Peakhour.IO - Performance

How Browsers Decide Whether to Use HTTP/3

AC — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +1000

HTTP/3 discovery is standardised. The decision to wait, race QUIC against TCP, remember a failure, or fall back is still browser policy.

Cache Tags/Surrogate Keys

Dan — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:00:00 +1000

Surrogate Keys, or cache tags, are a powerful mechanism for targeted flushing of content from a cache, not all CDNs support them though.

Maximising Website Speed

AC — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:31:00 +1000

How can maximising website speed boost your company's revenue, especially during an impending economic recession?

Google AMP

Dan — Wed, 19 May 2021 13:00:00 +1000

Google AMP has been controversial right from the get go. As part of its 'Page Experience Update' Google is removing its preferential treatment of AMP authored pages.

Website Optimisation

Dan — Mon, 17 May 2021 13:00:00 +1000

Even if you have the fastest server in the world, your website might still seem very slow to end users if you have lots of render blocking resources, learn how to deal with them.

Secure Dynamic Content Caching

Dan — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:00:00 +1100

Comprehensive guide to secure dynamic content caching that improves server performance whilst maintaining security controls. Learn how modern application security platforms integrate caching with threat protection for optimal performance-security balance.

Common Issues That Affect Website Performance

Dan — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:00:00 +1100

After covering testing we're going to get an overview of the common issues that impact website load times and how to check for them.

Are Australian Magento Stores Ready For Web Vitals?

AC — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 13:00:00 +1100

Are Australian Magento stores prepared for the introduction of Core Web Vitals as a search signal? Read on to find out.

Test Your Website Performance With Google Lighthouse

Dan — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:00:00 +1000

Use Lighthouse to reproduce a page-load test, read the metrics behind its score and turn failed audits into specific performance work.

Website Performance testing with WebPageTest.org

Dan — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 13:00:00 +1000

Use WebPageTest to reproduce a page load from a chosen browser and location, then inspect the waterfall, filmstrip and request-level delays.

Application Performance Optimisation

Dan — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 13:00:00 +1000

A practical primer for finding where website requests lose time, from cache state and origin work to browser rendering.

Core Web Vitals Optimisation

Dan — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:00:00 +1000

Comprehensive guide to Core Web Vitals optimisation with integrated security. Learn how modern application security platforms improve both performance metrics and protection whilst boosting search rankings and user experience.

WordPress Performance Optimisation

Dan — Mon, 27 May 2019 13:00:00 +1000

How to speed up WordPress by separating public cacheable pages from private, expensive, and abused request paths.