Performance Mistakes–an HTTP Archive deep dive

Web performance is a complicated topic, but over the years it’s become easier to articulate thanks to incredible advancements in performance features, their adoption in the browser ecosystem and tools that test and give insight into which techniques might speed up your site.

However, all too often a feature is implemented incorrectly, resulting in a lost opportunity for performance improvement. During this talk Paul will explore a few common web performance techniques - some that you are likely already familiar with. He’ll dive into HTTP Archive data to find some examples of sites that are using them incorrectly, and explore the impact and potential benefits of fixing them.

Paul Calvano (@paulcalvano) is a Performance Architect at Etsy. He's also a co-maintainer of the HTTP Archive, a really cool open source project that has been tracking the evolution of the web since 2010, and author of various chapters of the Web Almanac.

Etsy will also be our host this month! They will provide light bites: gluten free, dairy free, and vegan options will be available. The drink options will be: wine, beer, sparkling water, still water, and non-alcoholic beer.

As always, we are going to have geekaways with geeky prizes provided by our sponsors.

Agenda:
6:30 - Arrive at Etsy, meet other members
6:45 - Event starts
7:00 - Performance Mistakes–an HTTP Archive deep dive (Paul Calvano)
8:00 - Q&A
8:15 - "Books and Stuff" geekaways
8:30 - Open Discussion, Networking

Location:

Etsy
117 Prospect St
Brooklyn, NY
Directions on Google Maps: https://bit.ly/3CF8vuf
Entrance on StreetView: https://bit.ly/3TofmOV

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