Peter Mekhaeil

Developer with a passion for making the web faster. I teach about web development using the latest technologies.

Learn about the web

Proxying Ackee through Netlify

Ackee is an open-source analytics tool that can be self-hosted on your own server. Learn how to use Netlify Redirects to proxy requests to your Ackee server.
Read more
3 benefits interviews bring you

Not only do interviews open doors to new opportunities, they also help you sharpen your skills with new learnings. Interviews keep your career moving forward and I will share some learnings from experience.
Read more
Measuring the performance of the McLaren Racing website

We look at the McLaren Racing website and highlight improvements that will speed up their web performance. We will use tools like PageSpeed Insights and WebPageTest to share techniques on improving page speed.
Read more
How to build an app with Remix and Netlify Graph

Learn how to build an app using Remix that connects with third-party APIs using Netlify Graph. We will fetch data from GitHub and use React JSX to build the UI.
Read more
How I landed my first job as a software engineer

Landing your first engineering job is tough. I share my experience and the lesson I learnt that has helped throughout my career.
Read more
Jamstack vs Traditional Web

Learn about what is Jamstack and how it compares to a traditional website. We go through the steps involved in building one, the components that make up a Jamstack site and its advantages and limitations.
Read more
How to get started with improving site performance

With so many techniques on improving site performance - how does one start learning about site performance and what are the first steps? Learn about the tools like Google Lighthouse, PageSpeed Insights and WebPageTest.
Read more
Page Speed Comparison of Singapore Commerce

Performance comparison of Singapore E-commerce stores. We look at how the sites perform and the areas of improvement that can speed up their web performance. We will use Chrome UX Report to measure the Core Web Vitals of each store and how they compare against each other.
Read more
Data Fetching in Next.js

Next.js offers different methods to fetch data for your page content - choosing the right approach for your application will allow you to benefit from the performant advantages that Next.js provides.
Read more
Improving Shopify page performance using Next.js

Learn about how Shopify-enabled online stores can improve their web page speed performance by moving across to Next.js. We will use Core Web Vitals to measure the performance that Next.js provides out of the box.
Read more
Notes - The Coding Career Handbook

Notes from The Coding Career Handbook - Learning in Public by Shawn Wang.
Read more
Page Speed Performance of Formula 1 Websites

Performance report using PageSpeed Insights and Chrome User Experience Report to showcase which Formula 1 team has the fastest web performance.
Read more
Using FaunaDB and Netlify Functions for Analytics

Build an API that will allow you to track page hits using FaunaDB and Netlify functions.
Read more
Adding Dark Mode to your Tailwind CSS website

How to add Dark Mode to your Tailwind CSS website.
Read more
What I have learnt as an engineering manager

A collection of learnings from my adventures as an engineering manager.
Read more
Be strong like your code

Staying fit and active is important to our well-being and I'd like to remind us to take care of ourselves while we code away.
Read more
Modernising an Enterprise Front End Stack

Almost any large enterprise struggles to keep their front-end code maintainable — and so did we! CSS and Javascript code bases grow large and unwieldy quite easily. With our component library, we were able to overcome these challenges.
Read more