Bethany Chobanian Lang 5:37 pm on February 22, 2022
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Performance team meeting summary 22 February 2022

Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack.

Focus group updates

Announcements

@mxbclang

  • Database optimization focus area
    • Want to reassess the interest for this as a focus group
    • Please re-vote on the focus group spreadsheet here by adding/removing your WP.org username from the groups that you want to work on in Column D, Contributors wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ username
    • Please only enter your name on two or fewer groups. If you’ve already voted and want to revise, remove your name from other areas.

Images

@adamsilverstein @mikeschroder

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Object Cache

@tillkruess @spacedmonkey

GitHub project

Feedback requested

Site Health

N/A

GitHub project

  • We’re seeking 1-2 POCs for this group; if you’re interested, please comment here or pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.
  • No updates

Feedback requested

Measurement

@wp-source @josephscott

GitHub project

Feedback requested

JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/.

@aristath @sergiomdgomes

GitHub project

  • @sergiomdgomes: Continued discussion around embeds and how we could avoid the performance impact some of the larger ones, like YouTube, through façades or other approaches in the context of blocks; welcome thoughts and feedback

Feedback requested

Infrastructure

@flixos90

GitHub project

  • @eclarke1: Vote is still open for Prepare initial release #133 on whether we’re okay shipping the WebP module in its current version where it no longer generates JPEG images, or whether we only want to ship it once it generates both JPEG and WebP images as intended. Vote here and leave a comment on why you think we should/should not release as-is. Automate @since tags generation using the n.e.x.t placeholders #90 has been merged and @kirtan95 is working on Define default module activation (onboarding) #61 for the betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. release.
  • @mitogh: Should we introduce composer and namespacing before the release to prevent naming conflicts? We do use prefix but it seems like a workaround and not a long-term solution.
    • @flixos90: No because that’s not established in core.
    • @mitogh: Agreed, but the majority of the code will change when transitioned into core anyway.
    • @flixos90: Yes, but will be easier to migrate and review if we stick to core conventions as much as possible.
  • @kirtan95: Need review on #177 Run phpcbf and phpcs before commit; @dainemawer will take a look.

Feedback requested

Open Floor

  • @pbearne: Suggest that we work on taking care of some low-hanging fruit outside of the main focus areas
    • @tweetythierry: A prioritization exercise of those items would be helpful
    • @flixos90: Always okay to bring those up here and ask for feedback, but be sure that we’re paying the most attention to focus area items to keep them moving, since we decided that they were the most important. Let’s be conscious of the performance impact, especially.
    • @adamsilverstein: One idea would be to run a bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrub for existing TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. issues tagged with performance as an ongoing effort

Help wanted

#core-js, #core-media, #performance, #performance-chat, #summary