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performance

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HAL: Cutting 100-300KB of JavaScript by Moving Routing to Build Time A performance case study showing how build-time link rewriting eliminates the SPA routing tax. Faster pages, less code, same user experience.
The Static Site Playbook: Shipping a Content Product on a Near-Zero Budget How I built a production content site with Markdown, a build script, and a 35KB JS budget - and why the boring choices are the ones that compound.
Less JavaScript, More Leverage: Why I Ship With a 35KB Budget Cutting JavaScript isn't a purity contest - it's a business decision that compounds in speed, cost, reliability, and team velocity.
Static Site Generation: The Business Case for Pre-Rendered HTML Why pre-rendering HTML at build time is the highest-leverage hosting decision for content sites - faster pages, lower costs, and less operational risk.

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