# Post-Mortem: Applied Image Optimization

DevFeed: [Post-Mortem: Applied Image Optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/post-mortem-applied-image-optimization-31271.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nystudio107.com/blog/image-optimization-project-results>)

Author: andrew@nystudio107.com (Andrew Welch)

Published: 2016-12-07T18:11:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [nystudio107 | Articles on modern web development.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nystudio107-articles-on-modern-web-development.md>)

Topics: [Optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/optimization.md>), [Image](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/image.md>), [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>), [benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmarking.md>)

Tags: [applying](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applying.md>), [benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmarking.md>), [image](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/image.md>), [loading](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/loading.md>), [optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimization.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [post-mortem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post-mortem.md>), [post-mortems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post-mortems.md>), [project](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/project.md>), [results](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/results.md>), [shows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shows.md>), [speed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/speed.md>), [strategies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strategies.md>), [website](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/website.md>)

## AI overview

This project post-mortem describes applying image optimization techniques to improve website loading performance. Lazy-loading below-the-fold images, responsive server-side image processing, progressive JPEGs, and HTTP/2 reduced load time from 107.8 seconds to 2.8 seconds, Start Render from 29.8 seconds to 1.4 seconds, and Visually Complete from 35.5 seconds to 1.7 seconds.

## Source excerpt

This project post-mortem shows the results of applying image optimization strategies to speed up the loading of a website