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We dropped GSAP and got 31kB back for thirty lines of code: two smooth waves crossing the frame, one thin grey and one thick brand-coloured, over a pale background
Engineering

We dropped GSAP and got 31kB back for thirty lines of code

GSAP plus SplitText is 31kB gzipped. The one thing we used it for was a staggered word reveal on a headline, which turns out to be about thirty lines of DOM and one CSS transition.

5 min read
How to improve website performance: measure, then fix one thing: a row of dark bars growing taller left to right with one tall brand-coloured bar and a dashed grey baseline
Guides

How to improve website performance: measure, then fix one thing

Most speed advice is a list of twelve things to try, which is what you write when you have not measured. Find the one request costing you the time, and change that.

10 min read

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