Simon Hearne
Web Performance Consultant
Does the web feel faster?
Approximatley 50% faster!
Server-Sent Events for unidirectional data
More security, less performance
Massive route leak impacts major parts of the Internet, including Cloudflare
How Verizon and a BGP Optimizer Knocked Large Parts of the Internet Offline Today
We are almost at the limits of the network
But does it matter?
developers.google.com | Automating Content Selection with Client Hints
Get device and connection details in request headers!
Accept-CH: Downlink, RTT, Device-Memory, Save-Data
developers.google.com | Optimizing Content Efficiency with Client Hints
Coming soon:
AMP is temporary, the core platform should be the web
Malte Ubl, AMP Tech Lead. 2015
Available in Chrome 74
Desktop JavaScript is up 350% since 2011
Mobile JavaScript is up 650% since 2011
Desktop Image Bytes are up 330% since 2011
Mobile Image Bytes are up 1050% since 2011
Available in Chrome 76, polyfill with lazysizes.js
Available in Chrome 49+
Load video only on interaction. E.g. (HTML5):
<video preload="auto" />
<video preload="metadata" />
Content is the biggest factor we can control
We can deliver only what the user needs
Third-party content must be managed
simon@hearne.me
simonhearne.com/presentations/future-of-webperf/