Today, I was playing around with some new words I picked up from the kids. You know, those Gen Z terms that make you feel old but also kinda cool when you use them right. One of them was “cheugy”. It’s like, the opposite of trendy. Something that’s a bit outdated or trying too hard. I was calling everything cheugy today, just for laughs. My old sneakers? Cheugy. That song from last year? Totally cheugy.
Then there’s “softcore”. It is not what you think at first. It is all about, like, gentle aesthetics. Think pastel colors, cozy vibes, that sort of thing. I decided to give my workspace a little softcore makeover. I put up some soft-colored prints and made sure everything looked super chill.
My Day with AMP
- Started Digging into AMP
- Setting Up
- Stripping It Down
- Testing the Speed
- Seeing the Results
So, I spent most of the day messing with AMP, which stands for Accelerated Mobile Pages. Google started this project to make web pages load super fast on phones. You see those instant-loading articles when you’re scrolling on your phone? That’s AMP working its magic. The idea is to strip down all the heavy stuff that slows down websites, so you get the content you want without waiting forever or eating up all your data.
I got my hands dirty setting up AMP on my test blog. At first, it felt like I was removing all the fun parts of my website. AMP is pretty strict about what you can and can’t do. I had to replace some custom elements with AMP-specific ones, which was a bit of a learning curve. No more fancy custom JavaScript, and I had to make sure all my CSS was inline and under a certain size.
I basically took out all the extra bits that weren’t necessary. It was like cleaning up my blog, getting rid of the clutter. I replaced images with “amp-img” elements and videos with “amp-video”. Everything had to be super streamlined. It’s a bit of work upfront, but the goal is to make everything run smoother for people on their phones.
After I tweaked everything, I ran some tests to see how fast my pages were loading. The results were pretty impressive. Pages that used to take a few seconds to load were popping up almost instantly. I could see why Google is pushing this so hard. It makes browsing on your phone way more enjoyable.
I am still experimenting with it, but the initial results are promising. I also noticed that Google tends to give a little boost to AMP pages in search results, which is a nice bonus. It is like getting a thumbs-up from Google for making your site mobile-friendly.
At the end of the day, playing with words like “cheugy” and “softcore” keeps things fun, and diving into stuff like AMP keeps my tech skills sharp. It’s all about balancing the fun with the practical, right? Making sure your site is both cool to look at and quick to load.