From Request to DOMContentLoaded: The Mail.ru Homepage Case
summary
A case study of loading Mail.ru’s homepage from initial HTTP request to DOMContentLoaded, focusing on a high-performance C++ server integrated with the V8 JavaScript engine to run server-side JS and render templates (V8+Fest). It covers data storage and API design to eliminate extra network requests, and details network steps and optimizations (DNS lookup, SSL connect, response) that reduce page load time.
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