Serving the web at light-speed
Optimize website load speed using Nginx with Pagespeed module and Amazon CloudFront CDN. Part 1 of a 4-part series covering tools, techniques, and performance measurement.
Web Performance
A series on making a site faster with cheap, language-agnostic changes: nginx and ngx_pagespeed, a CloudFront CDN, and instrumentation to measure the result.
4 articles in this category
2016
Nginx, pagespeed and a simple node.js backend
Set up Nginx with Pagespeed module and Node.js backend in Docker containers for automatic asset optimization, HTML minification, and improved web performance without code changes.
Amazon Cloudfront as our Content Delivery Network
Configure Amazon CloudFront CDN with Nginx and Pagespeed to serve static assets from geographically distributed edge locations, reducing server load and improving performance.
Instrument, Measure and Learn
Measure web performance improvements using Pagespeed statistics, Google Analytics, Search Console, and PageSpeed Insights to track connection time, response time, and user experience.