https://simplecast.com Chasing Waterfalls Conversations with the people working to make the web faster for everyone, hosted by Tim Kadlec. 2019 Tim Kadlec Consulting, LLC en Wed, 17 Jun 2020 17:34:21 +0000 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 17:34:32 +0000 https://chasing-waterfalls.simplecast.com Chasing Waterfalls https://cdn.simplecast.com/images/a64fbe6e-5e31-4722-8422-53bc951fe860/3733593c-1628-4472-a386-b6e0cb0e7981/3000x3000/big_logo_chasing.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://chasing-waterfalls.simplecast.com episodic Conversations with the people working to make the web faster for everyone, hosted by Tim Kadlec. Tim Kadlec no https://feeds.simplecast.com/kvH8KFGk metrics, performance, web, web development, web performance Tim Kadlec tim@timkadlec.com 62b8046c-d92c-4a26-8731-a6bb0f236279 Undergoing a Performance Transformation with Sharell Bryant Rarely do we get to start with a fresh slate when it comes to performance, more often, we have to figure out how to make a performance transformation after the fact. In this episode, Sharell Bryant talks about Teachers Pay Teachers journey to a performance-focused organization.

Luckily there were people in the company who had kind of had similar experiences in terms of being able and having the freedom to like run an A/B test where maybe it's not a product change, it's just a performance optimization change and being able to see like test out whether that improved various metrics. I was able to do that and felt empowered to do that. Especially when we are looking for different opportunities for how to improve the experience. If I can say, "Hey, I can make a quick performance change and let's just see if it affects these other metrics and you know, it won't involve design, it won't involve product and it'll take this much resourcing and then we'll measure it", I think was a great way to kind of advocate at first and loop it into another objective.

A full transcript is available at: https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-six-with-sharell-bryant/

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]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2020 17:34:21 +0000 tim@timkadlec.com (Tim Kadlec, Sharell Bryant) https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-six-with-sharell-bryant/ Rarely do we get to start with a fresh slate when it comes to performance, more often, we have to figure out how to make a performance transformation after the fact. In this episode, Sharell Bryant talks about Teachers Pay Teachers journey to a performance-focused organization.

Luckily there were people in the company who had kind of had similar experiences in terms of being able and having the freedom to like run an A/B test where maybe it's not a product change, it's just a performance optimization change and being able to see like test out whether that improved various metrics. I was able to do that and felt empowered to do that. Especially when we are looking for different opportunities for how to improve the experience. If I can say, "Hey, I can make a quick performance change and let's just see if it affects these other metrics and you know, it won't involve design, it won't involve product and it'll take this much resourcing and then we'll measure it", I think was a great way to kind of advocate at first and loop it into another objective.

A full transcript is available at: https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-six-with-sharell-bryant/

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]]> Undergoing a Performance Transformation with Sharell Bryant Tim Kadlec, Sharell Bryant 00:41:49 Rarely do we get to start with a fresh slate when it comes to performance, more often, we have to figure out how to make a performance transformation after the fact. In this episode, Sharell Bryant talks about Teachers Pay Teachers journey to a performance-focused organization. Rarely do we get to start with a fresh slate when it comes to performance, more often, we have to figure out how to make a performance transformation after the fact. In this episode, Sharell Bryant talks about Teachers Pay Teachers journey to a performance-focused organization. web technology, interviews, web performance, performance optimization, web, web development no full 6 a02b18fb-6b63-4bfd-81d3-4fa60359e200 Reaching the Entire UK with Matt Hobbs Performance is always important, but that's especially true for anyone providing essential services over a wide range of connections and devices. In this episode, Matt Hobbs talks about the challenges of building sites that perform well for the entirety of the UK.

Everything that we do in terms of accessibility, in terms of web performance, in terms of content design, we have to be catering to the largest number of people possible because one thing that we can't, we can't just say, well we're not going to support X or you're not going to support Y. Because in doing so we may just be excluding a certain demographic of the UK.

A full transcript is available at: https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-five-with-matt-hobbs/

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]]> Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:31:06 +0000 tim@timkadlec.com (Tim Kadlec) https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-five-with-matt-hobbs/ Performance is always important, but that's especially true for anyone providing essential services over a wide range of connections and devices. In this episode, Matt Hobbs talks about the challenges of building sites that perform well for the entirety of the UK.

Everything that we do in terms of accessibility, in terms of web performance, in terms of content design, we have to be catering to the largest number of people possible because one thing that we can't, we can't just say, well we're not going to support X or you're not going to support Y. Because in doing so we may just be excluding a certain demographic of the UK.

A full transcript is available at: https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-five-with-matt-hobbs/

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]]> Reaching the Entire UK with Matt Hobbs Tim Kadlec 00:48:25 Performance is always important, but that's especially true for anyone providing essential services over a wide range of connections and devices. In this episode, Matt Hobbs talks about the challenges of building sites that perform well for the entirety of the UK. Performance is always important, but that's especially true for anyone providing essential services over a wide range of connections and devices. In this episode, Matt Hobbs talks about the challenges of building sites that perform well for the entirety of the UK. no full 5 f03f438b-f65a-4d52-904a-ef7248a1e19d Dealing with Third Parties with Karolina Szczur You can do all the work to make your own code as fast as possible, but a few ill-performing third-party scripts can still bring your site to a crawl. In this episode, Karolina Szczur talks all about third-parties: how big of an issue they really how, how to identify which ones are the most problematic, and what you can do about it.

So it's not necessarily a binary choice—in some cases, sure. But there are strategies that you can use to mitigate that performance that you just have to be aware of them and you have to start with having that conversation. The responsibility is actually on us, not necessarily on the vendor that's providing the service.

A full transcript is available at: https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-four-with-karolina-szczur/

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]]> Thu, 6 Feb 2020 15:16:49 +0000 tim@timkadlec.com (Tim Kadlec, Karolina Szczur) https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-four-with-karolina-szczur/ You can do all the work to make your own code as fast as possible, but a few ill-performing third-party scripts can still bring your site to a crawl. In this episode, Karolina Szczur talks all about third-parties: how big of an issue they really how, how to identify which ones are the most problematic, and what you can do about it.

So it's not necessarily a binary choice—in some cases, sure. But there are strategies that you can use to mitigate that performance that you just have to be aware of them and you have to start with having that conversation. The responsibility is actually on us, not necessarily on the vendor that's providing the service.

A full transcript is available at: https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-four-with-karolina-szczur/

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]]> Dealing with Third Parties with Karolina Szczur Tim Kadlec, Karolina Szczur 00:53:44 You can do all the work to make your own code as fast as possible, but a few ill-performing third-party scripts can still bring your site to a crawl. In this episode, Karolina Szczur talks all about third-parties: how big of an issue they really how, how to identify which ones are the most problematic, and what you can do about it. You can do all the work to make your own code as fast as possible, but a few ill-performing third-party scripts can still bring your site to a crawl. In this episode, Karolina Szczur talks all about third-parties: how big of an issue they really how, how to identify which ones are the most problematic, and what you can do about it. analytics, web technology, interviews, web performance, performance optimization, web, advertising, web development no full 4 8d06af78-dccb-4f02-a663-9ef9a6e9137d Performance for the Long-Haul with Katie Hempenius A lot of work falls under the umbrella of "web performance" and it's hard to know where to focus, both for quick wins and for long-term maintainability. In this episode, Katie Hempenius talks about everything from JavaScript and image weight, to third-party challenges, budgets and the importance of organizational support.

Now maybe your first party site is actually pretty decent and is holding the line but you keep getting push back from marketing to just keep adding more third party content and that is just really slowing the site down and that's one of those things...that issue is bigger than engineering. You need to have the company kind of come to an agreement on what your strategy is going to be around third party.

A full transcript is available at: https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-three-with-katie-hempenius/

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]]> Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:11:06 +0000 tim@timkadlec.com (Tim Kadlec, Katie Hempenius) https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-three-with-katie-hempenius/ A lot of work falls under the umbrella of "web performance" and it's hard to know where to focus, both for quick wins and for long-term maintainability. In this episode, Katie Hempenius talks about everything from JavaScript and image weight, to third-party challenges, budgets and the importance of organizational support.

Now maybe your first party site is actually pretty decent and is holding the line but you keep getting push back from marketing to just keep adding more third party content and that is just really slowing the site down and that's one of those things...that issue is bigger than engineering. You need to have the company kind of come to an agreement on what your strategy is going to be around third party.

A full transcript is available at: https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-three-with-katie-hempenius/

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]]> Performance for the Long-Haul with Katie Hempenius Tim Kadlec, Katie Hempenius 00:43:14 A lot of work falls under the umbrella of "web performance" and it's hard to know where to focus, both for quick wins and for long-term maintainability. In this episode, Katie Hempenius talks about everything from JavaScript and image weight, to third-party challenges, budgets and the importance of organizational support. A lot of work falls under the umbrella of "web performance" and it's hard to know where to focus, both for quick wins and for long-term maintainability. In this episode, Katie Hempenius talks about everything from JavaScript and image weight, to third-party challenges, budgets and the importance of organizational support. web technology, interviews, web performance, performance optimization, web, web development no full 3 a124d9e7-e396-4aa1-a1b7-09958db9d736 From Hackathon to Foundational Performance with Reefath Rajali Many people want their organization to prioritize performance, but where do you start? In this episode, Reefath Rajali, a mobile developer advocate at PayPal, talks about PayPal's performance journey, starting with a simple, lightweight prototype built during a hackathon.

So, that is how this journey actually started and as you said, it was not an easy journey. We had a lot of challenges. Because it is a larger organization and to transform a hackathon idea into action, there are a lot of team players and companies about. We have our product, we have our analyst, we have our designers, and we have our engineering group. So, it’s like four or five teams we have to come together, agree, and every single stream has a different leader.

A full transcript is available at: https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-two-with-reefath-rajali/

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]]> Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:48:18 +0000 tim@timkadlec.com (Reefath Rajali, Tim Kadlec) https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-two-with-reefath-rajali/ Many people want their organization to prioritize performance, but where do you start? In this episode, Reefath Rajali, a mobile developer advocate at PayPal, talks about PayPal's performance journey, starting with a simple, lightweight prototype built during a hackathon.

So, that is how this journey actually started and as you said, it was not an easy journey. We had a lot of challenges. Because it is a larger organization and to transform a hackathon idea into action, there are a lot of team players and companies about. We have our product, we have our analyst, we have our designers, and we have our engineering group. So, it’s like four or five teams we have to come together, agree, and every single stream has a different leader.

A full transcript is available at: https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-two-with-reefath-rajali/

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]]> From Hackathon to Foundational Performance with Reefath Rajali Reefath Rajali, Tim Kadlec 00:38:39 Many people want their organization to prioritize performance, but where do you start? In this episode, Reefath Rajali—a mobile developer advocate at PayPal—talks about PayPal's performance journey, starting with a simple, lightweight prototype built during a hackathon. She discusses the hard work and challenges that went into getting organizational buy-in and the cultural changes necessary to make performance a foundational principle. Many people want their organization to prioritize performance, but where do you start? In this episode, Reefath Rajali—a mobile developer advocate at PayPal—talks about PayPal's performance journey, starting with a simple, lightweight prototype built during a hackathon. She discusses the hard work and challenges that went into getting organizational buy-in and the cultural changes necessary to make performance a foundational principle. mobile, web technology, interviews, web performance, performance optimization, web, web development no full 2 5172f163-9523-44fa-b10e-1d0c6e8395c4 Scaling a Culture of Performance with Malek Hakim How do you not only establish a culture of performance, but nurture it and scale it across a large organization? That's the question we try to answer in this week's discussion with Malek Hakim, a performance engineer at Priceline. We talk about what Priceline has been doing to cement a culture of performance across the organization, touching on everything from tooling and metrics, to education and experimentation.

We started small at first. We were actually working on trying to find small tasks that we can do that we can test and try to show the impact. And yeah. You iterate and you do different tests, and some of them show up to be beneficial and sometimes surprising. And I guess that gets the ball rolling.—Malek Hakim

A full transcript is available at: https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-one-with-malek-hakim/

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]]> Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:55:48 +0000 tim@timkadlec.com (Malek Hakim, Tim Kadlec) https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-one-with-malek-hakim/ How do you not only establish a culture of performance, but nurture it and scale it across a large organization? That's the question we try to answer in this week's discussion with Malek Hakim, a performance engineer at Priceline. We talk about what Priceline has been doing to cement a culture of performance across the organization, touching on everything from tooling and metrics, to education and experimentation.

We started small at first. We were actually working on trying to find small tasks that we can do that we can test and try to show the impact. And yeah. You iterate and you do different tests, and some of them show up to be beneficial and sometimes surprising. And I guess that gets the ball rolling.—Malek Hakim

A full transcript is available at: https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-one-with-malek-hakim/

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]]> Scaling a Culture of Performance with Malek Hakim Malek Hakim, Tim Kadlec 00:38:43 How do you not only establish a culture of performance, but nuture it and scale it across a large organization? That's the question we try to answer in this week's discussion with Malek Hakim, a performance engineer at Priceline. We talk about what Priceline has been doing to cement a culture of performance across the organization, touching on everything from tooling and metrics, to education and experimentation. How do you not only establish a culture of performance, but nuture it and scale it across a large organization? That's the question we try to answer in this week's discussion with Malek Hakim, a performance engineer at Priceline. We talk about what Priceline has been doing to cement a culture of performance across the organization, touching on everything from tooling and metrics, to education and experimentation. web technology, interviews, web performance, performance optimization, web, web development no full 1 71420e0a-cbc1-40d7-9687-b509fc75829b Introducing Chasing Waterfalls Welcome to Chasing Waterfalls, a podcast featuring conversations with the people working to make the web faster for everyone. Every two weeks, a new episode will drop exploring how different people and organizations are approaching web performance, from a technical, organizational and cultural perspective.

In this trailer, Tim introduces the podcast and provides a sneak peek at some of the upcoming episodes.

]]> Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:11:57 +0000 tim@timkadlec.com (Malek Hakim, Reefath Rajali, Tim Kadlec, Katie Hempenius) https://chasing-waterfalls.simplecast.com/episodes/introducing-chasing-waterfalls-EWKR1cAy Welcome to Chasing Waterfalls, a podcast featuring conversations with the people working to make the web faster for everyone. Every two weeks, a new episode will drop exploring how different people and organizations are approaching web performance, from a technical, organizational and cultural perspective.

In this trailer, Tim introduces the podcast and provides a sneak peek at some of the upcoming episodes.

]]> Introducing Chasing Waterfalls Malek Hakim, Reefath Rajali, Tim Kadlec, Katie Hempenius 00:02:21 Tim introduces Chasing Waterfalls, a podcast featuring conversations with the people working to make the web faster for everyone. Tim introduces Chasing Waterfalls, a podcast featuring conversations with the people working to make the web faster for everyone. web performance, web development, performance no trailer