"When building or optimizing a website from scratch, performance can easily be overlooked until problems start showing up-slow load times, poor user experience, and lower search rankings. There are many ways to improve website speed, such as image optimization, code minification, caching, choosing better hosting, or using a CDN. For developers and site owners starting fresh, it's often unclear which step delivers the biggest impact"
"rankings. There are many ways to improve website speed, such as image optimization, code minification, caching, choosing better hosting, or using a CDN. For developers and site owners starting fresh, it's often unclear which step delivers the biggest impact early on and helps set a strong performance foundation. From your experience, what should be the first priority when aiming for a fast-loading website, and why?"
Start by measuring real-user and lab performance to establish a baseline and identify the largest bottlenecks. Prioritize reducing time-to-first-byte and unblocking the critical rendering path by trimming or deferring render-blocking JavaScript and CSS. Optimize large images and serve appropriately sized, compressed formats while enabling lazy-loading for offscreen media. Improve server response with better hosting, HTTP/2 or HTTP/3, and compression. Inline critical CSS for initial render and defer noncritical resources. Enable caching and a CDN after addressing the critical path. Measure repeatedly with RUM and lab tools to validate LCP, interaction, and stability improvements.
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