Dave Archer

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[Dave Archer @furybyname]

@TimVereecke If argue visitors with a "good" lcp don't care care about that either. Unfortunately it's a very broadly researched number and won't make sense for all sites

[Dave Archer @furybyname]

Thinking about building something a bit special in terms of user experience monitoring. Take a look here: https://t.co/WruNLwDJh9

If you like what you see, please do add your email to help give an idea of its usefulness. Also, sharing is caring, so please share!

[Dave Archer @furybyname]

@obeattie Unit tests as a regression guard fail when we refactor at a higher "unit". Subtleties and edge cases in the now-deleted code and corresponding tests are lost immediately. That's a long way of saying I agree

[Dave Archer @furybyname]

@hankgreen What is this? A galaxy for ants??!

[Dave Archer @furybyname]

@Steve8708 I don't think it's precisely codebase size that matters, but to be pedantic it's more functionality being added. Poor organisation of execution, network calls, redraws etc. The browsers and networks do what they do pretty well. We do the silly things

[Dave Archer @furybyname]

@Steve8708 @____lighthouse I'm biased here, but I'd argue that a RUM solution is better for tracking. Don't get me wrong, lighthouse is amazing, but it runs under controlled conditions. Good for a snapshot check and build pipelines (which RUM can't do obvs)

[Dave Archer @furybyname]

@TimVereecke @__treo Point 2 is almost good enough on its own. As for "proof", I've been building a thing to try to do just that https://t.co/tPFt6HV0uk
(actually wanted to dm first, not trying to advertise, but I do think it is genuinely important)

[Perf Bytes Matter @BytesPerf]

Controversial? Purely in terms of #webperf (i.e cost per MB aside), page WEIGHT doesn't matter, but page WAIT does. Weight optimisations aren't always (very) effective because of browser optimisations. Subtle shift to focus on WAIT means a focus on user

[Dave Archer @furybyname]

@alecmce @EmmaBostian Aw cmon. You just fell back on good old “it depends”.

[Dave Archer @furybyname]

@alecmce @EmmaBostian And I just got the dance off reference 🤣

[Dave Archer @furybyname]

@RaoDaoZao @sarahjane_hale And when will it be ready

[Dave Archer @furybyname]

@TheRealNooshu Gonna use this opportunity to plug my offering that would have given you the exact reason https://t.co/BIe03AUtbH

[Dave Archer @furybyname]

@harrisongilmore @BytesPerf your social reach just doubled the vote count

[Perf Bytes Matter @BytesPerf]

Product Hunt launch day yay!
BytesMatter: Web monitoring and analytics through the eyes of your users https://t.co/hCvLrfNkyh

[Dave Archer @furybyname]

@TheRealNooshu Wouldn’t it be the simplest explanation: batch job running?

[Dave Archer @furybyname]

@harrisongilmore @ilanamunckton Always Dave

[Perf Bytes Matter @BytesPerf]

Hope this can help others. We ran into an issue where Nock wasn't recording all requests as expected. "You'll never guess what solution came next"! https://t.co/tYHHYlzELg #SoftwareTesting

[Dave Archer @furybyname]

"My website is so fast I had spare time to make this!" https://t.co/WORem4qWQS 🤣🤣