc.
The PerformanceObserver API gets all resources. A HEAD fetch polls every second and reloads the page on Last-Modified or ETag changes. Nice approach.
Whatever the rights, wrongs, pros, and cons of the UK Online Safety Act and Government transparency...
Should Ofcom really be publishing a list of adult sites they're investigating because they haven't implemented age verification checks?!
Should Ofcom really be publishing a list of adult sites they're investigating because they haven't implemented age verification checks?!
August 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Whatever the rights, wrongs, pros, and cons of the UK Online Safety Act and Government transparency...
Should Ofcom really be publishing a list of adult sites they're investigating because they haven't implemented age verification checks?!
Should Ofcom really be publishing a list of adult sites they're investigating because they haven't implemented age verification checks?!
It’s time for modern CSS to kill the SPA:
www.jonoalderson.com...
SPAs were never necessary for websites. Ask Wordpress.
SPA techniques often go too far for apps. Separate sections (dash, data tables, settings, etc) can be better as pages with progressively enhanced Ajax.
www.jonoalderson.com...
SPAs were never necessary for websites. Ask Wordpress.
SPA techniques often go too far for apps. Separate sections (dash, data tables, settings, etc) can be better as pages with progressively enhanced Ajax.
It's time for modern CSS to kill the SPA
Native CSS transitions have quietly killed the strongest argument for client-side routing. Yet people keep building terrible apps instead of performant websites.
www.jonoalderson.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It’s time for modern CSS to kill the SPA:
www.jonoalderson.com...
SPAs were never necessary for websites. Ask Wordpress.
SPA techniques often go too far for apps. Separate sections (dash, data tables, settings, etc) can be better as pages with progressively enhanced Ajax.
www.jonoalderson.com...
SPAs were never necessary for websites. Ask Wordpress.
SPA techniques often go too far for apps. Separate sections (dash, data tables, settings, etc) can be better as pages with progressively enhanced Ajax.
Excel is 40 years old, yet it still can't open two files that have the same name.
July 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Excel is 40 years old, yet it still can't open two files that have the same name.
The Hamburger-Menu Icon Today: Is it Recognizable?
www.nngroup.com/arti...
TLDR: yes.
It claims hamburger icons should be in the top-left corner.
I thought top-right was used more?
BBC, Gov.uk, Nodejs.org...
Perhaps that's just the sites I visit?
www.nngroup.com/arti...
TLDR: yes.
It claims hamburger icons should be in the top-left corner.
I thought top-right was used more?
BBC, Gov.uk, Nodejs.org...
Perhaps that's just the sites I visit?
The Hamburger-Menu Icon Today: Is it Recognizable?
Hamburger menus are a more familiar pattern today than 10 years ago, but the same old best practices for hidden navigation still apply.
www.nngroup.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Hamburger-Menu Icon Today: Is it Recognizable?
www.nngroup.com/arti...
TLDR: yes.
It claims hamburger icons should be in the top-left corner.
I thought top-right was used more?
BBC, Gov.uk, Nodejs.org...
Perhaps that's just the sites I visit?
www.nngroup.com/arti...
TLDR: yes.
It claims hamburger icons should be in the top-left corner.
I thought top-right was used more?
BBC, Gov.uk, Nodejs.org...
Perhaps that's just the sites I visit?
Selfish reasons for building accessible UIs
by Nolan Lawson
nolanlawson.com/2025...
Absolutely. You won't remember what those 57
by Nolan Lawson
nolanlawson.com/2025...
Absolutely. You won't remember what those 57
s are doing within three days. Semantic HTML is mostly accessible out of the box. If you break it, you should take a long hard look at your code.
Selfish reasons for building accessible UIs
All web developers know, at some level, that accessibility is important. But when push comes to shove, it can be hard to prioritize it above a bazillion other concerns when you’re trying to c…
nolanlawson.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Selfish reasons for building accessible UIs
by Nolan Lawson
nolanlawson.com/2025...
Absolutely. You won't remember what those 57
by Nolan Lawson
nolanlawson.com/2025...
Absolutely. You won't remember what those 57
s are doing within three days. Semantic HTML is mostly accessible out of the box. If you break it, you should take a long hard look at your code.
I wasn't happy with static site search engines so I rolled my own!
Introducing StaticSearch: an easy-to-use, lightweight, client-side search engine:
www.npmjs.com/packag...
See it in action:
publican.dev/news/pu...
It's new but should be usable. Give it a go!
Introducing StaticSearch: an easy-to-use, lightweight, client-side search engine:
www.npmjs.com/packag...
See it in action:
publican.dev/news/pu...
It's new but should be usable. Give it a go!
npm: staticsearch
Simple static site search system.. Latest version: 0.2.1, last published: 4 days ago. Start using staticsearch in your project by running `npm i staticsearch`. There are no other projects in the npm registry using staticsearch.
www.npmjs.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I wasn't happy with static site search engines so I rolled my own!
Introducing StaticSearch: an easy-to-use, lightweight, client-side search engine:
www.npmjs.com/packag...
See it in action:
publican.dev/news/pu...
It's new but should be usable. Give it a go!
Introducing StaticSearch: an easy-to-use, lightweight, client-side search engine:
www.npmjs.com/packag...
See it in action:
publican.dev/news/pu...
It's new but should be usable. Give it a go!
Email from Google following a 17% Workspace price hike...
"The updated subscription pricing reflects the significant added AI value".
They're not of "value" if I didn't ask for AI tools, don't use them, and can't remove them!
"The updated subscription pricing reflects the significant added AI value".
They're not of "value" if I didn't ask for AI tools, don't use them, and can't remove them!
June 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Email from Google following a 17% Workspace price hike...
"The updated subscription pricing reflects the significant added AI value".
They're not of "value" if I didn't ask for AI tools, don't use them, and can't remove them!
"The updated subscription pricing reflects the significant added AI value".
They're not of "value" if I didn't ask for AI tools, don't use them, and can't remove them!
Yes, I know Safari is better these days but it's still a relief (and quite unusual) to test something and discover it works without further development effort.
I recently spent hours debugging flaky WebM video support.
I recently spent hours debugging flaky WebM video support.
June 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Yes, I know Safari is better these days but it's still a relief (and quite unusual) to test something and discover it works without further development effort.
I recently spent hours debugging flaky WebM video support.
I recently spent hours debugging flaky WebM video support.
I'm not a heavy VSCode Copilot user. It can be useful for some spicy auto-completes, but it's often noisy and distracting.
Despite disabling it on most stuff, I typically hit "Completions quota reached" after a week or two. It's a welcome relief. I may have to uninstall it.
Despite disabling it on most stuff, I typically hit "Completions quota reached" after a week or two. It's a welcome relief. I may have to uninstall it.
June 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I'm not a heavy VSCode Copilot user. It can be useful for some spicy auto-completes, but it's often noisy and distracting.
Despite disabling it on most stuff, I typically hit "Completions quota reached" after a week or two. It's a welcome relief. I may have to uninstall it.
Despite disabling it on most stuff, I typically hit "Completions quota reached" after a week or two. It's a welcome relief. I may have to uninstall it.
Another brilliant video from @heydonworks.com:
briefs.video/videos/...
I wonder where the inspiration came froma?
You'll be singing the song all day.
briefs.video/videos/...
I wonder where the inspiration came froma?
You'll be singing the
Introducing: Webbed Sites
A video from Webbed Briefs
briefs.video
May 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Another brilliant video from @heydonworks.com:
briefs.video/videos/...
I wonder where the inspiration came froma?
You'll be singing the song all day.
briefs.video/videos/...
I wonder where the inspiration came froma?
You'll be singing the
If you're looking for a post-Pocket bookmarking tool, I've been using https://booky.io/ for a few weeks.
It works everywhere, looks great, and offers a bookmarklet to add posts. No unnecessary app or AI nonsense.
It works everywhere, looks great, and offers a bookmarklet to add posts. No unnecessary app or AI nonsense.
booky.io | Online bookmark manager.
Online bookmark manager which is simple, individual, private, and fast.
booky.io
May 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
If you're looking for a post-Pocket bookmarking tool, I've been using https://booky.io/ for a few weeks.
It works everywhere, looks great, and offers a bookmarklet to add posts. No unnecessary app or AI nonsense.
It works everywhere, looks great, and offers a bookmarklet to add posts. No unnecessary app or AI nonsense.
Mozilla is shutting down the Pocket bookmark/reading service:
support.mozilla.org/...
It was a nice enough tool and got heavy promotion. That said, I had a dozen old articles stored so I clearly wasn't using it.
I won't miss Pocket.
I still miss Google Reader, though.
support.mozilla.org/...
It was a nice enough tool and got heavy promotion. That said, I had a dozen old articles stored so I clearly wasn't using it.
I won't miss Pocket.
I still miss Google Reader, though.
Pocket is Saying Goodbye: What You Need to Know | Pocket Help
More information about the end of support for Pocket.
support.mozilla.org
May 23, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Mozilla is shutting down the Pocket bookmark/reading service:
support.mozilla.org/...
It was a nice enough tool and got heavy promotion. That said, I had a dozen old articles stored so I clearly wasn't using it.
I won't miss Pocket.
I still miss Google Reader, though.
support.mozilla.org/...
It was a nice enough tool and got heavy promotion. That said, I had a dozen old articles stored so I clearly wasn't using it.
I won't miss Pocket.
I still miss Google Reader, though.
It's TechExeter's +10th anniversary meetup on Thursday 15 May, 7pm...
www.meetup.com/teche...
It's techy. It's in Exeter UK. It's free. There's pizza.
What's not to like?
Yeah, OK, I'm speaking.
www.meetup.com/teche...
It's techy. It's in Exeter UK. It's free. There's pizza.
What's not to like?
Yeah, OK, I'm speaking.
May TechExeter Meetup , Thu, May 15, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
**10+ year retro special**
Join us (for FREE!) at Positive Light Projects on Sidwell Street for a mix of interesting short talks and networking, plus FREE PIZZA 🍕🍕🍕 cou
www.meetup.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It's TechExeter's +10th anniversary meetup on Thursday 15 May, 7pm...
www.meetup.com/teche...
It's techy. It's in Exeter UK. It's free. There's pizza.
What's not to like?
Yeah, OK, I'm speaking.
www.meetup.com/teche...
It's techy. It's in Exeter UK. It's free. There's pizza.
What's not to like?
Yeah, OK, I'm speaking.
I'm speaking at TechExeter's 10th anniversary meet-up this Thursday in Exeter, UK. Don't let that put you off...
www.meetup.com/teche...
www.meetup.com/teche...
May TechExeter Meetup , Thu, May 15, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
**10+ year retro special**
Join us (for FREE!) at Positive Light Projects on Sidwell Street for a mix of interesting short talks and networking, plus FREE PIZZA 🍕🍕🍕 cou
www.meetup.com
May 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I'm speaking at TechExeter's 10th anniversary meet-up this Thursday in Exeter, UK. Don't let that put you off...
www.meetup.com/teche...
www.meetup.com/teche...
Thanks! Good to see you here too!
11ty is great- I've used it a lot.
I wrote Publican because I wanted:
1. simpler ${ js-in-template-literal-expressions } rather than a template syntax
2. automatic index and tag pagination
3. useful functionality and fewer dependencies.
Let me know if you try it.
11ty is great- I've used it a lot.
I wrote Publican because I wanted:
1. simpler ${ js-in-template-literal-expressions } rather than a template syntax
2. automatic index and tag pagination
3. useful functionality and fewer dependencies.
Let me know if you try it.
May 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Thanks! Good to see you here too!
11ty is great- I've used it a lot.
I wrote Publican because I wanted:
1. simpler ${ js-in-template-literal-expressions } rather than a template syntax
2. automatic index and tag pagination
3. useful functionality and fewer dependencies.
Let me know if you try it.
11ty is great- I've used it a lot.
I wrote Publican because I wanted:
1. simpler ${ js-in-template-literal-expressions } rather than a template syntax
2. automatic index and tag pagination
3. useful functionality and fewer dependencies.
Let me know if you try it.
Publican 0.8.0 has been released. It's my simple HTML-first static site generator for super-fast websites:
publican.dev/news/publica...
I've also created a basic theme to demonstrate features get you started:
publican-theme-basic.pages.dev
Drop me a line if you create your own site or theme.
publican.dev/news/publica...
I've also created a basic theme to demonstrate features get you started:
publican-theme-basic.pages.dev
Drop me a line if you create your own site or theme.
Publican v0.8.0 update
Publican v0.8.0 allows alternative index filenames, sets better default properties, and has a new event hook. An example theme is available.
publican.dev
May 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Publican 0.8.0 has been released. It's my simple HTML-first static site generator for super-fast websites:
publican.dev/news/publica...
I've also created a basic theme to demonstrate features get you started:
publican-theme-basic.pages.dev
Drop me a line if you create your own site or theme.
publican.dev/news/publica...
I've also created a basic theme to demonstrate features get you started:
publican-theme-basic.pages.dev
Drop me a line if you create your own site or theme.
Just released livelocalhost - a development server to serve static files from any directory, watch for changes, and hot reload. Effectively, it's a lightweight Browsersync:
www.npmjs.com/package/live...
Run it from the command line or use in Node.js modules. Publican.dev examples coming soon!
www.npmjs.com/package/live...
Run it from the command line or use in Node.js modules. Publican.dev examples coming soon!
livelocalhost
localhost development server with live reloading. Latest version: 1.0.1, last published: 2 minutes ago. Start using livelocalhost in your project by running `npm i livelocalhost`. There are no other p...
www.npmjs.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Just released livelocalhost - a development server to serve static files from any directory, watch for changes, and hot reload. Effectively, it's a lightweight Browsersync:
www.npmjs.com/package/live...
Run it from the command line or use in Node.js modules. Publican.dev examples coming soon!
www.npmjs.com/package/live...
Run it from the command line or use in Node.js modules. Publican.dev examples coming soon!
Publican v0.7.0 has been released:
publican.dev/news/publica...
The static site generator now supports markdown-it plugins for more control over MD to HTML conversion.
publican.dev/news/publica...
The static site generator now supports markdown-it plugins for more control over MD to HTML conversion.
Publican v0.7.0 update
Publican v0.7.0 supports markdown-it plugins so you can configure markdown to HTML conversion.
publican.dev
April 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Publican v0.7.0 has been released:
publican.dev/news/publica...
The static site generator now supports markdown-it plugins for more control over MD to HTML conversion.
publican.dev/news/publica...
The static site generator now supports markdown-it plugins for more control over MD to HTML conversion.
Yeah, very few mentions of Top Secret! Loved it. Far better than Top Gun, too.
April 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Yeah, very few mentions of Top Secret! Loved it. Far better than Top Gun, too.
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