Web Development

Adding features does not mean adding value

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Features and value are two different things and sadly, it can be slightly confusing. Building a new feature doesn’t necessarily mean more value to the end-user and feature overload can even lead to users’ confusion, which we all want to avoid. By not associating “features” with “value”, it’s easier to make decisions about what to [...]

3 Open Source Alternatives to Traditional PHP e-commerce Solutions

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I’ve been evaluating a lot of e-commerce solutions lately for a particular project I’m working on and I’m really disappointed by the open source offering in general: most e-commerce solutions out there are just heavy and/or a total mess to customize. Because we’re talking open source here, most platforms are built using php. I wouldn’t say that [...]

34 best practices for speeding up your website

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Thanks to @kinaze on twitter for discovering (or letting me know about) that one. The Yahoo Developer Network have released a short guide on the best practices for speeding up your website. It is divided in seven categories and contains 34 great tips to make your pages load faster and improve user experience. There are [...]