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Sideways, not upwards: Scaling frontend performance with k6 (and why hybrid wins)
Testing
Performance
Frontend

Sideways, not upwards: Scaling frontend performance with k6 (and why hybrid wins)

Raluca Chirila · 16 Dec 2025 · 10 min read
Write your own queries
backend
Performance

Write your own queries

Matteo Pietro Dazzi · 27 Mar 2025 · 7 min read
Four green blocks stacked up
Frontend
Performance

Top tips from Nearform’s website performance optimisation checklist

Paul Negrutiu · 23 Aug 2024 · 5 min read
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backend
Performance

Understanding memory management in JavaScript: Garbage collection and more

Siddharth Gelera · 22 Mar 2024 · 8 min read
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backend
Performance

Optimising Node.js applications: The impact of --max-semi-space-size on garbage collection efficiency

Alfonso Graziano, Vikas Bhandari · 8 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
How we reduced image bandwidth by 86% migrating our media library to Cloudinary
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backend
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design

How we reduced image bandwidth by 86% migrating our media library to Cloudinary

Grant Sander · 8 Feb 2023 · 9 min read
Data Visualizations and the Main Thread: A (Sometimes) Love Story
Frontend
Performance

Data Visualizations and the Main Thread: A (Sometimes) Love Story

Becca Bailey · 27 Oct 2021 · 6 min read
Jetpack: trace your way to faster and smaller Serverless packages
cloud
backend
Open Source
devops
Performance

Jetpack: trace your way to faster and smaller Serverless packages

Ryan Roemer · 2 Apr 2020 · 5 min read
Responsive Images: Improving performance by letting the browser do the work
Frontend
design
Performance

Responsive Images: Improving performance by letting the browser do the work

Cody Crozier · 8 Oct 2019 · 7 min read
Jetpack revisited: Even faster Serverless packaging and deploys
cloud
backend
Open Source
devops
Performance

Jetpack revisited: Even faster Serverless packaging and deploys

Ryan Roemer · 28 May 2019 · 3 min read
Real-World Performance Wins: an E-Commerce Case Study
Performance
Frontend

Real-World Performance Wins: an E-Commerce Case Study

Chris Bolin · 15 Jan 2019 · 6 min read
Finding and fixing duplicates in webpack with Inspectpack
Frontend
Open Source
Performance

Finding and fixing duplicates in webpack with Inspectpack

Ryan Roemer · 31 Oct 2018 · 16 min read
Introducing react-fast-compare
Frontend
Open Source
Performance

Introducing react-fast-compare

Chris Bolin · 7 May 2018 · 2 min read
Faster React SSR with Rapscallion
Frontend
Open Source
Performance

Faster React SSR with Rapscallion

Dale Bustad · 28 Feb 2017 · 7 min read
Introducing React Progressive Image
Frontend
Open Source
Performance

Introducing React Progressive Image

Brandon Dail · 3 Oct 2016 · 1 min read

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Agile changed the world. Now it's AI-native engineering’s turn
AI-Native Engineering

Agile changed the world. Now it's AI-native engineering’s turn

Jeremy Vianna · 16 Apr 2026 · 5 min read
The death of the ‘decision committee’: Moving to AI-native governance
AI Strategy & Leadership

The death of the ‘decision committee’: Moving to AI-native governance

Ciarán Cosgrave · 22 Apr 2026 · 4 min read