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Den Odell – Author. Staff Engineer at Canva.
Author · Staff Engineer at Canva. Engineering + Empathy.
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https://denodell.com/blog/escape-velocity-break-free-from-framework-gravity
Escape Velocity: Break Free from Framework Gravity — Den Odell
Nov 5, 2025 - After a decade of React dominance, it’s time to remember that frameworks run inside the web, not the other way around.
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https://denodell.com/blog/constraints-and-the-lost-art-of-optimization
Constraints and the Lost Art of Optimization — Den Odell
Feb 23, 2026 - How working within hard limits produced some of the most elegant software in history, and what we can learn from it.
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https://denodell.com/blog/html-best-kept-secret-output-tag
HTML’s Best Kept Secret: The output Tag — Den Odell
Oct 11, 2025 - Make your dynamic content accessible by default with the HTML tag that time forgot.
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https://denodell.com/blog
Journal — Den Odell
Author · Staff Engineer at Canva. Engineering + Empathy.
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https://denodell.com/blog/fast-by-default
Fast by Default — Den Odell
Feb 9, 2026 - You don’t need more performance heroes on your engineering team. Make the fast path the easy path.
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https://denodell.com/contact
Contact — Den Odell
Whether you’re reaching out about a collaboration, speaking engagement, or just want to chat about web performance and UI architecture—I’d love to hear from...
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https://denodell.com/blog/hacking-layout-before-css-existed
Hacking Layout Before CSS Even Existed — Den Odell
Jun 11, 2025 - The early web had no layout system. No CSS. So we improvised, slicing, stretching, and nesting our way to structure.
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https://denodell.com/blog/the-design-minded-engineer
The Design-Minded Engineer — Den Odell
Apr 28, 2026 - Designers have been complaining for decades that what ships doesn’t match what they designed. The fix isn’t better handoffs or AI tools. It’s engineers who can...
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https://denodell.com/blog/youre-looking-at-the-wrong-pretext-demo
You're Looking at the Wrong Pretext Demo — Den Odell
Mar 30, 2026 - Pretext went viral for its beautiful canvas demos. But the community is showcasing the wrong feature.
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https://www.manning.com/books/performance-engineering-in-practice
Performance Engineering in Practice - Den Odell
You can prevent most software performance problems if you recognize their predictable patterns. Performance Engineering in Practice introduces author Den...
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https://denodell.com/blog/we-keep-reinventing-css
We Keep Reinventing CSS, but Styling Was Never the Problem — Den Odell
Aug 6, 2025 - We keep changing how we style the web, but the real problem isn’t CSS. It’s how we build around it.
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