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My Portfolio Scored 38 on Lighthouse — Now It's 98

My Portfolio Scored 38 on Lighthouse — Now It's 98
My Portfolio Scored 38 on Lighthouse — Now It's 98

My Portfolio Scored 38 on Lighthouse — Now It's 98

38 felt embarrassing for someone who calls himself a performance-conscious engineer. The fixes were less glamorous than I expected. Three of them took under 10 minutes each. One of them I'd been postponing for months for no reason.

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