Weekly Digest

Jun 29 - Jul 5, 2020

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Monday, Jun 29

Making Slack Faster By Being Lazy

Slack cut load times by 65% for large teams by doing less work, not more. Their secret? Strategic laziness.

Making Slack Faster By Being Lazy: Part 2

Slack's desktop client was grinding to a halt as teams scaled. The culprit? An over-reliance on browser LocalStorage that seemed smart at first.