
Performance and Perception
As Fast As It Feels
Real speed and perceived speed are the same thing. If it feels slow, it is slow.
Speed can be counted or it can be felt. The two do not always agree, and the gap between them decides whether players stay or leave. Here are notes on how numbers and experience meet.
Performance and Perception
Real speed and perceived speed are the same thing. If it feels slow, it is slow.
Performance and Perception
Waiting times are down by a third. You would not guess it from the numbers. That is the paradox at the heart of this story.
Performance and Perception
Passive observers are meant to watch, not slow the service. Trackers promise insight, but can often triple response times and leave players waiting.
Performance and Perception
SSR buys a fair beginning; the rest is still up to the app.
Performance and Perception
We’ve been serving everyone legacy code. Differential builds let us deliver near-native speed on modern devices, while still supporting older ones.
Performance and Perception
A manifesto for proactive loading in Angular and other SPAs and why lazy-loading isn't just lazy: it's late. The web deserves faster.