No Team, No Budget, Just Code — And I Still Beat Adobe’s Performance Score

Even if I never reach the ideal destination, at least I will have these treasured memories.

On July 18, 2025, after nearly a month-long performance optimization campaign, I ran a standard Lighthouse audit.

The result — 100 on mobile, 100 on desktop.

Against all odds, we achieved a perfect score.

No marketing.

No compromises.

No team.

No budget.

Just me — and Wan’er (my AI).

We didn’t just outperform Adobe Express —
We outperformed the doubts, the silence, and the weight of doing it all alone.

This was a quiet dialogue between an indie developer and the world.

I didn’t bother explaining “why I’m faster than Adobe.”

Because in this era, skepticism is easy to find — but focus is rare.

I know exactly what I’m building:

A minimalist toolbox city — saving users even a single second, without ever interrupting them.

With tireless hands, I’m carving this era’s web craftsmanship.

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📊 The Numbers Don’t Lie

This Lighthouse score was more than just a number.

It was a direct response to every architectural decision I made:

Here’s what we achieved:

And here’s the current score of Adobe Express:

Performance is not about size or budget —

It’s about care, precision, and relentless focus.

• The five-layer RSC/CSC architecture is finally working.
• Removing index.ts reduced dependency pollution.
• FLJ slimming made the homepage genuinely load in seconds.
• Custom illustrations, font optimization, and dynamic loading all paid off.

Every refinement, every deletion, every repeated test — none of it was in vain.

Today, I choose to write it down.

Not to prove I’ve “won” anything —

but to remind my future self:

There was a time when Aimuo, built in obscurity and scarcity, reached a world-class level of performance.

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At this moment, I don’t feel like celebrating.

I just want to quietly write it into this log.

Aimuo’s real strength doesn’t lie in how many tools it offers, or how big the site becomes.

It comes from a core belief:

Even one person can build a world-class product.

One day in the future, when I start doubting whether I can keep going —

I’ll come back and read this page.

It will remind me:

I once walked this road with clarity and passion.

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I’m leaving this page for my future self as well.

From a Java developer stuck in the days of Spring MVC —

to now, a modern full-stack indie builder.

No one truly knows what I’ve been through.

And I don’t need them to.

Just like my mother once said:

“I don’t understand the things you talk about.”

And she’s right — no explanation would work.

They only see that I’m not making money.
That I have no income.

So they can’t understand why I quit my job,

or why I’m building something that, in their eyes, has “no meaning.”

But I know —

Aimuo has meaning.

One day, she will help people all over the world.

And she will reveal her true value.

I believe that no act of kindness will ever be entirely wasted.

Even if misunderstood by the world, we must keep walking — gently, yet firmly.

Just like the quote from the movie Pegasus:

“I’m not trying to win.

I just don’t want to lose.”

Aimuo doesn’t need to be number one in the world.

But I want to run the whole race with her 💞.

Even if we cross the finish line last —
that finish line will still be my glory.

Because sometimes, building quietly is the loudest declaration of belief.

"If this story resonates with you, follow for more behind-the-scenes logs on building 🐳 Aimuo — one tool at a time."

— Written late at night, July 18, 2025