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STORY2026-05-046 MIN
Why we built HBM Rocket
After fifty client sites and a year on NitroPack, we knew what was missing.
READPERFORMANCE2026-04-228 MIN
The single biggest INP win on a typical WordPress site
Delay third party JavaScript until interaction. Here is exactly how we do it and why.
READARCHITECTURE2026-04-159 MIN
The cache invalidation graph
When a post saves, what else needs to be purged. The naive answer is wrong in three subtle ways.
READINFRASTRUCTURE2026-04-0811 MIN
Self hosted imgproxy with Cloudflare in front
How to get on demand AVIF and WebP at the edge for around two dollars a month.
READMEASUREMENT2026-03-197 MIN
Lighthouse versus real user metrics
When synthetic scores lie. When CrUX tells the real story. How HBM Rocket uses both.
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