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Notes on AI, agents, web technologies, and building with LLMs

Technical articles on AI integration, agents, agent harnesses, MCP, web technologies, and emerging tools. Working notes from a Google Developer Expert with 25+ years of building and teaching.

  1. Google Chrome introduces a new Performance Insights panel

    A new performance insight panel has been added to Chrome which helps with tracking down performance bottlenecks in a much easier fashion compared to the classic performance panel

  2. call vs apply vs bind

    In this article we take a look at the differences between call(), apply() and bind().

  3. contains vs includes

    This article explains the two, often mixed-up, contains and includes methods.

  4. slice vs splice

    This article explains the two, often mixed-up, slice and splice methods.

  5. AVIF - Another Video based Image Format

    In this article we take a look at AVIF - a next generation image format that was first introduced by Netflix and it promises optimised performance over the widely used and popular JPEG.

  6. Bring your C++ Application to the Web with Web Assembly

    Web Assembly allows developers to bring existing applications written in languages such as C++ to the web, leveraging the combination of modern browsers and JavaScript. This article features a C++ application port to Web Assembly.

  7. Image Upload and Metadata Extraction with Netlify Functions

    This article discusses how to upload images using Netlify Functions, store them in Cloudinary and extract Exif metadata for further usage.

  8. Uploading and Displaying Videos with Next.js

    In this article we put together a project to demonstrate how to upload and display videos using Next.js

  9. Container Queries Meet AI-Based Cropping

    The long-awaited CSS feature has finally landed behind a flag in Chrome Canary. In this article, we will take a look at an example of using them in conjunction with a clever, AI-based cropping solution from Cloudinary.

  10. Creating an Automated Social Share Card Using Cloudinary and Eleventy

    Social share cards are a great addition to any website, however building them manually could be challenging. This article discusses how to create them in an automated way, and it also introduced a plugin that can be used with Eleventy.