Discusses the importance and adoption of the Save-Data HTTP header for reducing web page weight, with real-world usage statistics.
Discusses Chrome's new native lazy loading for images, its current limitations, and why developers should be cautious about adopting it immediately.
Analyzes the critical impact of website speed on user engagement and revenue for both subscription-based and ad-driven online publishers.
Discusses the problem of web bloat caused by advertising and the rise of ad blockers, questioning Google's recent moves against them.
Explores key traits of a strong web performance culture in tech organizations, based on industry experience and Google I/O insights.
A guide to creating and enforcing performance budgets using Lighthouse, including setting metrics and automating tests via a budget.json file.
The author details the release of version 8 of their personal website, highlighting a switch from WordPress to the static site generator Eleventy.
Explains Google Chrome's new Lite Pages feature, its relation to Data Saver, and how it optimizes web pages on slow connections, including HTTPS.
A guide to creating effective performance budgets for web development, focusing on concrete metrics and team integration.
Explores the ethical implications of poor web performance, arguing it creates digital exclusion for users with low-end devices or slow connections.
A web developer critiques Google's dominant influence on the web, discussing the pros and cons of its initiatives like performance ranking and AMP.
Explains the First Input Delay (FID) web performance metric, its causes, and its importance for user experience.
A guide to implementing Brotli compression in a Nuxt.js 2 application, including setup steps and compatibility considerations.
Explains Chrome's NOSCRIPT intervention, which disables JavaScript on slow networks, and details how to test its behavior.
A critique of modern web bloat and a case for conservative web development principles like minimal JavaScript and optimized assets.
Explores the unintended negative consequences of HTTPS on local caching servers in low-bandwidth, high-latency environments like Uganda.
How to create a custom polyfill endpoint using polyfill-service to serve only necessary polyfills, improving performance and reducing bundle size.
Explains why focusing on median or average performance metrics is misleading and advocates for analyzing the long-tail of data to improve user experience.
A summary of key talks from Day 2 of the Delta V Conference, focusing on web performance metrics and Progressive Web Apps (PWAs).
Highlights from Day 1 of the Delta V conference, covering web performance strategies, metrics, and team structures from Pinterest and other tech talks.
