https://pixelandoak-nova.pages.dev/ Nova is the journal of Pixel & Oak, a studio that builds fast, SEO-ready websites. Essays on performance, static sites, design and the craft of the web. en-us Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://pixelandoak-nova.pages.dev/articles/website-under-one-second/ https://pixelandoak-nova.pages.dev/articles/website-under-one-second/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Speed isn't a technical vanity metric — it's the quietest, most reliable salesperson you have. Here's the business case for the one-second website, and how to actually get there. performance business https://pixelandoak-nova.pages.dev/articles/core-web-vitals-2026/ https://pixelandoak-nova.pages.dev/articles/core-web-vitals-2026/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT LCP, INP and CLS without the jargon: what each metric actually measures, the thresholds that matter, and the handful of fixes that move the needle on real sites. performance seo https://pixelandoak-nova.pages.dev/articles/static-first-nextjs-export/ https://pixelandoak-nova.pages.dev/articles/static-first-nextjs-export/ Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Servers are a liability you rent by the month. For most content sites, `output: 'export'` turns Next.js into a build tool that emits the fastest, cheapest, most boring artifact on the web: files. nextjs engineering https://pixelandoak-nova.pages.dev/articles/dark-mode-not-an-afterthought/ https://pixelandoak-nova.pages.dev/articles/dark-mode-not-an-afterthought/ Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Inverting colors is easy; designing a second theme is not. Notes on palettes, elevation, the flash-of-wrong-theme bug, and treating dark mode as a first-class design target. design css https://pixelandoak-nova.pages.dev/articles/ten-tailwind-patterns/ https://pixelandoak-nova.pages.dev/articles/ten-tailwind-patterns/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT The small, repeatable Tailwind moves — stretched links, ring borders, divide lists, group hovers — that quietly do most of the work in a polished interface. tailwind css