Insights
Every piece is grounded in public standards and public data.
Index
17 entries · sorted by date ↓font-display and the Font Loading Timeline
A standards-grounded reference for controlling webfont visibility, fallback, swapping, and related performance trade-offs.
DTC Ecommerce Homepages Measured on the Wire
A wire-level reading of DTC ecommerce homepages: HTML weight, refusal, landmarks, alt text, trackers, and consent.
B2B SaaS Homepages and Consent Mechanisms
A measurement-led reference on B2B SaaS homepage consent layers, accessibility signals, third-party domains, and minimal compliant architecture.
Fintech homepages and assistive technology
A measured look at what fintech homepages expose in initial HTML, and the standards that govern it.
Developer tool homepages for non-browser clients
What one HTTPS GET reveals about developer-tool and SaaS homepages before JavaScript runs.
Why So Many Large Retail Homepages Refuse a Bot GET
A systems-level analysis of retail homepage refusals, HTTP semantics, bot gating, and the trade-offs visible in Digitarise measurements.
Skip Link Coverage Across Seven Sectors
Measured homepage evidence on skip links, landmarks, refusal rates, and the standards behind bypass navigation.
Keyboard navigation: what WCAG 2.2 actually requires
A systems-level explanation of why performance patterns can damage focus order, landmarks, and operability.
ADA Title II and Automated Accessibility Checks
A systems-level reference for interpreting automated checks on 44 state portals under the ADA Title II web rule.
How the Accessible Name Is Computed
A systems-level reference to accessible-name computation, its standards, trade-offs, failure modes, and minimal implementation.
Idempotency keys and safe retry semantics
How Idempotency-Key prevents duplicate writes when clients retry ambiguous HTTP requests.
Browser Caching Freshness and Revalidation
How HTTP caches decide whether a browser response is fresh, stale, or eligible for conditional reuse.
Anatomy of an AI agent tool-calling loop
A neutral systems reference for the loop that lets a language model select, call, and verify external tools.
Measuring Accessibility, Speed, and Tracker Load
A standards-grounded method for auditing usability barriers, runtime performance, and third-party tracking weight.
Search ad auction rank and cost per click
How rank scores, quality signals, floors, and second-price logic determine search ad position and billed clicks.
WCAG 2.2: what the standard requires
A systems-level reference to WCAG 2.2 conformance, thresholds, failure modes, and minimal implementation.
Core Web Vitals: how the metrics work
A systems-level explanation of LCP, INP, and CLS: what they measure, which APIs define them, and how to diagnose failures.