January 28, 2025
A faster website with BunnyCDN
My website was loading instantly… but mostly from within Europe, as it did not use a CDN. Recently I have switched to BunnyCDN and now the website loads instantly from almost any location.
In the image above you see the loading times. Dubai is still bad, but the rest is all below 300 miliseconds. Note that this is a self-test from BunnyCDN. This might positively influence the data, as they get to choose the test locations. Also note that this is not measuring the last mile delay, which you should add to these numbers if you want real user performance.
Fortunately my website reports Real User Metrics (RUM) in Lighthouse, so I can use the Core Web Vitals Report to keep an eye on the actual performance. This tells me that my Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) and First Contentful Paint (FCP) are currently around 1.5 seconds and the Time To First Byte (TTFB) is currently 1 second. These very high numbers are caused by the fact that my origin server is located in Amsterdam, while half of my traffic comes from Japan and the US. With BunnyCDN I expect these numbers to drop dramatically in the next few weeks.
I will keep you posted.
() Joost van der Schee