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I’m Nick. I’m a writer, tech geek, passionate baker and cook, fitness fan, and traveler. I work as a management and technology consultant. Learn more about me, or find me on Twitter @nickgracilla or Mastadon @nickgracilla.
What is a legacy content management system?
The application architecture of legacy CMSes creates challenges.
How decoupled architectures help manage complex business problems
If you hang around technology folks long enough, you’ll eventually hear about headless, which makes me think of chickens. In fact, it’s an architecture design pattern that helps businesses handle new problems.
Speed: how modern websites double conversions
What if there were a magic wand that could increase double your site conversions? There is: it’s called performance, and it’s typically ignored. Here’s how to change that.
Equifax paid a $425M settlement for an avoidable hack
More than 200 million customer records were stolen in the largest data breach in history. What’s worse, the hack could have been avoided.
When should information design disrupt the flow?
Normally, we should always present information in easily consumable ways. But sometimes, you’ve got to stop the train. See when disruptive design helps users, and how.