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Web Performance at PageSpeed.ONE FrontKon Conference. Prague based. 🇨🇿

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Manuel Matuzović @matuzo.at · 28/09/2026
I'm super excited to attend and speak at FrontKon#26 next week in Prague! There are still tickets left for the event and for my accessibility testing workshop! www.frontkon.tech
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FrontKon#26 – Tech Conference in Prague
Full-day live conference of the Frontendisti.cz community
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What not to miss at #FrontKon 2026 in Prague. First time in English with @tej.as, @matuzo.at and many others great speakers. Fingers crossed to the team. Last week is hard! 🤞 michalek.blog/blog/frontko...
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FrontKon 2026: what not to miss · Martin Michálek
Next Tuesday, hundreds of people who build the web meet at O2 Universum in Prague. Two panels on agentic development and the future of IT work, AI leaking into the whole schedule, and four English wor...
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Czech-style weekend activities.
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m honored to be speaking at @perfnow.nl My topic: Why is website speed so hard to sell—and what can we learn from sales, psychology, and the irrational way people make decisions? perfnow.nl
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performance.now(); 19th and 20th of November 2026, Amsterdam
On 19th and 20th of November 2026, the web performance community will gather at performance.now() in Amsterdam to discuss today’s most important web performance insights.
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PageSpeed.ONE @pagespeedone.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm working on my English. You know… I'm old, no talent for languages… 😅 I've tried everything possible. One thing really works for me – @italkioffical.bsky.social with live teachers, with iTalki Plus, AI lessons based on data from live lessons. What a great idea and execution!
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I've continued my investigation into how "Delay JS execution" fakes Lighthouse scores. New piece on my personal blog: – which WP plugins ship it (WP Rocket, LiteSpeed Delayed, Perfmatters…) – what their own docs admit – how to spot it in the source. michalek.blog/blog/delay-a...
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Delaying all JavaScript is not optimisation, it just moves the problem · Martin Michálek
One checkbox in a caching plugin can lift a Lighthouse score by tens of points without making a site faster for anyone. Here is which WordPress plugins ship that checkbox, what their own documentation...
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performance.now() conference @perfnow.nl · 22/09/2026
Oh dear, speakers are being announced in carload lots! Today we add bsky.app/profile/clif... about Core Mobile Vitals bsky.app/profile/jpam... as our second MC bsky.app/profile/mach... about selling web performance Come join them at perfnow.nl
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performance.now(); 19th and 20th of November 2026, Amsterdam
On 19th and 20th of November 2026, the web performance community will gather at performance.now() in Amsterdam to discuss today’s most important web performance insights.
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#AI is turning the developer world upside down. Discussion is essential, and talks offer only one perspective. That’s why we’re adding two panel discussions to #FrontKon: 🤖 Agentic development in practice 👩‍💻 The present and future of work in IT Looking forward! www.frontkon.tech
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Team building of the core team @pagespeedone.bsky.social. Beautiful weekend!
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
An interesting move. As part of the #CrUX data suite, Google will also measure technical and UX metrics related to ads. Finally, an effort to decipher just how much ads weigh down websites (including Google’s own).
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Software development is in the (AI) crisis. Questions coming into my mind: 1) When LLMs write code, what does it mean to be the developer? 2) Should devs write code? 3) Are devs becoming (agents) managers? 4) What is happening with focus, deep work and learning? Do you see another questions?
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#SiteSpeed is not one number. Different people can have very different experiences on the same website. That’s exactly what the #CrUX histogram helps you see. 🧵
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
@bradfrost.com in Prague. This is big. And great! luma.com/prjctr-s8ch
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Prague. Brad Frost: AI and Design Systems · Luma
Projector Community Prague (by Projector Institute) together with MSD and UX Asociace invite you to an event with amazing Brad Frost. Brad Frost is the author…
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We just published two new workshops for #FrontKon conference: 1) Karpathy LLM wiki www.frontkon.tech/events/front... 2) Development with local LLMs: privacy, performance and practice www.frontkon.tech/events/front... See you?
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FrontKon
Full-day live conference of the Frontendisti.cz community
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bike time. 🚴
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Has your INP worsened since May? ⚠️ The Facebook Pixel may be to blame. AT PageSpeed.ONE, we’re already seeing its growing click-processing workload hurt responsiveness on several client websites. #WebPerf #PageSpeed #PageSpeedONE Context: www.linkedin.com/posts/erwinh...
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A Lighthouse score can be improved without making a website faster. That’s not a Lighthouse bug. It’s what happens when we turn a diagnostic signal into a business target. Measure real users. Use Lighthouse to investigate—not to declare victory. Article: pagespeed.one/en/blog/ligh... #WebPerf
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We turned off a plugin that was "speeding up" a client's site. — Lighthouse: 95 → 60 — Core Web Vitals: unchanged It wasn't optimising the site. It was optimising the test. We've found and documented third case of "hacking" Lighthouse score. My article: pagespeed.one/en/blog/ligh...
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The Illusion of Fast Websites: Gaming the Lighthouse Score | PageSpeed.ONE
Plugins like WP-Optimize, WP Rocket, or Website Speedy can boost your Lighthouse score by deferring JavaScript. However, they do not enhance user speed – and sometimes, even testing tools catch on.
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
We turned off a plugin that was "speeding up" a client's site. — Lighthouse: 95 → 60 — Core Web Vitals: unchanged It wasn't optimising the site. It was optimising the test. We've found and documented third case of "hacking" Lighthouse score. My article: pagespeed.one/en/blog/ligh...
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The Illusion of Fast Websites: Gaming the Lighthouse Score | PageSpeed.ONE
Plugins like WP-Optimize, WP Rocket, or Website Speedy can boost your Lighthouse score by deferring JavaScript. However, they do not enhance user speed – and sometimes, even testing tools catch on.
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Judging by the interest in workshops at #FrontKon, the entire dev world has switched from AI-first to AI-only. There are still places available: www.frontkon.tech/en/events/fr... We'll list two more topics. Which ones would interest you?
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Workshopy | FrontKon
Celodenní živá konference komunity Frontendisti.cz
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Unpopular opinion: Think about Elon Musk what you want, but… His apps are getting really good in last months. Looking at X (comparing with Bluesky) or Cursor.
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
„If you lead something, you are a captain. A short-sighted captain“ I've written a piece about leading teams, people and companies. michalek.blog/blog/short-s...
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Reading a Performance Timeline by @nucliweb.net. This would be great for people who still have issues with Performance Timeline in Chrome. I love the form of this site. perf.reviews/profile-guide
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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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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We know at least three well-known optimization plugins that game the Lighthouse score. Site owners think their website got faster. It didn't. Only the number did. Real users see zero improvement. Come on. Don't buy this. Measure your site speed with data from real users. #WebPerf #CoreWebVitals
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Your Lighthouse 100 might be fake. There are WordPress (or Shopify) plugins built to fake a higher score. And zero real speed gain. Lighthouse tests 1 page, 1 device, 1 load. It's not real-world data. Test your real website speed → pagespeed.one/en/app/insig... #PageSpeedONE #PageSpeed
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Love these Czech cottages in the middle of the forest. You can rent them and escape the city for the weekend.
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Vacation could be great! If you weren't there with me… 😅 My newest post is titled "Vacation: A Guide for Workaholics". michalek.blog/guide/vacati...
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Vacation: A Guide for Workaholics · Martin Michálek · Web & Performance
Working on vacation never worked for me, and neither did lying on a beach. What did: mild chaos, active travel, a team that runs without me, and a few rituals for switching off. A field report from a ...
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Shopify: "For every 100 milliseconds slower a store loads, conversion tends to be about 3.5% lower." We have two new #WebPerformance optimisation services: 🛍️ Shopify: pagespeed.one/en/shopify 🏷️ Google Tag Manager: pagespeed.one/en/gtm Want to talk? pagespeed.one/en/call
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Shopify Speed Optimization | PageSpeed.ONE
Shopify is fast, but customizations and templates often slow it down. We analyze your store and restore green Core Web Vitals and conversions.
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
How can one survive vacation when they are more or less a workaholic? (I'm writing an article on this topic, but I'd love to hear your tips too.)
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Dev Workshops are coming to #FrontKon 👩‍💻 Manuel Matuzovic – accessible React @kettanaito – React testing with Vitest @BleedingDev – AI in dev without the fluff Michal Matuška – Chrome DevTools deep dive In-person, hands-on. Prague, 5 Oct 2026. www.frontkon.tech/events/front...
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Workshops | FrontKon
Full-day live conference of the Frontendisti.cz community
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Don't let AI start anything. Bring it in at phase two – revision, variants, discussion, or just the work itself. It's a reliable way to keep your own expertise sharp. And to hold on to the fun part of the job. I remind myself of this constantly. Do you?
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
> the most interesting question isn't "what other jobs can I take on?" but "how do I make the thing I do well reach further?" www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp...
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LukeW | Scale Your Superpowers, Not Your Job Titles
There's a growing sentiment that AI lets you do everyone else's job: designers picking up Claude Code, developers spinning up Figma Make. But maybe the most int...
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I realize again and again how crucial it is to log a task description whenever I use AI in development. And at the same time, how incredibly useful AI itself is for creating that task description.
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I've got new english blog. And there are also some posts. :-) → michalek.blog
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Martin Michálek · Web & Performance
Personal tech blog and web performance consulting.
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Your company's CEO might soon make a move before you can read the task definition. Are non-technical people already digging into your code? ✏️New article: michalek.blog/blog/ceo-tak...
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This is awesome. In a new study, #Shopify shows the impact of #SiteSpeed on e-commerce business. What did they find, for example? > For every 100 milliseconds of slower store loading time, conversions are 3.5% lower. www.shopify.com/enterprise/b...
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Store Speed and Conversion: What the Data Shows (2026) - Shopify
How does site speed relate to sales? Find out in this Shopify data deep dive.
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Why there is no #Cursor mobile app to allow work continuity without sitting in front of computer? Basic communication with AI agents I can do from my iPhone. Same as with people. Does any competitor offer this?
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
✎ We have rewritten two key articles for the #PageSpeed documentation from @pagespeedone.bsky.social 1) #CoreWebVitals: all the details about these metrics pagespeed.one/metrics/cwv 2) #ChromeUXReport: what is it and what is it for?https://pagespeed.one/knowledge/crux #WebPerf
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Top 3 @webexpo.bsky.social talks this year for me: – Nick Fine on building without evidence. – Oliver Schöndorfer on typography. (His delivery!) – Ladislav Prskavec on MCP. WebExpo itself was great, as always! ❤️ More thoughts (in Czech): www.linkedin.com/posts/martin...
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#webexpo #frontkec | Martin Michálek
Z WebExpa jsem včera odcházel zdravě naštvaný. Web je můj profesní život a WebExpo Conference miluju. Mimo jiné i proto, že mi několikrát v životě pomohlo překormidlovat vlastní kariéru. Za to patří ...
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
#Chrome has been really slow lately. So I went to try #Safari again. I've only been using it for a day so I can't judge. But! I couldn't even last a day with my previous attempts. It seems to me that Apple has put a lot of effort into this browser in last year...?
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PageSpeed.ONE @pagespeedone.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Monitoring site speed? You need to know the acronyms: #synth, #CrUX, and #RUM. — Synthetic monitoring = machines (Lighthouse). — CrUX = real users in Google Chrome. — RUM = custom data from all users. Learn more here: pagespeed.one/en/know-how/... Which type do you use?
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Types of Web Speed Measurements: Synthetic, Chrome UX Report, and Real User Monitoring | PageSpeed.ONE
Let's clarify the differences between various types of web speed measurements. We’ll discuss synthetic data (“synth”), Google user data (“CrUX”), and data from all users (“RUM”).
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
We at @pagespeedone.bsky.social have just launched a new website speed test. ⚡️ → pagespeed.one/en/app/insig...
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
At @pagespeedone.bsky.social we have launched a new service “Strategy for AI Bots”. AI bots are probably slowing down your websites too. We will come, discuss the data, set the rules so that the bots are fed up and you do not lose visibility in LLM. pagespeed.one/en/ai-bots #WebPerf #AI
Sometimes a few rules are enough to get the server breathing again and customers can use the website.
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Is Bluesky stagnating = slowly dying? bsky.jazco.dev/stats
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Krkonoše. Weekend between the Czech Republic and Poland. Was good. ☀️
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
One of the biggest pitfalls of developing with LLM is bulk editing. It's temptingly simple, it edits beautifully contextually, including texts. But it often breaks something else and it's hard to control on a larger codebase.
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Two days left to submit your talk for #FrontKon Prague's dev conference. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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FrontKon 2026: Call for Papers
FrontKon 2026: Call for Papers info FrontKon is leveling up for its 5th anniversary, moving to O2 universum Prague with 900 attendees and 3 stages. For the first time, we are opening our main stage ...
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
“There are no friends and no enemies, only teachers.” This quote from one of the talks stuck with me the most. We had a great two days at the fantastic conference @beyondtellerrand.com We are taking a lot of inspiration to #FrontKon in Prague.
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Martin Michalek @machal.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
At #btconf in Düsseldorf.
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