I'm not sure if Adobe is in a position to be giving advice on web design, especially when they seem to ignore their own advice. One of their Don'ts is to avoid

I'm not sure if Adobe is in a position to be giving advice on web design, especially when they seem to ignore their own advice. One of their Don'ts is to avoid generic photos of people, yet the same post has a generic photo of a guy using a computer. That adds absolutely no value and just makes for a heavier payload. Not every blog post needs to have a big stupid header image. Stop pulling that manipulative crap. "Don’t show automatic pop-ups too early" should be "Don’t show automatic pop-ups". They're always annoying. If you want to get users to sign up to your newsletter or whatever, you can just provide a link at the end. This is something that this blog got right. "Don’t use too many typefaces" should be "Don't use custom typefaces". Your website is not special. There's certainly exceptions to this, but in general I'd say it's better to completely avoid custom typefaces. This also has the added benefit of allowing your site to load faster. Not gonna go over each individual point. But one extra criticism of the blog itself: holy crap, why is there this stupid fixation of having a huge fixed header that scrolls along with you? That header is gigantic and serves no purpose, as I can scroll to the top just fine. Another point: your blog has absolutely terrible accessibility. I can't navigate it with my keyboard. You specifically removed outlines on focused links, effectively killing keyboard navigation. This is literally prioritizing the designer's fantasies over the user's needs.