Why Fast Matters

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Shows that shaving 0.3s drives an extra £8.1M per year, turning on gzip cuts bandwidth by 43%, and cutting load times 80% yields an 80% jump in organic traffic. Demonstrates tooling and practices: use Charles proxy to simulate 2G, measure with Google Analytics, WebPageTest and SpeedCurve, test on a Moto G4, identify and remove slow third‑party tags and A/B tooling (first paint drops from 2.1s to 0.8s).

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1. 0:00Start
2. 16:07HOW FAST IS FAST ENOUGH?
3. 18:59UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM
4. 23:30THERE'S NO REPLACEMENT FOR REAL DEVICES
5. 24:59BUILD UP AN IDEA OF REALISTIC CONDITIONS
6. 25:17KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
7. 32:21IDENTIFYING THIRD PARTIES
8. 35:07MEASURE EVERYTHING
9. 42:16BUDGETING

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