Alex Kras

Please Make Google AMP Optional

I was reading some articles on Hacker News about how we’ve lost the internet to big companies and how we are not doing anything about it and it got me thinking about Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages…

I decided to disable AMP on my site

I have a long history with Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) project, but yesterday I drew the final straw. I was on Twitter (in Safari on iPhone 6) and I noticed that somebody linked to my site…

Google May Be Stealing Mobile Traffic

Update 10/17/2016 6:30pm: You can read a response from the tech lead of the AMP Project for Google, in the comment area. Update 11/01/2016 10:40pm: After learning more about AMP, it became clear that…

JavaScript Fatigue or My History with Web Development

I’ve only been a full time web developer for the past 5 years. It’s barely enough time to start calling myself a “senior” Software Engineer. In that short period of time the web technology stack has…

One Year Without AMP

A bit over a year ago I decided to disable Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) Project on this site. I have a long history with AMP and at some point I was one of it’s main critics. I’ve since accepted…

Reverse Engineering One Line of JavaScript