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Call us impatient, but if a page or app doesn’t load in 3 seconds, we are DONE 🏃

Author

Aashish P
November 14, 2024

Hey there,

Call us impatient, but if a page or app doesn’t load in 3 seconds, we are DONE 🏃

Pretty much how we look while waiting 👇

Answer this poll for us please (takes 2 seconds — ironically 🤓)

Latency is REAL and Let’s Talk About It

Let’s get straight to the numbers:

If you say, “No. We aren’t selling anything on our website. So, latency doesn’t cost us anything”, here’s another statistic:

Forget the audience bouncing off, bad latency means you aren’t even visible to any of us on the internet.

Curious to learn more about the importance of latency?

Fleek’s got you covered. Give this a read: Latency is King: Why Speed is Critical for Building Apps + How to Speed Up Your App

So, latency hurts everyone online and we are all essentially fighting a 3-second death spiral 💀

In a digital-first world, latency matters more than ever.

👉 Digital economy and e-commerce are the new norm
👉 Streaming, gaming, and fintech sectors — real-time interactions are needed everywhere
👉 AI integrations (all your ChatGPT texts) demand real-time responses

Okay. Latency is real. Now, what’s the solution?

When milliseconds mean money, that’s a problem worth solving.

🚫 Current Solutions Aren't Cutting It

Look, we all know the standard playbook: CDNs, caching, SSR, image optimization.

But in 2024, these "solutions" are like bringing a knife to a gunfight.

Think about it:

• Your app needs real-time data? Add a CDN layer.
• Need computing at the edge? Add a function service.
• Need better regional performance? Add another CDN.
• Need AI processing? Add... you get the point.

⚡Best way out? Build and Deploy on Fleek

Deploying your app and website on Fleek means,

One platform | One deployment | Global edge presence | Instant performance

No more juggling vendors. No more DevOps nightmares. No more "death by a thousand services."

Performance? Our latest testnet results speak for themselves:

• 7x faster than AWS Lambda
• 2.7x faster than Vercel Serverless
• True decentralization maintained

How? Here's the secret sauce:

1. Geographic-aware node distribution
2. Smart routing & work allocation
3. Edge-optimized content delivery
4. Stateless execution model
5. Zero configurations required

For more information about the backbones of Fleek, read this developer guide.

Next Steps

1. First, find out how your website or app actually performs:

2.  Try Fleek Today 🤝

If you’re ready to reduce latency and deliver faster experiences with Fleek, click here to get started and bring your app closer to your users.

Learn more about Fleek:

PS: Did those latency and performance stats give you anxiety? 

Our team is always ready to help you speed things up.

Until next week,
The Fleek Team ⚡