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Why Developers Directly Impact Marketing Performance
Slow sites hurt conversion; broken tracking poisons ad decisions; weak UX increases drop-off. Why engineering still owns Core Web Vitals, measurement, and product quality—and how that ties to ROAS and pipeline.
By Thavi Achharya · June 16, 2025 · 3 min read
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