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Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache

Smashing Magazine

Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache. Performance Game Changer: Browser Back/Forward Cache. With that caveat out of the way, let’s get to the guts of the article: What is the Back/Forward Cache and why does it matter so much? Didn’t The HTTP Cache Do All That Anyway? Barry Pollard.

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Learnings From a WebPageTest Session on CSS-Tricks

CSS - Tricks

I got together with Tim Kadlec from over at WebPageTest the other day to use do a bit of performance testing on CSS-Tricks. Essentially use the tool, poke around, and identify performance pain points to work on. Especially as it affects cached page loads too. See this article about CLS and WebPageTest.

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Core Web Vital Tooling

CSS - Tricks

When I first got into caring about performance, it was all: reduce requests! cache things! And while those are all very related to web performance, they are abstractly related. Actual web performance to users are things like how long did I have to wait to see the content on the page? Make stuff smaller!

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A Guide To Image Optimization On Jamstack Sites

Smashing Magazine

This article is sponsored by Storyblok. Webpage performance test report for the Smashing Magazine website. The Relation Between Images And Web Performance. Cache Your Images. A Guide To Image Optimization On Jamstack Sites. A Guide To Image Optimization On Jamstack Sites. Alba Silvente. 2022-11-17T10:00:00+00:00.

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How Google PageSpeed Works: Improve Your Score and Search Engine Ranking

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This article is from my friend Ben who runs Calibre , a tool for monitoring the performance of websites. In this article, we uncover how PageSpeed calculates it’s critical speed score. Cache-Headers missing? How Lighthouse calculates the Performance Score. After that, it’ll be mitigated by cache.

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Average Page Load Time in 2021

MachMetrics

High-performing fast sites attract and preserve users better than low-performing ones. In this article, we will particularly look at the average page load time in 2021 and importance of web vitals. When you have a fast server it doesn’t mean your site will automatically do better in terms of performance. Enable caching.

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Make Jamstack Slow? Challenge Accepted.

CSS - Tricks

It’s the sort of thing where, if we make it, then perhaps we can gain a better understanding of what affects Jamstack performance and how to avoid bottlenecks. We will use continuous performance testing and Google Lighthouse to audit every change. This will highlight the importance of testing every code change.

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