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Tim Kadlec @tkadlec.bsky.social linkedin.com/in/tkadlec/
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Stubbo n Empathy
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Tim Kadlec @tkadlec.bsky.social linkedin.com/in/tkadlec/
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The monoculture & the machine.
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It’s our job to make sure that they have a great user expe ience….
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And then finally, and I think most impo tantly, is that for me, front-end enginee ing comes down to suppo ting users.
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…We want to have stubbo n empathy for what they need, and what they want, and what they’re going through — what can we do to make all that better?
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The monoculture stubbo & the machine.
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The monoculture stubbo The monoculture & the machine.
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The localhost delusion.
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<body> <h1>LCP Test: Slow CSS in Body, after the image</h1> <img src=”https://www.placecats.com/1000/700” alt=”A large cat image.” width=”500” height=”350” > <link rel=“stylesheet” href=”https://slowfil.es/file?type=css&delay=3000”> <p>The LCP is the image, with a slow CSS link in the body.</p> </body>
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Cross-browser testing is an act of user advocacy.
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P75 INP (desktop only)
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P75 LCP (desktop only)
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Measurement difference? stubbo
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Oppo tunity? stubbo
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Cross-browser support
Packet level network throttling Custom cookies Custom headers
Filmstrip images
HTTP Auth
Video recording
CPU Throttling
Har generation
Block requests
Paint Timing
Block domains
User Timing
Firefox preferences
Resource Timing
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The monoculture The machine & the machine.
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The monoculture & the machine.
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The monoculture & the machine. AI Slop.
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Favors generation time stubbo over lifetime quality.
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increase in average PR size
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increase in PR review time
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increase in bugs per developer
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The machine operates on abstraction without stubbo accountability.
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We are the stubbo use ‘s line of defense.
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The monoculture Agentic web. & the machine.
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The monoculture & the machine.
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A The little monoculture lopsided, isn’t & theit? machine.
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The monoculture & the machine.
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We Thecan monoculture do better. & the machine.
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The monoculture & the machine.
How efficiently & enjoyably can users accomplish the tasks they set out to complete?
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The monoculture Uncompromising quality and the pursuit of delight. & the machine.
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Thank you
Tim Kadlec @tkadlec.bsky.social linkedin.com/in/tkadlec/