In a previous blog post, we explained the difference between the loading speed of a page and the perceived loading speed in the browser.

As soon as your browser needs to load related resources like CSS files, Javascript files, web fonts and images, the perceived loading speed can decrease.

People who already know and love Varnish have been singing its praises for a long time. But we’ve seen over the course of the years that there are a lot of people who don’t know Varnish - even those who should, and who would definitely benefit from the content delivery performance boosts Varnish offers.

As we launch into the tenth-year anniversary festivities for Varnish Cache, we thought it would be a great time to dig into the history and take a look back at how your favorite web app accelerator started.