What I learned in my first three years as a freelancer
Pricing, saying no, and why my calendar has more empty space than ever.
My old portfolio was a single-page React app. It looked fine and loaded slowly. The rebuild took a weekend.
Ship less JavaScript
Astro renders everything to HTML by default. Only the project filter needs JavaScript.
Images do the heavy lifting
Responsive images and modern formats cut the page weight by 70%.
The fastest code is the code you never send.
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Ezra Hollis
Independent product designer and developer in Lisbon. Writes about design, code and freelancing.
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