708: How We Made Syntax.fm Faster

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, Technology, News

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through the ways they improved performance on the Syntax.fm website, how they knew it was slow to begin with, and the various changes they made to caching, and loading transcripts to improve the speed of the site. Show Notes 00:25 Welcome 01:32 Adding a database requires queries 03:32 How did we know the site was slow? 04:25 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry 07:45 Changing the way transcripts are being loaded 13:41 Caching 21:16 Caching Headers Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads

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0:00.0	Monday, Monday, Monday, Monday, open wide Dev fans.
0:04.0	Get ready to stuff your face with JavaScript,
0:07.0	CSS, node modules, barbecue tips, get workflows,
0:10.0	break dancing, soft skills, web development,
0:12.0	the hastyest, the craziest, the craziest, the tastiest, web development
0:16.4	treats.
0:17.4	Coming in hot, here is Wes, Barracuda, Bars, and Scott, El Tor Toroloko Tolinsky.
0:25.0	Welcome to Syntax.
0:28.0	It's episode number 708 and we're feeling great.
0:31.0	We're going to be talking about performance here. We pushed a
0:35.9	you know a new syntax website we did a ton of work into it and you know what it could
0:41.3	always be faster so you know what we did? We got our hands dirty.
0:46.2	We looked at metrics. We looked at timelines, flame graphs and all that stuff and we made it
0:51.5	faster. We're going to be telling you all about the made it faster.
0:52.8	We're going to be telling you all about the tips and techniques that we implemented
0:56.6	to make this thing faster, what tools we used, and what we learned along the way.
1:02.6	My name is Scott Tlensky.
1:04.1	I'm a developer.
1:05.3	I'm from Denver.
1:06.1	With me as always is West Boss.
1:08.0	What's up, my man?
1:09.2	Hey, I am excited to talk about this
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