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Yesterday, my Node.js app was fast. Today, it was crawling. 😩
I started digging into the code and found something interesting... The problem wasn't Node.js itself. It was how I was using it.
One loop was blocking the event loop... Another was firing hundreds of database queries. One API was loading thousands of records when it only needed 20.
And the caching? Missing.
I fixed these issues one by one.
The result? Faster responses, less memory usage, and fewer database queries.
Here's what I learned: You don't always need a better server. Sometimes, you just need better code.
I broke down 5 common Node.js performance problems and how to fix them in my latest article:
https://blog.webdevlab.org/nodejs-slow-performance-patterns
What's the worst performance bug you've ever debugged? 👇
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How fast can a template get without changing a single pixel?
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We just optimized 11 of our templates in Framer, Astro and Next.js. The rule was simple: nothing visible changes, only how things load.
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What we changed: CSS inside the page, fonts from our own domain instead of Google Fonts, WebP images with phone-sized copies, videos that load when you scroll near them, heavy videos re-encoded without visible loss (one template went from about 20 MB of video to 2.4 MB), WebGL that starts near the screen, and analytics after the page. Every page was checked pixel by pixel at three widths before and after.
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Mobile PageSpeed now, Astro / Next.js:
Sunbeam 100 / 100
Auria 100 / 96
Lapse 97 / 98, up from 64 / 66
Parley 97 / 94
Nova Quinn 93 / 92 ⠀
On desktop, Mote scores 98 in Framer and 100 in Astro and Next.js.
More posts on the individual fixes coming.
Nothing visible changes, only how things load is such a good rule. Speed work like this is underrated, buyers feel it even if they can't see it.
I’ve spent the last three months building this.
Deframer is finally here.
It started with the same conversation with clients: they wanted to leave Framer but felt stuck, since moving meant rebuilding their sites.
I felt it too. Pricing kept getting harder to justify, and the product experience felt worse.
Our template sales also took a hit after the marketplace and community changes.
Other template creators have been seeing their revenue dip too.
So I built Deframer.
Some exporters just package what the browser loads from your published URL.
Deframer writes a clean Next.js + TypeScript project, following Next.js best practices. Code you can read, maintain and run yourself.
It also optimizes for SEO, AEO and speed.
Paste your Framer URL, verify it’s yours, and convert. Your pages, components, layouts and motion come along.
Three months later, it’s ready for you to try.
https://deframer.co
If you’ve been wanting to move off Framer, I’d love to hear how it works for you.
Market Day — the 15-second ad every seller deserves
Small sellers pour everything into what they make, and then get two seconds of someone's scroll to show it.
Market Day is for that moment. A seller ties off a parcel, the stall lights flicker on, and they hold out a wooden tray toward you. Your product lands on it, a little kraft label hops up to say what it is, and your headline settles onto a frosted-glass card.
I built it as one SVGator template and dropped in three businesses to prove it bends without breaking:
🍕 Forno Lucia, a wood-fired pizza café
🕯️ Ember & Oak, a candle maker
☕ Clay & Co, a ceramics studio
Same animation every time. To make it yours, swap 5 lines of text, 2 images and 1 colour. Every layer is named, the motion lives on wrapper groups, and no keyframe needs touching. About five minutes.
All artwork was made for this template, the brands are fictional and the fonts are open source, so it's free to give away.
If you sell by hand, this one's for you. Which stall should I set up next? 👇
Template: https://app.svgator.com/editor/#/0c516a7c8d234b37bb98c8df7f0b4a29
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