Performance Optimization Challenges and Future Directions

Explore a thought-provoking conference talk that delves into the challenges and slow progress in web performance optimization over the past decade. Examine why basic best practices like image optimization and critical path optimization are still struggling for widespread adoption. Investigate the inconsistent implementation of HTTP/2 priorities and its implications for the industry. Analyze the need to revisit key performance primitives such as prefetch and prerender. Gain insights into the reasons behind these challenges and discover potential strategies to improve web performance as we enter a new decade. Access accompanying slides for visual reference and learn more about the speaker, Ilya Grigorik. Dive into this 43-minute presentation from the performance.now() 2019 conference to gain a comprehensive understanding of the current state and future directions of web performance optimization.

performance.now().reject(reasons) | Ilya Grigorik | performance.now() 2019