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disclaimer: I work for netlify. We do have image optimization built-in but it won't change images' size (in case you link externally - we don't want to move y

by _fool 9y ago

disclaimer: I work for netlify. We do have image optimization built-in but it won't change images' size (in case you link externally - we don't want to move your cheese) or do anything lossy. So - we have not resized and chosen optimal formats for those images and we are working on doing it right now :)

alberth 9y ago
Please note I am truly rooting for you guys to make the web a better place. But it's not just the blog I linked to above that's slow, it's even the blog post of this very HN post. https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.netlify.com/KdCXA8bB https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.netlify.com/KdCXA8bB 54 http request (26 of which are JS) just seems kind of nuts for a blog post. Not trying to make you guys look bad. But clearly asset merging and image optimization are needed.
- bobfunk 9y ago
  Netlify as a service doesn't really affect how you do things as a front-end developer, but we do help make sure that all those assets get to your browser as fast as can be. But yes, we all agree that we should do a better job of making our website leaner and we do have a bunch of changes planned around that (and we're hiring!).
  - alberth 9y ago
    Congrats again on the funding. Your vision of a better web is inspiring. Wishing you and your team the best.
- goshx 9y ago
  Honestly curious, was it slow on your browser? The entire website is ridiculously fast for me.
  - crazypyro 9y ago
    You mentioning this made me go and check it out myself and I got to say the page loads are very quick to the natural eye on my connection, FWIW. I would recommend other people check it out themselves as well. I compared it to apple.com (since someone mentioned it in a lower comment) and apple.com had noticeable page loads whereas Netlify's blog didn't.
  - andruby 9y ago
    I am abroad on a slow 3G connection while nsurlsessiond is eating my bandwidth and the site was extremely slow (took more than a minute to load), while HN loads in 2~3s. I'm sure the site is fast on a regular connection though.
- seanwilson 9y ago
  The number of HTTP requests is not a big deal now with HTTP2. See here where it's no longer recommended to concatenate JS files: https://blog.cloudflare.com/http-2-for-web-developers/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/http-2-for-web-developers/ Is YSlow (which warns about too many HTTP requests) still updated? There's been no updates for 3 years here: https://github.com/marcelduran/yslow https://github.com/marcelduran/yslow
  - dougfinley 9y ago
    Actually, Netlify site performs WORSE using http2. See the comparison: https://www.dareboost.com/en/comparison/598b93730cf2aac95f7549c7/598b93730cf2aac95f7549c8/ https://www.dareboost.com/en/comparison/598b93730cf2aac95f75...
    - seanwilson 9y ago
      Is that because of the number of requests or a different reason though?
dakom 9y ago
Hah, I read "Who Moved My Cheese?" a while ago but I haven't seen it used as an idiom like this. Nice one!

by _fool 9y ago

alberth 9y ago

Please note I am truly rooting for you guys to make the web a better place. But it's not just the blog I linked to above that's slow, it's even the blog post of this very HN post. https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.netlify.com/KdCXA8bB https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.netlify.com/KdCXA8bB 54 http request (26 of which are JS) just seems kind of nuts for a blog post. Not trying to make you guys look bad. But clearly asset merging and image optimization are needed.

bobfunk 9y ago
Netlify as a service doesn't really affect how you do things as a front-end developer, but we do help make sure that all those assets get to your browser as fast as can be. But yes, we all agree that we should do a better job of making our website leaner and we do have a bunch of changes planned around that (and we're hiring!).
- alberth 9y ago
  Congrats again on the funding. Your vision of a better web is inspiring. Wishing you and your team the best.
goshx 9y ago
Honestly curious, was it slow on your browser? The entire website is ridiculously fast for me.
- crazypyro 9y ago
  You mentioning this made me go and check it out myself and I got to say the page loads are very quick to the natural eye on my connection, FWIW. I would recommend other people check it out themselves as well. I compared it to apple.com (since someone mentioned it in a lower comment) and apple.com had noticeable page loads whereas Netlify's blog didn't.
- andruby 9y ago
  I am abroad on a slow 3G connection while nsurlsessiond is eating my bandwidth and the site was extremely slow (took more than a minute to load), while HN loads in 2~3s. I'm sure the site is fast on a regular connection though.
seanwilson 9y ago
The number of HTTP requests is not a big deal now with HTTP2. See here where it's no longer recommended to concatenate JS files: https://blog.cloudflare.com/http-2-for-web-developers/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/http-2-for-web-developers/ Is YSlow (which warns about too many HTTP requests) still updated? There's been no updates for 3 years here: https://github.com/marcelduran/yslow https://github.com/marcelduran/yslow
- dougfinley 9y ago
  Actually, Netlify site performs WORSE using http2. See the comparison: https://www.dareboost.com/en/comparison/598b93730cf2aac95f7549c7/598b93730cf2aac95f7549c8/ https://www.dareboost.com/en/comparison/598b93730cf2aac95f75...
  - seanwilson 9y ago
    Is that because of the number of requests or a different reason though?

dakom 9y ago

Hah, I read "Who Moved My Cheese?" a while ago but I haven't seen it used as an idiom like this. Nice one!