The 14 kB rule, and why your first packet matters
Your server can be quick and your page can still feel slow. The first round trip is the one that decides.
Building fast, lightweight things for the web.
A small independent blog about shipping less: fewer bytes, fewer requests, fewer moving parts. Written by one person who keeps a stopwatch next to the keyboard.
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You probably do not need a framework for this
Not an argument against tools. An argument for checking whether the problem you have is the problem the tool solves.
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Fonts are the slowest thing on your page
A typeface is a network request, a layout dependency and a rendering decision — in that order.
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Inline your CSS until it hurts
One request is faster than two. The interesting question is where the pain starts.
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The stopwatch test
A lab score is a proxy. The question it stands in for is simpler, cheaper and more useful.