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Cliff Crocker

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I’m here for the RUM, WebPerf and dad jokes.

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Ryan Townsend @twnsnd.com · 28/09/2026
So happy to share mine & @nicj.net's first @cloudflare.social blog post—during our 16th Birthday Week no less! 🥳 Today we announce BEACON, a #webperf research dataset we're contributing to the @rumarchive.com community. blog.cloudflare.com/how-fast-is-...
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How fast is the web? Explore billions of real-user measurements with BEACON
Cloudflare is open-sourcing the BEACON dataset, making billions of anonymized Real User Monitoring (RUM) performance records publicly available on Google BigQuery.
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Nic Jansma @nicj.net · 15/09/2026
W3C RUM Community Group (RUMCG) 2026-09-09 meeting minutes + recording are now available: w3c-cg.github.io/rum/meetings/
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W3C Real User Monitoring Community Group (RUMCG)
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Ryan Townsend @twnsnd.com · 03/09/2026
Can 2027 be the year we finally get all the Core Web Vitals in all browsers? 🙏 Work your magic folks: github.com/web-platform... #webperf
Bernie Sanders meme captioned “I am one again asking for CLS”
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Cliff Crocker @cliffcrocker.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Nice addition for anyone using SpeedCurve RUM or LUX.js!
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Joan León @nucliweb.net · 11/08/2026
In my audits, the question I hear most after a deploy is "why hasn't CrUX moved yet?" The window is always 28 days; daily, weekly and monthly are just cadences over the same data. And p75 resists change by design I explain it with two interactive demos joanleon.dev/en/crux-28-d... #WebPerf #CrUX
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The CrUX 28-day rolling window | Joan León
How the CrUX 28-day rolling window actually works, what each source publishes, and why p75 takes so long to move even though the data is only two days old.
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Joan León @nucliweb.net · 24/07/2026
In my audits, reading the Performance profile is where people get stuck: the flame chart and waterfall look like noise at first I built an interactive guide to make them click, every figure is interactive, plus LCP, CLS, INP and the Insights panel perf.reviews/profile-guide #WebPerf #DevTools
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Reading a Performance Profile: Field Guide
An interactive field guide to the Chrome DevTools Performance panel: waterfall, flame chart, LCP, CLS, INP, and the Insights panel.
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Alex Russell @infrequently.org · 16/07/2026
If you make websites for a living, stop what you're doing and read this research by @tammyeverts.com; it shows what many of us have been saying for a long time: even if there is such a thing as "fast enough", it's generally *much* faster than you are targeting: embrace.io/blog/research-co…
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New research: The Core Web Vitals thresholds you trust might be wrong for your site
Core Web Vitals data from ten leading online retailers reveals that "good" for Google may not be good enough for your users or your business.
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Barry Pollard @tunetheweb.com · 01/05/2026
There's a new #webperf measurement API in the works! Check out this post looking at the work @jason-williams.co.uk and @jdapena.bsky.social have been putting into there Container Timing—available as an origin trail from Chrome 148 (rolling out next week). developer.chrome.com/blog/contain...
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Container Timing origin trial  |  Blog  |  Chrome for Developers
Try out the Container Timing performance measurement API in origin trial from Chrome 148
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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Had a delightful session today. A great conversation was had w/ @jdapena.bsky.social of @igalia.com about the work being done w/ container timing in Chrome. Both @jason-williams.co.uk + @andydavies.me got mentions. 🙃 This should be published soon. Thx to all who joined in!
Two persons during an online interview smiling. SPD stream number 030. One is wearing an orange toque black glasses button up shirt in front of a microphone with a pink foam. The other wearing a headset and a navy blue sweater.
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Joseph Wynn @joseph.likesdogs.nz · 10/04/2026
It feels like it's been a lifetime since I wrote content instead of code, but I'm finally back at it! I put together this March newsletter for A11y Pulse, covering what we shipped last month: www.a11ypulse.com/blog/newslet...
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A11y Pulse - March 2026 Newsletter: PDF accessibility reports, our new API, and your scan history in one place
Does it feel like the first few months of this year have gone fast, or is it just me? There's been a lot happening in the accessibility space this year already.
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Okay guys they've gone behind the Moon so it's time for us to put our ape masks on This is going to be HILARIOUS
Still from "Planet Of The Apes"
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Scott Jehl @scottjehl.com · 30/03/2026
New on the Squarespace Engineering Blog! Squarespace & Web Standards: How We Helped Bring HTML Video & Audio Lazy-Loading to Today’s Browsers. I'm real proud of the teamwork that went into this. Stay tuned for part 2 next week, which will cover dev best practices for using this new HTML standard.
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Squarespace & Web Standards: How We Helped Bring HTML Video & Audio Lazy Loading to Today’s Browsers — Squarespace Engineering Blog
At Squarespace, many of our core products are built on web standards, and our engineers are constantly pushing the boundaries of the web’s capabilities. Occasionally, those boundaries reveal a limitat...
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Tim Kadlec @tkadlec.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
p75 and p90 JavaScript bytes on the web have exploded since May, 2025—easily the largest 10 month period based on HTTP Archive data since 2023. The long-tail is getting worse, very quickly. Gemini, what happened in May 2025?
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 21/03/2026
Jim Acosta testified before Congress today warning that a pending merger could hand CNN to Trump-aligned billionaires. He’s never stopped speaking truth to power, even when it cost him. We’re grateful someone is still saying it out loud. Share if you believe in a free press. @jimacosta.bsky.social
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/03/2026
Southwest Airlines Begins Assigning Chores theonion.com/southwest-airlines-beg…
Southwest Airlines Begins Assigning Chores
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🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
How dare her!! 🧐🤨 "When people like Kamala Harris send our sons and daughters, our young people, to fight in stupid wars, it is the young generation that carries the burden of that. We're gonna stop sending our young people to far away lands. We are not the policemen of the world."
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Tammy Everts 🍁 @tammyeverts.com · 04/03/2026
A slow UX affects people’s perception of three important brand elements that are completely unrelated to page speed: content, design, and usability. Here's why that takeaway is relevant in an increasingly competition online landscape 👉 www.speedcurve.com/blog/brand-p... #webperf #ux #pagespeed
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SpeedCurve | The speed of trust: How slow pages hurt your brand
In a competitive market, page speed is as important as your design and content.
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Tammy Everts 🍁 @tammyeverts.com · 19/02/2026
So excited to be paired with @paulcalvano.bsky.social for this double-header on PerformanceObserver next week! Paul will take a deep dive into the HTTP Archive. Then I'll break down the "performance plateau" – why you need to know it and how to find it. performanceobserver.dev/events/episo...
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Querying the HTTP Archive and finding your Performance Plateau | PerformanceObserver
In this episode, Paul Calvano dives deep into querying the HTTP Archive dataset to uncover web trends, while Tammy Everts breaks down the "Performance Plateau", explaining why identifying your specifi...
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John Paul @johnpaulhi.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Ironic that England does No Kings better than we do
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured? Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
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Ryan Townsend @twnsnd.com · 12/02/2026
Shame about the lack of #webperf enhancements accepted into Interop 2026, particularly CLS which would have been really useful. But there are plenty of performance-adjacent improvements, mainly via CSS enhancements such as anchor positioning and scroll-driven animations: web.dev/blog/interop...
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Interop 2026: Continuing to improve the web for developers  |  Blog  |  web.dev
Learn about the features included in Interop 2026.
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Every Bite Counts @sandybeach805.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Country Singer, songwriter Charley Crockett well said......
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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 06/02/2026
Flashback to 2008 when John McCain shut down a racist line of questioning. I miss this Republican Party.
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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
✨ SPDY STREAM 023 ✨ w/ @dbelson.com of @cloudflare.social, Head of Data and Insights. We are excited to welcome David in discussing the recently released @radar.cloudflare.com 2025 Year in Review! Join us! ✨ SPDY STREAM 023 ✨ 📆 Wed Feb 4th 2026 ⏰ 1pm EST, 10am PST 🔗 www.youtube.com/live/R-j3HrE...
A black and orange F1 race car in a dark background . headline: SPDY.STREAM/  Performance people projects. Wednesday, February 4. 1 PM Eastern standard time. Online. Two avatars of developers.
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winston @winston.cc · 24/01/2026
Hi friends. Are you finding that suddenly armed gangs are roving your street deploying chemical weapons like it's candy at a parade? You can go to Menards or a hardware store and get the 3M chemical respirators. They are in the paint section. Smalls exist but they need to be ordered. Stay safe!
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Ben Kuchera @benkuchera.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Ladies and gentlemen, the greatest American songwriter that no one remembers, Blaze Foley. Give him two minutes and he might change your life.
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Blaze Foley - Clay Pigeons, rare Live
YouTube video by Dave HJ
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winston @winston.cc · 22/01/2026
For anyone wanting to support the people under attack in St. Paul here's a fundraiser being organized by people in the public schools to help directly with rent relief. This is a huge need, please share widely! ❤️‍🔥 my.cheddarup.com/c/support-ou...
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Support our St. Paul Public Schools Community - Cheddar Up
Support our St. Paul Public Schools Community - HIGHLAND PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT SOLIDARITY NETWORK - Cheddar Up. Collect online payments for events and fundraisers with Cheddar Up.
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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 30/12/2025
"Websites that work perfectly in traditional browsers may end up broken for actual accessibility tools. The web will fragment as sites must test against a growing number of AI browser agents with different requirements." www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/a...
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AI browsers are straight out of the enshittification playbook • Cory Dransfeldt
Enshittification isn't cliché, it's simply pervasive. Browsers being launched by AI companies will, undoubtedly, follow the same playbook we've seen over and over again.
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Barry Pollard @tunetheweb.com · 23/12/2025
This one got released rather quietly and I think could do with a bit more attention! Read about how to avoid caching performance penalties due to tracking query params and the like!
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Stoyan Stefanov @stoyan.me · 15/12/2025
Web Performance Calendar day 15 with @nicj.net, @cliffcrocker.bsky.social and @karlijnlowik.bsky.social Löwik presenting an update on W3's RUM Community Group and YOU calendar.perfplanet.com/2025/rumcg-a...
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RUMCG - A year in review
performance.now() 2024 was the year we officially launched the W3 RUM Community Group. The idea to form a community group around real user monitoring (RUM) came from the desire to come together as ven...
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Barry Pollard @tunetheweb.com · 12/12/2025
LCP and INP are now Baseline newly available /since they are now available in all major browsers! 🎉🥳🍾 Really, really, really curious to see what sort of new performance insights we’ll see as sites start to collect and look at the data! #CoreWebVitals
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Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 @henrihelvetica.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Since it was mentioned by @cliffcrocker.bsky.social on the @embrace.io x @speedcurve.com webinar: A reminder that Mike K of @cloudflare.social is my guest tomorrow to talk about TELESCOPE. Really excited for this one. Join us! 📆 Wed Dec 10th ⏰ 2pm EST 🔗 www.youtube.com/live/hhNFI_X...
SPDY stream. People performance projects. Wednesday, December 10. 2 PM EST. A F1 race car with colourful details. Picture of two developer avatars. Michael K. Henri H.
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Cliff Crocker @cliffcrocker.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Really excited for this. Telescope is so hot right now.
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Mandy @mandymichael.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I’ve been seeing a lot of AI talks and articles lately - I have no idea what’s going on but it has got me wondering about Performance and accessibility and I only have more questions. “People deserved a better web. Will AI be the one who gets it?” medium.com/@mandy.micha...
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People deserved a better web. Will AI be the one who gets it?
Like many people in the web industry I’ve been keeping an eye on the “state of AI” and what it means for my job, and my day to day life. To…
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Tammy Everts 🍁 @tammyeverts.com · 17/11/2025
#PixelPalooza is coming up this Thursday! This awesome FREE online event covers how to make sure all those helpful images and videos on your site don't hurt #webperf and #a11y. I'm joining @seancdavis.com to talk about the hidden cost of media on the web. Get your ticket 👉 cfe.dev/events/pixel...
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PixelPalooza 2025
PixelPalooza will explore all the best practices we, as developers, can leverage media like images, video, audio and documents across our sites and applications.
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zeldman @zeldman.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
They say AI will replace the web as we know it, and this time they mean it. Here follows a short list of previous times they also meant it,… zeldman.com/2025/10/25/receipts-a-b…
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Joseph Wynn @joseph.likesdogs.nz · 07/11/2025
6 years ago I started a side project to build a web accessibility tool that prioritises simple reporting and quick feedback loops so that teams can fix a11y regressions before they affect users. I am so proud to say that side project is now finished, and A11y Pulse is live. www.a11ypulse.com
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A11y Pulse
A11y Pulse: Automated accessibility testing for your website. Improve your site's accessibility and compliance with ease.
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Jen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Curious about web technology coming to Safari? How about field-sizing, position-visibility, random(), scrollbar-color, hidden=until-found, auto-expanding <details>, command & commandfor, Largest Contentful Paint, CHIPS, scrollend event, Navigation API & more! developer.apple.com/documentatio...
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Safari 26.2 Beta Release Notes | Apple Developer Documentation
Released November 4, 2025 — 26.2 beta (20623.1.12)
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Cliff Crocker @cliffcrocker.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Seeing everyone this week at #perfnow was a gift. So many great humans focused on an important cause. Can’t wait for next year!
Woman on stage presenting a slide reading Pragmagical with a cartoon unicorn.
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Tim Kadlec @tkadlec.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Always, always happy to see @yoav.ws get a shout-out. So much incredible work has happened because of him. Most recent example—speculation rules in WebKit. #perfnow
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Cliff Crocker @cliffcrocker.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
@mmocny.com doing an excellent job of visually explaining how interactions are measured between an MPA and a SPA. #perfnow
Michael on stage presenting a web page highlighting various interaction elements
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Joan León @nucliweb.net · 31/10/2025
Huge thanks to @andydavies.me for mentioning the LoAF Helpers WebPerf Snippet at @perfnow.nl! Honored to be part of the amazing Web Performance community 🫶 🔗 webperf-snippets.nucliweb.net/Interaction/... #WebPerf #PerfNow #Performance #LoAF #INP #CoreWebVitals
A speaker stands on stage at the Performance.now() 2025 conference, presenting a slide titled “LoAF Helpers: Advanced Debugging in DevTools.” The slide displays details about WebPerf Snippets and a highlighted URL link. The audience is seated in front of the stage, watching the presentation.
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Cliff Crocker @cliffcrocker.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
So fortunate to work with this guy. Hard-pressed to find anyone with more knowledge on LoAF than @andydavies.me. That shirt though… #perfnow
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Cliff Crocker @cliffcrocker.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
@tkadlec.bsky.social is not only an ambassador of user experience he’s also the king of bad dad jokes. #perfnow #perfdad
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Tammy Everts 🍁 @tammyeverts.com · 31/10/2025
Good morning and happy Halloween, #PerfNow friends! So excited about Day 2! If you’d like to chat about #webperf and #ux, come chat with @andydavies.me and @cliffcrocker.bsky.social and me from Team @speedcurve.com. And I still have plenty of Halloween goodies! Trick or treat!
Chocolate bars
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Riccardo Margiotta @riccardomargiotta.co.uk · 30/10/2025
Google's performance thresholds are not your thresholds. Remember that Core Web Vitals are certainly a good starting point, but not the end goal. Don't aim for somebody else's target, correlate with your own real user conversions and set your own goals. @tammyeverts.com #PerfNow #webperf
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Cliff Crocker @cliffcrocker.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Loving the creativity @inesakrap.bsky.social is bringing to her talk on building a sustainable, fast web. #perfnow
Ines presenting on stage at perfnow.
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Tammy Everts 🍁 @tammyeverts.com · 30/10/2025
“As performance-minded technologists, you are in a position to do something about accessibility.” — @marcysutton.com at #PerfNow marcysutton.com/accessibilit...
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Accessibility and Performance | MarcySutton.com
Musings about frontend code, accessibility, web development consulting, and life.
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Tammy Everts 🍁 @tammyeverts.com · 30/10/2025
And last (but definitely not least) here’s @cliffcrocker.bsky.social’s super-interesting analysis of INP and its correlation with UX and business metrics. #PerfNow www.speedcurve.com/blog/INP-use...
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SpeedCurve | Does Interaction to Next Paint actually correlate to user behavior?
If you make INP faster, will it actually improve the user experience... and help your business? Here's our analysis.
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Cliff Crocker @cliffcrocker.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
@tammyeverts.com kicking off @perfnow.nl with a focus on what really matters. Users.
Tammy presenting on stage at perfnow discussing how metrics are not equal to feelings.
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