Reverse engineering Amazon and the Guardian
Despite spending countless hours optimizing our own sites, many of us still look at sites like Amazon's or the Guardian's in awe, wondering how they are still so much more performant. What are they doing differently? David Fox reverse engineers these sites, shedding light on the various tricks and optimizations they have and we don't.
| Talk Title | Reverse engineering Amazon and the Guardian |
| Speakers | David Fox (LookZook) |
| Conference | O’Reilly Fluent Conference |
| Conf Tag | The Web Platform in Practice |
| Location | San Jose, California |
| Date | June 20-22, 2017 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
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Despite spending countless hours optimizing our own sites, many of us still look at sites like Amazon’s or the Guardian’s in awe, wondering how they are still so much more performant. What are they doing differently? David Fox reverse engineers these sites, shedding light on the various tricks and optimizations they have and we don’t. The reason why these sites are so performant is simpler than you might think: the companies just have a really good understanding of how the internals of browser engines like WebKit, Blink, Gecko, and Trident work on desktop and mobile. And because of that knowledge, these companies are able to design optimally and use a multitude of tricks and optimizations we don’t. Topics include:
