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title: "Wes Bos on X: \"🔥 The stale-while-revalidate header is suuuuuup..."
description: "!https://twitter.com/wesbos/status/1717923624559005977"
date: 2023-10-28
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  - og
  - seo
  - thought
  - webdev
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Here I am using it to instantly deliver an OG image that takes ~8s to generate." loading="lazy">
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      <div class="embed-card-description">🔥 The stale-while-revalidate header is suuuuuuper handy for striking a balance between fast loads and and frequently changed content. 

Here I am using it to instantly deliver an OG image that t...</div>
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Wes has some of the coolest OG images i've ever seen.  Here he talks about how to enable cache configuration so that its constantly updating the cache without the user waiting for the image to be created.