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What's the most underrated web development practice that actually improves site performance?
Been working on a few client projects lately (custom builds with React/Next.js) and noticed a few "small" practices make a bigger performance difference than expected — things like:
Lazy loading images/components instead of loading everything upfront
Using proper caching headers instead of relying only on CDN defaults
Minimizing render-blocking JS/CSS before first paint
Choosing Tailwind CSS over heavy component libraries when the project doesn't need them
Curious what this commu...
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