Example synthetic web performance monitoring dashboards using SpeedCurve
Custom dashboards and graphs are a really powerful feature of SpeedCurve. Here's a few examples of how we at GDS are using them for synthetic web performance monitoring.
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WebPageTest comparison URL generator
The best way to benchmark improvements using WebPageTest is by comparing results. Here's a tool to help you do that.
Improving perceived performance with the CSS `font-display` property
The `font-display` property is a great way to tweak the way your fonts load, especially useful as fonts have a large effect on the perceived performance of your website.
The impact of SSL certificate revocation on web performance
SSL certificate revocation is complex, but absolutely necessary. And your choice of what certificate to use for your site is important, and you should consider its impact on web performance when doing so too.
How to read a WebPageTest Connection View chart
There's more to WebPageTest than the Waterfall View. In this post I look at the the 'Connection View' and how it can be used to spot web performance issues.
HTTP/2 and Subresource Integrity don't always get on
Enabling HTTP/2 doesn't always lead to web performance gains. I believe I may have finally solved a mystery of why performance got worse in some cases.
Implementing Webmentions on this blog
I don't have any comment functionality on this blog, but I now have Webmentions available. Here's how I did it.
How to read a WebPageTest Waterfall View chart
WebPageTest waterfall charts are a very powerful web performance tool, but can sometimes be a little confusing. Maybe this post can change that.
Speeding up the web with the Save-Data header
The `Save-Data` allows users to choose a data optimised browsing experience (if you put in the work).
Lighthouse score of 100: not always for the better
Is a performance score of 100 in Lighthouse always for the better?