I'm diving into my site's Core Web Vitals, and Lighthouse is giving me some scary red scores. I'm on the hunt for quick, practical fixes that actually work—no theories, just proven tweaks. What adjustments have you made that took under an hour and resulted in a noticeable improvement?
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Another easy win is to limit the number of fonts and font weights you use and make sure to self-host them. It really helps with load times!
One quick fix I found incredibly effective was dropping Google Fonts and switching to self-hosted fonts. It made a big difference in loading times for me!
I recommend simply following the Lighthouse suggestions. They can give you solid, actionable steps to improve your scores quickly!
You can tackle a lot of optimizations in under an hour. The key is that many changes have a compounding effect, so they all contribute to the overall improvement. Just go through the Lighthouse recommendations and address what you can.
Check how you're handling assets—if you're using images directly from a CMS, they might be unoptimized. Large files, especially like that 30MB PNG the client uploaded, can slow things down. Use tools like TinyPNG for JPGs and PNGs, and optimize any SVGs with SVGOMG before uploading them.
Okay, I'll give that a try and see how it goes!