Services Optimization
Performance
Profiling and fixes for slow pages, queries and servers, with each change measured before and after.
At a glance
- Includes
- Page speed, server response, database queries, caching and image delivery
- Works with
- Your existing site or application, on the hosting you already use
- Delivered as
- A prioritised report and the fixes agreed, merged through your own review
- Starts with
- Measurements of how your product behaves today
Fit
Is this right for you?
Usually the right call when one of these sounds familiar.
Pages that feel slow
Visitors wait, and some leave before the page appears.
It slows down at busy times
Everything works until traffic arrives.
A screen that keeps spinning
One query or call holds up the rest of the page.
Fixes that are guesses
Nobody can say which change helped.
Not the right service? Handling growing traffic: Containers & scaling. Finding faults, not slowness: QA & testing.
Scope
Scope and what you get
Findings come from measurement, and fixes are ranked by their effect. Each piece of work has a matching thing you receive.
- What we do
Measurement
Core Web Vitals and server response recorded on real pages before any change.
What you receiveA baseline
The starting figures, so every later change can be compared with them.
- What we do
Front-end fixes
Image, script, font and caching changes to what the browser has to download and run.
What you receivePages that load sooner
Changes merged through your review, with the effect measured.
- What we do
Server and database profiling
Slow queries, API calls and server settings found with profiling tools.
What you receiveA ranked list of causes
Each cause explained, with its likely effect and the effort to fix it.
- What we do
Re-measurement
The same tests run again after each set of changes.
What you receiveA before and after
A short written comparison your team can keep.
Use cases
Relevant use cases
Practical situations where this service is put to work. Open a card to see how it applies.
Speeding up a slow landing page
The measured causes of a slow first load found and fixed in order of effect.
- Images, scripts and fonts reviewed
- Caching rules checked and corrected
- Core Web Vitals measured before and after
Finding a slow database query
A page held up by a query or API call, traced to its cause and fixed.
- Profiling on realistic data
- Indexes and query changes proposed and reviewed
- Server response measured again after the fix
Preparing a busy period
Checks and fixes ahead of a launch or seasonal peak, so the product holds up.
- Slow points found before traffic arrives
- Caching set up where it helps
- Findings handed to your team in writing
Sample use cases, drafted as placeholders. The Plethora team confirms the final list.
Process
How it works
Four stops, agreed with you as we go. Each shows what we do and what we need from you.
Measure
We doWe record how your pages and servers behave today, on the devices and connections your visitors use.
You doYou give us access to the product, its analytics and any monitoring you have.
Diagnose
We doWe trace slowness to its causes and rank them by effect and effort.
You doYou read the findings and choose what to fix.
Fix
We doWe make the agreed changes in your repositories, one at a time, so each effect is visible.
You doYou review and merge the changes.
Confirm
We doWe measure again, compare with the baseline and write up what changed and what remains.
You doYou decide what comes next, if anything.
Quality
Quality and handover
How the work is checked, accepted and passed to you.
Measured, not assumed
Every fix is judged against a baseline taken before the change.
Changes you can review
Fixes arrive as changes in your repositories, through your usual review.
One change at a time
So the effect of each is clear and can be undone.
A written summary
What we found, what we changed and what is left.
Tools
Tools and technology
Tools we use in delivery. We choose them to suit your team, and the list does not imply any partnership. Logos belong to their owners.
- Lighthouse
- k6
- Sentry
- Prometheus
- Grafana
Engagement
Engagement and cost factors
Ways to work with us
A scoped project
A defined round of measurement and fixes, with a written summary.
A team alongside yours
Our engineers work with yours on performance as part of normal delivery.
Ongoing support
Regular checks that catch slowdowns as the product changes.
What shapes scope, timing and cost
- How many pages, services and databases are involved
- Whether the code is yours to change or a third party's
- How much monitoring and test data already exists
- How much traffic the product needs to handle
- How much support you want after the fixes
Scope and cost are confirmed with you in writing before work starts.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
No. We measure first, tell you what is realistic and show the change after each fix.
If you ask us to. Fixes arrive as changes in your repositories, through your normal review.
Read access to monitoring and analytics is usually enough. If we need more, we agree it with you first.
It can be. Many teams repeat the measurement from time to time, and we can do that on request.
Find what is slowing you down. Start with a conversation.
Tell us what you run today and we will come back with next steps.
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