Boosting Drupal Starter: Doubling Authenticated User Performance

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Drupal Starter has been significantly optimized for authenticated users, doubling its speed, as detailed in a recent blog post by Mariano D'Agostino from Gizra. This enhancement was achieved through effective caching strategies, addressing key terms like Cache Tags, Cache Context, and Max-Age. The primary issue was identified in Drupal-starter's block loading mechanism, which initially did not utilize lazy builders. This led to the entire page being non-cacheable due to the non-cacheable Language Switcher block. By implementing lazy builders, the development team managed to achieve a 50% performance improvement, as documented in a pull request on Gizra's GitHub repository.

Reference: How We Made Drupal Starter 2X Faster for Authenticated Users by Mariano D'Agostino

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