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Paul Calvano @paulcalvano.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If you tell a browser to cache something for 60s, but also serve an Age header saying its older than that, it's stale on arrival and gets revalidated before it can be reused. 13.7% of the 15.3M sites measured in @httparchive.org do this. ~30% of the most popular ones. paulcalvano.com/2026-09-05-r...
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Barry Pollard @tunetheweb.com · 26/02/2026
Ever wanted a comprehensive guide to DevTools and debugging front ends? Check out this ebook that Lala Hakobyan just launched: github.com/lala-hakobya... I’m impressed!!
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GitHub - lala-hakobyan/front-end-debugging-handbook: A comprehensive guide to debugging tools for modern, complex front-end applications. This handbook provides practical, real-world guidance on a com...
A comprehensive guide to debugging tools for modern, complex front-end applications. This handbook provides practical, real-world guidance on a complete suite of tools, from Chrome DevTools and fra...
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Paul Calvano @paulcalvano.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Interested in the @httparchive.org and not sure where to start? During the @performanceobserver.dev meetup tomorrow (12:30pm ET), I'm going to be providing an overview of the HTTP Archive and demonstrate how to start querying 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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Paul Calvano @paulcalvano.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I’ll be giving a talk about Fonts and Web Perfomance at the Tech SEO Summit in Hamburg, Germany on April 23rd. They have only a few tickets remaining if anyone wants to attend! tech-seo-summit.com
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Paul Calvano @paulcalvano.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A shocking 8.5% of sites that use CDNs deliver some static content directly to end users via cloud storage! Many are not compressing or caching this content either. This comes at a significant performance cost. Details, examples and @httparchive.org stats here - paulcalvano.com/2026-02-09-s...
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Paul Calvano @paulcalvano.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Tomorrow at 6pm the @nywebperf.com meetup is running another in person "Meet for Speed" session. We take requests from attendees for sites to do a webperf analysis on. @fastly.com is hosting us at their office in Union Square. Have a site you'd like us to analyze? bit.ly/meet4speed-s...
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HTTP Archive 💾 @httparchive.org · 16/01/2026
The 2025 Web Almanac by HTTP Archive has been officially released! 🚀 We would like to thank all of our contributors from around the globe who made this extensive report possible! Check out the full report here: almanac.httparchive.org
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Paul Calvano @paulcalvano.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
My contribution to this years Web Performance Calendar is all about Third Parties and Single Points of Failure (SPOF). Based on @httparchive.org data I found that 67% of websites have at least 1 render blocking third party - and quite a few of them are SPOF risks!
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Paul Calvano @paulcalvano.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
New @httparchive.org analysis about sites adding AI Bots and Crawlers to their robots.txt files. While robots.txt doesn't "block" bots by itself, it's a clear demonstration of the preferences of site owners and the sentiment towards AI crawlers on today's web. paulcalvano.com/2025-08-21-a...
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AI Bots and Robots.txt
There’s been a lot of discussion lately around AI crawlers and bots, which are used to train LLMs and/or fetch content on behalf of their users. In the past few weeks I’ve seen blog posts about the am...
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Paul Calvano @paulcalvano.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
This Thursday at 6pm the NYC WebPerf Meetup is running another in person "Meet for Speed" session. We'll be taking requests from attendees for sites to do a web performance analysis on. www.meetup.com/web-performa... Have a site you'd like us to analyze? Add it here - bit.ly/meet4speed-s...
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[In-person] Meet for SPEED, Thu, Jul 24, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Join up for an opportunity to work together on optimizing our sites. Have a site you'd like us to analyze? Add it here - [https://bit.ly/meet4speed-submit](https://bit.ly/
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Paul Calvano @paulcalvano.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Tonight at 6pm the NYC WebPerf Meetup is running another in person "Meet for Speed" session. We'll be taking requests from attendees for sites to do a web performance analysis on. Fastly will be hosting us at their NYC office. www.meetup.com/web-performa...
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[In-person] Meet for SPEED, Thu, Dec 19, 2024, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Join up for an opportunity to work together on optimizing our sites. Have a site you'd like us to analyze? Add it here - [https://bit.ly/meet4speed-submit](https://bit.ly/
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Paul Calvano @paulcalvano.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The video of my talk from the Performance Now conference in Amsterdam was posted today. #perfnow
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Paul Calvano @paulcalvano.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
This Friday afternoon I'll be at the Boston Web Performance meetup giving my talk on "Performance Mistakes". If you are in the Boston area and interested in web performance, join us! www.meetup.com/boston-web-p...
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Performance Mistakes, Fri, Dec 6, 2024, 4:30 PM | Meetup
December's meetup will feature Paul Calvano, on his return from the PerfNow conference in Amsterdam. **Agenda** * 4:30 pm: Arrive & networking * 5:00 pm: Talk starts * 5:
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Philip Tellis @bluesmoon.info · 27/11/2024
If you missed @paulcalvano.bsky.social at @perfnow.bsky.social, and happen to be in the Boston area next week, he'll be speaking at the Boston Web Performance December meetup. Sign up on meetup: www.meetup.com/boston-web-p... December 6th ∘ 4:30pm ∘ Akamai HQ in Cambridge. #webperf #perfmatters
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Performance Mistakes, Fri, Dec 6, 2024, 4:30 PM | Meetup
December's meetup will feature Paul Calvano, on his return from the PerfNow conference in Amsterdam. **Agenda** * 4:30 pm: Arrive & networking * 5:00 pm: Talk starts * 5:
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Paul Calvano @paulcalvano.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Last week I gave a talk at the #PerfNow conference titled “Performance Mistakes”. I started off explaining a bit about Etsy’s blameless culture, and how it’s ok to make mistakes. Then I shared 17 common #webperf mistakes using @httparchive.org data, with examples. www.slideshare.net/slideshow/pe...
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Performance Now '24- Performance Mistakes - Final.pdf
Performance Now '24- Performance Mistakes - Final.pdf - Download as a PDF or view online for free
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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 14/11/2024
Great start to #perfnow this year with @tammyeverts.bsky.social and @csswizardry.com ! For those of you looking for the general web perf starter pack, here it is! Lots of new folks since last time I shared it go.bsky.app/RVWSVqe
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Rick Viscomi @rviscomi.dev · 12/11/2024
The all new performance chapter of the 2024 Web Almanac written by Jevgenija Zigisova and @inesakrap.bsky.social almanac.httparchive.org/en/2024/perf...
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Performance | 2024 | The Web Almanac by HTTP Archive
Performance chapter of the 2024 Web Almanac covering Core Web Vitals, with deep dives into the Largest Contentful Paint, Cumulative Layout Shift, and Interaction to Next Paint metrics and their diagno...
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Stoyan Stefanov @stoyan.me · 14/11/2024
Fellow #perfnow attendee, the PerfPlanet advent calendar is looking for articles for the 2024 edition. Please come talk to me if you’re considering an idea for a post but you’re not sure and you need a second opinion calendar.perfplanet.com/contribute/
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Passionate about a topic? Working on a new tool? Have a technique you want to teach? Research you've done? Tell the web performance community! Send your articles to ssttoo@ymail.com. Please include: ...
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Nic Jansma @nicj.net · 14/11/2024
Took 2 mins at #PerfNow to talk about the RUM Community Group in W3C for anyone doing RUM. It's free and easy to join if you're interested! www.w3.org/community/ru...
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Jason Grigsby @gri.gs · 15/11/2024
Yesterday during my #perfnow talk, I mentioned the Web Performance Slack. If you’d like to join the Slack, use this link before Nov 25: join.slack.com/t/webperf…
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