Ep. #8, Isomorphic Rendering in the JAMstack

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In the latest episode of JAMstack Radio, Brian speaks with Phil Hawksworth, Technical Director at R/GA and Eli Williamson, Creative Director at Netlify. They discuss Phil’s experiments with isomorphic rendering in the JAMstack, including some of the staggering performance improvements he’s been able to achieve. Listen in for their discussion on optimizing website performance by empowering front end developers, using static sites, and going serverless. Phil Hawksworth is the Technical Director at R/GA, a full service digital agency with offices around the world. Phil is a self proclaimed web geek with development experience at various companies and is also an avid blogger. Eli Williamson is…from heavybit.com

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