Slowing Down To Go Faster
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Responsive projects take about three times longer to build at BBC News yet over 50% of traffic is mobile so tooling is essential Grunt automates minification, cache busting and versioning with a build number while avoiding squid cache issues A technique called cutting the mustard serves a fast core and an enhanced layer to improve time to glass and reduce bounce An open source imager plugin generates multiple image sizes and selects the best one automatically and Rafe visually compares pages across many viewports to catch regressions fast
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