A few weeks after launching PSI Lynx, I've noticed something interesting
People rarely ask for more metrics.
Nobody has ever said, "I wish this dashboard had three more charts."
What people actually want is to understand what's going on with their website without spending an hour digging through data.
That's why we're currently working on a new reporting experience.
The idea is simple: instead of showing more numbers, help users answer questions faster.
Things like:
• What changed since the last check?
• Which pages got worse?
• Is this a one-time issue or a trend?
• What should I pay attention to first?
A lot of this comes directly from conversations with people here, on Product Hunt, and from early users testing the platform.
Building in public has been surprisingly useful. Some of our best ideas didn't come from us. They came from people telling us what was confusing, missing, or simply taking too much time.
We're still a long way from where we want PSI Lynx to be, but every week it gets a little better.
If you manage websites, SEO projects, or performance monitoring, I'd love to know:
What is the one thing you wish website performance reports would tell you immediately?
As someone who builds and maintains websites, I'd want a report to answer three questions immediately: What changed? Why did it change? What should I fix first? If a report can save me from manually investigating those three things, it's already ahead of most performance tools. Are you planning to include AI-generated explanations for performance drops?
That's exactly the direction we're moving toward.
We already have AI-generated recommendations that help explain what's likely impacting performance and where it's worth focusing first. But we're also working on making the reporting experience answer those three questions more directly:
• What changed?
• Why did it change?
• What should I fix first?
If you're curious, you can actually test a lot of this already. We offer a free trial, so you're welcome to add a project and see how the recommendations and historical tracking work in practice.
Would love to hear what you think once you've had a chance to try it. Feedback from people who actively build and maintain websites is incredibly valuable for us.
That's good to hear. I think focusing on actionable insights rather than more metrics is the right approach. I've worked with clients who get overwhelmed by performance reports because they know something is wrong but don't know where to start. If the platform can consistently surface the likely cause and the highest-impact fix, that saves a lot of time.
I'll give the free trial a try and see how the recommendations compare to my usual debugging workflow. I'm especially interested in how accurately it connects performance changes to specific issues. I'll share any feedback I have after testing it.
This is my honest feedback
Just tested it on one of my deployed sites. The Insights section was the most useful part for me because it highlighted issues like render-blocking resources, image delivery, and unused CSS, while also showing the expected impact of fixing them.
As a web developer, those are exactly the kinds of issues I look for when optimizing a site, so it was nice to see them prioritized instead of buried in a dashboard full of metrics.
One small thing I noticed: I initially expected the URL I entered during project creation to be monitored automatically. Other than that, the experience was pretty smooth.
Thank you so much for taking the time to test PSI Lynx and write such detailed feedback.
It's especially encouraging to hear that the Insights section was useful for you. One of our goals is to help people spend less time digging through metrics and more time understanding what to fix first, so it's great to hear that the prioritization resonated with your workflow as a developer.
And thank you for pointing out the project creation experience. That's a very fair observation. Looking back, I can absolutely see why someone would expect the URL entered during project creation to be monitored automatically. We'll review that flow and see how we can make it more intuitive.
I also appreciate that you called out the impact estimates. We're putting a lot of effort into making recommendations actionable rather than simply listing issues, so feedback like this tells us we're moving in the right direction.
Thanks again for giving it a try and for sharing such thoughtful feedback. Comments like this are incredibly valuable when you're building a product and trying to improve it every week.
And if you continue testing and spot anything else, whether good or bad, we'd genuinely love to hear it.
I think the most valuable thing a performance report can tell me is what changed, why it changed, and what I should do next.
Metrics are easy to collect. Actionable insights are much harder. The best reports help users make decisions, not just consume data.
Sounds like PSI Lynx is moving in that direction.
Thank you, Ava.
I completely agree. Metrics by themselves are rarely the problem. Most teams already have access to plenty of numbers. The difficult part is turning those numbers into decisions.
That's exactly what we're trying to improve with PSI Lynx. Less time spent digging through reports, more time understanding what changed, why it matters, and where to focus next.
And if you're curious to see how we're approaching it, feel free to give PSI Lynx a try. We offer a free trial, so you can test the platform on your own website and see whether the reports and recommendations are actually useful in practice.
Really appreciate the thoughtful feedback. Comments like yours help validate the direction we're heading.
Thanks for the thoughtful response.
I think you're aiming at the right problem. As developers, we're rarely short on data, we're short on context and actionable insights.
I'll take a look at PSI Lynx. Curious to see how you're turning performance metrics into recommendations people can actually act on.
Wishing you continued progress with the product!
Love this direction. Most dashboards fail because they show data instead of insights.
One thing I’d want immediately is: What changed that actually impacts revenue or user experience?
Highlighting impact + priority (instead of just movement) could make reports instantly actionable.
Most reports don’t really tell you what changed.
You see a drop but you still end up guessing what caused it.
We have a history of changes, dynamics and optimization tips. :)