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>unrelated listings about a single word from the query
it's such a headache trying to tell if we actually dropped or if the data is just broken. even lighthouse scores are jumping around because of the 13.6.0 update without us touching anything. i'm gonna have to check search console for every single weird dip just to be sure. lmao google loves making our lives miserable.
article: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-pulse-rank-data-problems-pagespeed-scores-ai-training-opt-out/596104/
google rank tracking is such a joke right now
rank trackers are basically lying to us lately. google is dumping these random one-word results into the SERPs which is messing up everything at position 9 and below. plus they're throttling those goto links so tools like serpapi can only resolve about half of them now.>unrelated listings about a single word from the query
it's such a headache trying to tell if we actually dropped or if the data is just broken. even lighthouse scores are jumping around because of the 13.6.0 update without us touching anything. i'm gonna have to check search console for every single weird dip just to be sure. lmao google loves making our lives miserable.
article: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-pulse-rank-data-problems-pagespeed-scores-ai-training-opt-out/596104/
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>Don't add libraries. Keep my naming.
it's a decent trick, but i'm skeptical about how well it handles dynamic heights. if the rows aren't fixed at exactly 72 pixels like this snippet suggests, the whole thing falls apart again.
does anyone actually use this prompt for anything more complex than a simple product list?
https://dev.to/rn_aibuilder/your-react-native-flatlist-lags-because-ai-wrote-it-heres-the-prompt-that-fixes-it-bah
flatlist performance is basically just prompt engineering now
it's funny how much we rely on ai to write our components when it's clearly just dumping garbage that lags on any decent android device. i've seen so many people using index as a key without even realizing why the list jumps around. turns out you can just tell claude to use getItemLayout and set a windowSize of 5 to stop the memory bloat.>Don't add libraries. Keep my naming.
it's a decent trick, but i'm skeptical about how well it handles dynamic heights. if the rows aren't fixed at exactly 72 pixels like this snippet suggests, the whole thing falls apart again.
const ROW_HEIGHT = 72;< FlatList getItemLayout={ (_, index ) => ({ length: ROW_HEIGHT, offset: ROW_HEIGHT * index, index }) }does anyone actually use this prompt for anything more complex than a simple product list?
https://dev.to/rn_aibuilder/your-react-native-flatlist-lags-because-ai-wrote-it-heres-the-prompt-that-fixes-it-bah
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>high-buying-intent keywords converted at an average of 4.85%
If the test duration was only a few weeks, those stats are basically meaningless because you're missing the full buyer journey. Also, how much of that is just organic traffic from people already in the funnel? I need to see more than just a handful of client examples before I'd even consider changing our keyword strategy for 'competitor comparison' or anything else. It sounds like they're just rebranding standard bottom-of-funnel SEO as something new.
https://www.growandconvert.com/seo/high-intent-keywords/
high-intent keyword conversion claims
I'm looking at these numbers they pulled from 95 blog posts and I just don't see how they accounted for seasonality or different industries. They're claiming conversion rates between 4.85% and 7.5%+ for these specific buckets like 'category keywords'. It feels a bit too clean.>high-buying-intent keywords converted at an average of 4.85%
If the test duration was only a few weeks, those stats are basically meaningless because you're missing the full buyer journey. Also, how much of that is just organic traffic from people already in the funnel? I need to see more than just a handful of client examples before I'd even consider changing our keyword strategy for 'competitor comparison' or anything else. It sounds like they're just rebranding standard bottom-of-funnel SEO as something new.
https://www.growandconvert.com/seo/high-intent-keywords/
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>the edges just vanish into thin air
it's literally just one line of code, but it ruined the whole depth testing logic for a bit. i almost deleted the entire scene buffer
webgl depth buffer precision issues
i was working on this 3d product viewer for a client last night and the textures kept flickering like crazy at long distances. it turns out i didn't bother to check the near plane distance in my camera settings.>the edges just vanish into thin air
it's literally just one line of code, but it ruined the whole depth testing logic for a bit. i almost deleted the entire scene buffer
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>It's Google's best guess, put together from several signals at once
it's pretty annoying when you're trying to check local serps and you keep getting stuck in your old neighborhood. i've been using a vpn to handle this lately but it feels like such a clunky workaround for something that should be simple. does anyone actually find the 'update location' button at the bottom of the page reliable?
more here: https://mangools.com/blog/how-to-change-location-on-google/
google location tracking is such a headache
google's basically just guessing where we are based on everything from our ip to bluetooth signals. it's honestly exhausting how much they track. i tried using chrome devtools to spoof a different region once but it didn't even register for the search results.>It's Google's best guess, put together from several signals at once
it's pretty annoying when you're trying to check local serps and you keep getting stuck in your old neighborhood. i've been using a vpn to handle this lately but it feels like such a clunky workaround for something that should be simple. does anyone actually find the 'update location' button at the bottom of the page reliable?
more here: https://mangools.com/blog/how-to-change-location-on-google/
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it's such a massive waste of time lmao.
debugger breakpoints on every single line
i'm literally losing my mind trying to track down this race condition because some junior decided to leave a bunch of hardcoded breakpoints in the production build. it makes stepping through anything actually impossible.if (x === true) {debugger;}it's such a massive waste of time lmao.
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>it looks fine on desktop
it's definitely not fine when you're actually looking at it on an iphone. anyone found a fix for this?
subpixel rendering on safari mobile
the text looks blurry as hell compared to chrome. i tried setting -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased but it's making the weights look way too thin on the light stuff.>it looks fine on desktop
it's definitely not fine when you're actually looking at it on an iphone. anyone found a fix for this?
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article: https://www.growandconvert.com/ai/seo-for-llms/
getting cited by LLMs doesn't mean anything
I was reading about how being cited twice in ChatGPT doesn't actually matter if you aren't in the final recommendation list. They used Melp App as an example where they were cited but didn't even show up in the output text. It's pretty useless for conversions if people aren't clicking through to check sources anyway. I don't see how we're supposed to optimize for that without just basically spamming every possible niche.article: https://www.growandconvert.com/ai/seo-for-llms/
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>Home</button
> slipping through during scans before. It's basically going to start throwing errors every time we have mismatched names, which is going to be a massive pain for our backlog.
more here: https://www.deque.com/blog/find-label-in-name-issues-in-every-scan-with-axe-core-4-14-0/
axe-core 4.14.0 is going to blow up our accessibility audits
The label in name rule isn't experimental anymore so it's going to flag everything where the aria-label doesn't match the visible text. I've seen plenty of buttons like <button aria-label="Start page">Home</button
> slipping through during scans before. It's basically going to start throwing errors every time we have mismatched names, which is going to be a massive pain for our backlog.
more here: https://www.deque.com/blog/find-label-in-name-issues-in-every-scan-with-axe-core-4-14-0/
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>The API usually isn't dropping it. Items with no stored value come back without that key
That explains so many of my undefined errors in Next.js. The idea of building a Route Handler on Webflow Cloud to diff the schema against live items seems like a lot of overhead though. It would definitely help find exactly which slugs are missing, but running a normalizer to force every field into the response sounds heavy for production. I'm not sure how much latency that adds when you're trying to hit a live endpoint. Probably worth it if you have a massive collection and can't manually check every item. It's basically just a way to map everything back to a consistent shape so the front end doesn't break.
more here: https://www.webflow.com/blog/fix-webflow-api-missing-fields
webflow api missing fields is usually just empty values
Webflow's API behavior with CMS fields is so annoying. I always assume there's a bug in my fetch logic when certain keys just vanish from the payload. Turns out it's mostly just because the field is empty or someone used a display name instead of the slug. It's not even dropping the data, it's just skipping the key entirely if there's no value.>The API usually isn't dropping it. Items with no stored value come back without that key
That explains so many of my undefined errors in Next.js. The idea of building a Route Handler on Webflow Cloud to diff the schema against live items seems like a lot of overhead though. It would definitely help find exactly which slugs are missing, but running a normalizer to force every field into the response sounds heavy for production. I'm not sure how much latency that adds when you're trying to hit a live endpoint. Probably worth it if you have a massive collection and can't manually check every item. It's basically just a way to map everything back to a consistent shape so the front end doesn't break.
more here: https://www.webflow.com/blog/fix-webflow-api-missing-fields
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datadog log patterns vs raw logs for high volume streams
trying to parse through petabytes of logs in datadog is a nightmare when you don't use patterns. i tried running raw queries on our production cluster last night and it basically nuked my productivity. the latency is unbearable once you hit a certain scale. pattern recognition helps group things so you aren't looking at ten million identical lines, but setting them up is such a chore. you have to actually define what matters instead of just dumping everything into an index. raw logs are fine if you have zero budget and no brain cells. it makes finding the actual needle in the haystack impossible when every error looks like its own unique event. patterns save me from staring at a screen for three hours, but the configuration overhead is annoying. vendor pricing doesn't help either because they charge you for basically everything. just use patterns if you actually want to sleep tonight.
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>power ai answers without brand mentions
it's basically just scrapin' everything and leaving us with nothing. seeing people talk about prioritizing fixes to get visibility back is cute but i don't see how it works if the model just doesn't care. feels like we're just training our replacement for free. i doubt any 'fix' is gonna stop the crawlers from just taking the info and running.
full read: https://searchengineland.com/ai-search-ghosting-brand-fight-back-499342
ai search is basically just stealing our content now
just saw some stuff about ghost citations and it's actually insane. ai models are literally using our data to answer questions without even giving us a shoutout lmao.>power ai answers without brand mentions
it's basically just scrapin' everything and leaving us with nothing. seeing people talk about prioritizing fixes to get visibility back is cute but i don't see how it works if the model just doesn't care. feels like we're just training our replacement for free. i doubt any 'fix' is gonna stop the crawlers from just taking the info and running.
full read: https://searchengineland.com/ai-search-ghosting-brand-fight-back-499342
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terraform provider version drift
another day of fixing broken pipelines because someone bumped a minor version in a module. it's always the same provider-level dependency hell that breaks the plan. let's see if anyone can actually pin their providers to a specific hash for one week without getting an error from some random github action.terraform {required_providers {aws = {source = "hashicorp/aws"version = "~> 5.0"}}} 
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>it took the "Max" reasoning almost 10x the number of tokens to get there.
setting verbosity high just makes everything muddy and i don't see the point when you're doing simple tasks. anyone actually use the mcp servers feature for anything useful?
link: https://zapier.com/blog/openai-playground
playground reasoning settings are getting out of hand
the token usage for max reasoning is insane.>it took the "Max" reasoning almost 10x the number of tokens to get there.
setting verbosity high just makes everything muddy and i don't see the point when you're doing simple tasks. anyone actually use the mcp servers feature for anything useful?
link: https://zapier.com/blog/openai-playground
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> element with. showModal(), you're just asking for trouble. i tried to just reorder my close function but realized i was still missing the part where you have to make the overlay inert. it's such a tiny detail but if you do it in the wrong order, you get that ghost focus issue. ngl, i've probably shipped at least three different versions of this broken logic in the last year. it's frustrating because the easy one-liners we all copy from stack overflow are exactly what cause the accessibility break. my current component library is too bloated to swap everything out for native dialogs right now so i'm stuck trying to fix the sequence manually.
https://css-tricks.com/blocked-aria-hidden-fix/
aria-hidden warnings are actually legit
i was messing with our legacy modal component earlier and that annoying mustard-colored console warning popped up again. i used to think it was just a glitch in how bootstrap handles things but turns out the standard fixes like using a setTimeout or blurring the element are basically useless. it's actually breaking stuff for screen readers because focus is dropping into a void before the region even hides. honestly, if you aren't using the native <dialog> element with. showModal(), you're just asking for trouble. i tried to just reorder my close function but realized i was still missing the part where you have to make the overlay inert. it's such a tiny detail but if you do it in the wrong order, you get that ghost focus issue. ngl, i've probably shipped at least three different versions of this broken logic in the last year. it's frustrating because the easy one-liners we all copy from stack overflow are exactly what cause the accessibility break. my current component library is too bloated to swap everything out for native dialogs right now so i'm stuck trying to fix the sequence manually.
function closeModal() { overlay.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true'); overlay.classList.add('fade-out'); // ... still failing here}https://css-tricks.com/blocked-aria-hidden-fix/
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>it takes about 400ms for the slide to finish
400ms 600ms? it's literally impossible to tell without a stopwatch lmao. it makes the whole site feel sluggish and janky if you don't get the easing exactly right.
jquery animation duration values are a mess
just use css transitions instead of trying to math out every single delay in js. i saw someone doing this today:>it takes about 400ms for the slide to finish
R: 0 / I: 0 useless graveyard of dead tabs. do you guys actually use these lists for anything besides feeling productive?
found this here: https://www.tailwindapp.com/blog/pinterest-keyword-research
spreadsheets are where good ideas go to die
i'm tired of seeing people just dump forty terms into a doc and calling it a day. it doesn't matter how tidy the list looks if you're just writing descriptions from memory three weeks later. there's gotta be a better way to actually use the real search data without it becoming afound this here: https://www.tailwindapp.com/blog/pinterest-keyword-research
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found this here: https://www.siegemedia.com/strategy/how-to-track-geo-attribution
ga4 is useless for tracking ai traffic
ga4 is basically blind to anything coming from percy or chatgpt. it just lumps all that traffic into direct because there are no utms passed through the llm. i've seen people looking at a 5% referral rate and thinking geo is failing when the real impact is way higher. it's easy to lose your budget when you can't show the influence happened before the click. adding a simple text field to your contact form asking how they heard about you is the only way to catch what's missing from the analytics. it captures the stuff that happens in the black box. i'm skeptical about relying on branded search as a signal though. people google things for so many reasons besides ai citations. don't trust the direct traffic numbers without some kind of self-reported data to back it up. seems like a lot of extra work for the sales team to clean up those form entries.found this here: https://www.siegemedia.com/strategy/how-to-track-geo-attribution
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link: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/tactical-solutions-for-the-biggest-ai-search-measurement-challenges-recap/593023/
tracking brand mentions instead of just clicks
the whole idea that we should stop obsessing over citations and start tracking brand entities is pretty wild. it's basically saying if an ai recommends audi but links to some random blog, we still count it as a win. it makes sense if you're looking at the big picture, but i don't see how i'm supposed to prove that actually drives revenue without any direct traffic link. also, using people also ask queries as a way to build a prompt sample seems like a lot of extra work for a tiny bit of data. it's a decent way to find patterns, i guess, but it feels like we're just guessing at what users are actually typing into their phones. how are you guys even planning to track these mentions without losing your minds?link: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/tactical-solutions-for-the-biggest-ai-search-measurement-challenges-recap/593023/
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it's a bit obvious. checking if visit duration collapsed or if views per visit are nil isn't exactly groundbreaking, but i guess looking at plausible for the period comparison helps if you can't immediately spot the pattern in your usual dashboard. mostly just means more time spent staring at bounce rates
full read: https://plausible.io/blog/spike-in-website-traffic
traffic spike investigation logic is pretty basic
>the instant tell-tale of bot traffic is that it does not behave like actual peopleit's a bit obvious. checking if visit duration collapsed or if views per visit are nil isn't exactly groundbreaking, but i guess looking at plausible for the period comparison helps if you can't immediately spot the pattern in your usual dashboard. mostly just means more time spent staring at bounce rates
full read: https://plausible.io/blog/spike-in-website-traffic
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>only the first link shows up prominently on your profile
it's just more friction for no reason. basically the same old click through hoops workflow.
link: https://sproutsocial.com/insights/link-in-bio-instagram-tool/
instagram bio links are still garbage
another day of marketing nonsense. they're pushing that five link limit like it's some kind of feature when you still have to tap an extra button just to see the rest.>only the first link shows up prominently on your profile
it's just more friction for no reason. basically the same old click through hoops workflow.
link: https://sproutsocial.com/insights/link-in-bio-instagram-tool/
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link: https://zapier.com/blog/automate-grok
zapier integration for grok is finally live
using zapier to drop grok into salesforce leads sounds decent for scraping news but i wonder how much token burn we are looking at if it starts running on every single form submission. basically just using it as a reasoning step instead of letting it handle the whole workflow which makes sense so you dont waste moneylink: https://zapier.com/blog/automate-grok
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>If nothing happens after you share a report, there's a good chance it describes activity without recommending a decision
it's always the same with these agorapulse type workflows. im tired of seeing sentiment drops that never actually lead to any __real product changes_
https://www.agorapulse.com/blog/social-media-listening/how-to-turn-social-listening-data-into-business-results/
social listening is just another vanity metric
another day of looking at dashboards that don't move the needle.>If nothing happens after you share a report, there's a good chance it describes activity without recommending a decision
it's always the same with these agorapulse type workflows. im tired of seeing sentiment drops that never actually lead to any __real product changes_
https://www.agorapulse.com/blog/social-media-listening/how-to-turn-social-listening-data-into-business-results/
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>Authentication is one of the most important parts of any backend application.
whatever, i'm pretty sure everyone already knows that part. it basically just uses passport strategies and @jwt for the tokens. i wonder if adding class-validator to every single request actually saves time or if it's just more extra work to maintain when the schema changes. probably worth a look if you're stuck on guards though.
full read: https://blog.logrocket.com/how-to-implement-jwt-authentication-nestjs/
nestjs jwt setup looks alright i guess
just saw this guide for nestjs auth and it's using sqlite with typeorm again. lmfao so much boilerplate just to get a basic login working. they added some stuff for dto validation and bcrypt hashing which is fine but still feels like overkill for most simple projects.>Authentication is one of the most important parts of any backend application.
whatever, i'm pretty sure everyone already knows that part. it basically just uses passport strategies and @jwt for the tokens. i wonder if adding class-validator to every single request actually saves time or if it's just more extra work to maintain when the schema changes. probably worth a look if you're stuck on guards though.
full read: https://blog.logrocket.com/how-to-implement-jwt-authentication-nestjs/
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https://yoast.com/image-seo-alt-tag-and-title-tag-optimization/
alt text for visual search
Found some stuff about using AI to generate alt text but it's dangerous if you don't double check everything first. The difference between the alt attribute and title attribute is basically just screen readers versus tooltips, which people always mix up. I'm skeptical about how much this actually helps with visual search results without a lot of structured data too.https://yoast.com/image-seo-alt-tag-and-title-tag-optimization/
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more here: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/build-ai-agent
marketing agents for non-devs
The idea that sales reps can just connect tools and set limits themselves sounds like a nightmare for our codebase. If they start defining tasks and connecting their own data sources without any oversight, we're going to be cleaning up broken integrations all day. I don't see how we keep the action limits stable if anyone can build them with ease.more here: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/build-ai-agent
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more here: https://dzone.com/articles/build-ai-sre-from-scratch
building an ai sre to see how it breaks
saw this piece about building your own agent using HolmesGPT or K8sGPT just to understand what vendors are actually selling you. sounds like a massive waste of time when there's already 64 different tools in the space, but maybe it's worth seeing how an mcp server handles logs and github issues if you don't mind the hallucinations. does anyone actually have time to build this from scratch?more here: https://dzone.com/articles/build-ai-sre-from-scratch
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much cleaner thanmassive huge media query blocks at the bottom of the stylesheet. its basically a lifesaver for design systems ✅
css container queries for component sizing
im tired of writing media queries for every single little card component. its such a headache when u move a widget from a sidebar to the main content area and everything breaks. instead of checking the viewport size i just use @container now. it makes the component actually self-contained so you can drop it anywhere without worrying about the screen width..card-container {container-type: inline-size;}@container (min-width: 400px) {.card { display: flex; }}much cleaner than
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link: https://www.mariehaynes.com/lighthouse-report-for-agents/
lighthouse agentic browsing report is kind of a mess
even google's own docs failed the check. if we gotta start worrying about webMCP and making sure our accessibility tree isnt broken just so some bot can click buttons. im not sure i like where this is going. guess its time to download chrome canary againlink: https://www.mariehaynes.com/lighthouse-report-for-agents/
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>if the browser login works but inference returns HTTP 403
the only real catch is that 403 error if your tier doesn't allow it. i'm wondering if anyone else has actually tried using grok-4.3 with this oauth method yet?
full read: https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/hermes-agent-xai-grok-oauth/
using grok with hermes without an api key
finally don't have to mess with xai_api_key if you've already got x premium+ or supersgrok. it's just a standard oauth flow through the model picker, which is way cleaner for things like image gen and transcription too.>if the browser login works but inference returns HTTP 403
the only real catch is that 403 error if your tier doesn't allow it. i'm wondering if anyone else has actually tried using grok-4.3 with this oauth method yet?
full read: https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/hermes-agent-xai-grok-oauth/
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>scale=1920:-1
im pretty sure i need to use
ffmpeg scale filter aspect ratio issues
tried settingscale=1920:-1but it keeps stretching the video weirdly.
>scale=1920:-1
im pretty sure i need to use
force_original_aspect_ratio=decreaseor something lmao.
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more here: https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-get-recommended-by-ai-being-found-isnt-enough/
optimizing for ai matchmakers is getting weird
just read something about this whole clear choice framework thing. basically says you cant just rely on being found anymore since ai acts like a matchmaker now. its all about that ecosystem stuff where your site and google business profile have to say the exact same thing or it breaks everything. there was this example of someone using chatgpt to find a specific cleanser because the bot knew her skin issues better than she did. if you dont define exactly who you are for, the ai just skips you. all those new acronyms like geo and aio are still basically just seo in disguise anyway. its mostly about answering who, what, and for whom. honestly feels like more work for no reason though. im not sure how much harder we actually have to optimize if the bot is already pulling from our existing seo data. sounds like a lot of headache trying to align every single social channel and email just to please an algorithm. might be worth looking into that brand positioning interview idea but idk.more here: https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-get-recommended-by-ai-being-found-isnt-enough/
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article: https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-build-a-brand-foundation-with-ai-without-losing-your-craft-d616b05cb838?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4
using claude for design systems without ruining everything
it's all about setting up guardrails so developers don't hate you when you ship. i'm skeptical about how much of the actual craft stays intact if we're just letting claude handle the foundation.article: https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-build-a-brand-foundation-with-ai-without-losing-your-craft-d616b05cb838?source=rss----138adf9c44c---4
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does anyone still bother with the padding-top hack for this?
css aspect-ratio for responsive images
i've been using this to stop that annoying layout shift when lazy loading images in tailwind. it keeps the container size fixed before the asset actually pops in so the page doesn't jump around like crazy.img {aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;width: 100%;height: auto;}does anyone still bother with the padding-top hack for this?
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>The page quality must be high enough to warrant indexing.
it feels like they're using migrations as an excuse to just purge low-quality sites from the index entirely. if this is true, then moving a site isn't just about technical redirects anymore, it's basically a self-imposed audit. i'm not sure how anyone can trust a clean migration if google decides to re-evaluate your entire content library mid-move. has anyone actually seen a successful migration lately without seeing a massive drop in indexed pages?
full read: https://www.mariehaynes.com/its-possible-your-migration-issues-may-be-due-to-site-quality/
migration might be triggering quality audits
google's acting up again with these site moves. i was reading about this hobby blog that did everything by the book - change of address in gsc, mapped redirects, all that - but still ended up with 98% of their urls not indexed. it's not even a crawl error or duplicate content issue since the canonicals are fine.>The page quality must be high enough to warrant indexing.
it feels like they're using migrations as an excuse to just purge low-quality sites from the index entirely. if this is true, then moving a site isn't just about technical redirects anymore, it's basically a self-imposed audit. i'm not sure how anyone can trust a clean migration if google decides to re-evaluate your entire content library mid-move. has anyone actually seen a successful migration lately without seeing a massive drop in indexed pages?
full read: https://www.mariehaynes.com/its-possible-your-migration-issues-may-be-due-to-site-quality/
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article: https://www.seerinteractive.com/insights/competitive-analysis-for-paid-media-find-the-broken-stage
fixing your funnel gaps instead of just stealing ads
found this breakdown on diagnostic research and it's actually kinda smart. most people just tweak bids or steal headlines like losers but looking for where you're not being 'believed' is a huge gap. specifically checking if competitors have better case studies or even better ai answers to beat your impressions. also the bit about using geo holdouts and llm citation tracking to prove spend without perfect attribution is wild lmao. seems way too much work for a tuesday though. i feel like most of us are stuck in that 'be seen' phase just spamming ads and hoping for the best. hard to imagine actually running an incrementality test every time i want to pitch a new channel.article: https://www.seerinteractive.com/insights/competitive-analysis-for-paid-media-find-the-broken-stage
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> Astro doesn't add Web Components as islands, since they just use built-in browser APIs.
The idea of using Web Components for something simple like a progress bar while keeping the heavier logic in Preact is actually smart for performance. I wonder how much overhead there is when managing multiple framework integrations in one build. Might be overkill for most things but good for content sites.
article: https://www.debugbear.com/blog/astro-tutorial
astro islands for component mixing
Been looking at this Astro setup for a bit. Using Preact just to keep things around 3KB gzipped instead of the usual heavy React bundle makes sense for a blog. It's pretty wild that you can run Svelte or Vue side-by-side in the same project if you need to.> Astro doesn't add Web Components as islands, since they just use built-in browser APIs.
The idea of using Web Components for something simple like a progress bar while keeping the heavier logic in Preact is actually smart for performance. I wonder how much overhead there is when managing multiple framework integrations in one build. Might be overkill for most things but good for content sites.
article: https://www.debugbear.com/blog/astro-tutorial
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found this here: https://webflowmarketingmain.com/blog/fix-webflow-inventory-api-errors
webflow inventory api is such a pain
finally figured out why my client's stock updates were just hitting 404 errors all day. turns out everyone keeps trying to use product ids instead of the actual sku ids which makes no sense given how webflow handles it. ngl the error messages are useless since they don't even tell you what's wrong. setting up a proxy route with node 22 seems like the only way to keep the site token safe anyway. i was struggling with the same issue last week and thought my whole integration was broken. just need to make sure i grab that sku collection id correctly before i start writing any more middleware.found this here: https://webflowmarketingmain.com/blog/fix-webflow-inventory-api-errors
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>The best listicles do the hard work for readers.
it's fine if you want to spend hours vetting things, but it sounds like a massive time sink. i'm already drowning in monitoring alerts as it is. most people just want a quick way to decide between two tools without reading a manifesto. honestly if it's not a simple comparison of pros and cons i'm probably skipping it.
link: https://searchengineland.com/write-listicles-earn-trust-help-readers-498068
making lists actually useful for once
another guide on making listicles that don't suck. apparently you have to do all the heavy lifting by choosing and evaluating recommendations instead of just dumping a pile of links.>The best listicles do the hard work for readers.
it's fine if you want to spend hours vetting things, but it sounds like a massive time sink. i'm already drowning in monitoring alerts as it is. most people just want a quick way to decide between two tools without reading a manifesto. honestly if it's not a simple comparison of pros and cons i'm probably skipping it.
link: https://searchengineland.com/write-listicles-earn-trust-help-readers-498068
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>LinkedIn carousels had a median engagement rate of 21.77%
https://buffer.com/resources/how-to-increase-linkedin-followers/
linkedin engagement stats are wild
carousels apparently get 21% engagement which is basically triple what video does. i don't know if i can commit to posting 11 times a week without losing my mind, but it's tempting.>LinkedIn carousels had a median engagement rate of 21.77%
https://buffer.com/resources/how-to-increase-linkedin-followers/
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>the edge config should be near instant
it's definitely not feeling like that right now. i actually had to rollback the whole deployment
vercel edge config latency spikes
was trying to update some feature flags for a client yesterday and everything just crawled. i thought it was my local connection but then i saw the logs showing every single request hitting a massive delay. turns out updating the config file is super slow when you have a lot of entries.>the edge config should be near instant
it's definitely not feeling like that right now. i actually had to rollback the whole deployment
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found this here: https://www.semrush.com/blog/semrush-seo-audit-with-claude/
claude + semrush mcp for seo audits?
another way to dump raw audit data into claude and hope it works. sounds like a great way to hallucinate some total nonsense about site crawls when the mcp connection inevitably breaks.found this here: https://www.semrush.com/blog/semrush-seo-audit-with-claude/
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>find bad vulnerabilities in PHP and leaked the patch before anyone was even ready. its wild that openai spent two months coordinating with cloudflare and everyone else only for some container company to blow the whole timeline by accident. if we cant even keep a coordinated disclosure secret from an ai then im cooked. how are maintainers supposed to keep up when the tools are literally just scanning for anything broken? pretty sure im gonna be patching my stack every other week now.
article: https://thenewstack.io/php2shell-ai-vulnerabilities-maintainers/
ai finding php bugs with simple prompts is terrifying
im actually losing it over this chainguard thing. they literally just used a frontier model to prompt>find bad vulnerabilities in PHP and leaked the patch before anyone was even ready. its wild that openai spent two months coordinating with cloudflare and everyone else only for some container company to blow the whole timeline by accident. if we cant even keep a coordinated disclosure secret from an ai then im cooked. how are maintainers supposed to keep up when the tools are literally just scanning for anything broken? pretty sure im gonna be patching my stack every other week now.
article: https://thenewstack.io/php2shell-ai-vulnerabilities-maintainers/
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>It runs each prompt multiple times and delivers accurate average positions, visibility scores, and citation insights. seems like a lot of extra work for something that's probably gonna change every week anyway. anyone actually trust these visibility scores yet?
full read: https://mangools.com/blog/ai-search-watcher-guide/
mangools has this ai search watcher thing now
manogools is trying to track brand mentions in chatgpt search and gemini with this new tool.>It runs each prompt multiple times and delivers accurate average positions, visibility scores, and citation insights. seems like a lot of extra work for something that's probably gonna change every week anyway. anyone actually trust these visibility scores yet?
full read: https://mangools.com/blog/ai-search-watcher-guide/
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found this here: https://webflowmarketingmain.com/blog/fix-webflow-form-webhook-showing-json
webflow cloud form redirects are such a headache
finally figured out why my custom actions keep dumping raw json on the screen lmao. apparently you have to use a 303 redirect in your route handler if it's a browser submit, but then send json back for the fetch calls so it doesn't break. also npm only or it just fails during build. sounds like a lot of extra work just to avoid that white screen of death.found this here: https://webflowmarketingmain.com/blog/fix-webflow-form-webhook-showing-json
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>AI-generated photos and videos
imagine using this for an actual project instead of justprofessional boring onboarding clips. sounds like you'll hit that monthly credit cap way too fast if you actually try to use it for anything real.
more here: https://zapier.com/blog/google-vids
google vids is basically slides with extra steps
google's new ai video thing looks kinda creepy lmao. it can apparently just turn your docs or slides into a video with ai avatars and stuff.>AI-generated photos and videos
imagine using this for an actual project instead of just
more here: https://zapier.com/blog/google-vids
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>everything is just css now
total mess if you rely on complex theme extensions or legacy plugins. im stuck trying to map my old config to this new engine and it's a nightmare.
tailwind v4 css variables migration
im looking at this change to how tailwind handles them and it feels like a massive headache for anyone with custom configs. its basically stripping away all that nice javascript-based logic for something way more primitive.>everything is just css now
total mess if you rely on complex theme extensions or legacy plugins. im stuck trying to map my old config to this new engine and it's a nightmare.
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more here: https://www.growandconvert.com/seo/saas-technical-seo/
subdomain vs subfolder mess
im reading this piece about saas seo audits and it basically calls out how most agencies just spam lists of small stuff like broken links or missing meta descriptions that dont even matter much. they separate the real heavy lifting from the 'maintenance' junk which is way more important. specifically that whole debate about hosting blogs on a subdomain vs a subfolder. supposedly subfolder hosting is the only way to actually see results in traffic and rankings. also mentions how server-side rendering vs client-side rendering is one of those structural decisions that stays broken for years if you get it wrong. i dont know if i buy the subdomain thing being such a massive killer every single time but moving a whole blog later sounds like a nightmare for engineering.more here: https://www.growandconvert.com/seo/saas-technical-seo/
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auto layout padding bugs in figma
been fighting with nested frames all morning. i'm trying to set up a simple card component but the internal padding keeps jumping around when i resize the parent container. it's like 'auto layout' just forgets its own rules once you get more than three layers deep. i tried resetting the constraints but nothing works. honestly, it feels like the software is gaslighting me. some people say switching to a different plugin helps, but i think it's just a fundamental issue with how it calculates the bounding box for inline text. anyone else seeing this specific padding drift lately?
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>identify top and bottom content
The whole idea of a "quick guide" sounds like more work for the team. It's hard to see how a template actually helps when you have to manually track engagement across so many different platforms. I don't see how this saves time if we're still digging through raw data every month.
https://www.rivaliq.com/blog/social-media-audit-template/
social media audit templates are mostly fluff
Found this piece about running audits using their template. It uses Costco as an example to show how to benchmark against competitors and look at posting activity. They're pushing Quid's Insight Briefs to tie social metrics into broader media conversations too.>identify top and bottom content
The whole idea of a "quick guide" sounds like more work for the team. It's hard to see how a template actually helps when you have to manually track engagement across so many different platforms. I don't see how this saves time if we're still digging through raw data every month.
https://www.rivaliq.com/blog/social-media-audit-template/
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full read: https://www.invespcro.com/blog/how-to-align-your-business-goals-with-your-conversion-goals/
marketing fluff for conversion rates
just read some nonsense about aligning 'business goals' with testing. supposedly we need to set realistic objectives and create a roadmap so we don't get pulled in opposite directions or whatever. sounds like more corporate overhead that just adds noise to the backlog.full read: https://www.invespcro.com/blog/how-to-align-your-business-goals-with-your-conversion-goals/
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>Success is an empty bucket, not a searchable archive
it sounds good for something like a print relay but i'm not sure how it handles things if the instance dies before the cleanup happens. do you guys rely on a separate sweep process for that?
link: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-keep-a-file-for-minutes-not-years-on-cloud-run/
cloud run storage patterns for short-lived files
finally found someone else who hates storing every single one-time download forever. it's basically just using Cloud Storage as a temporary scratchpad with a redis ttl and then deleting everything once the job is done.>Success is an empty bucket, not a searchable archive
it sounds good for something like a print relay but i'm not sure how it handles things if the instance dies before the cleanup happens. do you guys rely on a separate sweep process for that?
link: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-keep-a-file-for-minutes-not-years-on-cloud-run/
R: 2 / I: 0 totally free expensive as hell for anyone without a massive it budget.
article: https://zapier.com/blog/gemini-connectors
gemini enterprise connectors via zapier
google is basically trying to make gemini ingest everything from salesforce to jira now. it looks like they want to use zapier to bridge the gap for 9000+ apps so you dont have to manually copy-paste stuff into the chat. sounds fine if your company pays for that specific enterprise license but im not sure how much the latency will suck when it tries to pull from confluence or servicenow in real time.article: https://zapier.com/blog/gemini-connectors
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lmao imagine going back to that mess.
more here: https://polypane.app/blog/how-to-debug-the-starting-style-at-rule-in-polypane/
polypane is actually useful for once
finally found a way to skip that annoying js trickery for animating elements as they hit the dom. using -style instead of setting opacity 0 and then toggling classes manually is such a massive win. chromium devtools was lagging behind on debugging this stuff until version 143 but polypane already had it covered back in june 2024. honestly kinda wild how much easier it makes things when you don't have to manage two different states just for a simple fade in. still not sure if i can trust it for complex stuff though. looks way cleaner than:.element { opacity: 0;}.element.visible { opacity: 1;}lmao imagine going back to that mess.
more here: https://polypane.app/blog/how-to-debug-the-starting-style-at-rule-in-polypane/
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article: https://authenticjobs.com/how-to-build-an-ai-enhanced-portfolio-that-gets-you-hired/
showing ai efficiency in portfolios
the idea of showing how i turned one post into 15 campaign variations in an afternoon is pretty smart if you want to look like a productivity machine. it's also good advice to skip the technical tool talk and focus on the actual refinement work instead of just raw outputs. i'm still not sure if clients will actually care about the efficiency part or if they'll just see it as a way to dump more work on me. do you think showing off that kind of scale makes you look replaceable?article: https://authenticjobs.com/how-to-build-an-ai-enhanced-portfolio-that-gets-you-hired/
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more here: https://www.convert.com/blog/full-stack-experimentation/autonomous-test-loop-in-convert/
another autonomous agent for our mess
convert experiences is pushing this 'autonomous experimentation loop' thing now. sounds like another way to break things by letting some scheduled agent change flags or kill tests without a human actually looking at the data first. they mention using an mcp server and sequential testing to keep it honest, but i don't trust any automated loop that can just act on its own based on some predefined boundary. probably just more noise for us to clean up when the 'verify' stage fails.more here: https://www.convert.com/blog/full-stack-experimentation/autonomous-test-loop-in-convert/
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more here: https://posthog.com/blog/developer-marketing-questions
posthog marketing logic is kind of wild
the idea that every launch needs three different landing spots is way too much work for most small teams. i don't see how anyone keeps up with github issues and videos and automations without just burning out.more here: https://posthog.com/blog/developer-marketing-questions
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>cypress is great for end to end testing
it's fine for clicking buttons but it'suseless terrible for debugging z-index issues. i'd rather just manually toggle the styles in the elements panel and see what breaks. why bother writing a test script just to check a margin value? anyone else still using the inspector for basic layout fixes instead of automating it?
browser devtools vs cypress for css layout debugging
tried using cypress to find why that one div was overlapping the nav again. it's such a headache when you're trying to inspect computed styles on a headless run. honestly, just opening chrome devtools is way faster for checking if something isposition: absoluteby mistake.
>cypress is great for end to end testing
it's fine for clicking buttons but it's
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>every time we make a decision. it must find a path into the spec file
i don't see how anyone has the time to document all that in markdown just so a bot doesn't mess up a prototype. do you guys actually use figmalint for this stuff or is it just extra work?
found this here: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2026/06/how-make-design-system-ai-ready/
cleaning up design specs for ai
the idea of treating every single decision as infrastructure sounds like a massive headache.>every time we make a decision. it must find a path into the spec file
i don't see how anyone has the time to document all that in markdown just so a bot doesn't mess up a prototype. do you guys actually use figmalint for this stuff or is it just extra work?
found this here: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2026/06/how-make-design-system-ai-ready/
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>com. posthog. provisioning is the opt-in for the provisioning API
im wondering how much overhead that adds if yous are managing a bunch of these endpoints.
more here: https://posthog.com/blog/embedded-analytics-provisioning-api
posthog provisioning api is kinda clever
using that cimd json file to opt-in for scopes seems smart but i dont know if itll scale when u have tons of clients.>com. posthog. provisioning is the opt-in for the provisioning API
"com.posthog" : { "provisioning" : true, "scopes" : [ "endpoint:read", "endpoint:write" ]}im wondering how much overhead that adds if yous are managing a bunch of these endpoints.
more here: https://posthog.com/blog/embedded-analytics-provisioning-api
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article: https://localsearchforum.com/threads/coordinated-fake-review-attack-how-to-fix-review-bombing.63414/
google's review bombing fix is basically just waiting
it's kind of funny that the main way to deal with 1-star attacks now is just sitting around for a few days and hoping the algorithm catches it. sounds like they polished some detection logic in the last year or so but it doesn't really explain what happens if the attack is actually legit. i'm skeptical about how much this works when you're actually seeing real damage to your rating. has anyone actually seen an attack clear itself without a manual appeal?article: https://localsearchforum.com/threads/coordinated-fake-review-attack-how-to-fix-review-bombing.63414/
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link: https://annhandley.com/seo-that-gets-at-the-heart-of-the-question/
ann handley's approach to seo
ann handley is making a big deal about digging deeper than just checking ai boxes for seo. it's mostly about getting at the heart of the question instead of just optimizing for bots. i'm skeptical because it sounds like a lot of extra work when we're already drowning in content production. do you think this actually moves the needle or is it just more fluff?link: https://annhandley.com/seo-that-gets-at-the-heart-of-the-question/
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z-index stacking context mess
i'm tired of seeing people just spamming z-index: 99999 on everything. let's try an experiment this week where we only use local stacking contexts and see if we can actually fix those weird overlapping issues without breaking the whole layout. anyone else struggling with parent elements that have their own opacity or transform layers?
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https://www.sterlingsky.ca/how-to-add-remove-managers-from-your-google-business-profile/
managing google business profile permissions is such a pain
i was looking into this because our client lost access to their dashboard again. it turns out only owners can actually add or remove users from the profile. managers can basically only remove themselves which makes things difficult when you are trying to clean up an old agency account. you have to go through the people settings to find the right toggle. it is a pretty straightforward process but very easy to mess up if you do not have full ownership permissions. i always forget that managers cannot manage other users or delete the profile entirely. i am wondering how this handles it when an owner leaves a company and we are stuck with just manager access. it would be much better if there was a way to escalate permissions without needing the primary login credentials. it feels like a huge bottleneck for any dev working on local SEO.https://www.sterlingsky.ca/how-to-add-remove-managers-from-your-google-business-profile/
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>It's basically a. map of your website for users.
The lack of strict structure makes it useless for the direct processing we need. I've always just relied on the XML version for crawling, but if they're finding links through an HTML footer map, I guess it doesn't hurt to keep one. with crawl discovery if there are deep pages that aren't properly linked elsewhere. Not sure if it's worth the extra maintenance for a simple site though.
full read: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-explains-how-to-use-html-sitemaps-for-seo/592508/
html sitemaps aren't xml replacements
Found this snippet from Mueller and Splitt about how people keep mixing up HTML and XML sitemaps. It's pretty clear that an HTML sitemap is just for users, not something you can actually submit to search engines like a real sitemap file.>It's basically a. map of your website for users.
The lack of strict structure makes it useless for the direct processing we need. I've always just relied on the XML version for crawling, but if they're finding links through an HTML footer map, I guess it doesn't hurt to keep one. with crawl discovery if there are deep pages that aren't properly linked elsewhere. Not sure if it's worth the extra maintenance for a simple site though.
full read: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-explains-how-to-use-html-sitemaps-for-seo/592508/
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article: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-break-the-ai-coding-agent-fix-loop/
death spiral of ai coding agents
i'm so tired of watching cursor just spin its wheels on the same bug until i run out of credits. it's always the same thing where you give a vague prompt like try again and then suddenly half the app is broken. reverting to a git checkpoint seems like the only way to stop the bleeding but it's such a pain when you're deep in a session. does anyone actually find success with that five step sequence or is it just more fluff?article: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-break-the-ai-coding-agent-fix-loop/
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found this here: https://www.intercom.com/blog/how-to-measure-customer-experience-as-ai-scales
csat is basically useless for tracking ai support
The idea that csat covers less than 10 percent of conversations is pretty wild. It's mostly just people who are super happy or super angry, so you're missing the silent majority. Using something like CX Score to scrape every single interaction for a 1-5 rating sounds good in theory, but I wonder how much noise that'll add to our actual metrics.found this here: https://www.intercom.com/blog/how-to-measure-customer-experience-as-ai-scales
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full read: https://www.agorapulse.com/blog/ai-social-playbook/e5/
pillars are basically useless for sales
most people's content calendars are just garbage topics they picked on a monday. molly mahoney is pushing this idea of using seven categories like why me or why stay to actually hit what buyers need to believe before they pull the trigger. she's using Spotlight Engine to pump out beliefs and then dumping them into agorapulse via csv, which sounds efficient until you realize how much manual checking you'd have to do. it's pretty wild that the ai even suggested a 9/11 angle for a "why now" post. i don't know if i trust an automated batch like that without sitting there and reading every single line. does anyone actually use bulk uploads for social anymore or is it just a recipe for looking like a bot?full read: https://www.agorapulse.com/blog/ai-social-playbook/e5/
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>The Gemini app alone doesn't support video editing or modification. it's always the same with these aggregator platforms too, just another way to burn credits on Open Art or whatever. i can't even imagine the latency on this if you're trying to run anything decent through their api.
article: https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-create-pro-quality-ai-videos-with-gemini-omni/
google's omniflash pricing is a joke
another day, another overpriced subscription tier. $200/month for 'ultra' just to get the full suite of tools? ridiculous. google labs apparently lets you do actual editing but the standard gemini app is basically useless if you want anything more than 10-second clips. and getting throttled after like five videos is such a classic move.>The Gemini app alone doesn't support video editing or modification. it's always the same with these aggregator platforms too, just another way to burn credits on Open Art or whatever. i can't even imagine the latency on this if you're trying to run anything decent through their api.
article: https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/how-to-create-pro-quality-ai-videos-with-gemini-omni/
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>Eliminate Deploy Skew with deploymentId
using a deploymentId sounds like a solid fix but i wonder if it'll bloat the bundle size too much. also gotta check my workbox setup since service workers are probably part of the problem. it's basically just one giant game of whack-a-mole with these hydration errors. anyone actually using that reload-once logic in their error boundaries?
link: https://www.sitepoint.com/nextjs-chunk-load-error-diagnosis-playbook/?utm_source=rss
next. js chunk errors are such a headache
finally found some decent info on why those annoying loading chunk failed errors keep popping up in production. it's usually just deployment skew or messin' up the middleware matcher. i've been seeing way too many 404s lately because of bad cdn caching and messy headers.>Eliminate Deploy Skew with deploymentId
using a deploymentId sounds like a solid fix but i wonder if it'll bloat the bundle size too much. also gotta check my workbox setup since service workers are probably part of the problem. it's basically just one giant game of whack-a-mole with these hydration errors. anyone actually using that reload-once logic in their error boundaries?
link: https://www.sitepoint.com/nextjs-chunk-load-error-diagnosis-playbook/?utm_source=rss
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full read: https://whitespark.ca/blog/missing-google-reviews-checklists-for-troubleshooting-review-loss/
google reviews disappearing again
Google's moderation is getting way too aggressive with those review kiosks and shared IPs. I'm worried we'll lose our recent feedback if we use that tablet in the lobby because it looks like spam activity to their bots. **Everything just vanishesfull read: https://whitespark.ca/blog/missing-google-reviews-checklists-for-troubleshooting-review-loss/
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echo hi there
to see if it actually works, which is pretty clever if you're stuck. still doesn't help much with all the duplicate entries cluttering up my path though. lmao i hate when my terminal starts acting weird because of some leftover junk in my config. honestly finding out if you're even using zsh or fish can be a total pain too.
link: https://jvns.ca/blog/2025/02/13/how-to-add-a-directory-to-your-path/
bash config mess
finally someone else realizes how annoying it is to figure out which file actually loads on linux. most people just blindly shove stuff into ~/. bashrc and pray, but that's such a rookie move when you might be using. bash_profile or even. profile instead. i saw this tip about testing withecho hi there
to see if it actually works, which is pretty clever if you're stuck. still doesn't help much with all the duplicate entries cluttering up my path though. lmao i hate when my terminal starts acting weird because of some leftover junk in my config. honestly finding out if you're even using zsh or fish can be a total pain too.
link: https://jvns.ca/blog/2025/02/13/how-to-add-a-directory-to-your-path/
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https://www.rivaliq.com/blog/social-media-dashboard/
dashboard clutter is getting out of hand
the idea that a dashboard isnt just a laundry list of every metric is something i dont hear enough. it's hard to keep things simple when you're trying to show conversions and trends without making the cmo's eyes glaze over. what metrics are you guys actually keeping in your views right now?https://www.rivaliq.com/blog/social-media-dashboard/
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>Add forms, product pages, booking pages, downloads
the idea that we should just spam more interactive elements is a joke. it's basically asking for more broken state management and even more junk in the DOM. great, more work for me
found this here: https://moz.com/blog/get-your-website-ready-for-ai-agents
preparing sites for scrapers and bots
another way to bloat the frontend with useless buttons and forms just so some bot can find them.>Add forms, product pages, booking pages, downloads
the idea that we should just spam more interactive elements is a joke. it's basically asking for more broken state management and even more junk in the DOM. great, more work for me
found this here: https://moz.com/blog/get-your-website-ready-for-ai-agents
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https://www.nngroup.com/articles/prove-framework/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss-syndication
evaluating ai tools isn't as easy as checking output quality
the prove framework seems okay but focusing on velocity over generation time is basically impossible when you have to fact check every single hallucination. i'm skeptical about using gemini notebooks for anything besides basic curation since the friction usually kills any speed gains.https://www.nngroup.com/articles/prove-framework/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss-syndication
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the damage
i saw a dev claim
>it ensures the crispest possible rendering on all devices
that's such a lie. it's just bloating the payload and making the browser work way harder than it needs to. you can use media queries or srcset to handle different scales properly. if you don't, you're basically just burning bandwidth for no reason. i've seen files over 5mb for a single background image. it's embarrassing. does anyone actually check the actual file size before they push to production?
absolute unit of an image size on hero banners
it's driving me insane lately. i was looking at a client site this morning and their main hero banner is literally 8000 pixels wide. nobody has a monitor that big. it's just pure laziness and makes the lcp metric look like garbage. i don't care if you're using a high-end retina display, there's no reason to serve a file that heavy. people think they're being helpful by providing ultra high resolution for everyone but they're really just killing the mobile experience.the damage
i saw a dev claim
>it ensures the crispest possible rendering on all devices
that's such a lie. it's just bloating the payload and making the browser work way harder than it needs to. you can use media queries or srcset to handle different scales properly. if you don't, you're basically just burning bandwidth for no reason. i've seen files over 5mb for a single background image. it's embarrassing. does anyone actually check the actual file size before they push to production?
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>The spec says nothing about it, and behavior varies.
if some client decides to suppress the text description entirely, we're just shipping broken widgets.
found this here: https://www.deque.com/blog/how-to-test-mcp-apps-for-accessibility-and-why-it-matters/
mcp apps are gonna be an accessibility disaster
the spec is basically silent on things like contrast or screen readers.>The spec says nothing about it, and behavior varies.
if some client decides to suppress the text description entirely, we're just shipping broken widgets.
found this here: https://www.deque.com/blog/how-to-test-mcp-apps-for-accessibility-and-why-it-matters/
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more here: https://www.sterlingsky.ca/how-to-move-google-business-profile-across-state-lines/
updating google business profile addresses
Google actually recommends updating your existing profile instead of starting over when you move locations. It's fine for local moves but seems like a mess if you're going long-distance. I'm wondering how much it affects the Search and Maps ranking if the address change is too drastic.more here: https://www.sterlingsky.ca/how-to-move-google-business-profile-across-state-lines/
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full read: https://www.sistrix.com/blog/content-planning-how-to-identify-and-analyse-sector-leading-content-using-sistrix-and-screaming-frog/
sistrix and screaming frog combo for content gaps
been seeing this workflow floating around where you pipe sistrix sectorwatch lists straight into screaming frog to scrape actual content types. sounds great on paper but setting up the crawler to call an ai api just to get chatbot-cited urls feels like a massive overkill lol. i tried something similar with keyword lists once and it was a nightmare to clean up the data. using sseo spider to pull technicals alongside the seo visibility is a decent idea though. still not convinced that automating the prompt generation part actually saves any real time. probably just more time spent debugging the api calls than actually writing anything useful.full read: https://www.sistrix.com/blog/content-planning-how-to-identify-and-analyse-sector-leading-content-using-sistrix-and-screaming-frog/
R: 3 / I: 1 working breaking for no reason. tried to revert the plugin but now the whole controller is acting up and won't restart properly.
it's just another useless update that nobody asked for. now i'm stuck debugging groovy scripts instead of actually doing my job. vendor-driven breaking changes are the worst part of this gig.
jenkins pipeline syntax errors after plugin update
ran into this mess while trying to fix a simple build step today. apparently the latest jenprint update changed how it handles the nested blocks in declarative pipelines. everything was justpipeline {agent anystages {stage('test') {steps {sh 'make test'}}}}it's just another useless update that nobody asked for. now i'm stuck debugging groovy scripts instead of actually doing my job. vendor-driven breaking changes are the worst part of this gig.
R: 1 / I: 0
>Every query your Agent can resolve end-to-end is work that no longer lands with your team
That's the dream, but it's just a massive security headache for anyone in DevOps.
link: https://www.intercom.com/blog/giving-your-ai-agent-system-access/
giving agents actual system access is such a nightmare to pitch
The idea of moving from simple tasks to full procedures sounds great on paper, but getting engineering to actually open up the CRM or billing platforms is basically impossible.>Every query your Agent can resolve end-to-end is work that no longer lands with your team
That's the dream, but it's just a massive security headache for anyone in DevOps.
link: https://www.intercom.com/blog/giving-your-ai-agent-system-access/
R: 0 / I: 0 a productivity win a security nightmare waiting to happen. does anyone actually trust meta with 9,000+ app connections?
https://zapier.com/blog/automate-muse
meta muse and zapier integration
meta's adding 'Muse Spark' directly into zapier workflows now. it's supposed to handle the messy stuff like summarizing support calls or flagging bugs in slack without needing a dev account. i don't know, seeing another agent that can browse and fill out forms feels likehttps://zapier.com/blog/automate-muse
R: 0 / I: 0 super simple just more configuration surface to mess up. i wonder if this is actually going to help with latency or if it's just making the setup more fragile. anyone else already switched their setups over to the new client?
link: https://www.simoahava.com/gtmtips/new-way-load-google-scripts-server-container/
google's moving all script loading to the web container client
google's finally killing off the ga4 client for loading gtag.js. it's all being consolidated into the web container client now, which is basically just them forcing everyone to use the same path. if you check that 'automatically serve all dependent google scripts' box, everything just flows through sgtm. sounds great until you realize you still have to manually set the server_container_url in your web container tags anyway. it'slink: https://www.simoahava.com/gtmtips/new-way-load-google-scripts-server-container/
R: 3 / I: 0 helping wasting your time. i'm skeptical about how much this actually moves the needle for real engagement versus just getting empty views from the wrong crowd. looks like a lot of manual effort for very little actual attribution.
https://www.rivaliq.com/blog/best-tiktok-hashtags/
tiktok hashtag tracking is a mess
269 million videos a day is just insane. i don't know how anyone tracks that without losing their mind. seeing people suggest using tiktok creative center to find trends feels like the same old advice though. it's basically just looking at labels to help the algorithm categorize stuff. honestly, if you're just slapping tags on for aesthetics, you'rehttps://www.rivaliq.com/blog/best-tiktok-hashtags/
R: 1 / I: 0 pretty good barely working.
it's hard to find the exact tracepoint without nuking your cpu. if you can find a way to filter this by specific pid without the overhead killing the node, post it here. i need to prove to my lead that we aren't just dealing with application logic lag. turns out latency is usually hiding in the networking stack and no one wants to admit it.
ebpf socket tracing for hidden latency
another week of chasing ghosts in the kernel. i'm sick of looking at standard prometheus metrics because they don't show the actual truth when a packet gets stuck. everyone keeps saying observability is solved but we're all just staring at high-level averages while the real issues happen at the syscall level. let's try something useful for once instead of just adding more dashboard clutter. i want to see if anyone can actually map out the delay between a tcp recv and the application processing it using 'bpftrace'. i wrote a quick script to grab some basic info but it'skprobe:tcp_v4_do_rcv{printf("packet arrived at %s\n", jiffies);}kretprobe:tcp_v4_do_rcv{printf("processing finished\n");}it's hard to find the exact tracepoint without nuking your cpu. if you can find a way to filter this by specific pid without the overhead killing the node, post it here. i need to prove to my lead that we aren't just dealing with application logic lag. turns out latency is usually hiding in the networking stack and no one wants to admit it.
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> or use some tag manager nonsense. saw this piece pushing Plausible Analytics as the fix for tracking visits and conversions.
>The exact setup depends on the analytics tool and how your site is built
not exactly groundbreaking info but at least it's true. still hate having to manually verify every single integration works by opening private windows like a caveman. i'm tired of checking if my own dashboard even sees me when i click around.
more here: https://plausible.io/blog/check-website-traffic
analytics is basically just guesswork if you aren't running your own
another day of seeing people rely on those trash public traffic checkers. it's all estimates and fake numbers anyway. if you want real data you actually have to drop a js snippet into the <head> or use some tag manager nonsense. saw this piece pushing Plausible Analytics as the fix for tracking visits and conversions.
>The exact setup depends on the analytics tool and how your site is built
not exactly groundbreaking info but at least it's true. still hate having to manually verify every single integration works by opening private windows like a caveman. i'm tired of checking if my own dashboard even sees me when i click around.
more here: https://plausible.io/blog/check-website-traffic
R: 3 / I: 0
>Most commonly, they're used at the organizational level to gauge how closely a business is tracking against its growth benchmarks.
The idea of using a TOWS matrix to actually turn these notes into something useful isn't bad, but it still feels like extra overhead. Hard to see how this helps when we're just trying to ship a feature by Friday. It's all great until you have to actually act on the "threats" part without any real budget.
https://www.wordstream.com/blog/swot-analysis
swot analysis is mostly just whiteboard clutter
I've been seeing way too many people using this for everything lately. It's basically just a list of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that everyone forgets the moment the meeting ends. 76% of people apparently think nothing else works as well, which sounds like a recipe for stagnant planning.>Most commonly, they're used at the organizational level to gauge how closely a business is tracking against its growth benchmarks.
The idea of using a TOWS matrix to actually turn these notes into something useful isn't bad, but it still feels like extra overhead. Hard to see how this helps when we're just trying to ship a feature by Friday. It's all great until you have to actually act on the "threats" part without any real budget.
https://www.wordstream.com/blog/swot-analysis
R: 1 / I: 0
>Text resources served without HTTP compression
it's basically just a way to catch when someone messes up the document-policy header or forgets compression, but i wonder if it'll actually catch anything useful beyond the obvious stuff.
article: https://www.debugbear.com/blog/network-efficiency-guardrails
edge is getting weird with network monitoring
edge's new guardrails feature sounds kinda mid since it only works in their browser lol.>Text resources served without HTTP compression
it's basically just a way to catch when someone messes up the document-policy header or forgets compression, but i wonder if it'll actually catch anything useful beyond the obvious stuff.
article: https://www.debugbear.com/blog/network-efficiency-guardrails
R: 3 / I: 2
found this here: https://ahrefs.com/blog/how-to-optimize-for-ai-search/
optimizing for bots instead of users
Making sure facts are easy to extract sounds like a nightmare for our current messy data layers. If Bing is moving toward using the index as a source of facts rather than just links, we're going to have to clean up all these inconsistent schema blocks.found this here: https://ahrefs.com/blog/how-to-optimize-for-ai-search/
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> If your conversion rate jumped even 1%-how much more potential revenue would that mean for your business?
It's a bit too easy to brush off as marketing fluff without seeing any actual data on how they account for seasonal traffic shifts or sample size requirements during the testing phase.
more here: https://unbounce.com/conversion-rate-optimization/cro-strategy/
another generic CRO roadmap post
Saw this piece claiming we can just squeeze more value from existing traffic by fixing "conversion barriers" instead of buying ads.> If your conversion rate jumped even 1%-how much more potential revenue would that mean for your business?
It's a bit too easy to brush off as marketing fluff without seeing any actual data on how they account for seasonal traffic shifts or sample size requirements during the testing phase.
more here: https://unbounce.com/conversion-rate-optimization/cro-strategy/
R: 0 / I: 0
full read: https://seranking.com/blog/find-competitor-backlinks/
competitor backlink gaps are easy to miss
found this bit about using bing webmaster tools to cross-reference stuff we might've missed in our main checker. also saw some mention of automating the whole filtering and contact pull with one ai prompt via se ranking mcp. sounds a bit too good to be true for my plumber client though, usually those lists are such garbage that an automated prompt is just going to hand me more junk to clean up manually.full read: https://seranking.com/blog/find-competitor-backlinks/
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full read: https://dev.to/matsumoto/how-to-set-up-an-aws-nat-gatewaygive-ec2-instances-in-a-private-subnet-internet-access-4fj7
nat gateway routing is such a headache
idk why people keep naming subnets public or private like that actually matters when the route table is still pointing to an igw. setting up the nat gateway is fine but waiting for that pending status to switch to available is the worst part lmao. honestly just use a proxy if you want to avoid messing with all those 0.0.0.0/0 routes every time.full read: https://dev.to/matsumoto/how-to-set-up-an-aws-nat-gatewaygive-ec2-instances-in-a-private-subnet-internet-access-4fj7
R: 2 / I: 0
>The agent runs our cleanup skill and one-shots it nearly every time
That works because those are low-context, repetitive tasks. If you tried giving it a real logic error without enough context, it'd probably just hallucinate a fix and break something else. I can see it working for cleaning up old code, but the moment it touches anything more complex than a dead flag, we're going to be spending more time auditing its PRs than actually coding. It feels like manual oversight is still going to be the bottleneck here.
more here: https://linear.app/now/linear-agent-bug-fix
linear agent for bug triage
The idea of "self-driving SAAS" sounds great until you actually have to manage it. It's pretty interesting how they're using Datadog monitors to trigger the whole thing, but I'm skeptical about the scope. They've basically narrowed the entire use case down to just catching dead feature flags and fixing failing background tasks.>The agent runs our cleanup skill and one-shots it nearly every time
That works because those are low-context, repetitive tasks. If you tried giving it a real logic error without enough context, it'd probably just hallucinate a fix and break something else. I can see it working for cleaning up old code, but the moment it touches anything more complex than a dead flag, we're going to be spending more time auditing its PRs than actually coding. It feels like manual oversight is still going to be the bottleneck here.
more here: https://linear.app/now/linear-agent-bug-fix
R: 3 / I: 3
chrome devtools vs proxy logs for header issues
trying to debug why some headers are dropping on production is such a headache. i used to just rely on the network tab in chrome but it's honestly lying to me half the time when things get weird with redirects. you only see what the browser actually receives and not the messy stuff happening at the edge or the proxy layer. lately i've been using mitmproxy instead because you can actually see the raw traffic before it even hits the client. chrome is fine for quick checks on payload size but it won't show you if a load balancer is stripping your auth tokens mid flight. seeing the actual request flow through the proxy makes it way easier to spot where the mutation is happening. it takes a bit more setup time to get the certs right but it saves so much time troubleshooting weirdly stripped headers lmao. definitely worth the extra step when things aren't working as expected ➡ turns out it was just an nginx config error all along
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>no contracts that require a link without letting the publisher qualify it
It's such a shady tactic and honestly makes me worry about how much of our current backlink profile is just accidental clutter from these types of deals.
https://searchenginewatch.com/reciprocal-links-seo/
google's stance on link swaps
I was just reading about how agencies are trying to slip in exact anchor text for trades, which is basically link spam if you actually look at it. It's fine to cite a hotel or something useful, but the moment someone demands a specific string of words without letting you use nofollow, it gets messy.>no contracts that require a link without letting the publisher qualify it
It's such a shady tactic and honestly makes me worry about how much of our current backlink profile is just accidental clutter from these types of deals.
https://searchenginewatch.com/reciprocal-links-seo/
R: 0 / I: 0
>If your website already makes millions, even a small improvement can be worth a lot.
The math is pretty blunt when you factor in what we actually keep after shipping and product costs. If a 1.5% revenue bump is what it takes to break even on a $150,000 spend, we're playing a tight game. I don't think we can just look at GA4 numbers anymore and call it a win. We need to check in with the finance team to see what our actual margins are before suggesting more UI changes. It's a lot of extra legwork for a simple frontend tweak. **Probably just means more meetings
full read: https://www.invespcro.com/blog/is-cro-worth-the-investment/
calculating real roi for conversion testing
Been thinking about our current sprint tasks and just read something that makes me doubt our focus on small tweaks. It's easy to get obsessed with a 2% conversion rate without looking at the actual bottom line. If we're only moving the needle on a tiny fraction of revenue, the dev hours spent on A/B testing might not even cover the cost of the tools.>If your website already makes millions, even a small improvement can be worth a lot.
The math is pretty blunt when you factor in what we actually keep after shipping and product costs. If a 1.5% revenue bump is what it takes to break even on a $150,000 spend, we're playing a tight game. I don't think we can just look at GA4 numbers anymore and call it a win. We need to check in with the finance team to see what our actual margins are before suggesting more UI changes. It's a lot of extra legwork for a simple frontend tweak. **Probably just means more meetings
full read: https://www.invespcro.com/blog/is-cro-worth-the-investment/
R: 0 / I: 0 actually helpful total garbage since they miss everything contextual. i don't see how anyone trusts an ai output that doesn't even see the live interface properly. do you guys actually use nielsen's 10 heuristics for anything besides checking boxes?
article: https://ixdf.org/literature/article/expert-evaluation-identify-problems-before-you-recruit-users
heuristic evaluation isn't as easy as it looks
everyone thinks they can just use AI to run a heuristic check now but those generic critiques arearticle: https://ixdf.org/literature/article/expert-evaluation-identify-problems-before-you-recruit-users
R: 3 / I: 0
tapering shadows on lottie animations
tried to implement some smooth shadow transitions in a recent lottie export and it's just not working right. i used the standard blur settings but the edges look totally jagged when the animation scales up. honestly, it's like the engine refuses to interpolate the opacity of the shadow layer properly. i ended up having to manually keyframe every single frame for the gradient spread which is a nightmare for performance. the file size jumped from 200kb to nearly 1.5mb because of all those extra vectors. it's definitely not worth the trade-off if you're trying to keep the main thread clear. i'm seeing this mostly when using the web player on mobile browsers. it basically just turns into a blurry mess. does anyone actually use feathered shadows in production without breaking the frame rate?
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>delivering value without requiring clicks to other pages
it's basically just social media eating all your traffic so you don't even get the visit. i don't see how we're supposed to track any real conversion if nobody ever actually lands on the site. does anyone here actually use this for anything besides just posting snippets?
https://www.semrush.com/blog/zero-click-marketing/
serving value without any clicks
been seeing this zero-click stuff everywhere lately and it's honestly depressing.>delivering value without requiring clicks to other pages
it's basically just social media eating all your traffic so you don't even get the visit. i don't see how we're supposed to track any real conversion if nobody ever actually lands on the site. does anyone here actually use this for anything besides just posting snippets?
https://www.semrush.com/blog/zero-click-marketing/
R: 2 / I: 2
it's asimple tiny fix but saves the attribution from looking like complete garbage. unless you enjoy explaining why bounce rates are zero.
gtag session_start parameter fix
client's seeing double sessions because they're firing custom events before the default config loads. just move your session_start overrides into the initial config call so it doesn't overwrite the existing params mid-stream.gtag('config', 'G-XXXXXXXXXX', {'session_start': {'user_id': '12345'}});it's a