About
I’m Justin Avery. I build things for the web, and I’ve been writing about it here since 2008.
Most of my paid work happens through Simple Things, the business I consult through. For the last few years that has meant a lot of Web3: advising projects on security, performance, DevOps and their long-term health.
Before that I spent years deep in responsive web design. I started Responsive Design Weekly in 2012, and built Am I Responsive in 2013 to make the newsletter’s weekly screenshot faster. It went on to win Net Magazine’s Side Project of the Year.
On the side I run Back Pocket, a small pocket notebook business, and I have far too many side projects. The ones worth showing are on the work page.
This site is where I point people when they ask what I make. The archive goes back eighteen years, so some of it has aged; the link log is everything I thought was worth keeping along the way.