"SSR" is usually done poorly, as a band-aid on an unusably bloated and slow experience, that it's now a smell I pay attention for when talking to teams. I'll know they don't know how bad it really is when they tell me they're doing this (and not just for bots/crawlers).https://twitter.com/HenrikJoreteg/status/1027451234523828225 …
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Replying to @slightlylate
What do you think of http://FastCompany.com for an ssr spa that's code split?
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As you work on this, do I have your permission to post and discuss a set of WebPageTest traces?
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Great! Lets go! Homepage: 3G: https://www.webpagetest.org/result/180811_TJ_d8de89eb1b6cc9d6921fbdfd2b643413/ … 4G: https://www.webpagetest.org/result/180811_W9_9225fd126256bd1721ce5b4d8d8834d4/ … Desktop: https://www.webpagetest.org/result/180811_GB_ab4a0d1670c1512ac4cbbb7709de3c5e/ …
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I don't know the demographics and device split of FC's readers, but I suspect the business believes it's targeting a wealthy cohort; so let's look at the 4G trace to be as lenient as possible: https://www.webpagetest.org/video/compare.php?tests=180811_W9_9225fd126256bd1721ce5b4d8d8834d4-r%3A1-c%3A0&thumbSize=200&ival=100&end=full …
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For comparison, here's the 3g vs. 4g side-by-side for first load: https://www.webpagetest.org/video/compare.php?tests=180811_W9_9225fd126256bd1721ce5b4d8d8834d4-r%3A1-c%3A0,180811_TJ_d8de89eb1b6cc9d6921fbdfd2b643413-r:1-c:0# …
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And here's video of the 4g first-load experience of the homepage: https://www.webpagetest.org/video/view.php?id=180811_024ee288122e2f512a6e7c476962052dc25fbf4c …
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The first 4 or 5 seconds of the video feel pretty good...it goes downhill from there.
That Samsung ad unit is

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This trace is noisy enough that I'm re-running with the ad tag sources blocked so we can get a "clean" look at it.
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Here's a 4G run with GPT and the Facebook cruft blocked: https://www.webpagetest.org/result/180811_6H_15bff11a0f524bc6ae583e40745cca5e/ …
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