Web Tools
Website performance audits that reveal real user bottlenecks
A grounded way to read Core Web Vitals, trace render-blocking work and turn field data into the next useful fix.
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Sites To Use is a field guide to the decisions behind durable websites: the tools, patterns and habits that keep a good idea clear from first sketch to daily maintenance.
4 editorial desks8 recent field notes1 calm point of view
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Updated August 23, 2026
Web ToolsPractical tools for performance, images, search hygiene and the small systems that keep a site healthy.
Design ResourcesReferences for type, icons, colour and interface decisions that remain usable after the first impression.
ProductivityCalmer ways to capture decisions, protect attention and leave a useful trail for the next person.The latest notes
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Eight practical articles
Web Tools
Image optimization: formats, compression and responsive sizes
How to choose a practical image format, serve the right width and protect the visual idea while reducing transfer weight.
Design Resources
Typography scales, fluid headings and readable body text
A flexible type system starts with reading conditions: scale, line length, spacing and the places where the layout must yield.
Design Resources
Icon libraries: consistent strokes, licensing and accessibility
A practical checklist for selecting icons that belong together, remain understandable and carry a clear usage record.
Productivity
Documentation templates for reusable web project decisions
A lightweight decision record that keeps context, constraints and the next handoff in the same place.
Productivity
Time tracking without surveillance or fake precision
Use time notes to understand effort and protect focus, not to manufacture a precise story about a human day.
Tutorials
Automate repetitive site checks with simple scripts
A small, dependable checking loop for links, required files, page metadata and a build that can be repeated on any machine.
Tutorials
Debug CSS layout problems with browser DevTools
A repeatable path from the visible symptom to the box, rule or overflow source that actually needs changing.
Elsewhere on the web
Notes from other desks
Read outside English
Small trades solve the same web problems with far fewer resources, and their notes are often the clearest. Three we keep returning to, all in French:
- référencement élevage, a resource on search visibility for one very small sector, where the audience is counted in hundreds rather than millions.
- marque d'élevage, on building a recognisable name before building the pages that carry it.
- image en ligne élevage, on the online image a small operation projects across its pages, photographs and replies.