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tammy, 7 days ago to UX

PERFORMANCE HERO • per-FAWR-muhns HEER-oh • A person who's made a huge contribution to the #webperf and #ux community, without whom the web would be a sadder, slower place.

Celebrating this month's @speedcurve Performance Hero, Estela Franco (@guaca)!

https://www.speedcurve.com/blog/web-performance-hero-estela-franco/

tammy, 1 month ago to UX

PERFORMANCE HERO • per-FAWR-muhns HEER-oh • noun • A person who has made a huge contribution to the #webperf and #ux community, without whom the web would be a sadder, slower place.

Celebrating our inaugural @speedcurve Performance Hero, @paulcalvano!

https://www.speedcurve.com/blog/web-performance-hero-paul-calvano/

#sitespeed #pagespeed #webperformance

tammy, 1 month ago to UX

I'm brainstorming topics for a brand-new #webperf / #ux conference talk. Tell me, folks... what burning questions/problems would you love to get answers for?

Bonus points for suggestions that are not about INP. 😉

tammy, 1 month ago to random

I can't remember the last time I read a novel in one sitting, but Prophet Song by Paul Lynch was impossible to put down. If any book should be made required reading in our current times, it's this one.

https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/prophet-song

tammy, 1 month ago to UX

I had such a great time chatting with @grigs on the @cloudfour podcast! Among other things, we demystified Interaction to Next Paint – including what it does and does not measure. (It's a great metric, but it's definitely not one-size-fits-all!)

https://cloudfour.com/thinks/demystifying-googles-recent-switch-to-inp/

#webperf #corewebvitals #ux #sitespeed #pagespeed

tammy, 1 month ago to UX

The best time to set up performance budgets was years ago. The next best time is today.

If you're not using budgets to fight page speed regressions, you're missing a vital tool in your #webperf / #ux toolkit. Here's everything you need to get started.

https://www.speedcurve.com/blog/performance-budgets/

#sitespeed #pagespeed #webperformance

tammy, 1 month ago to UX

Every year I revisit the topic of web performance budgets. Here's my updated guide, including:

✅ What are performance budgets?
✅ Why are they a crucial tool in fighting page speed regression?
✅ Best metrics to track
✅ Determining thresholds
✅ Pro tips

https://www.speedcurve.com/blog/performance-budgets/
#ux #pagespeed #corewebvitals #webperf #webperformance

tammy, 2 months ago to UX

"Putting up the appropriate guardrails to protect ourselves from regressions – then pairing that with a trail of breadcrumbs so that we can dive in and quickly identify what the source is when a regression occurs – are essential steps to ensure that when we make our sites fast, they stay that way."

Awesome post by @tkadlec, filled with high-level wisdom and ground-level best practices.

https://www.speedcurve.com/blog/continuous-web-performance/
#webperf #webperformance #ux #sitespeed #pagespeed

tammy, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

During the week, I do talks about web performance and user experience. On the weekends, I do talks about quilting. Either way, I always ALWAYS do talks with my hands.

tammy, 2 months ago to UX

Keeping your site fast is a crucial and endless game. Yet it's perilously easy to lose focus and suffer from regressions. In this excellent, detailed, best-practice-filled post, @tkadlec uses the analogy of guardrails (automated testing & alerts) and breadcrumbs (deployment tracking) to make performance more visible throughout the dev process.

https://www.speedcurve.com/blog/continuous-web-performance/

#webperf #webperformance #ux #sitespeed #pagespeed

tammy, 2 months ago to random

Giving this very official award to @nhoizey for his time and generosity in (1) reading articles and trying tools, and (2) letting us know about usability issues and typos! Thank you, Nicolas! We appreciate you!

tammy, 3 months ago to UX

More important INP insights from @cliff, including:

🔵 Only 2/3 mobile sites have "good" INP
🟢 Mobile INP = Android INP
🟡 Mobile INP has an even stronger correlation with bounce rate and conversions than desktop INP

https://www.speedcurve.com/blog/core-web-vitals-inp-mobile/

#corewebvitals #ux #webperf #sitespeed #pagespeed #webperformance

tammy, 4 months ago to UX

Performance budgets help with two of the biggest challenges you might face in your daily work life: too little time + too many people touching your pages.

After you set up #webperf budgets, you can relax knowing everything is fine until you get an alert. Problem solved!

https://www.speedcurve.com/blog/performance-budgets/ #ux #sitespeed

tammy, 4 months ago to random

I've been wishing I could work with @tkadlec pretty much since the day I met him more than ten years ago. Sometimes wishes come true, folks!

https://www.speedcurve.com/blog/building-future-performance/ #webperf #webperformance

tammy, 5 months ago to UX

My kids and I love LEGO, so I spend a lot of time on the LEGO site during the holidays. So I thought it would be fun to give the site a quick #webperf audit. Here's what I learned, along with some lessons you may want to apply to your own pages.

https://www.speedcurve.com/blog/web-performance-audit-lego/

#ux #webperformance #CoreWebVitals

tammy, 7 months ago to UX

Happy 10th birthday to @speedcurve!

It's amazing how the years have flown. Every day I marvel at my luck – working with a great team to build great tools to help great people like you!

I wrote this post to celebrate. I hope you find it useful!

https://www.speedcurve.com/blog/10-things/ #webperf #ux

tammy, 7 months ago to programming

Great article by Geoff Graham in @smashingmag. How to diagnose and fix third-party bottlenecks that slow down your pages and hurt your users' experience:

🔺 What is the "main thread"?
🔺 Spot long tasks & blocking #JS
🔺 Track #CoreWebVitals like INP & TBT
🔺 Optimize scripts

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2023/10/speedcurve-fight-main-thread/ #webperf #ux #webperformance #js #javascript

tammy, 7 months ago to UX

Thanks to all who came to my #p99conf talk about using performance budgets to fight regressions and stay fast! If you want to learn more, I created this guide. It covers:

🟡 How budgets work
🟢 Which metrics to track
🔵 How to determine thresholds
🟣 CI/CD integration

https://www.speedcurve.com/blog/performance-budgets/ #ux #webperformance #webperf

tammy, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Tomorrow (Oct 18) is day 1 of P99 CONF! I'm excited to learn from:

🟪 Zhen Li & Widya Salim about the impact of latency at Twitter
🟪 Gwen Shapira about high performance on a low budget
🟪 @TimVereecke about noise-cancelling RUM
🟪 More great talks than will fit in this space

#P99CONF is online & free! Get your pass: https://www.p99conf.io/ #webperf #webperformance

tammy, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

This past weekend:

🧙‍♀️ Paddled in my town’s annual Witches Float
🎭 Saw some amazing local theatre
🧵 Did some funky quilting with a cool gang of local quilters
💩 Learned that I can use bear poo (which currently is in plentiful supply in my yard) to fertilize my garden

Midlife in small towns is fun, y’all.

tammy, 7 months ago to random

"Why do I see different numbers for the same metrics in different tools?" I hear this a lot. You need to trust your tools and metrics. This explainer will help.

🟡 Synthetic vs RUM
🟡 Tool A vs Tool B
🟡 Lighthouse in different tools
🟡 RUM vs CrUX

https://support.speedcurve.com/docs/how-to-trust-your-metrics

#webperf #webperformance #lighthouse #crux

tammy, 7 months ago to UX

I had such a blast chatting with @tannerhodges on the @catchingup podcast! We talked about things like strapping EEG headsets onto people to learn how we perceive site slowdowns, and how to measure the impact of #webperf on #ux and business metrics. Enjoy!

https://catchingup.dev/podcasts/tammy-everts/

tammy, 8 months ago to random

Sometimes when the weight of the world feels heavy, I remind myself that I once baked the best pie in town.

tammy, 8 months ago to random

Only 50 tickets left! Get yours while you can: https://perfnow.nl/

tammy, 8 months ago to UX

Just finished recording my talk for #p99conf. I'm so happy to be sharing best practices and real-world tips about using performance budgets to fight regressions – and keep your users happy!

P99 runs Oct 18-19. It's online and it's FREE! Register: https://www.p99conf.io/ #webperf #ux #webperformance