708: How We Made Syntax.fm Faster
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through the ways they improved performance on the website, how they knew it was slow to begin with, and the various changes they made to caching, and loading transcripts to improve the speed of the site....
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Show Notes
In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through the ways they improved performance on the Syntax.fm website, how they knew it was slow to begin with, and the various changes they made to caching, and loading transcripts to improve the speed of the site.
Show Notes- 00:25 Welcome
- 01:32 Adding a database requires queries
- 03:32 How did we know the site was slow?
- 04:25 Syntax Brought to you by Sentry
- 07:45 Changing the way transcripts are being loaded
- 13:41 Caching
- 21:16 Caching Headers
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