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VideoBlocks are slow to load on the frontend
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Description
See if we can reduce the number of assets necessary on Unit page load using one of these approaches:
https://www.roboleary.net/2024/02/10/youtube-embeds-suck-but.html
The big caveat is that we need to make sure we don't break any of our analytics events.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by measuring the assets loaded during Unit page load and review the linked YouTube embed approach. Compare the proposed loading behavior against existing analytics events; done means fewer required assets without breaking those events.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100