8 Things We Did to Make Our Website Super Fast
Before we started revamping our website, we asked ourselves: What defines us better? A website that tests our visitors’ patience? Or, a website that’s lightning fast?
We don’t like slow websites, and we know no fancy loading spinner can make up for the frustration that such a website delivers. To make sure our website load fast on your device, we leveraged these 8 effective web performance techniques.
Toph Case Study
Toph is where competitive programmers compete, practice, and grow. The platform hosts contests, curates thousands of algorithm and data structure problems, and brings together a global community of developers who take their craft seriously.
But running a platform like Toph isn’t just a software challenge — it’s a security and infrastructure challenge. Every submission is arbitrary code from an anonymous user. Every contest is a live event where thousands of people are watching a leaderboard refresh in real time.