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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by midoridensha on Thursday August 10, 2023 @05:07AM (#37073722)
I'm not talking about the browser's performance, I'm talking about the network bandwidth. All that extra JS code in every HTTP GET adds up. For a large site serving countless users, it adds up to a lot of bandwidth.
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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by bee_rider on Thursday August 10, 2023 @10:42AM (#37076779)
Somebody mentioned negligible/deleterious impacts on bandwidth for minified code in that thread, but they seemed to have low certainty. If you happen to have evidence otherwise, it might be informative for them.
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