cvshane
I've struggled with the same thoughts above, and giving back is helpful. I've tried to document it (https://www.codekindly.org/) with these principles of giving back by coding kindly:
Be Kind to the Earth: reduce code waste, utilize green infra
Be Kind to Community: donate code, give to charity
Be Kind to Users: protect privacy, provide joyful experiences
Be Kind to Yourself: physical + mental health, cultivate relationships
It's a shift in mindset to find fulfillment in your current job
Fast Websites Are Good for the World
Page Speed Scores Can Be Dangerous
Browser/Native Lazy-Loading Coming in 2019
Crucial WebPerf Metrics – For Beginners
Common Site Speed Metrics Explained
You are important your entire life.
You've been trained to expect pages to load slowly. If pages weren't slow to begin with then this behavior would not be necessary.
If You're Not Lazy Loading Your Images, You're Wasteful
Dang that's awesome, I need to move to the UK! No guarantee like that in the US
Average Web Page Size Is Twice the Size of the Average Page Just 3 Years Ago
Effect of lazy loading script on load time (20x better)
Serverless and PHP: introducing Bref
I love this. I've found that my most engaged users are the ones that report errors, churn less, etc.
My takeaways from the 2018 PerfMatters conf
Strong evidence that page size directly affects search rankings
Average Page Load Times for 2018 – How does yours compare?
How, really, does a CDN make your site faster?
Integrating site speed in your dashboards
SpeedCurve and Calibre are great options listed in that article. Also suggest MachMetrics https://www.machmetrics.com/