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Apr 30, 2026

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5 min

Performance budgets for marketing sites

A practical checklist we use so brand sites stay fast after launch — Core Web Vitals, image strategy, and content systems that do not bloat.

Budgets before launch day

Marketing sites get slow after the third campaign asset lands. We set performance budgets early — image weight, JS budget, and LCP owners — so content systems cannot quietly undo the launch.

The checklist is boring on purpose: responsive images, no unused client bundles, and CMS fields that discourage unbounded media dumps.