By Harry Roberts
Harry Roberts is an independent consultant web performance engineer. He helps companies of all shapes and sizes find and fix site speed issues.
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You’ve probably already seen the tweets and the blog posts about—and hopefully already bought and read—the new Smashing Book, but I’m really pleased about it, so I want to add my own to the list.
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Earlier this year I was contacted by Vitaly and asked if I’d like to contribute a chapter to Smashing Magazine’s latest book, The Smashing Book 4: New Perspectives On Web Design. I’d never been in print before (not properly, anyway), so I leapt at the chance.
My chapter, somewhat unsurprisingly, covers CSS and front-end architecture, and new, pragmatic, and modern approaches to writing and scaling CSS for today’s Web. It’s the first chapter in a book crammed with stellar insights from people far cleverer than I. I feel honoured to be a part of it.
It’s a big ol’ book—just shy of 500 pages—full of practical insights from some really, really great authors, and—at less than $50—is a total bargain!
Harry Roberts is an independent consultant web performance engineer. He helps companies of all shapes and sizes find and fix site speed issues.
Hi there, I’m Harry Roberts. I am an award-winning Consultant Web Performance Engineer, designer, developer, writer, and speaker from the UK. I write, Tweet, speak, and share code about measuring and improving site-speed. You should hire me.


I help teams achieve class-leading web performance, providing consultancy, guidance, and hands-on expertise.
I specialise in tackling complex, large-scale projects where speed, scalability, and reliability are critical to success.