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Notes on the quiet parts of the web.
Essays about the infrastructure, interfaces, and small decisions that make the internet feel effortless.
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The quiet parts of the network
DNS, anycast, and the unglamorous machinery that decides whether a page loads at all.
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Designing for the first hundred milliseconds
A practical budget for the moments before a page becomes useful.
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A smaller web
In praise of static pages, fewer dependencies, and sites you can still understand.
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About Pages
A small journal about the systems we rely on.
Pages publishes essays on networking, interface design, and the craft of keeping software small enough to understand. We are interested in the parts of the web that work quietly, and in the people who keep them working.