Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 58 minutes ago

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Want your Laravel + Vue.js site to feel snappy? In this video, I show you seven practical techniques I used to make my site feel ridiculously fast from server-side rendering to clever link prefetching to those buttery-smooth image transitions. If you’re building with Inertia, Laravel, or just chasing that lightning fast feel then this one’s for you.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Snappy site demo
00:58 - Overview of the 7 step checklist
01:40 - 1. Server-side rendering setup
06:32 - 2. Asset prefetching
08:24 - 3. Link prefetching
09:59 - 4. Partial reloads
15:13 - 5. Walking the DOM
19:01 - 6. Placeholder images
22:41 - 7. Laravel optimize
23:56 - Final thoughts