GTMetrix was great when it was free, but paying for synthetic tests doesn’t make sense anymore. This post breaks down better alternatives that combine Synthetic Testing, Real User Monitoring (RUM), and Google’s CrUX data to give you a full picture of your website’s performance—so you can fix what actually matters.
Learn how to optimize website images for faster load times, better SEO, and improved Core Web Vitals. This guide covers choosing the right format, compression, lazy loading, responsive images, and caching strategies.
If you’ve noticed your website feeling sluggish or unresponsive—especially during animations—you might be running into Long Animation Frames (LoAFs). LoAFs happen when a browser takes longer than 50 milliseconds to render an animation frame, leading to a janky experience that can frustrate users.
Recorded live from Speyside Scotland, right after NDC London 2023 and PubConf. Thoughts on the conference, web application security, and then getting back to Request Metrics with more work on the Analytics side of the product.
The first of (hopefully) a new series of video updates about the web, observability, and my businesses. I had to shut down my Revue-based newsletter, which was honestly difficult to keep up with because writing is hard. Video is way more fun!