Writing about speed

What actually slows websites down, explained without the jargon. No listicles.

• 14 August 2026

  What Google actually measures when it measures your site speed

  Core Web Vitals explained in plain language: what LCP, INP and CLS really mean, the exact thresholds Google uses, and why a site can score 19 out of 100 and still load fine for real visitors.

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• 30 July 2026

  How this site scores 100/100 on PageSpeed — every decision explained

  A line-by-line account of what makes sitespeedlabs.com load instantly: zero web fonts, no framework runtime, inlined CSS, and 8.5KB of JavaScript on one page. Including what we gave up to get there.

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