Mobify Blog
mobify.com · Company blog · on HN since 2012
Engineering blog of Mobify, a Vancouver company building tools to make websites work well on mobile devices.
What HN saysHN links it for mobile web performance posts, such as data URI speed and domain sharding, and commenters also use it for Mobify job listings.
22HN people shared it
6linked it in comments
41stories submitted
357story points
6 years agolast shared
2012people per year2026
Most-shared posts
- 1A Beginner's Guide to HTTP Cache Headers3 people · 20 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 2Mobify3 people · 11 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 3On Mobile, Data URIs are 6x Slower than Source Linking (New Research)3 people · 5 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 4HTTP Requests are Hard2 people · 9 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 5Make debugging Sass suck less2 people · 4 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 6Mobify.js - Remix Your Site for Mobile Devices2 people · 4 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 7CSS Ellipsis: How to Manage Multi-Line Ellipsis in Pure CSS2 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 8Data URI Performance: Don't Blame it on Base642 people · 1 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 9Perceived Performance: Ways to Make Your Mobile Site Feel Like a Native App1 people · 103 points · first shared 2013 · 14 comments on HN
- 10CSS Sprites vs. Data URIs: Which is faster on mobile?1 people · 101 points · first shared 2013 · 23 comments on HN
- 11Red state, blue state 2012: iOS vs Android in the USA1 people · 36 points · first shared 2013 · 27 comments on HN
- 12The Great CDN Shootout – A RUM Test for Global CDN Supremacy1 people · 8 points · first shared 2014 · 3 comments on HN
- 13Smartphone Browser localStorage is up to 5x Faster than Native Cache1 people · 6 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 14Does Mobile Web Performance Still Matter?1 people · 4 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 15iPad Mini Web Design and Development Early Best Practices1 people · 4 points · first shared 2012 · 1 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
b1tr0t · 2013-06-03
Location: Vancouver, Canada (yes, it looks like the postcards here when the sun is out)
Company: Mobify, http://www.mobify.com
Sponsorship: Available for technical roles
Type of employment: Onsite, full-time
Categories: Web development and design, mobile, PaaS
What we're into: anything to do with making the web amazing on all devices (mobile optimization, performance optimization, image optimization)
Some of our open source projects: http://github.com/mobify or http://www.mobify.com/dev
Positions:
- Front-end engineers (JavaScript)
- Back-end engineer (we use primarily Python, Go & NodeJS)
- UI Designers (CSS/HTML)
- Mobile web developer (CSS/HTML with + design fundamentals)
- Product Manager (SaaS)
You:
- Have a super power in your area of expertise
- Get us excited when we see your code or work
- Have a good sense of humour
nilliams · 2013-08-31
Wonder how this ties in with the recent discussion over Data URI slowness on mobile [1] [2].
I have to admit I've not read all the articles in full so the question may have been answered. I see Pete did write in a comment to [1] "I haven't tried data URId fonts or SVGs but those are great ideas for follow on tests"
[1] http://www.mobify.com/blog/data-uris-are-slow-on-mobile/
[2] http://www.mobify.com/blog/base64-does-not-impact-data-uri-performance…
jbox · 2012-01-01
Mobify, Vancouver, Canada.
Director of Engineering
Mobify is a growing, profitable, bootstrapped startup. Our goal is to build a web where every website delivers and amazing experience on every device. We serve millions of pageviews for companies like Starbucks, Threadless and Conde Nast using a combination of client/server side JavaScript.
We're looking for an experienced technical manager with a history of delivering successful web products.
We have a glee club, yoga classes and an awesome team.
http://mobify.com/company/jobs/#job-list
shawnjan8 · 2013-10-01
Mobify - Vancouver, BC
We think that the web should be fast, beautiful and accessible on every screen. Today that means making the web better on desktops, phones and tablets. Tomorrow it will mean Google Glass, smart TVs, and a host of other web-enabled devices.
We have tons of positions open - some of the most pressing are Front-end Engineer/Designer, HR Manager, Talent Acquisition Manager, and Product Manager. Some of the products we work on:
- Performance analysis tools written in Python and Postgresql, collecting data for billions of users and aggregating that data to improve the performance of responsive sites.
- Performance improvement tools, written in JavaScript on the client-side, and powered by many different backend services (image resizing, JS minification, etc) powered by Python and Node.js.
- Cloud based application that allows you to manage your projects and create amazing mobile/tablet experiences, and that provide an entry point into our performance tools. Written in Django and Backbone.
- We do a ton of open source - Mobify.js (http://www.mobify.com/mobifyjs/) and our UI modules (http://mobify.github.io/).
We are one of the fastest growing startups in Canada, doubling in size every year. Check out our jobs page for more info:
http://www.mobify.com/jobs/
Or checkout this great video about our culture, and life at Mobify:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP4XFJUrniY
spiderfarmer · 2016-04-22
Domain sharding almost never makes any sense, especially on mobile, and with HTTP2 it's working against you.
http://www.mobify.com/blog/domain-sharding-bad-news-mobile-performance…
scalvert · 2014-06-01
Mobify (http://www.mobify.com)
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Mobify is a mobile e‑commerce platform that helps enterprise retailers optimize their websites for conversion on smartphones and tablets.
Product:
Product Manager: http://jobsco.re/1tvkqNk
Senior UI Designer: http://jobsco.re/1myNkNr
Senior Web User Experience (UX) Designer: http://jobsco.re/1i1SxaU
Senior Back-End Engineer: http://jobsco.re/1oSVUWk
Senior Front-End Engineer: http://jobsco.re/1nBAGyP
Full Stack Engineer: http://jobsco.re/1oSV77K
Junior / Intermediate Back-End Engineer: http://jobsco.re/1tvk74U
Junior Agile Project Manager: http://jobsco.re/1oSVlvF
Customer Success:
Customer Success Manager: http://jobsco.re/SZE0pU
Front End Engineer: http://jobsco.re/1myNhkJ
Mobile Designer: http://jobsco.re/1mbwDVh
QA Engineer: http://jobsco.re/1i24I7p
Mobile Developer: http://jobsco.re/1myMxMx
Project Analyst: http://jobsco.re/1nBAhwj
Project Coordinator Intern: http://jobsco.re/SZEGLU
Revenue:
Sales Director: http://jobsco.re/1oSVOxT
Sales Engineer: http://jobsco.re/1myO9FY
Sales Development Representative (HQ): http://jobsco.re/1myN80L
Sales Development Representative (UK): http://jobsco.re/1lWcDsI
Account Executive (HQ) & (UK): http://jobsco.re/1i1SlZf
Channel Account Executive: http://jobsco.re/1nBzF9Z