Sia Karamalegos

Web performance engineer who also ♥️ the indie web. Speaker, writer, teacher. Google Dev Expert in web technologies. Artist. she/her. Durham, NC, USA.

#webdev #webperf #jamstack #eleventy #11ty #IndieWeb

Website: https://sia.codes
Art portfolio site: https://sia.studio/
Art shop: https://shop.sia.studio/

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2026-07-17 16:02:14 GMT

A lot of you know me from my work in web dev. A couple of years ago, I realized I was good at getting things done, but not good at slowing down enough to really experience life. Painting became my way of changing that.
That idea turned into Tiny Observations, a monthly art mail club built around one small moment worth noticing.
If you'd like to follow or support my next chapter of my career, I'd love to have you as a subscriber.
Global but 1st edition limited to 25!
https://shop.sia.studio/products/tiny-observations

2026-07-14 15:09:56 GMT

June web performance data is now live on Theme Vitals - see how your Shopify theme and others performed. Overall Core Web Vitals performance is down, and Horizon is still stalled.
#webperf #Shopify
https://themevitals.com/newsletter/2026-07/

2026-06-09 14:40:11 GMT

May CrUX data is now live on the Shopify Theme Vitals dashboard - find the fastest Shopify themes
https://themevitals.com/newsletter/2026-06/
#Shopify #webperf

2026-05-13 16:42:36 GMT

The April web performance data for Shopify themes is now live - check out the newsletter with all updates and the site for the full data at:
https://themevitals.com/newsletter/2026-05/
#Shopify #webperf

2026-04-14 14:34:57 GMT

The March data for Shopify theme performance is now live - see how Horizon performs on Core Web Vitals and check out your own theme's performance:
https://themevitals.com/newsletter/2026-04/
#Shopify #webperf

2026-03-13 19:43:20 GMT

Both videos from the last #11ty meetup are now live
🫡
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJy3jyeGVYUoTh7eAmZ-N_SUag8---K_i

2026-03-12 20:23:33 GMT

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Thanks Ashur!! ❤️

2026-03-11 14:54:13 GMT

February data is now live on Theme Vitals - see how your favorite Shopify themes perform on Core Web Vitals and the latest updates on Horizon...
https://themevitals.com/newsletter/2026-03/
#Shopify #webperf

2026-03-11 14:47:03 GMT

Reminder:
The last 11ty Meetup is tomorrow! Join us for a talk about rapid prototyping with [@tylersticka](https://social.lol/@tylersticka ) then we'll have an AMA with @npub19vz…zmql about Build Awesome.
All details at https://11tymeetup.dev/
#11ty

2026-03-06 20:27:27 GMT

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♥️♥️♥️♥️

2026-03-06 19:40:12 GMT

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Thanks Ashur! It means a lot.

2026-03-06 19:36:24 GMT

11ty friends, I'm sad to announce that after nearly 5 years and 30 episodes, the 11ty Meetup is coming to an end. 🎈🐁
I've been contemplating this for a while and has nothing to do with Build Awesome. I need more time for my offline artistic pursuits.
It's been a fun ride - don't miss the last episode next week!
https://11tymeetup.dev/
Don't worry - the website and Youtube channel will stay up indefinitely so you won't lose access to the past episodes.
#11ty

2026-03-03 18:37:03 GMT

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sure if you want me to add it to the site just give me a title and description and any changes to you speaker info (just look for one of your old talks on the site to see current)

2026-02-20 18:33:03 GMT

Hey folks, the next 11ty meetup will be on March 12 with [@tylersticka](https://social.lol/@tylersticka ) helping us with rapid prototyping
https://11tymeetup.dev/
#11ty

2026-02-12 17:13:20 GMT

Theme Vitals' January data update is now live! See how Shopify themes perform on Core Web Vitals...
https://themevitals.com/newsletter/2026-02/
#Shopify #webperf
(Sorry for the delay - I was under the weather)

2026-02-05 17:52:49 GMT

The latest videos from the #11ty Meetup are now live!
cc [@stefan](https://social.lol/@stefan ) @npub1lyp…a5h0
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJy3jyeGVYUqFcklNxk9gCVBgt6VBRwsz

2026-02-04 14:51:42 GMT

Reminder - the 11ty meetup is today in about 3 hours! Join us live for access to the Q&A and general socialization https://11tymeetup.dev/
#11ty

2026-01-21 16:42:38 GMT

The next #11ty Meetup will be on 4 Feb at 1pm Eastern. In this episode, @npub1lyp…a5h0 shows us how 11ty helped him build a Laravel application, and [@stefan](https://social.lol/@stefan ) sets up guardrails for using LLMs with 11ty.
All info including add to calendar at https://11tymeetup.dev/

2026-01-14 13:28:44 GMT

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also that last part was the primary reason I didn't leave Goodreads. I like seeing what my friends liked and it's clunkier on Storygraph. Plus only a few are on SG

2026-01-14 13:27:53 GMT

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oh that average rating is from Storygraph so it's only of finished stuff. I like romantasy and there's a lot of terrible books in that genre because the publishers are trying to capitalize on it 😄

2026-01-13 21:06:47 GMT

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it depends on the reason I DNFed. If it was because of some bad writing or similar, then I might. If it was because it just wasn't for me or I wasn't in the right mindset, then no.
Also, you can only rate DNFs on Goodreads by changing it to "read" because they don't have a DNF option. I do this so I don't accidentally re-start a book I hated.
StoryGraph only allows an explanation for DNFs. I track on both because I like different features from each.

2026-01-13 20:45:30 GMT

I finally collated my favorite books that I read in 2025.
I finished reading 150 total books for 60,785 pages total with an average rating of 3.27. Life is too short to finish books you don't like - I DNF'ed 35 books.
Here are my favs:
https://bookshop.org/lists/2025-favorite-books-sia-s-books
#books

2026-01-13 18:13:16 GMT

December data is now live in Theme Vitals - see how Shopify themes perform for Core Web Vitals...
Also have a new feature this month! Percent of themes with improved overall CWV performance
https://themevitals.com/newsletter/2026-01/
#webperf #shopify
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2026-01-05 15:47:49 GMT

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Thanks Adam!

2026-01-05 15:47:33 GMT

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Thanks Nicolas!

2026-01-05 15:47:15 GMT

It's a new year and we need new ⁠#11ty Meetup talks and speakers!
Please, please take a second and think through what are some topics that get you excited about 11ty - the meetup doesn't happen without volunteer speakers!
Maybe this is the year you do your first meetup talk! We're a friendly bunch, and it's very low key. I can help mentor you if you're nervous about speaking.
You can DM me your talk ideas and/or questions, post them here, or fill out the CFP: https://11tymeetup.dev/cfp/

2025-12-21 17:36:15 GMT

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thanks Bob!

2025-12-21 17:36:08 GMT

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thanks Cory!

2025-12-21 16:42:20 GMT

I was honored to have my piece 'Tank Dancer' selected for the Durham Art Guild juried show which opened last night.
Tank Dancer is pastel, watercolor, and charcoal on paper. In this piece, I wanted to capture the way the dancer's movement and the material of her skirt interacted with the light around her as she danced. I used a mixture of watercolor, soft pastel, and charcoal applied using a combination of brushes and my fingers and hands.
18x24
#watercolor #pastel #mixedmedia #art
https://cdn.masto.host/frontendsocial/media_attachments/files/115/758/548/144/391/508/original/ef848c86a21fb98a.jpg
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2025-12-10 18:13:48 GMT

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I lied. Found another stash of art print post cards last night 😅
They are now all up!

2025-04-10 15:44:45 GMT

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Wondering what work I do for free?
- All blog posts, newsletters & most talks
- Building/maintaining ThemeVitals.com
- Organizing the Eleventy Meetup
- Co-organizing PerformanceObserver
- Organizing Durham Plein Air
- Building/maintaining ncartmeets.com
I love this work - help me keep doing it!

2025-04-10 15:44:26 GMT

Friends!
❤️ I love supporting our tech (& art) communities through community organizing as well as writing and speaking on tech topics.
HOWEVER, I'm a freelancer so I don't get paid 💸 to do any of this! I'm looking to get sponsors to help make this more sustainable.
Help me hit my goal!
🗓️ Monthly support is best but I'm also happy to have one-time donations!
Pick your preferred sponsorship provider...
https://github.com/sponsors/siakaramalegos
https://ko-fi.com/siacodes
https://www.patreon.com/SiaKaramalegos
🙏🥰

2025-03-19 14:26:53 GMT

11ty Meetup Reminder! Tomorrow we have @davidmoll.net and @zachleat.com giving us 2 short talks - for all the details and add to calendar links, check out https://11tymeetup.dev/
P.S. How do you like our new share image? 🎈
#11ty

2024-07-30 17:03:38 GMT

Updated #introduction!
👋 Hi folks, I'm a freelance web dev and web performance engineer.
On the #webdev side, I really love the #Jamstack, #eleventy, #11ty, and the #IndieWeb.
You can learn all about me on https://sia.codes. I write and speak about webdev and web perf.
I also love #LEGO, #boardgames, #gardening, and too many other hobbies to list.