Task № 0454 · Completed 2020 · Handmade wooden goods brand

Server and Hosting Performance and TTFB

A brand's speed report flagged slow server response and they wanted to know what could be done on a hosted platform.

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Retina
Out of the Sandbox theme
2020
Year completed
01

The request

“PageSpeed flags slow initial server response. I know Shopify hosts the store. What can actually be done about it?”
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A metric with limited control.

02

The approach

We reduced what the server had to assemble on each request by simplifying heavy template logic and trimming app calls that ran before render, which brought response time down.

03

What we shipped

  • Heavy template logic simplified
  • Pre-render app calls trimmed
  • Server response time reduced
  • Explained what's platform-controlled

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