Is Google the new mod_pagespeed just another tool for webmasters who don’t know how everything is right?

Question

My name pretty much says it all. I looked at mod_pagespeed, and it somehow impresses me as very little more than a way to offload the optimization work to the server instead of the developer.

There may be some advantages to this, such as reduced development time, etc., so I am not suggesting that everything be bad. But it also amazes me how little for doing something. Instead of learning about all these working methods, hey! just let the server do it!

Is mod_pagespeed something that would be nice to implement in my web application for production, or would I be better off doing manual optimization?

Here is the original announcement.

Answer 1

It seems to me that he can provide the server administrator with a centralized optimization of the content created by a large set of developers. It can also be a good way to bake some of the best (Google) best practices that can be expensive to develop on your own.