Author here. The article was published 2 years ago, and when I started working on the tool the spec for OkLCH didn't even come out yet (late Dec 2020). Today I'd choose OkLCH over LCH as it solves a few problems with it.
> …the test is only concerned with the one page you are testing
I use a Lighthouse score for troubleshooting, but at the end of the article there is a chart of the change in Core Web Vitals, which tracks performance of _all_ pages indexed by Google over time.
> "…nearly everything it suggests you do will make that second page load slower…"
This is just not true for _any_ of the suggestions in the article. I guess you can make this argument for breaking down one CSS bundle into four, but their content was picked based on analytics of where people go more often. We make 1 extra request but load much less cruft, and it applies to any page of the website.
The Lighthouse score is just a detailed and useful metric for troubleshooting, but not the only one we monitor. I included a chart from our Core Web Vitals in the end, which monitors the performance of all pages indexed by Google and uses actual usage data from a wide sample of users (Chrome User Experience Report).
Hi, author here. Accessibility score went from 87 to 96. The second screenshot with a score of 86 was a preliminary result after introducing the fake widget. (Best Practices went from 86 to 100.)
There is a point when super quiet environment with other people becomes uncomfortable. We often keep music on quietly even if there are just a couple people in the office.
Colors and images were used long before text to convey information. Then they were used together with text (see first books). Using just text without colors and images is a relatively new invention caused by technical limitations, and it didn't last long.
Because this would be a lie. We don't try to fool our users by sending them fake personal emails - who would believe that CEO actually emails every new user? But we want to show that there is a really small team behind the product, and you can get in touch with anyone just by replying to email. Every reply goes directly to the person who wrote email, not a support inbox.
SpamAssassin score could be in range from -1 (best) to 25 (worst). 0.4 and 1.0 is almost the same, so it's normal for white pointer to stay on the same position.
I'm trying to learn programming with zero experience too, and highly recommend book "Learn to Program" (http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/). It was worth every hour even while my goal is to learn JS and book based on Ruby. Now I'm reading JS book with much better understanding of basic things.
Also, "Ship It!: A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects" (http://www.pragprog.com/titles/prj/ship-it) gave me a good understanding of development process. I think it's worth to read even if you are going to work on project alone.