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Originally Posted by Max Taxable
Yeah, that old article is crap. They later ADMITTED CF screws with the handshake. Plus, they don't understand what is happening in request #1 - this is where the server queries the code, scripts and database to create the executable page source code file, and uploads this to the browser to execute. It's no mystery anymore why this file is so much larger and takes a lot longer to compile when you have a CDN. Request #1 IS the FBT. It's not even a debate anymore and ceased to be one some time back.
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Are the issues you're stating still accurate? I don't how accurate WebPageTest is but I just ran my site through WebPageTest and came out with a first byte time of .401s and second repeat view of .269s. The site scored an A for first byte time.
This is through Cloudflare:
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/160128_YG_9SK/