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Re:Migrating away from Google Maps and cutting costs by aikah on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @08:17AM (#18390675)
https://web.archive.org/web/20181102141738/https://www.event...

> we're haven't been slashdotted for a long time, sorry!

MapExample.png file is 1.1MB, it shouldn't be higher than 100KB given how little detail that picture has. Also 4.1MB of css for a page that has barely any styling?

Whatever you are doing you might be losing potential customers because they are unable to access that page through HN, because of poor optimization and scaling.

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Re:Migrating away from Google Maps and cutting costs by _Codemonkeyism on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @08:36AM (#18390819)
We use a CDN which reduces image size for our main site, not the blog though[0]. CSS is usually what the theme brings with it, but you're right of course.

[0] something on my agenda

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