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Smarter Web Audits: Chrome Lighthouse Meets AI
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Web performance can make or break user experience. Chrome Lighthouse is already a powerful tool for uncovering bottlenecks — but it often leaves developers with vague warnings instead of precise fixes. That’s where AI steps in.
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Introduction: The Case of the Sluggish Website 🐢
Imagine you just built a shiny new landing page. It looks great, but… it feels slow. Pages take forever to render, images load sluggishly, and Lighthouse screams at you with scary red flags.
This is where Chrome Lighthouse steps in as your detective 🕵️ — spotting issues. But while Lighthouse tells you what’s wrong, it doesn’t always tell you how to fix it.
That’s where AI comes in — your mentor who not only points out the bad habits but also shows you how to break them.
Let’s walk through an example.
Step 1: Our Problematic HTML (the Villain 😈)
Here’s a simplified version of an HTML page with all the common performance issues Lighthouse usually catches:
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport"…
