Performance budgets that survive launch week

## Budgets are contracts We translate Core Web Vitals into component-level allowances — hero media, font payloads, and embeds each own a line item. ## Enforcement without drama CI checks and preview URLs catch regressions before they reach the client team. The conversation stays about tradeoffs, not surprises. ## After launch We schedule a post-launch audit to reconcile real traffic with lab scores — then adjust the next engagement's defaults.