Tom Hughes-Croucher interviewed at Velocity 2010
summary
A practical diagram of how HTTP DNS browsers hardware and home Wi‑Fi interact leads to concrete fixes: turn on Gzipping (a five‑minute win still missing on many top sites), use YSlow and PageSpeed to score against Yahoo’s 14 rules, and add an automated build that minifies assets and moves scripts to the bottom. Yahoo turns scores into executive dashboards so teams hit performance grades; automation plus continuous integration makes the improvements repeatable and measurable.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Mapping the internet
- 2:25Basic performance guidelines
- 4:09Systematizing performance
- 6:33Automating best practices
- 8:33Performance as a business goal
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