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  • How to build a fast website

    Here’s a simple trick how we made this website faster. We turned it into a single-page app. From all the performance tweaks out there, this clearly made the biggest impact. First there was PJAX On February 26, 2011, Chris Wanstrath,… Continue reading

  • Minimalism: an undervalued development skill

    Here’s a cheap trick to make a difference: focus on the bare essentials and get rid of the rest. It’s easy to be different, because others are mostly doing the opposite: tons of crap. Massive difference Above you see some… Continue reading

  • Large Data Study: Navigator.sendBeacon() is broken

    The data 5,130,741 page views sampled • 3,217,740 successful unloads • 628 ignored browsers with less than 100 samples. Browser brands Regardless of browser version or operating system. Operating systems Regardless of the browser brand. Broken browsers Browsers with the… Continue reading

  • The pain of a successful Hacker News launch

    On June 2019, after months of hard work, we finally posted our MVP to Hacker News. It all looked good in the beginning, but then the things started to fall apart.   The launch post Just one link on HN… Continue reading

  • A/B testing considered BS

    On our launch post we sensationally stated that A/B testing is “bullshit”. We mean that: it’s waste of time and promotes bad design. It’s essentially a system for marketers to look smart. We claim that: A/B testing wastes your time… Continue reading

  • Volument Launches

    A new take on website analytics After three years of intense work and a year-long beta, including sites from Digital Ocean, Shopify, and Flowplayer: Volument — “a privacy-friendly analytics for conversion optimization” is now open for everyone. With 10k monthly… Continue reading

  • Actionable insights – the only thing that matters in web analytics

      A decade ago, the phrase “data is the new oil” started popping up everywhere, and everyone was eager to hop on the big data train. But it feels that big data hasn’t lived up to its hype. Benn Stancil… Continue reading

  • Privacy Policy

    Personal information We protect your personal information to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. We don’t share any personaly information publicly or with third-parties, except when required to by law. Data retention… Continue reading

  • Data Processing Agreement

    (A) The Company acts as a Data Controller. (B) The Company wishes to subcontract certain Services, which imply the processing of personal data, to the Data Processor. (C) The Parties seek to implement a data processing agreement that complies with… Continue reading

  • Terms

    When we say “Company”, “we”, “our”, or “us” in this document, we refer to Volument Inc. When we say “Service”, we mean the analytics service created by us. We may update these terms in the future. Small changes are spelled… Continue reading