Site Development Workflow: Keep it in Code – Pretty comprehensive Drupal development workflow.

On jQuery & Large Applications – "We have to make clear that, in fact, jQuery is but a hammer. When it comes to building these intensively client-side applications, we’re talking about building skyscrapers, for god’s sake. The problems solved by a hammer are the least of our concerns."

Closure Compiler Service – Web version of Google's optimization tool. And an API.

getFavicon – Service to retrieve favicons on the fly. Google has a version too, but this looks promising.

Don’t Get Fireballed – Discussion of WordPress caching/optimization options (specifically Super Cache).

CSS Media Query for Mobile is Fool’s Gold – Some things to think about when developing a mobile site plan.

Mobile Web Optimization Guide – Pretty comprehensive. Nice.

Git from the bottom up – Explains the underpinnings of Git instead of high-level commands.

Creating Triangle Arrows in pure CSS – Helpful trick.

16 Vital Checks Before Releasing a WordPress Theme – Helpful reference.

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