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The eight things you decide in code that determine whether Google can index your site. No marketing: crawling, canonicals, structured data and what breaks silently.
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Writing down what maintaining the directory teaches us
Reviewing 115 services one by one turns up things the pricing page never says. They are written down here, so they save you an afternoon.
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A free stack to launch a project
The six pieces any web project needs to reach the internet — hosting, database, authentication, email, analytics and error tracking — and what to check in each one's free plan.
Free-tier databases: what to check first
Choosing a free database is not about comparing gigabytes. It is about inactivity pauses, project counts, concurrent connections and how you get your data out the day you want to leave.
The free-plan limits nobody reads
A free plan rarely fails because of the number printed in large type. It fails on the limit next to it: retention, projects, collaborators or commercial use. The seven worth checking before you build on top.
How to save and restore tab sessions
A step-by-step guide to saving a group of tabs and reopening it whole, in the same browser or a different one. With what each browser does out of the box and where it falls short.
Too many tabs open: how to sort them out
Forty open tabs is not untidiness — it is working memory stored badly. Why they pile up, what they actually cost, and a method for emptying the browser without losing anything.
What a tab manager is and what it is for
A tab manager saves whole groups of tabs and reopens them when you need them. What it actually does, how it differs from bookmarks, and when you start needing one.
The directory is the other half of this
115 services with a genuinely free plan, each one with its limits spelled out. No sign-up needed to start looking.