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22 guidelines to help programming teams improve performance, reduce data payloads, and lower digital emissions.

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3.1 Set goals based on performance and energy impact

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3.2 Remove unnecessary or redundant information

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3.3 Modularize bandwidth-heavy components

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3.4 Remove unnecessary code

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3.5 Avoid redundancy and duplication in code

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3.6 Give third parties the same priority as first parties during assessment

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3.7 Ensure code follows good semantic practices

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3.8 Defer the loading of non-critical resources

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3.9 Provide information to help understand the usefulness of a page

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3.10 Validate form errors and account for tooling requirements

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