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Performance Tracing with Chrome DevTools MCP and The AI Agent

How I used the Chrome DevTools MCP to trace, diagnose, and fix real performance issues on my photo gallery page — without touching Lighthouse manually.

Improving Lighthouse Performance with Image Optimization

How I improved Lighthouse performance on image-heavy blog posts using staged optimizations: lazy loading, WebP conversion, and LCP/CLS tuning.

Upgrading a 4-Year-Old Next.js Blog with AIAI

What it took to go from Next.js 9.5, 136 vulnerabilities, and an abandoned MDX plugin to a fully modern stack with zero vulnerabilities — using AI-assisted development.