Episode 215: How I Doubled by Lighthouse Performance with Astro.js with Corbin Crutchley
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Recording date: 12/08/2022

John Papa @John_Papa)

Ward Bell @WardBell)

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin)

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker)

Corbin Crutchley @Crutchcorn)

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Resources:

• Google Lighthouse)
• PageSpeed Insights)
• Gatsby)
• Astro)
• NextJS)
• Unicorn Utterances)
• Framework Field Guide)
• GitShark)
• Islands Architecture)
• Astro Islands)
• Remark.js)
• Qwik)
• Brandon Roberts, Developer Extraordinaire)

Timejumps

• 00:38) Caviar dreams
• 01:53) Guest introduction
• 04:01) Starting out in Lighthouse
• 06:47) Why Astro?
• 08:25) Sponsor: Nrwl
• 09:01) What have you added on to Astro?
• 12:43) What about islands architecture?
• 16:46) What about Angular support?
• 17:49) Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 18:54) What changes did you make to improve Lighthouse score?
• 23:08) How is Markdown supported?
• 25:15) What was it like switching from Gatsby to Astro?
• 27:09) What sort of incremental improvements can I do?
• 35:15) What was the hardest part of the process?
• 37:27) Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions).