Daniel Mercer

Daniel Mercer

Oct 27

What 1,000 quote sessions taught us about what movers actually ask first

#webdev #data #product #ux

3 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 27

Why we keep every game page under 100KB of our own code

#html #webdev #performance #javascript

3 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 26

The moving-cost data nobody publishes, so we published ours

#webdev #data #product #seo

3 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 26

We stopped counting page views and started counting finished games

#webdev #javascript #indiedev #metrics

3 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 25

Geocoding 27,854 routes without a paid API

#webdev #data #python #automation

3 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 25

Why we stopped chasing app installs and doubled down on the browser

#webdev #javascript #html #indiedev

3 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 24

What moving-quote abandonment taught us about form design

#webdev #ux #product #javascript

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2 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 24

Testing 56,000 browser games on the devices players actually use

#webdev #testing #performance #javascript

2 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 23

Estimating moving costs across 47 states with one pricing model

#webdev #data #product #javascript

4 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 23

Fighting fake download buttons: how we keep a free games portal trustworthy

#javascript #webdev #security #ux

3 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 22

From Census CSV to 27,854 Live Pages: Our Data Pipeline

#webdev #data #python #automation

3 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 22

56,000 Game Pages, One VM: The Nginx and Caching Setup That Keeps It Alive

#webdev #performance #nginx #caching

3 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 21

What 12 months of moving-cost search data taught us about seasonality

#seo #data #webdev #product

2 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 21

How we serve 56,000 game pages without a CMS (and why WordPress buckled)

#webdev #performance #architecture #javascript

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2 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 20

Indexing 27,854 near-identical pages without tripping duplicate-content filters

#seo #webdev #nextjs

3 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 20

Automated QA for 56,000 browser games: how we catch broken embeds before players do

#webdev #javascript #testing #automation

3 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 19

Building a moving quote calculator that actually converts: 6 months of funnel lessons

#webdev #ux #product #javascript

2 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 19

How we generate thumbnails for 56,000 browser games without a render farm

#webdev #performance #javascript #images

3 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 18

Programmatic SEO at 27,854 pages: keeping every route page unique

#seo #webdev #nextjs #programming

2 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 18

What 56,000 browser games taught us about discovery

#webdev #product #ux #javascript

2 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 17

Estimating moving costs without an address form: building a privacy-first quote calculator

#webdev #privacy #product #javascript

2 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 17

Shipping a 56,000-game portal as a one-person operation: the stack that holds it together

#webdev #performance #indiedev #architecture

2 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 16

We rebuilt 27,854 pages and lost 81% of our traffic — a redirect postmortem

#seo #webdev #nextjs #postmortem

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2 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 16

How we keep 56,000 browser games playable on low-end devices

#webperf #javascript #html #performance

1

2 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 16

How we priced 27,854 moving routes using Census migration data

#webdev #datascience #seo

4 min read

Daniel Mercer

Oct 15

Running a 56,000-game browser portal: what breaks at scale (and what doesn't)

#webdev #javascript #seo #startup

2 min read

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What 1,000 quote sessions taught us about what movers actually ask first

Why we keep every game page under 100KB of our own code

The moving-cost data nobody publishes, so we published ours

We stopped counting page views and started counting finished games

Geocoding 27,854 routes without a paid API

Why we stopped chasing app installs and doubled down on the browser

What moving-quote abandonment taught us about form design

Testing 56,000 browser games on the devices players actually use

Estimating moving costs across 47 states with one pricing model

Fighting fake download buttons: how we keep a free games portal trustworthy

From Census CSV to 27,854 Live Pages: Our Data Pipeline

56,000 Game Pages, One VM: The Nginx and Caching Setup That Keeps It Alive

What 12 months of moving-cost search data taught us about seasonality

How we serve 56,000 game pages without a CMS (and why WordPress buckled)

Indexing 27,854 near-identical pages without tripping duplicate-content filters

Automated QA for 56,000 browser games: how we catch broken embeds before players do

Building a moving quote calculator that actually converts: 6 months of funnel lessons

How we generate thumbnails for 56,000 browser games without a render farm

Programmatic SEO at 27,854 pages: keeping every route page unique

What 56,000 browser games taught us about discovery

Estimating moving costs without an address form: building a privacy-first quote calculator

Shipping a 56,000-game portal as a one-person operation: the stack that holds it together

We rebuilt 27,854 pages and lost 81% of our traffic — a redirect postmortem

How we keep 56,000 browser games playable on low-end devices

How we priced 27,854 moving routes using Census migration data

Running a 56,000-game browser portal: what breaks at scale (and what doesn't)