Dan Giordano

Reducing Build Times In Gatsby 4 With Parallel Query Running

By Dan Giordano on September 17th, 2021

The next innovation in the Gatsby framework: parallel query running. We’ve rearchitected the Gatsby data layer ( not a trivial thing to do! ) to allow page queries and static queries to occur in parallel, leading to a 40% reduction in build times for some sites! This innovation starts with allowing for parallel content queries, but positions Gatsby for a number of interesting use cases ( imagine what you can do with a portable data layer 🤔 ).

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Speeding Up Publishing Time with Incremental Builds and Deferred Static Generation

By Dan Giordano on September 16th, 2021

With the launch of Deferred Static Generation in Gatsby 4, Gatsby Cloud has added another method of drastically reducing the time it takes to make updates to your static site - the biggest drawback of any SSG. Where Incremental Builds solved many of the long build problems for content creators, Deferred Static Generation is meant to help speed up the entire build process for development teams, even from a cold start.

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