Well that didn't work. Trying again with more blocking: https://www.webpagetest.org/result/180811_6N_36eb66da6ea93220b0dd0ae774801b58/ …
A few things jump out: 1.) SSR is indeed getting some content on screen relatively quickly, but at the cost of a pretty bloated initial payload; HTML is ~90K/575K (wire/uncompressed). 2.) The JS bundles are huge; more than 200K/1MB for two main 1p packages.
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You're forgetting the site is usable without js to begin with.
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Not forgetting. I just don't give much credit to things you can scroll but not tap. SSR + heavy JS bundles = perceived brokenness.
@kevinpschaaf illustrated this brilliantly:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A-2BhEZiM4 … - 8 more replies
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All of that adds up to the redness at the bottom of the timeline in "Browser Main Thread": https://www.webpagetest.org/waterfall.php?test=180811_7P_df566597ec85868e288a2867ca0dac4c&run=1&cached=0&step=1&max=6&mime=1&state=1&cpu=1&bw=1 …
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There's something funky going on with the second script getting a new H/2 connection; not sure what that's about; see something similar for the fonts.
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Do a comparison to top publishing sites from Conde / Gizmodo. 200 kb isn't bad
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That's a pretty sand-bagged cohort. From a raw reader experience, it's too much.
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