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2026-05-14

performance / architecture / frontend

First Principles of Fast Web Interfaces

Performance starts with architecture, not after-the-fact optimization passes.

Fast starts before code ships

Most performance problems start with bad defaults.

Rules

  • Keep JavaScript budget small.
  • Prefer server-rendered HTML.
  • Hydrate only interactive islands.
  • Measure before and after changes.

Small example

export function budgetLeft(totalKb: number, usedKb: number) {
  return Math.max(totalKb - usedKb, 0);
}

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