https://monkeyloader.com/ No-nonsense tools and tutorials for UK developers en Sun, 08 Nov 2026 14:51:31 GMT https://monkeyloader.com/postcode-driven-config-loader-uk/ https://monkeyloader.com/postcode-driven-config-loader-uk/ Deposit schemes, council tax rules, recycling calendars and opening hours all change at the border. This walkthrough builds a small loader that resolves a postcode area, pulls only the relevant config bundle, caches it hard at the edge and degrades sensibly when the lookup is down. MonkeyLoader Performance Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:21:25 GMT https://monkeyloader.com/edge-cases-legacy-bundle-ie-mode-loader/ https://monkeyloader.com/edge-cases-legacy-bundle-ie-mode-loader/ IE mode lives on in UK councils, NHS trusts and housing associations, and most build pipelines either ignore it or make every visitor pay for it. Here is a small, instrumented loader that keeps modern browsers on the fast path and gives you the numbers to retire the fallback with evidence. MonkeyLoader Infrastructure Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:21:25 GMT https://monkeyloader.com/wrapper-pin-kill-switch-extending-vendor-loaders/ https://monkeyloader.com/wrapper-pin-kill-switch-extending-vendor-loaders/ You cannot change the vendor's loader, but you can stop it from owning your page. A practical, slightly opinionated guide to proxy loaders, feature detection, version pinning and kill switches, with a UK procurement brain on the side. MonkeyLoader Infrastructure Sun, 08 Nov 2026 09:21:10 GMT https://monkeyloader.com/peak-season-two-pairs-hands-loader-checklist-uk-retail/ https://monkeyloader.com/peak-season-two-pairs-hands-loader-checklist-uk-retail/ Black Friday does not need a war room, but it does need a plan that survives a tired developer at 7am. This is the pre-flight checklist for a two-person UK retail team: cut the critical path, park the widgets, and rehearse the rollback before the traffic arrives. MonkeyLoader Performance Sun, 08 Nov 2026 09:21:10 GMT https://monkeyloader.com/cron-clocks-missing-hour-scheduling-loaders-bst-gmt/ https://monkeyloader.com/cron-clocks-missing-hour-scheduling-loaders-bst-gmt/ Daylight-saving transitions break naive cron jobs twice a year. Here is how to resolve UK wall-clock schedules safely, test the awkward Sundays, and keep background loaders predictable in both BST and GMT. MonkeyLoader Performance Sun, 08 Nov 2026 05:25:08 GMT https://monkeyloader.com/long-weekend-release-drill-bank-holiday-load-test/ https://monkeyloader.com/long-weekend-release-drill-bank-holiday-load-test/ A bank holiday weekend is a load test with a skeleton crew. Here is how to warm caches, rehearse traffic, freeze deployments and build a rollback plan that makes Monday morning dull rather than dramatic. MonkeyLoader Infrastructure Sun, 08 Nov 2026 05:25:08 GMT https://monkeyloader.com/forty-lines-consent-aware-script-loader/ https://monkeyloader.com/forty-lines-consent-aware-script-loader/ Tag managers are convenient right up until you open the network tab. Here's the small, boring replacement we built for a UK marketing site: a sub-2 KB loader that handles ordering, consent gating and failure isolation — plus the performance budget that proved the swap was worth it. MonkeyLoader Infrastructure Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:24:18 GMT https://monkeyloader.com/two-second-illusion-council-pages-feel-quick-wobbly-connection/ https://monkeyloader.com/two-second-illusion-council-pages-feel-quick-wobbly-connection/ A rotating circle tells a resident that something is happening. It doesn't tell them what, how long, or whether to keep waiting. Here's a practical playbook for perceived performance on UK public-sector sites — skeleton screens, honest progress, accessible status messages and cheap tests a two-person team can actually run. MonkeyLoader Performance Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:24:18 GMT https://monkeyloader.com/route-level-code-splitting-uk-saas-2026/ https://monkeyloader.com/route-level-code-splitting-uk-saas-2026/ You do not need to adopt a new meta-framework to get faster first loads. Here is the route-level splitting playbook we used on a small Bristol-built SaaS, including the loading states, the stale-chunk problem nobody warns you about, and the numbers we saw on Core Web Vitals afterwards. MonkeyLoader Performance Sat, 07 Nov 2026 21:28:09 GMT https://monkeyloader.com/self-hosted-feature-flags-uk-gdpr-2026/ https://monkeyloader.com/self-hosted-feature-flags-uk-gdpr-2026/ Per-seat flag platforms are lovely until the invoice arrives and you notice you are shipping user identifiers to a US processor to decide whether a button is blue. A practical, slightly opinionated look at building a small self-hosted flag service with proper kill switches and UK GDPR-friendly defaults. MonkeyLoader Infrastructure Sat, 07 Nov 2026 21:28:09 GMT