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    Load Disqus on demand

    f you care about your visitors only load Disqus comments on demand, as even an empty comment form weighs in around 226Kb.

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    Free Adobe webfonts

    Adobe’s new free webfont service is a powerful challenger to Google’s webfont service.

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    Install Jekyll in OSX Mavericks

    Installing the static site generator Jekyll has never been easier, this short tutorial will have you up an running in no time at all.

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    Disabling Gantry’s LESS compiler

    I discovered serious short-comings with the automatic LESS compilation built into Rocket Theme’s Gantry 4 framework so I set about disabling it.

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    The problem with frameworks

    A huge problem with frameworks like Bootstrap is that they deprive developers of learning. How can we grow without understanding that derives from experience?

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    Go, grab a Jekyll today!

    I wanted to share the fun I’ve been with Jekyll, so I put together a build that you can easily make your own. It’s fast, light and Github will host it for free.

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