Seems like everyone is building a ChatGPT thing right now, doesn’t it? Well we are too! Inspired by so many others, we decided to see what AI could do with our simplified analytics and observability data. Turns out, it can do quite a lot. I’m thrilled to share that we’ve…

In 2021, we started Request Metrics as a simple and developer-friendly service to measure and improve web performance. We built an incredible platform that distilled complex data down into simple reports and recommendations. …

Hey Jason! I love this story, and I love to see more people advocating for Progressive Enhancement. I've been running a JS Error Monitoring service (TrackJS) for 10 years, and I know all too well how often it breaks. The surge into evermore JavaScript concerns me.

Whether you’re an e-commerce company, a SaaS provider, or a content publisher, understanding the performance of your website is important to everyone on the team-not just the developers. Performance is a huge part of the user experience and directly tied to how well your website achieves its goals. …

Implementing Google Ads can be complicated. If done incorrectly, it negatively impacts your website’s performance. Fortunately, there is a new Google Lighthouse plugin tailored specifically to find problems with your Google ad implementation. Google Publisher Ads Plugin Publisher Ads Audits for Lighthouse is a plugin created to help surface issues with your Google ads…

Charting can be complicated and intimidating, especially when dealing with web performance data, flame charts, and percentiles. There is so much data crammed together! Why are the numbers all different?! Let’s break down these charts, what they are good for, and when to use them. Flame Charts A flame chart uses a…

Google has a well earned reputation for speed. At least on their own sites. It’s an entirely different story when it comes to their ad network. Google ads are slowing down thousands of sites across the internet. Google Ads in Action Regardless of what you think of their content, CNN is one of the…

Google is using Core Web Vitals as a factor in search results rankings. They’ve also found that improving Core Web Vitals can lead to increased traffic, sales and ultimately conversions. But how can you see your Core Web Vitals easily? Request Metrics is the best solution for monitoring Core Web…

Webpack is great for building Javascript applications, but did you know it can optimize static HTML assets too? In this article, we use Webpack to process HTML files while automatically optimizing their images too. > Hey! Don’t want to read all the in’s and outs of bending Webpack into shape…