DR / / drodriguez.site
case study / / 05 / /

30% faster page loads

Methodology and measurable results

statuslive
stackNext.js 15, Lighthouse CI, web-vitals
updated2026
LighthouseWeb VitalsOptimization
01 / / the problem

Performance optimization is a niche where few engineers can produce measurable results. This case study turns my 30% improvement on a real enterprise project into reproducible methodology.

02 / / what i built
"Before" and "after" versions of the same site, both live
Live Lighthouse score comparison
Web Vitals comparison (LCP, FID, CLS, TTFB)
Detailed writeup of each optimization with code
Loading waterfall comparison
Bundle size analysis
Real user metrics from visitor sample
03 / / how i built it
Next.js 15
Both versions use the same framework — proves the difference is technique, not stack
Lighthouse CI
Automated scoring on every deploy
web-vitals
Real user metric collection
04 / / live demo
→ open live demo at https://performance.drodriguez.site
Loom walkthrough — 90 seconds

Demo credentials shown on the demo's landing page.

05 / / production extensions

Things deliberately out of scope for the demo, but I'd add for production:

CDN edge caching strategies
Image format negotiation (AVIF, WebP)
Database query optimization
Server-side rendering vs static generation tradeoffs