In case you were wondering why I haven't written a word in the past two months, the answer is CodeFresh. We've been working day and night with our private beta customers to make CodeFresh the fastest and easiest way for you to hack on your code.
It's super simple. It's super fast. It's easiest to explain with a quick walkthrough:
Your graphic designer is an artist, a trained expert in aesthetics, a master at conveying messages via images and feelings via fonts. He may also be slowing your site down so much that nobody is seeing it.
Artists tend to be heavy on the quality and lighter on the practicality of what they deliver. It's not entirely their fault. Even the most conscientious and experienced designer needs to sell his work and quality sells. Do marketing departments want to see their company advertised in 4K glory or on their mom's 19″ LCD?
I had an idea. That's always how it starts. Before I know it, I've purchased the domain name and I'm futzing around with some HTML but where am I going to host it and how much is this going to end up costing me?
That's where I was when I came up with#DonateMyFee. "This is a site that is only going to cost me money", I thought to myself (the whole point is for people to donate money rather than paying me). I really didn't want to start shelling out big (or small) bucks on hosting.
Long story short, here is the recipe for a screaming fast website on a low budget: