Optimizing App Performance: Lessons from Lyft and Google Maps

Discover how app performance optimization impacts business success in this 30-minute conference talk featuring developers from Lyft and Google Maps. Explore strategies for measuring startup time, utilizing custom libraries, and implementing baseline profiles to enhance app performance. Learn about caching techniques, overcoming challenges, and becoming an expert in app optimization. Gain valuable insights on improving time to first interaction and other critical aspects of app development from industry professionals.

Intro
Why does app performance matter
Business metric improvements
How to measure startup time
Custom libraries
How did you measure startup time
Google Maps benchmarking libraries
App startup
Finding the problem
Using a custom pipeline
The most important thing
Baseline profiles
How to use baseline profiles
Will baseline profiles be the future of app profiling
How to improve app startup performance
Caching
Challenges
What are the challenges
How can Google help
Time to first
Other thoughts
How to become an expert
Conclusion
Outro