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66

Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A forced reflow occurs when JavaScript queries geometric properties (such as offsetWidth) after styles have been invalidated by a change to the DOM state. This can result in poor performance. Learn more about forced reflows and possible mitigations.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]
items: [map[reflowTime:40.257 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]] map[reflowTime:6.604 source:map[column:663206 line:0 type:source-location url:https://substackcdn.com/bundle/static/js/reader2.15dc9b3f.js urlProvider:network]]]

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLResource SizeEst Savings
The app for independent voices Get started Learn more div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft
substackcdn.com/img/growth_page/footer.jpeg1.7 MiB183.1 KiB
div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture > img.img-OACg1c div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture > img.img-OACg1c
/image/fetch/$s_!u9e1!,w_300,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,f...34.0 KiB30.6 KiB
a.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture > img.img-OACg1c a.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture > img.img-OACg1c
/image/fetch/$s_!Cez8!,w_520,h_272,c_fill,f_webp,q_auto:g...27.5 KiB4.5 KiB

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-0-DIV
nodeLabel: The app for independent voices Get started Learn more
path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,1,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV
selector: div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft
snippet: <div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-flexDirection-column pc-gap-16 pc-justifyConte…">

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

description: [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints help the browser establish a connection earlier in the page load, saving time when the first request for that origin is made. The following are the origins that the page preconnected to.
title: Preconnected origins
description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.
title: Preconnect candidates
value: No additional origins are good candidates for preconnecting

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Diagnostics

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 40 ms 59.0 KiB

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL
div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture > img.img-OACg1c div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture > img.img-OACg1c
/image/fetch/$s_!u9e1!,w_300,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,f...
div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture > img.img-OACg1c div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture > img.img-OACg1c
/image/fetch/$s_!DzDi!,w_176,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,f...

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

●Layout shift culprits
●Document request latency
●Optimize DOM size
●LCP breakdown
●Modern HTTP
●Optimize viewport for mobile
●Minify CSS
●Minify JavaScript
●JavaScript execution time 0.7 s
●Minimizes main-thread work 1.2 s
●Avoid long main-thread tasks 3 long tasks found
●Page didn't prevent back/forward cache restoration
●Network Requests
●Network Round Trip Times 50 ms
●Server Backend Latencies 150 ms
●Tasks
●Diagnostics
●Metrics
●Screenshot Thumbnails
●Final Screenshot
●Script Treemap Data
●Resources Summary
●Avoid multiple page redirects
●Initial server response time was short Root document took 190 ms
●Avoid large layout shifts 1 layout shift found
○INP breakdown
○User Timing marks and measures
○Avoid non-composited animations
75

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

ARIA

Each ARIA `role` supports a specific subset of `aria-*` attributes. Mismatching these invalidates the `aria-*` attributes. Learn how to match ARIA attributes to their roles.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Home Subscriptions Chat Activity Explore Profile Create div#entry > div.reader-nav-root > div.pencraft > div.pencraft

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Contrast

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Subscriptions div.pencraft > div.pencraft > a.pencraft > div.pencraft
Chat div.pencraft > div.pencraft > a.pencraft > div.pencraft
Activity div.pencraft > div.pencraft > a.pencraft > div.pencraft
Explore div.pencraft > div.pencraft > a.pencraft > div.pencraft
Profile div.pencraft > div.pencraft > a.pencraft > div.pencraft
Create div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
Get started div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
For you div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button#radix-P0-6
2h div.pencraft > span.pencraft > a.pencraft > span.pencraft
Subscribe div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
14 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft > div.pencraft
Mar 27 div.pencraft > span.pencraft > a.pencraft > span.pencraft
Subscribe div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
22.6K div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft > div.pencraft
1.2K div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft > div.pencraft
568 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft > div.pencraft
Mar 29 div.pencraft > span.pencraft > a.pencraft > span.pencraft
Subscribe div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
9.8K div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft > div.pencraft
83 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft > div.pencraft
1.5K div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft > div.pencraft
You always own your intellectual property, mailing list, and subscriber payment… div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > p.pencraft
Get started div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
40m div.pencraft > span.pencraft > a.pencraft > span.pencraft
Subscribe div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
1.4K div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft > div.pencraft
157 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft > div.pencraft
353 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft > div.pencraft
19h div.pencraft > span.pencraft > a.pencraft > span.pencraft
Subscribe div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
nbcnews.com div.pencraft > a.pencraft > div.pencraft > p.pencraft
Live Nation has vehemently denied acting as a monopoly. In a statement on Wedne… div.pencraft > a.pencraft > div.pencraft > p.pencraft
136 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft > div.pencraft
10 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft > div.pencraft
Join the most interesting and insightful discussions. div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > p.pencraft
Get started div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
2h div.pencraft > span.pencraft > a.pencraft > span.pencraft
Subscribe div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
See more div.pencraft > div.pencraft > span.pencraft > a.pencraft
Get the app div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
Elliott Wave 2.0 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > span.pencraft > a.link-LIBpto
1m read div.pencraft > div.pencraft > span.pencraft > span.pencraft
∙ 15 likes div.pencraft > div.pencraft > span.pencraft > span.pencraft
The Lead-Lag Report div.pencraft > div.pencraft > span.pencraft > a.link-LIBpto
2m read div.pencraft > div.pencraft > span.pencraft > span.pencraft
∙ 335 likes div.pencraft > div.pencraft > span.pencraft > span.pencraft
Longevity101... Longevity Related News div.pencraft > div.pencraft > span.pencraft > a.link-LIBpto
1m read div.pencraft > div.pencraft > span.pencraft > span.pencraft
∙ 3 likes div.pencraft > div.pencraft > span.pencraft > span.pencraft
privacy policy div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > a.pencraft

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Names and labels

Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more about the `alt` attribute.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft
div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft
div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft
div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft
div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft
div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Best practices

Disabling zooming is problematic for users with low vision who rely on screen magnification to properly see the contents of a web page. Learn more about the viewport meta tag.

Why this matters

Informational: a Permissions-Policy directive showing feature -> allowed origins.

Source: MDN Permissions-Policy

Failing Elements
head > meta head > meta

Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Elliott Wave 2.0 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > span.pencraft > a.link-LIBpto
The Lead-Lag Report div.pencraft > div.pencraft > span.pencraft > a.link-LIBpto
Longevity101... Longevity Related News div.pencraft > div.pencraft > span.pencraft > a.link-LIBpto

One main landmark helps screen reader users navigate a web page. Learn more about landmarks.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
html html

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Visible text labels that do not match the accessible name can result in a confusing experience for screen reader users. Learn more about accessible names.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
14 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
1 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
22.6K div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
1.2K div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
568 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
9.8K div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
83 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
1.5K div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
1.4K div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
157 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
353 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
136 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
2 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
10 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
6 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
2 div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > button.pencraft
○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable
○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state
○The page has a logical tab order
○Visual order on the page follows DOM order
○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region
○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page
○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation
○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology
○Custom controls have associated labels
○Custom controls have ARIA roles
●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`
●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes
●`[role]` values are valid
●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values
●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled
●Buttons have an accessible name
●Form elements have associated labels
●`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names
●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role
●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes
●Document has a `<title>` element
●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute
●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.
●Links have a discernible name
●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).
●No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0
●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used
●Identical links have the same purpose.
○`[accesskey]` values are unique
○Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.
○`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents
○ARIA input fields have accessible names
○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names
○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names
○Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.
○`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element
○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.
○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names
○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names
○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names
○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region
○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.
○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements
○ARIA IDs are unique
○No form fields have multiple labels
○`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.
○Input buttons have discernible text.
○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text
○List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements
○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`
○`<object>` elements have alternate text
○Select elements have associated label elements.
○Skip links are focusable.
○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.
○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.
○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value
○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`
○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.
○All heading elements contain content.
○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements
○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.
○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.
○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.
77

Best Practices

General

Deprecated APIs will eventually be removed from the browser. Learn more about deprecated APIs.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Deprecation / WarningSource
SharedStorage
StorageType.persistent is deprecated. Please use standardized navigator.storage instead.
Fledge

Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

SourceDescription
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 ()
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 ()
●Uses HTTPS
●Avoids third-party cookies
●Allows users to paste into input fields
●Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load
●Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load
●Displays images with correct aspect ratio
●Serves images with appropriate resolution
●Page has the HTML doctype
●Properly defines charset
●No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools
●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP
●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types
●Detected JavaScript libraries
●Page has valid source maps
○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS
○Use a strong HSTS policy
○Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP
85

SEO

These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.

Crawling and Indexing

Search engines may use `href` attributes on links to crawl websites. Ensure that the `href` attribute of anchor elements links to an appropriate destination, so more pages of the site can be discovered. Learn how to make links crawlable

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Uncrawlable Link
Subscriptions div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > a.pencraft
Chat div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > a.pencraft
Activity div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > a.pencraft
Profile div.pencraft > div.pencraft > div.pencraft > a.pencraft
40m div.pencraft > div.pencraft > span.pencraft > a.pencraft
See more div.pencraft > div.pencraft > span.pencraft > a.pencraft

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Content Best Practices

Informative elements should aim for short, descriptive alternate text. Decorative elements can be ignored with an empty alt attribute. Learn more about the `alt` attribute.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft
div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft
div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft
div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft
div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft
div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft div.pencraft > div.pencraft > picture.pencraft > img.pencraft

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

○Structured data is valid
●Page isn’t blocked from indexing
●Document has a `<title>` element
●Document has a meta description
●Page has successful HTTP status code
●Links have descriptive text
●robots.txt is valid
●Document has a valid `hreflang`
●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

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