#### article ## Experience the news sites bloat In one of the best ”I’m going to make a point about performance” posts I’ve seen in a long time, [Zain Amro](https://twitter.com/zainamro) touches on the stark difference in speed of interaction between newspapers and news sites. Read carefully, till the end. []()[Unbearable news →](https://zainamro.com/notes/unbearable-news)

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#### article ## Know the design choices to make your type fast Often, we hear the misconception that performance work lies mostly within the developer domain. We started a series of articles to enable designers to understand and address potential performance issues in their work. []()[Performance for Designers Part 1: Typography →](https://calibreapp.com/blog/performance-for-designers-typography)

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#### article ## Speed leads to energy efficiency The way we use and build for the web can have [a sizeable carbon footprint](https://qz.com/1267709/every-google-search-results-in-co2-emissions-this-real-time-dataviz-shows-how-much/). One of the ways to reduce environmental impact is to focus on performance. In his post, Tom Greenwood explains how. []()[17 ways to make your website more energy efficient →](https://www.wholegraindigital.com/blog/website-energy-efficiency/)

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#### article ## Ensure your CSS-in-JS isn’t slow With the rise of React’s omnipresence, several new ways of handling CSS in JavaScript emerged. In his article, [Aggelos Arvanitakis](https://twitter.com/aggarvanitakis) cautions of possible performance problems that can be caused by using runtime-based CSS-in-JS libraries. []()[The unseen performance costs of modern CSS-in-JS libraries in React apps →](https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2019/the-unseen-performance-costs-of-css-in-js-in-react-apps/)

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#### talk ## Make and keep your sites fast In his talk, [Scott Jehl](https://twitter.com/scottjehl) touches on a critical point—that keeping your site performant is much harder than initially ensuring it’s fast. He provides strategies to prevent the negative performance impact of the accumulation of content and continuous product growth. []()[Move Fast & Don’t Break Things →](https://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/dontbreakthings/)

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#### podcast ## Learn how to be a performance strategist In the new Chasing Waterfalls podcast episode, [Katie Hempenius](https://twitter.com/katiehempenius) talks about which areas to focus on in performance work and explains how crucial organisational support is to be successful. Worth a listen. []()[Performance for the Long-Haul with Katie Hempenius →](https://chasingwaterfalls.io/episodes/episode-three-with-katie-hempenius/)

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