The false dichotomy of finders versus fixers
summary
Argues that finding and fixing are not separate and shows a concrete path to connect them: Akamai’s April acquisition of SOASTA combines monitoring data with Resource Timing API traces, analytics and machine learning to detect critical resources and dependency order, then uses adaptive acceleration to apply preconnect resource hints, push predicted assets from the edge, and leverage Server-Timing signals. The pipeline automates optimizations and reports faster start-render and measurably improved user experience.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:37LifeLock commercial
- 1:07Finders
- 2:01fixers
- 2:38vendors
- 3:10Akamai Sosa
- 3:30W3C Performance
- 3:59Adaptive Acceleration
- 4:52Outro
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