perf: lazy-load below-the-fold images and improve font loading - #171
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- Add preconnect hints for Google Fonts origins and display=swap to avoid render-blocking font loads and invisible text (FOIT) - Add loading=lazy to all below-the-fold images on the index, vscode, and internships pages - Keep near-fold images eager: the fork-me ribbon, install.png on get-started (likely LCP), and the first vscode feature screenshot Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Items 9 and 10 from the site audit:
Font loading (
Layout.astro)<link rel=preconnect>forfonts.googleapis.comandfonts.gstatic.comso the font connection is established early&display=swapto the Google Fonts URL so text renders immediately in a fallback font instead of blocking on Open SansLazy-loading images
loading=lazyon all below-the-fold images: all 11 images on the index page, 6 of 7 feature screenshots on the vscode page, and the department photo on the internships pageinstall.pngon get-started (main content / likely LCP element), and the first vscode feature screenshot (near the fold)Testing
npm run buildcompletes cleanly; all 9 pages generateddisplay=swaplinks present;loading=lazycounts per page match expectations (index: 11, vscode: 6, internships: 1)🤖 Generated with Claude Code