Tag — performance Burlington, ON

Notes on web work.

Notes, opinions, and the occasional rant on building better small business websites — for clients, fellow developers, and anyone curious about the craft.

Apr 15, 2026 Web performance 4 min read

Why your Burlington business website is slow (and what it's costing you)

If your website takes more than 3 seconds to load, half your visitors are gone before they see your homepage. Here's why most small business sites are slow, and what to actually do about it.

Feb 8, 2026 Web development 4 min read

Why I build small business websites with Astro

Wix is easier. WordPress is more familiar. Squarespace looks fine out of the box. So why does every site I build use Astro? Because the tradeoffs aren't what they look like on the surface.