Performance Testing—Speed Index And Time To First Byte

Last week I told you how I moved the site to a new host and that the site now runs on a server with better specs for a lower price. I also shared the results of a test to measure server response time and while response times are better with Siteground than my old host, they weren’t anything to brag about.

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Time To First Byte (TTFB)

Over the years as this site has grown in both content and traffic and as my relative knowledge about developing performant websites hasn’t, I’ve been disappointed in the performance of this site. I have worked to improve the situation from time to time only to let it slide again when I’d move to a new host and as I’ve let my coding practices lag industry best practices.

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