Here’s an outstanding idea from Max Böck. He’s created a boilerplate project for building websites that fit within a single HTTP request. This is extremely important for websites that contain critical information for public safety. As Max writes:
In cases of emergency, many organizations need a quick way to publish critical information. But exisiting (CMS) websites are often unable to handle sudden spikes in traffic.
What’s so special about this boilerplate? Well, it does smart stuff like:
- generates a static site using Eleventy,
- uses minimal markup with inlined CSS,
- aims to transmit everything in the first connection roundtrip (~14KB),
- progressively enables offline-support with Service Workers,
- uses Netlify CMS for easy content editing, and
- provides one-click deployment via Netlify to get off the ground quickly
The example website that Max built with this boilerplate is shockingly fast and I would go one step further to argue that all websites should feel as fast as this, not just websites that are useful in an emergency.
