HOW TO HACK YOUR GOOGLE LIGHTHOUSE SCORES IN 2024

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

Perfect Lighthouse scores do not guarantee flawless website performance as the tool can be manipulated to yield artificially high results. For example, you can show the smallest amount of LCP-qualifying content on load to boost the FCP and LCP scores until the Lighthouse test has likely finished. Figuring out what the user experience is actually like needs a holistic overview of real-world performance, user field data, and more.