Updates

What we have been working on recently. Content additions, guide revisions, and new learning paths.

How to set meaningful performance budgets for JavaScript bundles, enforce them in CI, and make trade-off decisions when budgets are exceeded.

Practical techniques for reducing Interaction to Next Paint scores by breaking up long tasks, deferring non-critical work, and restructuring event handlers.

Interaction to Next Paint replaced FID as the Core Web Vitals responsiveness metric. This checklist covers measurement, common root causes, and targeted fixes for production sites.

A new five-step learning path covering HTML basics through performance optimization. Includes resource links to guides and reading cards at every step.

Expanded chapter breakdown with modern context notes. Added comparisons to current JavaScript patterns and frameworks.

Updated our Caching for Static Sites guide with stale-while-revalidate patterns, CDN-specific configuration examples, and practical header configurations.

Added security hardening as a fourth step in the Linux Administration learning path, with cross-references to Counter-Hack Reloaded.

New four-step path from SQL foundations through data mining and application integration.

Refreshed the Security topic hub with improved reading list context and updated starter path recommendations.

Comprehensive guide covering e-book formats, the open-access ecosystem, evaluation checklists, and effective reading strategies for technical content.

Documented our content selection standards, citation practices, update procedures, and editorial independence commitment.