Discover advanced techniques for optimizing web application performance in this 41-minute JSConf talk by Dr. Stoyan Stefanov. Explore a wide array of methods, tricks, and optimizations to put your web application on a diet and significantly improve its speed. Dive deep into rarely discussed web technologies and optimization techniques, drawing from Stefanov's extensive experience at Yahoo! Developer Network. Learn about pipelining, caching, image inlining, and smushing to maximize performance gains. Get hands-on demonstrations of tools like smush.it and minifiers, and master ninja-level techniques to create lightning-fast web experiences. Essential viewing for all web developers seeking to push the boundaries of application performance.