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I'm Michael Durfey, a Software Engineer passionate about improving the quality and speed of the web.

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PPhotography

07/01/20211 Min Read — In Life

Covid and shelter in place has given me a lot of time for some of my hobbies like photography. I've also learned a lot of things, like how to put a mask on with one hand or how to edit photos using…

BBuilding Side Projects

07/12/202011 Min Read — In Code

I recently spent some time building a website called kitten pop. Check out the site here: kittenpop.net . Building this game was really enjoyable. It involved not only engineering and product, but…

SSearch Engine Optimization

01/26/20205 Min Read — In Code

SEO SEO refers to organic methods to improve your website's search engine performance and visibility. SEM (Search Engine Marketing) refers to paid methods to improve visibility in search engine…

WWeb Application Performance Optimization

01/12/20206 Min Read — In Code

There are countless case studies which have shown that improving time to interactive and the speed of your site is one of the best ways to increase and retain the number of users. A couple great…

RResolving modules dynamically with Webpack

02/17/20192 Min Read — In Code

One of the great advantage of using Webpack is the ability to load modules asynchronously and on the fly. This comes in handy when, based on a dynamic property from our client, we want to load a…

FFirst post!

01/05/20181 Min Read — In Life

How cool! More cool stuff coming soon!