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Showerthought: My 'good enough' portfolio site cost me a job in Denver last month
I lost a solid contract because the client said my site took 8 seconds to load on their phone. I spent $20 on a basic speed test tool and fixed the biggest image files, which cut that time in half. Anyone else get caught out by something simple like site speed?
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casey1456mo ago
That's brutal, man. Site speed is a total deal breaker now. People just bounce if it takes more than a couple seconds. It's crazy how one huge image can wreck everything. Good on you for fixing it, but sucks it cost you the job first.
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the_jamie6mo ago
Ever feel like you're the only one who misses the obvious stuff? I mean, I once spent hours on code when the problem was just a missing comma. Maybe my brain just skips over the simple fixes.
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caseyclark5mo ago
Read something just like that in a blog the other day.
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