Sia Karamalegos

Freelance web developer, international conference speaker, workshop instructor, and community organizer. I like to make the web fast.

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Upcoming Talks and Workshops

THE Eleventy Meetup

Online
23 Oct 2024 Automatically generating social share images using Cloudinary

Did you ever notice those social media share images that automatically pop up for a site and think to yourself, "wow, it would be really cool if I could get that set up for my blog"? In this talk, Sia will show you how she uses 11ty shortcodes and Cloudinary to generate unique share images for each page and blog post on her site. (Cloudinary has a free tier that's generous enough that most personal sites fit under.)

Connect.Tech

Atlanta, GA, USA
18 Nov 2024 Web performance workshop: hands-on tools and practices

Have you tried to make your website fast and only been rewarded with frustration? Do the tools of the trade intimidate you? In this workshop, you'll learn tried and true techniques for optimizing the Core Web Vitals. We'll cover how to interpret and use real user analytics to guide debugging strategies. Then, we'll dive into lab testing tools, giving you hands-on practice and guidance to improve your confidence to approach any web performance improvement project.

19 Nov 2024 It's time to ditch Lighthouse 100

Lighthouse 100 is a common goal for developers seeking to make their sites fast, but does this really center user experience? In this talk, I'll cover how to get a broader perspective on how real users are experiencing your website performance and better strategies for improving it.

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